From KTT:
The album—surprise, surprise—doesn't contain any guests features.
In total, the album is 12 tracks, but the final track, "1985," is the introduction to another project. Cole wouldn't provide the audience with any additional details.
KOD stands for Kids on Drugs, King Overdosed and Kill our Demons.
the album features a lot of vocal experimentation over menacing production and plenty of 808s, but not much in the way of boom bap.
Cole initially recorded the album in two weeks but went back to the drawing board to perfect the final three tracks. He knew he could "create a classic."
Cole says he sinks into a zone and is writing at least a song a day. By song six, he realizes there's something going on. He has never written like this before. "God was just giving it to me, like, 'Here n*gga, I'll write it for you, just take the credit,'" he said. After those first two weeks, Cole thought to himself, "Yoooo I'ma come back from Australia, drop this **** and blow everybody away." When Cole gets back, he mixes it but something doesn't feel right. He said if he was being honest with himself, he knew three songs weren't up to par. If he could make three more songs up to par, he would have a classic. So Cole says he took his time and perfected the album. It's a beautiful album