J. Cole - ''Born Sinner''-2013

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Some Of Ya'll are seriously Bugging,:mindblown::mindblown: This album is really tight! Beats,Lyrics,Concepts,Stoytelling, are all on this album!! I wonder wut it'll take to please some of you so called high standard hiphop listeners.:mindblown::mindblown: For the rest of the people wondering about this album: its Tight! absolutely nothing wrong with the overall product. my opinion just saying.....
 

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not enuff emo noise prolly :troll:

honestly that might be it

he spoke out topics i could relate on on the first LP

the final track is hot though :ohlawd:

so far, i like powertrip, crooked smile and born sinner

imma give it another listen soon though:guilty:
 

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Listening now...

I just want to say certain samples, remakes arent to ever be touched again.. Electric Relaxation is one.. You cant do it better. You cant make it equal..just dont attempt it.

But going thru these posts, why so much hate for dude? He's on parr with most of the shyt yall say good on this board... I mean he aint terrible by any means.. Not quite my cup of tea, but he ok
 

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This whole album is heavily influenced by Biggie, Pac, Jay, NaS and Ye'. The reason these young lions are stuck in that shadow cause they aren't dropping Classic music. Drake has the hit songs but no Classic album. J Cole, Wale, Meek are the same. Kendrick debut is getting early "Classic" love but only time will really tell it's impact. Cole recently said that him and his peers need to not feel they can't do better than the greats from the 90's. But listening to "Born Sinner" only reaffirmed to me that the 90's era was so great, so influential that it litterally has had a reverse effect and handicapped many of the young rappers trying to live up to that legacy.

Big, Pac, Jay, NaS and Ye's music have aged like fine wine. Ye as of today to me is the only rapper from this era that will be mentioned with the Greats. "College Dropout" could be argued as the last true Classic album in Hip Hop that can be mentioned with some of the Greats. At the end of the day, off 1st listen I enjoyed "Born Sinner" more than "Sideline Story" so Cole is improving. But he and other emcees will never get out of the shadows of the greats until they make something GREAT. This album all in all sounded like Cole begging the Rap Gods for acceptance instead of just dropping a Classic album. I give it 4 MICS off 1st listen. Still letting it digest but I like what I hear.
 

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:lawd: @ sampling Art of Storytelling Pt.1....

classic song...


On Runaway for my first listen and the album is really tight so far. I'm still mad he didn't put Can I Holla At You on this. Should have kept that one for real.
 

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I like it.... I guess.

I prefer Cole world though.

The beats have to grow on me to say the least
 
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