As a drama of parenthood it's at once faith-based and therapeutic, but with a live-wire performance by Jacob Laval at its center.

"Gimme a hug, Gimme a hug!," pleads Drake on one track from his new album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. After the month and year he's had, perhaps it's no surprise. As rap battle humiliations go, the rapper's ...