Joe Budden says COLE'S NEW ALBUM is a STEP DOWN FROM his PREVIOUS WORK! | thoughts?

[LevelUp]

 

[triplehate]

So

 

[bigde09]

He’s right. Everyone knows Cole can rap. But it all feels surface level. No bite to his music

 

[LevelUp]

He’s right. Everyone knows Cole can rap. But it all feels surface level. No bite to his music

I'm seeing a lot of similar statements over on Twitter

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

Ok

 

[Big Boss]

He’s right. Everyone knows Cole can rap. But it all feels surface level. No bite to his music

I'm seeing a lot of similar statements over on Twitter

So basically Cole is a battle rapper

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Hasn’t even been 48 mf hrs

 

[Pure Water]

The album is bloated.

 

[BIGDENNIS10UK]

I d/l this album, I ain’t listened yet, never heard one before, should I start here or get something else?

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Joe Budden being a c tier rapper into an a list podcaster will always be laughable to me.

 

[DapMeUp!]

Off season was fire, I haven't listened yet but would be disappointing if it wasn't at least on that level.

 

[EzekelRAGE]

 

[Jay Kast]

The problem with more tracks is that you will pick your favorites and disregard more because you have the 'pick of the litter' phenomenon. This is why two CD albums never score well.

It's not that the songs are objectively bad, it's that you can pick your favorite 8 or 10 songs and the rest become filler relatively. But if you took those 8 or 10 songs and yeeted them before you ever heard them - you would find your 8 to 10 favorite songs among the so-called fillers.

It's the excess of choice with 20+ track albums that causes them to consistently be considered less quality than albums with less tracks.

BTW, the album is really good. Joe is a surface level thinker.

 

[Overpss]

Thought it was mid tbh.

 

[krulesweatshirt]

It's decent, just not a memorable album at all. About half of the album = fillers. I don't know where it ranks in his discography, I don't feel like he ever made a truly great album.