Amidst an ongoing beef with fellow Hip Hop icon Kanye West, Drake released what would be his sixth studio album titled “Certified Lover Boy”. 

Despite the star studded list of features on the album and chart topping streams, the album received a lukewarm reception from many fans. The cover art notably featured twelve pregnant women, a motif Drake would utilize in order to release the trilogy’s next album, “Honestly Nevermind”, nine months after in reference to the typical timeframe it takes for a woman to give birth. 

This album was a surprise drop with no prior promotion, made as a tribute to fashion icon Virgil Abloh, a graphic and fashion designer who tragically passed away two months after “Certified Lover Boy” in November of 2021. This album saw Drake creating music in the style of Jersey Club or House Music, a form of electronic club music originating from Newark, New Jersey, notable for its percussion and fast groovy tempos. 

A much more experimental album, “Honestly Nevermind” seemed to receive even more criticism from fans with the exception of the last track “Jimmy Cooks” featuring 21 Savage. This would pave the way for his latest collab album with 21 Savage, “Her Loss”.

This latest installment saw Drake on beats much more akin to his usual style with the assistance of 21 Savage, a duo which has become widely praised as of late. 

This latest installment of the three albums was the best, featuring great production choices, catchy hooks, and verses which keep you engulfed in the song he has created. 

When the album titles are made into one, they make the phrase “Certified Lover Boy, Honestly Nevermind, Her Loss” in order to portray a romance in Drake’s life coming to a close as he moves on over time. 

The shift in attitude by Drake helps portray this, though it’s something easy to miss when not paying close attention as he acts very somber and sentimental at the trilogy’s start, but progressively sees Drake taking the mantle of a more villainous role in the relationship between him and this woman. 

Overall, Drake has effectively created a trilogy which tells a continuous, albeit loose and a little sloppy, story across the course of three albums, a feat not many before him have been able to do. In my personal opinion, “Her Loss” (9/10) is the strongest of the three, followed by “Honestly Nevermind” (8.5/10) with “Certified Lover Boy” (5.5/10) being the weakest of the three albums.