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8.0
105718
8.0 |
NOW
Scorpion will be a wonderful soundtrack to Uber rides and iPhones in colleges for years to come
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8.0
105720
8.0 |
Exclaim
Full of the effortlessly cut-throat Drake we've come to love
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8.0
105731
8.0 |
The Quietus
A revealing, thrilling album by an artist who took a very particular experience and used it to create a beautiful project
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8.0
105916
8.0 |
PopMatters
With Scorpion, Drake makes a cohesive argument for broadening our attention spans and enjoying life's music, regardless of runtime
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7.6
105736
7.6 |
Gig Soup
Whether his best work or not, through a long list of songs and accomplishments, it’ll take a lot for anyone to say he’s finished
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7.0
105828
7.0 |
Clash
As listeners cherry pick the tracks that fit their version of Drake, and these songs infiltrate clubs and playlists, ’Scorpion’ won’t be disappearing any time soon
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7.0
105726
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The rapper opens up about his newly revealed son and reminds everyone why he’s the poet laureate of Instagram captions on a remarkably long but consistent album
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6.9
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6.9 |
Pitchfork
Richly produced, studded with gems, and grapples with his fatherhood in a way that casts his arrested development into sharp relief
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6.7
105752
6.7 |
A.V. Club
While the album is most noteworthy for its compositional clarity, it’ll probably linger in the memory only for a bunch of good Drake moments
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6.0
105754
6.0 |
The Independent
See Drake address family matters and old beefs, but feels too catered to the cherry-picking habits borne from streaming to enjoy as one cohesive work
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6.0
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6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
A record in limbo, a behemoth crippled by a well-timed shot to the leg
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6.0
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6.0 |
Evening Standard
There’s something for everyone from a man who can rap tough on the skeletal I’m Upset, sing smoothly on the pulsing synthpop of Summer Games
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6.0
105716
6.0 |
The 405
He’s more on point that in years, the presentation is painstaking, but Drake cannot fight growing sense that he’s a titan, swinging out at the dark, nowhere left to go but down
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6.0
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6.0 |
NME
Drake’s fatal flaw on ‘Scorpion’, though, is self-indulgence. There’s the Michael Jackson resurrection on ‘Don’t Matter To Me’ (a clear-cut power move, rather than artistic posthumous collaboration) and an out-of-place Jay-Z feature (which appears solely aimed to troll Kanye). These are cases of Drake doing things because he can, rather than because he should
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Scorpion will be more remembered as a landmark in the rapidly shifting sands of music media and production, than for anything it says about Drake himself
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5.0
105714
5.0 |
musicOMH
Expecting consistency from an album like this is a mug’s game. There are good tracks here, about 35 minutes’ worth, and the plus side of streaming is it’s easier to isolate the songs you like
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5.0
105719
5.0 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Ultimately, this is another entry in the long list of double albums that could have been singles
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5.0
105747
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Self-indulgent, largely evasive, and frankly boring when the beat is not quite strong enough to steady the ship
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4.0
105757
4.0 |
The Irish Times
Drake’s powers have been withering
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4.0
105780
4.0 |
The FT
The Canadian superstar’s new double album ranges from electrifying rap to maundering R&B
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3.0
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3.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Scattered across Scorpion are the ruins of what it aspires to be
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