J. Cole - KOD (Discussion Thread)

[Roxx the King]

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The name Edward, at least for me is always associated with a king. There have been MANY "king edwards" in the past. If you Google the name "edward" the first thing you will see is a picture of a king. If you start to Google "king e" it will 100% autofill edward.

My theory then is that the King depicted on the album, King Overdose, is named Edward. King (overdose) Edward is the current ruller in hip-hop, take a look around the rap game. Besides our mid-age rulers (Cole, Kenny, Drake, Sean, Joey) all the young rappers, are the Kids, are On Drugs. Lil xan jumps to mind as the name I've heard but you all can fill in the blank with any new age kid rapper and a large part of what they rap about and what they do is drugs(look at lil peep).

Let me make a quick point here on the King Edward thing. A lot of people have been wondering why "kiLL edward" is typed out the way it is with the 2 "L"s. That's because those letters are actually "ng"

King Edward is loving the way rap is going right now and doesn't want that to change, this is his element. See lyrics of Tidal Wave: "can we vibe just a little" after all the "yeah"s to start he wants to just keep vibing like that, like a lot of that low mumble rap meant for vibing while you're on drugs. Though it's J Cole rapping for "kiLL edward" the alter-ego he is portraying is the current drug loving ruler of rap. He will rap dark, deep, slow as this character with a positive view of drugs. On the songs he features on, J Cole will go back and forth with him trying to fix the rap game, whereas edward will try to convince Cole to join drug rap, again see Tidal Wave Lyrics: "I've been wantin' you since we were little. Now we're full grown and you here. Do you have time just a little? I can make it worth your while, Ain't you diggin' me a little?"

The focal point of this album is something that Cole has already told us and it's to "kill edward". Cole will be looking to "motivate" this generation of young people, both rappers and regular people to make better choices in life. Cole mentioned about this album that it felt like god was writing through him, which is how he wrote it so fast. Cole is the saviour and he's here's to prove it. To throw out a corny line, this may not be the album the rap game wants, but it's going to be the album it needs.

The last track on the album is 1985(INTRO TO THE FALL OFF). Which obviously states that once this album is done, the fall off starts. That's the fall off of drug rap, the fall off of the Xanax movement, the fall off of everything not right about rap and the younger generation right now. Will Cole give us an album or something titled "The Fall Off"? Probably.. possibly. But that doesn't really matter, because the fall off starts as soon as we finish the album and king edward is dead.

When he performs this shyt in front of the rolling loud crowd in Miami...

EVERY mumble rapper will be there

 

[BigMan]

 

[HiiiPower]

relistening to FNL, Born Sinner, and 4YEO today

to me FHD and 4YEO are classics
Born Sinner is close but too many missteps
his debut suffered from the label and leaks

If the original music from Friday Night Lights was his debut like he always planned


2Face
Enchanted
The Autograph
Premeditated Murder
In The Morning
Home For The Holidays
Before I’m Gone

Along With probably...

D&AD3, Lost Ones, Breakdown, Who Dat, Gods Gift & Rise & Shine



People would look at his debut so differently, label did him dirty.

 

[CrimsonTider]

If the original music from Friday Night Lights was his debut like he always planned


2Face
Enchanted
The Autograph
Premeditated Murder
In The Morning
Home For The Holidays
Before I’m Gone

Along With probably...

D&AD3, Lost Ones, Breakdown, Who Dat, Gods Gift & Rise & Shine



People would look at his debut so differently, label did him dirty.

What are y'all claiming to be the label songs on this albums?

This is a false narrative

 

[HiiiPower]

What are y'all claiming to be the label songs on this albums?

This is a false narrative

No it isn’t, He said on a couple different occasions that the music he recorded for FNL was going to be his debut, but the label kept pushing his release date back because it didn’t have a single like Work Out, the months were going by and he was losing momentum and hype, so he threw a lot of it onto a Mixtape which was FNL to keep his buzz strong, obviously this was back before all of the surprise releases ect..back when you needed a 2 month rollout and a “strong” single to get a release date. The other songs are songs he talked about having recorded for a long time, Like Lost Ones, D&AD3 ect. Plus Who Dat was supposed to be the single that got his album out.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Fool me once. Shame on me.

Fool me 3 times after that?

 

[CrimsonTider]

No it isn’t, He said on a couple different occasions that the music he recorded for FNL was going to be his debut, but the label kept pushing his release date back because it didn’t have a single like Work Out, the months were going by and he was losing momentum and hype, so he threw a lot of it onto a Mixtape which was FNL to keep his buzz strong, obviously this was back before all of the surprise releases ect..back when you needed a 2 month rollout and and “strong” single to get a release date.

Ok. that is well known.

I thought you were saying SS was an album were the label dictated a lot stuff.

FNL being a mixtape worked out for him in the end because it made his buzz even bigger. FNL would've flopped as an album and Work out and Who Dat were not as big as Cole thought they were.

 

[HiiiPower]

Ok. that is well known.

I thought you were saying SS was an album were the label dictated a lot stuff.

FNL being a mixtape worked out for him in the end because it made his buzz even bigger. FNL would've flopped as an album and Work out and Who Dat were not as big as Cole thought they were.

Oh nah, I just meant the way they kept pushing his album back, but yeah half of it was already recorded, the other half was all the weak shyt on the album you could tell he just threw together like Mr Nice Watch and Cole World, true..I remember Work Out still being pretty big tho (mainly after the album dropped) but Who Dat flopped like a motherfukker.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I would hate to talk to this fukking dude.

Just drop the music.

Jesus Christ. This wannabe pseudo intellectual bullshyt is infuriating

 

[CrimsonTider]

Oh nah, I just meant the way they kept pushing his album back, but yeah half of it was already recorded, the other half was all the weak shyt on the album you could tell he just threw together like Mr Nice Watch and Cole World, true..I remember Work Out still being pretty big tho (mainly after the album dropped) but Who Dat flopped like a motherfukker.

FNL didn't have "Nobody's Perfect" and that song is what took him to the next level.

 

[CrimsonTider]

I would hate to talk to this fukking dude.

Just drop the music.

Jesus Christ. This wannabe pseudo intellectual bullshyt is infuriating

There's nothing intellectual about is the bad part imo. Its the most basic of the social dynamics.

 

[BigMan]

I would hate to talk to this fukking dude.

Just drop the music.

Jesus Christ. This wannabe pseudo intellectual bullshyt is infuriating

why do you nikkas insist on listening to nikkas you don't like.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

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[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

why do you nikkas insist on listening to nikkas you don't like.

Block me and you won’t have to read anything I post.

 

[HiiiPower]

FNL didn't have "Nobody's Perfect" and that song is what took him to the next level.

Can’t Get Enough probably helped too