What "intangible" IT factor is J. Cole missing that Drake seems to have?
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Drew Wonder
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I like Cole, and while I think this post is a little too harsh, I think it sums up nicely the main issues some people have with him, and why I don't think he's reached that "next level" as an artist
the thing is though, the dude just did over 300K. He won't change his formula because he really doesn't need to. he's doing amazing numbers and has a dedicated fanbase, so in the end all the shyt we're saying as critics doesn't really mean much
the thing is though, the dude just did over 300K. He won't change his formula because he really doesn't need to. he's doing amazing numbers and has a dedicated fanbase, so in the end all the shyt we're saying as critics doesn't really mean much
christinasade
Banned
end thread really...
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Drake is a flat out better MC, I think anyone who objectively listens to all of their projects will come to that conclusion. I'm talking everything from Comeback Season to The Come Up, features and all. Drake has better flows, better punchlines, metaphors, puns, double entrendres, more charismatic, just a flat out better song writer. Drake has way more quotable rhymes. Drake also has crossover appeal because he can dabble into R&B, Cole tries to sing but Drake just does it better. Drake's had better production throughout his career, where as Cole outside of Forest Hills Drive has either done his own beats or rapped over others people's beats. While Cole isn't a bad producer too many of his beats sound the same and his drums are weak.
Drake is better at making singles and build a large catalog of nice features to the point where he's the "stimulus package" artist. While, Cole is a more versatile storyteller and more wordly, Drake is more braggadacious and develops characters in his story (something Cole doesn't really do), to the point where we know about his Acura, his mother/father/grandmother, we know the strippers and women he's been with by name. While Cole is considered the more personal and honest artist, Drake is actually more honest and talks about true things from his life. Cole's stories tend to be more general and hypothetical.
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christinasade
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sir j.cole clearly had the best verse on that track in particular
I agree that j.cole doesn't rap as good as he USED TO
but he CAN rap....listen to his older stuff case in point
now I don't know what happened between THEN and NOW...but...
Nope.sir j.cole clearly had the best verse on that track in particular
I agree that j.cole doesn't rap as good as he USED TO
but he CAN rap....listen to his older stuff case in point
now I don't know what happened between THEN and NOW...but...
Its widely acknowledge that even tho Drake had one verse, his was better.
Drake's is way more descriptive and creative...it inspires more of the imagination to fill the picture.
J Cole is just telling you what he's doing with the women and being direct talking to them.
Drake just paints these pictures... goosebumps, drying off in the covers, calling in late to work, beat me there as far as finish lines go, the extended stallion metaphor, bath water soak in and things to do with lotion, when lights coming through drapes and we're both yawning i roll over and ask if I can hit it in the morning....
Yo.
That shyt is just FIRE. Its MAKING you think of that lazy sunday you've had with your girl...not just spitting some superficial game with her hoping she goes along.
Cole didn't even slack on this...but Drake just outclassed him so nasty it wasn't even fair. Cole didn't stand a chance and he went as hard as he could.
Trust me man. Women are drawn to Drake's descriptive nature cause its almost literary in its presentation of how he vibes with the woman more than what he's just superficially doing with her.
Id chalk it up to wittiness if i had to break it down to one simple thing.
ISO
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Drake is a better actor. That and the YCMB co-sign.
Comeback Season is literally one of the best mixtape of the decade though. Thats how good that shyt is...and I really think a lot of people didn't even hear it.
Draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake
Cole half white and lived with his white mom in the burbs in North Carolina 
. Why ya mothafukkas trying to make it seem like Cole lived a harder life than Drake?
They both the same more of less. Only difference is Drake owns up to his flaws and uses em as part of his story. While Cole hits nikkas from a more broader perspective. Thats why alot people feel Cole and what he is saying. Yet Drake's music hits home harder. Its cause Cole does it from a surface level. While Drake speaks from experience.
Cole will tell you something bout how some white people are racists in his city. While Drake will tell you how he got bullied in highschool for being a mixed kid in a jewish neighborhood. Both sides of the same coin. One just does it better than the other.
. Why ya mothafukkas trying to make it seem like Cole lived a harder life than Drake?They both the same more of less. Only difference is Drake owns up to his flaws and uses em as part of his story. While Cole hits nikkas from a more broader perspective. Thats why alot people feel Cole and what he is saying. Yet Drake's music hits home harder. Its cause Cole does it from a surface level. While Drake speaks from experience.
Cole will tell you something bout how some white people are racists in his city. While Drake will tell you how he got bullied in highschool for being a mixed kid in a jewish neighborhood. Both sides of the same coin. One just does it better than the other.
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christinasade
Banned
okay sir.
but j.cole is a better rapper
drake is just more appealing
ala jay z vs. nas
nas is the better rapper jayz is more appealing
