I told you

"As a reviewer of contemporary hip-hop and R&B music, I've been a bit hard on Tory Lanez. In a number of reviews, I've used him as an example of the most insidious and generic form of modern hip-hop. And to this point, his music has largely inhabited the space between Future, Travis Scott, and The Weeknd (which is to say, an increasingly narrow space). This being the case, I was curious to see how a Tory Lanez full-length would look to distinguish itself from an album by, say, dvsn or Roy Woods. I Told You answers that question very simply: it doesn't. Surprisingly enough though, that may be its saving grace".

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"On his debut album, the Toronto artist provides his origin story, and proves just how hard it is to escape from the long shadow of Drake ... Tory Lanez is a promising talent who has a long way to go before he can be considered Drake's peer, but he's already nailed at least one Drake-ism: the bloated, overwrought album".

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