Terrible Tuesday: Drake's Habibti Had a Critical Revolt Hiding Inside a Mixed Score -- and Yesterday's Chart Proved It Right
Drake's Habibti (FOMO) carries a Metacritic score of 59 -- officially just 'mixed' -- but its sharpest reviews single out exactly the kind of song that got it there: a borrowed hook dressed up for a one-week chart spike. 'Solar Eclipse' debuted at No. 5 on that hook and vanished from the top 10 one week later, which is as literal a confirmation of a critic's complaint as this column has seen.
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