Kiss of death?
J. Cole - KOD (Discussion Thread)
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A lot of people mentioning Drake but what everyone is missing is he announced this hours after Kendrick was named a Pulitzer winner. :KobeUSure:
As much as I think Cole will deliver
This is Drake's year commercially. His album will break records and be the talk of the summer and blah blah
Cole is smart to put his project out now before all the viral marketing and hysteria kicks in for Drake
This is Drake's year commercially. His album will break records and be the talk of the summer and blah blah
Cole is smart to put his project out now before all the viral marketing and hysteria kicks in for Drake
Who Drake or Cole?
Eh sometimes shyt happens. I dont think it was calculated to take “shine” away from Kendrick as Kendrick’s honor is geniunely a historic moment. Cole is just ready to drop when he drops and he doesnt fear competition.
Just like Cole dropping surprise albums everytime Drake drops his albums.
Que????? FHD and 4YEO came out December 2014 and December 2016 respectively
More Life - April 2017
Views - April 2016
Reading - Feb 2015
NWTS - September 2013
Where's the overlap???????????
I don't know why The Booth loves to hate on Drake Kendrick and Cole. These are 3 rappers helping to keep the craft alive... if you wanna complain about them, don't also complain when lil mumbles are running the industry
When has this ever happened?
And Drake dont drop for another 2 months why are his stans acting so insecure
Piff Perkins
Veteran
I look at it like this. Three things happened that day.
Drake announced his next album
Kendrick received a Pulitzer Prize
J Cole announced his next album
All three were big news that trended on twitter and were talked about. And to me, the fact that all three happened on the same day confirmed what we've known for a minute: the dominate rappers of our time are still Drake, Kendrick, and Cole. Nobody is really on their level in terms of popularity or commercial ability/viability. They also reach audiences beyond the traditional "young rap fans" audience.
I may troll Drake and express disappointment in Cole sometimes, but end of the day I'll give them all dap. We've never really had a rap triumvirate like this.
areohbee824
Superstar
And that is what is missing. People equate critiques to hate. That aside, I think the triumvirate point is actually a negative. The reason we didn't is because there were more top level stars. The late 90s and early 2000s had like 20 people doing numbers or going platinum. Thus the difference in ranking was based on skill.
We went to J. Cole's secret London gig last night, here's what happened | JOE.co.uk
“He went on to explain that this album was recorded in 13 days, just before he went on his 4 Your Eyez Only Tour - however he removed three songs in order to replace them with three others that he deemed raised the quality of the album.”
“Kids On Drugs, King’s Overdose and Kill Our Demons" he exclaimed before covering the themes of the album; pain, and how we deal with it, whether that be through various vices, or more specifically, medicinal and recreational drugs; setting the context of the album by talking about how advertisements in America encourage us to numb our feelings with medicine, instead of opening up and talking about it.”
“Now, as previously mentioned, this is not a review. I am not in a place to be able to credibly review an album I listened to once, however I can touch on a few aspects.
“He went on to explain that this album was recorded in 13 days, just before he went on his 4 Your Eyez Only Tour - however he removed three songs in order to replace them with three others that he deemed raised the quality of the album.”
“Kids On Drugs, King’s Overdose and Kill Our Demons" he exclaimed before covering the themes of the album; pain, and how we deal with it, whether that be through various vices, or more specifically, medicinal and recreational drugs; setting the context of the album by talking about how advertisements in America encourage us to numb our feelings with medicine, instead of opening up and talking about it.”
“Now, as previously mentioned, this is not a review. I am not in a place to be able to credibly review an album I listened to once, however I can touch on a few aspects.
- The beats. In the past J. Cole has been accused of being boring, partially down to his beat selection and lack of club bangers. Believe me when I say that the crowd were fully on board with a number of tracks, despite listening to them for the first time. Up-tempo beats with a rapid, tight flow and punchlines that made the crowd move. One hell of a feat.
- Again, no features. He’s proven twice now that he doesn’t need them - however, we wouldn’t say no to another Kendrick Lamar collaboration sometime this decade please Mr. Cole, sir.
- Referencing the first reason why J. Cole is indispensable to Hip Hop. He hasn’t jumped on any bandwagon here, not even a hint. In fact, the very opposite. One lyric I picked up was literally "this statement won’t be popular."
“The final track he performed, entitled "1985", the year in which he was born, carried shades of "Fire Squad" in that he takes aim at white privilege, cultural appropriation, and the new wave of rappers with ridiculous names that dive on trends only to be forgotten about and broke in five years (not his exact words, but the sentiment is the same). The best part? This isn’t even part of K.O.D., but "a whole other project."
Who did he empty the clip on?
areohbee824
Superstar
No idea tbh
I dunno is "Trap" King Cole is what I want. I know everyone is on this whole trap moment, but I feel it maybe out of his element. People still want the 2014FHD or FNL vibe. But with that said, I support and most likely will enjoy this upcoming album. The last track sounds like an updated version of "Somebody got to Die" and seemingly that it's not part of the album suggest it is a bonus track and a hint of how his next album may venture to.