J. Cole - KOD (Discussion Thread)

[OaklandCertified]

shyts fukking dope!

 

[CarltonJunior]

i don't think he uses thecoli's definition of black. with hispanics, blackness is more malleable, cause race ain't even real to begin with, and if we talkin color, they speak a language of a ppl who blacker than us english speakers or the language of those who enslaved us, so ppl from spain more likely to accept darker ppl as still white. but all n all it's confusing cause it's all bullshyt.

what i'm tryna say is with hispanics, u can more choose if you're black or white. just pick your circle and the culture will follow. lil pump clearly chose.

u can call what im sayin bullshyt, but it's a thing

skip to 6:30 if u ain't seen this already:

I won't call it bullshyt but I will call it a reach. I think if he left what race the person is ambiguous then it would be a clear Pump diss but he intentionally called the person in question black, as in African-American, and you can tell by the comments he said about the kids. I think he did that with the intention of making it clear he's not dissing him.

 

[ThaEruditious]

I’m going to need the production credits for this brehs

http://dreamville.com/kodcredits they're supposed to be here but they're not up yet.

 

[ineedsleep212]

1. Intro
2. KOD
3. Photograph
4. The Cut Off (featuring kiLL edward) Mainly due to the hook
5. ATM
6. Motiv8
7. Kevin's Heart
8. BRACKETS
9. "Once an Addict (Interlude)
10. "FRIENDS" (featuring kiLL edward)
11. "Window Pain" (Outro)
12. "1985" (Intro to The Fall Off)

That first half really stopped this from being his best album imo. I was ready to hate off the start of it, I'm not gonna front.

 

[BigMan]

He should push motiv8 as a single

 

[AAKing23]

Once again if you don't like Cole or don't tend to like Cole's shyt then why are you here? Did you expect different this time?

 

[AJtheOne]

gonna listen on my way to work tomorrow. Good night brehs

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

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

How a nikka do it in 40 mins?

some people are very straight forward with "complex" cadences.
Pharoahe Monch? That's somebody who would take multilistens on a light jawn.
Modern rappers not named King Los or Ezzy? No. Not one after Lupe.
does that mean nikkas are wack or average? No, it means y'all
A.)have a totally different set of ears
B.)are part of an inward-facing youth culture
C.)have a narrower selection and illusion of more choices...this guy should't be considered the pinnacle of anything. He's dope but y'all put extras and hyperbole on everything nowadays.

Let it all sit and stand the test of time.

 

[BigMan]

You can tell he recorded Neighbors in the same sessions as these songs

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

If you don't like (Kendrick, Cole, Drake) then why are you here? You must be a cac

 

[Chip Skylark]

off first listen

Friends (the best written song on the album)
window pain
1985

are standouts. gonna listen some more tonight. but like someone said earlier 4YEO had higher highs but this album doesn't have any IMO.

 

[Darealtwo1]

Who he talking to in 1985?

Cole bodied his shyt

All the new rappers that basically got face tats/pop pills/sip lean that came up within the last 12-18 months

 

[GoldenGlove]

Yea he could easily get a R&B singer but like you said he wants to keep doing the no features thing

He has artists on his label that could lace a song with a melody or just a different tone of voice, but he just refuses to use them.

 

[Somebody]

I won't call it bullshyt but I will call it a reach. I think if he left what race the person is ambiguous then it would be a clear Pump diss but he intentionally called the person in question black, as in African-American, and you can tell by the comments he said about the kids. I think he did that with the intention of making it clear he's not dissing him.

wait, didn't yatchy diss cole too? if so, that answers the question. it's a catch all diss like u sed.

 

[AAKing23]

If you don't like (Kendrick, Cole, Drake) then why are you here? You must be a cac

I don't fukk with Uzi, but I don't go in a thread about Uzi and shyt on him, I just don't give af

I'm just trying to understand the logic forreal...