Drake‘s For All The Dogs may be primed for massive numbers in its first week, but as far as ratings go, it’s on the opposite end of the spectrum.
Metacritic is a popular website that aggregates reviews of multimedia content and ranks them with a score. For Drizzy’s latest, the album is ranked as the lowest of all 14 of his releases over the years – coming in at 52 out of 100, based on 10 current reviews. Conversely, 2009’s So Far Gone is ranked the highest with 81.
You can view the full list of Drake’s Metacritic album scores as of this writing below.
So Far Gone – 81
Thank Me Later – 75
Take Care – 78
Nothing Was the Same – 79
If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – 78
What A Time To Be Alive – 70
Views From The 6 – 69
More Life – 79
Scorpion – 67
Dark Lane Demo Tapes – 61
Certified Lover Boy – 60
Honestly, Nevermind – 73
Her Loss – 62
For All the Dogs – 52
Released at 6 AM on Friday (October 6), the album is currently expected to hit an opening of 400–450K units in its first week.
This would make it the fourth-biggest opening of any album this year, trailing only Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, and Travis Scott.
For All The Dogs has 23 songs in total, with contributions from Teezo Touchdown, 21 Savage, J. Cole and Chief Keef, among others. With a runtime that comes to almost an hour and a half, this is Drizzy’s first album of this year after dropping two in 2022, including a collaborative record with 21 Savage.
Joe Budden is one of the critics of the new effort, sharing his thoughts on For All The Dogs on the latest episode of his podcast.
“[Drake is] rapping for the children,” Budden said. “I had to look up how old this n-gga was when I finished listening to the album … You gonna be 37 years old. Get the fuck away from some of these younger n-ggas, and stop fucking these 25-year-olds. … Why are you still fucking the 25-year-olds? You’re a 37-year-old billionaire.”
He compared Drake’s career arc unfavorably to J. Cole‘s. “Cole used to rap about kid shit … And then he started to grow up. And then the rapping sounded like an adult rapping. I want to hear adult Drake rapping for adult people. That’s my issue with him today.”
Drake responded to Budden’s comments with a long screed on social media, saying the rapper-turned-broadcaster had “failed at music.”
“You left [music] behind to do what you are doing in this clip because this is what actually pays your bills,” Drake wrote. “[Y]ou switched careers cause the things that pop into your brain had you broke living cheque to cheque and the raps you write had 450 men showing up to your shows in dusty Enyce jeans to screw up their face to Mood Muzik 29 and pretend you are the goat.
“[Please] to any artist that’s doing what they feel is right don’t let these opinions affect your mindset after the fact…this guy is the poster child of frustration and surrendering.”
“If you need it put in simpler terms,” Drizzy concluded, “I own a 767…he owns a modest house in the 973 and flies first class on special occasions.”
Budden hit back, writing: “You’ll grow up sooner or later…. Father time is undefeated.”
The two have since continued to go back and forth.
wouldnt take this gay ass list seriously at all. they just ranked his shit in order. lazy losers
They didn’t rank them or make the list, each album’s score was determined on Metacritic when it came out. The scores aren’t really decided by Metacritic either, they’re just the average rating of all the reviews they collect for a given album. Having said that, review aggregators and music critics in general are indeed pretty dumb.
I’d let Drake shave my balls while I fart in Nicki Minaj’s mouth while I’m punching Drake’s balls while Birdman is making bird noises while poking his hairy butthole in Drake’s mouth while farting while Juvenile is slapping Birdman’s balls while he’s tickling Nicki Minaj’s balls.
Aside from “More Life”, everything from ‘Views’ onward has gotten progressively worse. I used to look forward to Drake albums, now I actively avoid anything he releases.
Drake is top 5 all time. No debate. Men lie, Women lie, but them album sales, feature run and tour sales numbers don’t. If everybody love Hiphop so much, why Magic, KD III, Magic 3 only doing 20k first week? This whole “We want real Hiphop” is a Lie! Fans of music want balance. They want club hits, catchy hooks and on occasion personal songs. Drake covers all bases. Drake is getting that Kobe treatment, where fans just hated him for no reason, but deep down they knew he was the best. But hey, ‘You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
Numbers lie too fool time to wake tf up
@LeicaFanBoy Lol. Sales in 2023 mean nothing. And his fans are mostly females and twinks.. Which one are you
So why Esco only selling 20k first week? Where the real hiphop heads with all this support?
Wow, the one person who actually thinks 1 billion people stream albums. Dumbass of the day.
numbers say something about mass appeal and effective marketing, but music and its quality does not work like sports. In sports its simple, if you win the game, you are better, because that is the only objective. What makes art good isn’t as simple. Drake does crazy numbers because he makes “catchy” music that grown men and 12 year old girls alike find relatable and digestible, but that doesn’t mean he’s anywhere near top 5. Too many rappers are or were more creative, more interesting, smarter and simply more skilled, but i guess we all have our own criteria for top 5
Should’ve included some cats too…
Well deserved 🗑️
Joe budden was right then lol
And where is a budden album on any list whatsoever
I don’t hate Drake, I actually like tracks on CLB and Honestly, Nevermind.
I prefer Nas.
I listen to them both.
Fk what people say or how they rate music.