Rappers with REAL dedicated fan bases are nothing but a good thing in my opinion. Cole toured for almost 3 years straight to earn that goodwill from the fans, signed a crappy 360 deal and was damn near burnt out before he even released his studio debut. He's finally making the music HE wants to make, of course the fans are going to support the artist they saw make Warm Up and FNL making more of the organic music that speaks to them. Plus the album itself was fantastic.