bro highlighted 3 songs

there's 24 tracks

how u gonna call it top 3 and say there's 3 standout songs

I like iceman a lot but the rapping and storytelling is vastly better and far more intentional on TFO. Iceman does have the better production tho

Great album that delivered (for me) on its years long wait.

I got it in my top 3 albums this year, all genres.

real OP his best album, it's great

this album is actually insanely underrated it's crazy. i get it cus it's a massive double album by j cole but it's so consistently great

Kinda sad it was bloated af and never revisit it

Ignore him apparently lol

But Cole had 0 replay value and Iceman does

you have to listen to the albums in two different mindsets essentially based on how he has presented it and explained it

Disc 29 can stand on it’s own as a prelude to the actual “fall off” concept he’s exploring in disc 39, which is everything he made post beef apology and realizing how much his wife means to him and that reigniting that passion he felt he was beginning to lose for music as he wasn’t being himself

I think it’s an amazing project once you understand why it’s crafted the way it was and what the entire concept of the fall off is supposed to be. he said after the peak of 2014FHD that he was struggling to find that passion for rapping again, which is probably why we got a concept album like 4YEO cause he gets to enter someone else’s life in order to gain that sense of inspiration he was looking for in making music

I think the era between that, KOD - Dreamville albums - feature run - The Offseason gave him a false sense of reality about the album he was crafting until the beef happened and he realized “fuck, I’m still not feeling any of this s*** and now I’m at the peak of what i thought i wanted when really and still feel the same when i just want to be home with my girl and my kids” and that’s pretty much what Disc 39 is saying lmfao

I mean theres been 2 good rap albums this year so yeah

all this word salad for some certified mid

I’m a fan of music, please take a break from the gimmick

i need to relisten
i was hating for good reason but young simba deserves better🥺

man this s*** ass. im sorry
don't worry
new s*** otw

This album was probably the worst first listen I had this year

Still been in heavy rotation

100%

I’d put rapping even but Cole did go crazy with the storytelling and making it a personal album comes down to preference

It’s a good album

iceman got cool raps with blockbuster beats everything you want from a drake joint so i don’t blame ppl for hyping it when he’s been mostly absent for a year and some change

Low bar but yes

I agree. Love Cole's album.

People sleep on it because it lacks "club bangers" but the themes and narratives on it were great alongside this insane raps and flows.