Let's talk about how J. Cole is fading into irrelevancy

[Piff Perkins]

well he did for 2012 and came back in 2013 selling 300k (first week sales and ended up outselling a legend in the game) with a platinum and gold single. Cole is in it for the long run. at nikkas doubting him and just completely shyts on them

Has either album gone plat? I know the first went about 700k, this one barely sold 600k so far...

 

[kermit da hustla]

nobody gives a fukk about kendrick lamar. stop trying to put him alongside drake. drake's album took a couple weeks to go platinum. kendrick's took over a year to just get CLOSE to platinum. j cole will be alright.

and for the record, i'm not a fan of drake, kendrick or cole. all three are lame. but i'm just speaking facts. and @ kendrick being "real rap." real nikkas don't listen to kendrick.

 

[GhettoNintendo]

Has either album gone plat? I know the first went about 700k, this one barely sold 600k so far...

i think its at 630k now. who cares lol. he's one of the top selling artists. the only problem with him is that when he drops an album he goes ghost and basically stops promoting his shyt.

 

[Wild self]

And alot of those pop corn muthafukkas are straight out of the radar. Look at the movements these cats were cheer-leading over the years and yet they irrelevant. :

Lil B
Soulja Boy
White Girl Mob
Brick Squad(Even though I like Gooch)
Meek Milly aint even Gold
Big Sean bricked
2 Chainz bout out the door
GBE(Crackbaby music thats gonna have a 3 year shelf life)
French Montana

The list goes on. Hell even Juicy J who been everywhere this year and featured every hot of the moment artist along with doing work for Miley Cyrus and Katey Perry bricked. Cole done found a formula, his base and knows whats work which is why he's gonna get better within every album

The list goes on and yet J Cole

/thread.

All that popularity shyt ain't gonna KEEP the fans or make them BUY the albums.

 

[28 Gramz]

Thread Title should have Big Seans name instead

 

[Wild self]

Cole is in such a weird place musically. He's like top 3 biggest artist in their 20s but still.. I don't feel like people REALLY care. Maybe because his buzz is solely music based. No extra shyt.

this thread proves y'all only care about the gimmick and bs personas and NOT the music.

Pretty much. This past decade be oversaturated with gimmick, drama, and beef, that people have a hard time accepting the music for what it is.

 

[ProfessionallyTrill]

It's still crazy how ppl thought the Power Trip beat was so wack for such a good song they replaced it on radio

 

[Wild self]

Has either album gone plat? I know the first went about 700k, this one barely sold 600k so far...

No one goes plat unless you a megastar in this era. that early 00s standards in sales are long dead.

nobody gives a fukk about kendrick lamar. stop trying to put him alongside drake. drake's album took a couple weeks to go platinum. kendrick's took over a year to just get CLOSE to platinum. j cole will be alright.

and for the record, i'm not a fan of drake, kendrick or cole. all three are lame. but i'm just speaking facts. and @ kendrick being "real rap." real nikkas don't listen to kendrick.

"real nikkas" dont buy retail albums. They bootleg the shyt outta it and complain later.

 

[Enchanted]

i think its at 630k now. who cares lol. he's one of the top selling artists. the only problem with him is that when he drops an album he goes ghost and basically stops promoting his shyt.

you think that's the only problem?

How about the poor quality of the music that is on his albums?

 

[Rev]

i really, really hate the video & kinda the marketing support behind "Crooked Smile".

That video was supposed to be the new version of TLC's "Unpretty". That video is TERRIBLE!! And of course you gotta have TLC in it whether it's just a sample or whatever. That song was supposed to be huge. He was supposed to be performing that song everywhere...on shows like "Ellen" & "X Factor", award shows, etc.

 

[ProfessionallyTrill]

i really, really hate the video & kinda the marketing support behind "Crooked Smile".

That video was supposed to be the new version of TLC's "Unpretty". That video is TERRIBLE!! And of course you gotta have TLC in it whether it's just a sample or whatever. That song was supposed to be huge. He was supposed to be performing that song everywhere...on shows like "Ellen" & "X Factor", award shows, etc.

THIS. Definitely dropped the ball with that. But Cole will be fine. I'd like to see what he does with outside production. I'm stubborn like that too but you gotta grow where ppl see stagnation and the production complaints are noticeable and common.

 

[No1]

i really, really hate the video & kinda the marketing support behind "Crooked Smile".

That video was supposed to be the new version of TLC's "Unpretty". That video is TERRIBLE!! And of course you gotta have TLC in it whether it's just a sample or whatever. That song was supposed to be huge. He was supposed to be performing that song everywhere...on shows like "Ellen" & "X Factor", award shows, etc.

It's because he tries too hard to be different. He easily could've had alternative videos if he wanted to go that route.

 

[GhettoNintendo]

you think that's the only problem?

How about the poor quality of the music that is on his albums?

:notsureif:

villuminati
rich nikkaz
runaway
she knows (Dope single)
power trip
mo money
chaining day
forbidden fruit

are bad songs to you?

and he dropped 3 dope EP's as well. which combined are better than most nikkas albums.

 

[AJtheOne]

I expect J.Cole to be around for a long time, he got the and cosign, ts seems like a bandwagon fan

 

[AquaCityBoy]

nobody gives a fukk about kendrick lamar. stop trying to put him alongside drake. drake's album took a couple weeks to go platinum. kendrick's took over a year to just get CLOSE to platinum. j cole will be alright.

and for the record, i'm not a fan of drake, kendrick or cole. all three are lame. but i'm just speaking facts. and @ kendrick being "real rap." real nikkas don't listen to kendrick.

How would you know what "real nikkas" listen to, CAC?