I feel like I'm supposed to like J. Cole but I just don't...Everything that OP said about him having content, skills and authenticity is true..Everything that others said about him being more boring that watching paint dry is also true..
Maybe it's the production....Maybe it's the generic sound of his voice...
Yeah, he's an artist I tried to get into, but the songs had that imitation crab meat feel and I wanted some real seafood, b.
On top of that, the horrible single he dropped with accompanying atrocious video in which he was hanging out next to a basketball court with the Bert from Sesame Street unibrow pretty much let me know he was one to pass on.
It's amusing how Kendrick has become the new Outkast, where despite other artists gushing about his talent, a wide swath of fans thinking he makes dope music, and critical acclaim he's going to be the new go-to example for fans of "eh" rappers to use in their "hold up, you like Kendrick Lamar but you don't like cornball rapper 734X-delta98?" threads and posts.
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