"Too Much" is a song by Canadian
hip hop recording artist
Drake
Drake may refer to:
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* A male duck
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* Drake (surname), a list of people and fictional characters with the family name
* Drake (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* ...
from his third studio album ''
Nothing Was the Same
''Nothing Was the Same'' is the third studio album by Canadian rapper Drake. It was released on September 24, 2013, through OVO Sound, Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records. Work on the record began in 2012 and ...
'' (2013). "Too Much" features vocals from English singer
Sampha and contains
samples from his track of the same name. The song was later released as the sixth overall single from ''Nothing Was the Same'' in the
United Kingdom
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on December 9, 2013. Prior to its release, it was added to the playlists of UK radio stations
BBC Radio 1Xtra and
BBC Radio 1
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on October 31, 2013,
and November 25, 2013, respectively.
Critical reception
"Too Much" was met with generally positive reviews from
music critics. David Amidon of
PopMatters
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wrote that it was "hard... not to look at 'Too Much' as the brief return of the album we really want from Drake. This is the sort of song where everything comes together in such new, glimmering ways as to validate any claims Drake makes to shifting the game around on opener 'Tuscan Leather'." Tim Sendra of
AllMusic
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called "Too Much" a "brilliant combination of brag rap and quiet storm balladry." Julia Leconte of ''
Now
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'' praised its production as "beautiful." Evan Rytlewski of ''
The A.V. Club
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'' opined that the song "is beautiful in its achy simplicity."
Charts
Certifications
Release history
References
2013 singles
2013 songs
Drake (musician) songs
Cash Money Records singles
Republic Records singles
Sampha songs
Song recordings produced by Nineteen85
Songs written by Drake (musician)
Songs written by Emile Haynie
Songs written by Nineteen85
Songs written by Sampha
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