J. Cole - KOD (Discussion Thread)

[Bigblackted4]

Bruh every body gets the concept. Y’all did the same thing with 4YEO

A concept doesn’t make the music sound better if it’s poorly executed

Nah that was just an average album

 

[momma]

Off 1st listen... This shyt lite.

The no features gimmick he's rolling with is holding the music back at this point.

He rather distort his vocals or come up with a persona to feature on songs than just letting someone else bring something fresh to the records.

The singing is subpar again, and just takes away from the songs. He has some nice verses sprinkled in here, but the project as a whole didn't really impress me much at all. 4YEO has higher highs than this album and that says a lot.

This felt like his version of DROGAS Light just with a lot less energy. I get the play on today's sound in hip-hop and mocking it with the repetitive hooks/messaging, but even when he did that it was like a boring ass take on it.

It'll be interesting to see how Cole's Stans receive this one for sure...

Were you the one who liked that Vic Mensa album???

 

[RawDogBandit]

Going through it a 2nd time listening to random songs.
From track 5-12, it was just beautiful.

Was about to give up at first listen by track 4. Glad I kept listening

 

[thaKEAF]

Not done yet but so far I like it sonically better than 4 your eyez. Felt like that sounded too much like a sequel to forest hills.

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

Album hadn't even been out for like 40 minutes and some nikkas were already posting album reviews

Suspicious

I listen to albums from five years ago and finally understand a bar or a song.

How a nikka do it in 40 mins?

 

[TNOT]

shyt nice

 

[SNG]

Man my nikka Cole gave these new nikkaz in the rap game that come up gospel on 1985

 

[Taco]

This album is going to age well.

 

[CarltonJunior]

Okay Window Pain is the hardest track now. This nikka is SNAPPIN

 

[RAW_SPK]

A concept doesn’t make the music sound better if it’s poorly executed

This is important to remember

 

[JohnStarksMiddleFinger]

We get it, you do that on one or two songs not the whole album.

Do you know what’s concept album is? I mean the title of his album is the theme.

What did you think it was going to be about?

Y’all same nikkas that got mad at the Black panther SOUNDTRACK for having multiple artist

 

[MostHatedBox]

2nd half gets much better

 

[Primetime21]

Man this Cole album is dope. What your broke ass listening too?

why does your dumb ass think you have to pay to hear it on spotify?

 

[GoldenGlove]

Were you the one who liked that Vic Mensa album???

Yes, I actually form my own opinions on content on my own. Vic Mensa actually has a few records on his debut album that are better than anything I just listened to from this KOD project

 

[L@CaT]

First time through I’d give it 4 mics. Window pain was the most memorable track for me.