J. Cole - KOD (Discussion Thread)

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Make an album so underwhelming, you get compared to strippers turned rappers brehs
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It's manufactured bullshyt. i don't need to hear someone rap about Offset's dikk. She honestly sounds like she's legit retarded.

I honestly thought people only listened to her ironically (like to see the car wreck that is Cardi B) - people actually listen to her because they think her music is good?

Yikes :what:
If that's the best explanation you can come up with,you might as well kept it . Cause you really aint saying shyt. I wouldnt be surprised if you didnt even listen to the album
 

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it's an average album. it has its flashes but nothing else 2.5/5

Honestly, I was surprised at certain parts. 1985 is probably the best song I've ever heard from Cole in terms of lyrics. His verse on Brackets was also better than anything I've ever heard him say.

With that said, Cole simply doesn't have the flow to rap. Add that to his lame production and the result is always basura.

I'd say that lyrically this is his best work.

When it comes to quality of writing, it goes 6 God >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>J Snore >>>Ducktales LeInterscope
 
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Honestly, I was surprised at certain parts. 1985 is probably the best song I've ever heard from Cole in terms of lyrics. His verse on Brackets was also better than anything I've ever heard him say.

With that said, Cole simply doesn't have the flow to rap. Add that to his lame production and the result is always basura.

I'd say that lyrically this is his best work.

No lie if you say it it's gospel
 

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Okay, Drogas Light was nowhere near Lupe's best work.

But you can't call an album with verses like this absolute trash.

"Uh, tell me call up Soundtrakk, have him send a couple beats
Not that "Superstar" shyt, she wanted somethin' for the streets
Said it might take like a month, she said it better take a week
Gave my arm a little punch and then she pointed at her heat
Said, "I saw that thing the first time, you don't gotta do it twice
But I need a lil' more info on exactly what I write
Some details 'bout a female, 'bout your life and what you like"
She said, "My life is like a bytch, and I'm just like my life"
Then pow-pow-pow-pow-pow, yeah, them nikkas started bussin'
Like that boycott was over and that we had overcome it

She said, "nikka, hit the gas," went from zero to a hunnid
Now we runnin' from some killers, I was so sick to my stomach
She was hangin' out the window with that thumper she was dumpin'
Had a look upon her face that made me think that she was cummin'
"

"Peace, no material possessions shall cloud my judgement
As I reach, in an ethereal direction to provide my substance
Love is not found but resides insides me, I manifest this
I will respect myself and wear serenity as my necklace
I will replace what I take and have tranquility as my breakfast
Shed a new light on a new path
I will gain rhythm and lose wrath, attain wisdom and refuse graft
And build upon what I built on
and wisely regulate time I do have
Cause what is defeat? But just the evidence of my haste
Lack of preparedness, in my waste, so I wait

Surround myself with nutrition, wholesomeness and true livin'
Use natural codes of conduct to remove schism when the rules missin'
I will pursue felicity, find value in simplicity
Altruism and empathy will be the first thing extended to my enemy
Clarity will be the trademark of my friendships
Just invest in my business and appreciative of the rarity of my existence
"

"And in the futuristic
Love will be reduced to physics
Computer digits made by robots
That use statistics, algorithms, and group logistics
The mood-resistant
Downloadable thing that's used specific
Easily updated with few commitments
Can find its way home if you forget it
Say, maybe on a starship tour
Heard a knock at your starship door
It was the girl that you had met at the starship bar
Had a dance on the starship floor
But then you got starship sick
So you had to run to the starship store
And then you got those starship pills
But when you back she wasn't there no more
She says, "Hope you got a starsuit at the starship store
Maybe we can take a trip
To take a look at the stars around parsec 4"
And it was the most beautiful thing
You both had ever seen in your lives before
And she pulled out her love
So you reached down in your starsuit for
But your pockets empty, now the moments passin'
It'll probably never happen like this again
I guess it didn't work out for you in the end"
 

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No lie if you say it it's gospel

I'm being honest breh. 1985 is solid writing. The best shyt he's ever written imo. And I can't think of another hip hop song that's like it - a track dedicated to shytting on the new generation while giving some potent advice. The really funny thing is that Cole is basically shytting on himself. He's the gimmick that's wearing thin. :pachaha:
 

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Doesn’t this sound like someone trying to save face for one of their people.. I mean I didn’t hear this about Kendrick or Drakes shyt
Drake is my man but I don't think I would need to live with Blem and Portland to get the point and what type of music communist are you? is a breh forced to enjoy every album out equally :mjlol:

Rather it sounds like you are trying to hate, because just googling 9th Wonder and Kendrick Lamar produces nothing but positive results or about the shyt they made together for Kendrick or Rapsody:dahell:
 

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Okay, Drogas Light was nowhere near Lupe's best work.

But you can't call an album with verses like this absolute trash.

"Uh, tell me call up Soundtrakk, have him send a couple beats
Not that "Superstar" shyt, she wanted somethin' for the streets
Said it might take like a month, she said it better take a week
Gave my arm a little punch and then she pointed at her heat
Said, "I saw that thing the first time, you don't gotta do it twice
But I need a lil' more info on exactly what I write
Some details 'bout a female, 'bout your life and what you like"
She said, "My life is like a bytch, and I'm just like my life"
Then pow-pow-pow-pow-pow, yeah, them nikkas started bussin'
Like that boycott was over and that we had overcome it

She said, "nikka, hit the gas," went from zero to a hunnid
Now we runnin' from some killers, I was so sick to my stomach
She was hangin' out the window with that thumper she was dumpin'
Had a look upon her face that made me think that she was cummin'
"

"Peace, no material possessions shall cloud my judgement
As I reach, in an ethereal direction to provide my substance
Love is not found but resides insides me, I manifest this
I will respect myself and wear serenity as my necklace
I will replace what I take and have tranquility as my breakfast
Shed a new light on a new path
I will gain rhythm and lose wrath, attain wisdom and refuse graft
And build upon what I built on
and wisely regulate time I do have
Cause what is defeat? But just the evidence of my haste
Lack of preparedness, in my waste, so I wait

Surround myself with nutrition, wholesomeness and true livin'
Use natural codes of conduct to remove schism when the rules missin'
I will pursue felicity, find value in simplicity
Altruism and empathy will be the first thing extended to my enemy
Clarity will be the trademark of my friendships
Just invest in my business and appreciative of the rarity of my existence
"

"And in the futuristic
Love will be reduced to physics
Computer digits made by robots
That use statistics, algorithms, and group logistics
The mood-resistant
Downloadable thing that's used specific
Easily updated with few commitments
Can find its way home if you forget it
Say, maybe on a starship tour
Heard a knock at your starship door
It was the girl that you had met at the starship bar
Had a dance on the starship floor
But then you got starship sick
So you had to run to the starship store
And then you got those starship pills
But when you back she wasn't there no more
She says, "Hope you got a starsuit at the starship store
Maybe we can take a trip
To take a look at the stars around parsec 4"
And it was the most beautiful thing
You both had ever seen in your lives before
And she pulled out her love
So you reached down in your starsuit for
But your pockets empty, now the moments passin'
It'll probably never happen like this again
I guess it didn't work out for you in the end"
shyt was TRASH fukk outta here nikka
:trash:
 
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