Albums J. Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only (Discussion Thread)

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This should leak real soon right? They're putting out CD's Friday too.
 

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I noticed on the pre purchase that Cole was no longer on just Roc Nation. Now "Dreamville under Exclusive License to Rocnation". And now the track list also says interscope. Looks like Ib and Cole worked out what was going on with the their contract. :ehh:

Lowkey cole was under a bad 360 contract apparently(50/50 split of everything). And his dreamville contract with interscope made sure all his artist where not under 360 deals. Hence interscope not promoting them(Bas and Cozz keep all their tour money).
 

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I'm not saying which one is the greater MC... but if we are speaking about top of the mainstream rap game... J. Cole been the top earner over Kendrick, both in tours and album sales. It's just J. Cole is mad reclusive and avoid all media whereas Kendrick is the media darling and seen EVERYWHERE which showcase a false projection. When you think about, TPAB barely hit platinum and had it not been for the RIAA changing of the rules, it still wouldn't of been a platinum album. But J. Cole quietly went DOUBLE just off the strength of word of mouth and constant touring.

And about to do it again....
J. Cole has always been more popular than Kendrick. His fanbase is more loyal. A lot of the sales of K. Dot's last album was due to the whole west coast savior angle. He has diehard fans, but the general public always liked Cole better. Cole's fanbase began when cats like me were in college and it got passed down to our younger siblings, cousins, etc. Cole's fanbase will be there because they grew up with him and are close to his age. The stuff he talks about reflects them. And then he still throws in stuff for the younger crowd.
 

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I noticed on the pre purchase that Cole was no longer on just Roc Nation. Now "Dreamville under Exclusive License to Rocnation". And now the track list also says interscope. Looks like Ib and Cole worked out what was going on with the their contract. :ehh:

Lowkey cole was under a bad 360 contract apparently(50/50 split of everything). And his dreamville contract with interscope made sure all his artist where not under 360 deals. Hence interscope not promoting them.
Roc Nation is now distributed through Universal where Cole was being distributed through Columbia when he was originally with Roc Nation. Something probably got negotiated with the new switch based on how successful Cole has been. Probably gave dude back some of his masters or something. Rihanna has the the whole Westbury Road/Roc Nation shyt now too.
 
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Roc Nation is not distributed through Universal where Cole was being distributed through Columbia when he was originally with Roc Nation. Something probably got negotiated with the new switch based on how successful Cole has been. Probably gave dude back some of his masters or something. Rihanna has the the whole Westbury Road/Roc Nation shyt now too.

Ah. Gotcha.
 

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Gonna listen but probably gonna be boring AF.

Idk why but his 2nd album is my favorite out of all of them.

I didn't bang the 3rd album as much as that one but I loved "love yourz" and "apparently"

His discography is pretty good though
 
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