Sometimes I wonder what these Cole haters actually
like.
I mean, Big Sean and Drake are cool, but none of them are seeing J Cole lyrically.
The beats are cool. I can't really see any big difference between the beats other rappers spit on and the ones J Cole spit on. I must confess, I'm not too familiar with the technical aspects of it, but the only ones that really stand as different to me are beats on a Kanye West album. That's because they're more epic cinematic beats. Plus I heard that new Papoose album. Most of those beats were antiquated 90's beats. So, on a spectrum, I'd put Kanye on one end and Papoose at the other (I know that Papoose probably didn't produce any of the songs, but still). Most rappers fall somewhere in between the two.
I'm convinced that Cole haters talking about how his rap puts them to sleep don't really care about lyricism at all.