Drake is very STRANGE: Certified Lover Boy Review 

Wow, you knew Drake was a FAN years ago

Aging like fine wine! Loved when you said, "I don't cover beefs" me watching 2024, "you will"😂

This review is comedy, because of how accurate it is.

RU-vid knows EXACTLY what they are doing 😆😆😆

Drake gets frustrated when he can’t change how a woman is but continues to pursue the SAME type of woman.

The algorithm showed me this on May 15, 2024. The points that he makes in this video have been heavily validated.

36:25 "He's not a certified lover boy, he is a certified [pdf file]"

" I like Drake with the melodies"-Kendrick, Professor Skye's

Welp this aged very well…

"I myself have hated him and in some ways hate him now" everyone in 2024 honestly. lmao

"what is the certification process for being a lover boy?" lmao

38:49 You like Drake with the melodies, and you don't like Drake when he act tough?

Top tier discernment here guys... Wow this aged gracefully

Listening to this review after the beef, makes Drake sound creepy in real life

Tupac was, as you know, k*lled by enemies and that wasn't the first time he had been sh*t by enemies.Tupac sounded paranoid because he was in danger... not because he was weird. Drake sounds paranoid because (I suspect) he has a personality disorder and believes that he is unworthy of friendship, loyalty, and love. The only "enemies" he has are ones he needlessly created by being weird and exploiting every relationship. Please, reconsider comparing these two men who are not alike in any meaningful way.

In retrospect… This Kendrick attack makes so much sense

“The way he talks about women. This weird predatory transactional relationship.” Hmmm 🤔 I think you’re on to something doc. Great review💯

All it requires is listening, and I guess it is easily missed because we probably (myself included) mostly listen to the beat or don't really ponder on the words when we sing them. Really shows how much we need to pay attention which we don't seem to do, and Drake has only gotten away with it until now because we have people like yourself and the beef which took us all to rapgenius and other youtubers who listen attentively and break it down for us. He literally could have said anything, and we wouldn't have known almost like politics.. and I bet if we paid more attention, perhaps we would be able to make the changes we actually want. Awesome video!

Bro predicted it 😂

"Certified Lover Boy, Certified PDF files" Drake career is in danger

this video hits different in May 2024 👀

🗣WOP WOP WOP WOP WOP … DOTFUCK’EM UP 🕺🏿🕺🏿🕺🏿

Your analysis of Drake has aged well and remains true Great discernment 👍🏾

drake is indeed a strange guy, but not stranger than his defenders

Drake is a predator, that's why. A gaslighter.

More skips than leg day. That's a good joke and I will defend it

This album was the straw that broke the camel’s back as a Drake fan for a decade. He’s my age and he’s the soundtrack for my early twenties, and he really was refreshing and sort of pandered to a female audience. Imagine my disgust when all of these years pass, we’re mid thirties, parents, (although he was unwilling to claim his own child), and he makes an album that sounds like Andrew Tate was co-writing with him. I never looked at him the same after pusha t exposed, and I refused to engage or expect anything different from him after this album. For all the dogs doesn’t even exist in my library. You thoughtfully laid this all out. How prophetic lol.

The fact Kendrick possibly saw this and said “Let’s go!!” You didn’t miss anything every prediction was right bravo 👏 😮

Jesus, Drake is absolutely terrible.

So I'm watching this about a week after the beef with Drake and Kendrick. This video brings alot of perspective to his relationship with Adonis. And Drake's lack of awareness with predator behaviors and imbalanced power dynamics. Drake's blurring lines. And it finally came to an explosive beef with irreparable damage to his OVO legacy.

TSU seems to be the confession for almost everything Kendrick is talking in the second and third verse of meet the grahams. It does look like Drake has a huge need to "save" young and vulnerable women using sex as a way to give them money.

Professor, to put it in simple words, ur reviews are underrated af

I don't understand the concept of calling Drake a rapper / hip hop artist, and I say this as someone who enjoyed some of his (older) music. It's clear that he raps, sure, but in messaging, culture, main audience and optics he is not an easy fit.

I was brought here by the recent beef but as a Kanye's fan must say I was soooo pleased by the thoughts on him in this video. (And sure, Professor simply nailed the Drake's bizarreness and now we know that better than ever)

Excellent review, bro. I've never listened to this album because Drake got weird, boring, and repetitive for me around 2016. But this review summarizes why I lost interest in him and really ages well with the current events and Drake being called out. Wow. Well done.

This video aged like fine wine 🍷

Drake is 34 and still stuck with 20 year old problems. My frustration with drake is his inability to mature as a person.

😂 this aged like fine wine 🍷

Drake's fame is driven by exploitation of truama as opposed to *exploration of truama... he promotes predator antics, and his fanbase now is proving to be predominately incel/abuser-friendly.

This man deserves an award, he knew Drake was a weirdo

"If I get locked up, I won't finish the sent-" Wonder who Drake got that from 🤔

This has aged fantastically well! Drake loves hate, as you stated. Now he has more than his twitter fingers can hold 🤣

Im genuinely worried something effed up about Drake comes out one day, some of those lyrics seem like a scream for help. And the well known "Millie Bobby Brown Situation" is a bad indicator. He crafts this carefuly woven fake image that is somewhat more cringe and strange than cool, concealing his true self under those stereotypes.

Hey Professor Skye, just wanted to say that I really appreciate that all your thoughts are uncut on the video, this has a natural appeal to me. I have nothing against Anthony Fantano but sometimes my eye just twitches when I see him transitioning to another sentence in his videos. I wish that he also could speak freely without having to edit videos. Props to you, Professor Skye, thanks for the educational thoughts and keep up the good work

Drake has been releasing the same songs over and over for a few years now, only adapting them to whatever wave is trending or coming up at the moment. The formula definitely works, no discussion, but that's what prevents him from being the sophisticated artist he tries to come across as. I wish he kept exploring the 'If You're Reading This' sound, that was Drake at the top of his craft imo.

Do you plan to check out / talk about the new Little Simz album? Out of the three big releases this week I feel it was definitely the most consistent / ambitious. Even more so after ending up sandwiched between two of the biggest names in music.

Kendrick forsure watched this before he dissed drake

2024 👀

Its crazy when conspiracies were floating around that Drake was into youngins. Its even more insane that its true and the red flag lyrics made a lot of people cry in they feelings😂

Making a case by juxtaposing Radiohead and Coldplay was on point to Drake and Kanye’s releases.

Watching this after Drake vs. Kendrick; and 10:30 and he is weird because he is struggling with his sense of self but Tupac however had true trauma from his childhood and adulthood-shootings, police brutality, governmental Conspiracy and dying at 25 and Drake doesnt have that story (not invalidating his story) and cosplay. Money doesnt make you happy but that comparison is tone deaf and cultural insensitive. AVVA...Kanye is severely mental ill and refuse to be treated.

This video is prophetic. I wish I was as discerning as you are

This take of Drake is prophetic

Best new music review channel I’ve seen love the depth you delve into ! Another great vid

Kanye has also already proved himself to be a worthy MC so other artists outshining him on his own tracks that he’s producing isn’t that big of a deal. I DO wonder if professor changes his opinion about drake being a culture culture after the Kendrick disses

As someone who’s never really listened to an entire Drake album (and didn’t get through CLB), though has known of Drake’s music since before “So Far Gone,” I was surprised at how many Drake tracks I knew when I sat down to count them (in the 40s; probably due to being Canadian lol). But I think what’s more interesting with this project, funnily enough, is the two most successful artists with commercial longevity of the 2010s, both Drake and Taylor, both had their carefully PR-crafted personas “exposed” by people associated with Kanye West. The difference is while Taylor has demonstrated growth and maturity in her sound, lyrics, and storytelling in the years since Kim Kardashian released that infamous phone call, Drake hasn’t really displayed the same since Pusha T released “The Story of Adidon” despite being a father and being in his mid-30s. As a case in point, Taylor initially tried to portrayed herself as the victim during her Grammy speech with her faux-outrage at “people (Kanye) trying to take credit for your success” (Tori Kelly’s facial expression during the speech was priceless) then attempted to lean into a villain role that felt forced with “reputation” (which many critics describe[d] as her weakest output). Instead of doubling down, she decided to release “Lover” with the standout tracks “The Archer” and “Daylight” where she kind of steps back into herself and then, of course, the outstanding “folkmore” projects where she’s cursing and making emotionally and thematically complex songs that see her formally bidding goodbye to those early innocent country music girl songs that previously defined her career. Drake, on the other hand, hasn’t really demonstrated a similar growth pattern despite being a man in his mid-30s and a father of a young son. I think the ghostwriting allegations, the Pusha T beef, and the rumours of grooming (due to friendships with Billie Eilish, Millie Bobbie Brown, Gorja Smith, Hailey Bieber, etc.) has really impacted how he’s been perceived; chipping away at that more pristine image from the start of his career when people used to view him as a middle-class, Canadian, half-Jewish happy rapper that you could being home to momma when he first started out (the fact that he allegedly wrote “I only love my bed and my momma, I’m sorry” when his son was already born is a case in point). Apparently, the ESPN reporter (and former hip hop music journo) Bomani Jones said back in 2016 that Drake (at that time 30) was hampered by still making the same music he was making as a young 20-year old (being in the club, etc.). To quote Drake, “Five years later, how is he (that) man still.” Drake knows he can roll out of bed and kill it in the charts. But at least song like “What’s Next” are fun and have blare it out of your car playability. This album, especially after listening to “Donda,” didn’t even merit a full listen from me. *btw it’s pronounced The Bridal Path; wealthiest neighbourhood in Canada and there’s literally a public transportation bus stop outside his house lol

This video aged so well after Kendricks disses. Just illuminated a lot of intuitions about his fake agh

This coming into my algorithm now is DIABOLICAL

Damn, even the observation where Drake had most of the features that were on Donda was insane. You saw how petty and conniving he was back then. 😂

this is such a phenomenal review, i learn so much every time i digest one this man’s videos. thank you for always producing quality content.

Drake just feels stagnant personally and musically in an album format. I feel like Drake is at a point where he needs that Greatest Hits album that Weeknd didn't need to do yet.

Drakes been on a 10 year mid life crisis

Agreed with everything except the Pac stuff. He had REAL enemies the tried to kill him and eventually did. He didn't always talk about his enemies until he got some. He didn't create enemies out of friends and it Wasn't an underlying theme. It's just where his mind was at that stage. And for good reason. Same with 50.

this is a really great well thought out video, ive never seen ur channel before but im glad ive become aware of it now, good shit thank u

lol. "There is some part of you that's like so distant from normal human experience as to make you like an alien living on earth...in that way you are Michael Jackson." This wasn't the only thing that I got out of this video. I was taken aback to hear this after the rap battle. You make some great points about his album. I grew up in the 90's listening to rap music and what Drake represents is not new to me but I do feel that it's time that we elevate the culture.

I just can’t hear certified lover boy, without saying certified PDF file

Baka’s got a weird case. WHY is he around?

Your reviews are the best!🔥

How you describe Future is exactly how I feel about Drake.

This aged like Italian wine

Little Simz had THE BEST hip hop record of the last few days and probably my second favorite this year, losing only to Backxwash

Great review. Great perspective!

10 mins in and I can tell you’re impartial, fair and also overall an intelligent guy. Subscribed

38:25 To comment on your thoughts about him as a culture vulture, as someone who is extremely mixed race lol and has grown up knowing all sides of his family, Drake does not have the same experience. He lived with his white mother while not wealthy, while they were wealthy and when he was on television and beginning of his career(I dont know specifically when to be fair). His black father was seemingly not present in major ways but I do not know his full history so correct me on that. His black side would also be African Canadian which is very different to African American. He never was apart of their culture and him copying their style just to create wealth and discarding it once it does not serve him, would indeed make him a culture vulture. Just because someone is mixed does not mean they have a pass, race contributes a-lot but community and culture is primary. Hopefully you weren’t grouping different black cultures together and I assume you were not as your channel is very very very great, I love your videos and know the person you present to the internet.

great review!

You've been consistent and now I have true respect!

No need to celebrate drake anymore!! 🎉😂

I'm Drakes number 1 hater, but don't you think he sees the hopelessness and backwardsness in that line "how much I gotta pay you to pipe down?" His lifestyle has put himself in a position to ask the question so casually.

Great video, would love to see you go through the latest Little Simz album!

I’m getting secondhand embarrassment for him

Great review

you should really talk about that Life of The Party leak with Andre 3000

I do not understand Drake. He just doesn’t make sense to me. And neither does his music. I don’t understand this lifestyle of toxic masculinity that he lives and his cluelessness to this shallow existence that is born from it. Maybe everyone else isn’t the problem. How can he not see this? He is so lacking in honest or real self awareness it is actually upsetting. He comes across to me as a not very decent person. Karma is a real thing. It’s a basic as if you act shallow, people around you will treat you as shallow. That’s almost too simple, right? So how can Drake not see it? Maddeningly frustrating. That’s my thoughts on Drake.

this is my favorite channel by far

38:00 You called the culture vulture behavior

I'm glad you feel uncomfortable about drake and his music too. The grooming allegations and his weird proximity to Billie Bobby brown and the transactional way he views women makes me feel like he's a rich and famous incel. your point about daddy's home with him being absent and focused on beef instead of son was 🤯

AVAA I watched this video a few months ago!! I didn’t even realize I’ve popped onto your channel before the beef I listen to this album all the time I like the song Die Hard. Every song I like no RU-vidr ever likes/cares for 😭 It sounds like a song to Kendrick himself Ive felt lost before. That fear as time passes you by that you aren’t where you’re supposed to be, that you aren’t doing well enough. It feels like we’re encouraged to dream less as we get older. Just hoping it isn’t too late

Just like everyone else, your coverage of the kerfuffle brought me here. I was interested in your take on the questionable lyrics Drake has been peddling for years. Wine. This aged like 🍷.

You were on point 2 years ago. edit: you're right about Kanye West not being a great emcee but he's so good at making some of the most memorable bars. And about his production, one of the things I love about him is you can tell he truly loves music. he digs back to classics his listeners weren't aware of. when he sampled Can (experimental rock band), that kinda blew my mind he knew of them. That's unfortunately the worst song on that album though. Both him and Wayne failed.

Watching this in 2024 after Drake took the L against Kendrick..it’s wild

I literally had no clue this "beef" between Kanye and Drake even happened...

The sample and no drums style used on CLB first track wasn’t invented by Kanye, the alchemist was doing that before Donda. The production techniques aren’t so much based on Donda but on the sound Hip Hop is moving forwards.

I'm looking at Drake differently because of you. Good one Skye

this was a really good take

I just cannot hear "certified loverboy" at all anymore without my brain automatically saying "certified PDF ile" Kendrick knew EXACTLY what he was doing psychologically to us. 😂

Man I love how much your videos let me think in ways I wouldn't alone. Thank you for keeping it up!

I hope Drake knows it’s okay to not have a lot of friends❤️…

"All I care about is my mom and my bed... I'm sorry." & "Take a xanny and OUT, like a light" ....WEIRD...🤔 This has me cracking tf up. Idk why 🤣

First of all, you should listen to Navajo by Masego. You’ll recognize it, of course; I still can’t tell if I think Champagne Poetry is an improvement, but I think so. This has been an interesting album for me; I gave it a full listen, and aside from the intro track didn’t really like much of it, and didnt relisten to anything else, but a lot of reviewers have had different opinions of their favorite songs, and most times i go back and listen I like what I hear. I think it ticks way more boxes for singles than it does for albums, but unfortunately that was keeping me from appreciating the quality of those singles ps agree with other comments that little simz is fantastic; even if you dont end up having smth to say about it, youll miss out if you dont hear it ^^

makes unscripted joke: *immediately becomes aware of it* "that was not a funny joke" I thought it was pretty funny.