J. Cole - KOD (Discussion Thread)

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Once again if you don't like Cole or don't tend to like Cole's shyt then why are you here? :mjlol: Did you expect different this time?

Some of us are trying.

I like Cole enough to try (never heard all of Sideline, Born Sinner or Eyez).

Second half >>>>>> First Half

PLEASE I hope none of you nikkas really believe that Cole purposely made the hooks and verses trash to prove a point or fulfill the concept, or whatever juelz'ing y'all doing.

Cole always been bad at singing and hooks. His label even knows this. He was supposed to sing the hook for, "Power Trip" (one of his biggest hits to date), but the label was like, ":whoa: we got enough in the budget for Miguel fam, you good..."

Cole isn't bad at all, but he isn't the GOAT like others say he is, and that's totally ok.

He's a B+ player with an A+ core fan base.

His real problem is that he doesn't even live up to the B+ standards, which leads to caping from his A+ core fan base

That's a stretch. I got mad respect him for garnering his fanbase, but, damn. Cole is being gassed for making his albums on a Dollar General budgets. Don't get 808 Mafia, but, Cole needs another person to balance his ideas.

ATM is a banger. But, he rode that concept too hard. I was waiting for the point of the album and only got that song about his mom. Respect, but, he should've formatted the album better.

Kendrick did similar with Humble and his fans think he dumbed his flow down, but, I still felt like Kendrick was Kendrick (DNA, XXX, Feel).
 

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albums dope. Not a Cole fan at all but I kept hearing cole songs i liked on Pandora and everytime it was a song on this album. So I checked it out and loved it. Hes definitely trying to appeal to a different type of crowd with this album and it worked for me. Its already my most listened to cole project.
 

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I ran the whole album back last night. I forgot how much I like this joint. :ehh:
Perfect late night cruising music.

Sidenote: I made this cover awhile back. Came out kinda blurry tho.

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not reading thru this thread, what's the issue with this album? it's by far his most listenable aside from FHD without cringeworthy songs like adolescence and wet dreamz :scust:

i fukk with it :manny:
This album is criminally underrated. I didn’t think much of it at first but I can pretty much listen to it straight through and not skip a track.
 
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