J. Cole - KOD (Discussion Thread)

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Off 1st listen... This shyt lite.

The no features gimmick he's rolling with is holding the music back at this point.

He rather distort his vocals or come up with a persona to feature on songs than just letting someone else bring something fresh to the records.

The singing is subpar again, and just takes away from the songs. He has some nice verses sprinkled in here, but the project as a whole didn't really impress me much at all. 4YEO has higher highs than this album and that says a lot.

This felt like his version of DROGAS Light just with a lot less energy. I get the play on today's sound in hip-hop and mocking it with the repetitive hooks/messaging, but even when he did that it was like a boring ass take on it.

It'll be interesting to see how Cole's Stans receive this one for sure...
 
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