GOATEater

5y

God DAMN this s*** is f***ing trash. J Cole refuses to rap over a good beat. I don't know who's producing garbage audio filth for him but their hands need to be tied together permanently so they never produce again. He just needs to give up and start begging Drake or 40 for beats. It's actually crazy how the second LA Leaker beat he freestyled on is grimier and harder than any beat on this entire album where he attempts to rap hard and grimy!

That's just one of the bad aspects of this top garbage can candidate; the mixing is atrocious. I refuse to believe that he worked for years on this s*** just for it to sound like it was mixed by a mentally challenged blind man.

Cole's rapping is boring as s***. I can't remember a single memorable flow on this entire album. His bars are wack as s*** too. You can tell he was in the studio saying his bars and would glance at his homies like "that s*** was hard right? right?". You can just tell he was trying TOO hard to get those "oh s*** he said that!!!?" bars off. There was no finesse or subtly to it. When Drake says a crazy line he just pushes on to the next one, but Cole's rapping style is a level below. It sounds like he's rapping for our approval and oh he so badly wants it.

It's also very clear that he has nothing of substance to rap about. But that's not a surprise considering how he stays indoors 24/7. Cole was on lockdown before the entire world was. This guy try's so hard to spit with aggressive venom but his words feel weightless. Cole raps like he's actually replying to rappers and beefing with them when we all know that's not true. Drake is the perfect example of a rapper that can spit with arrogant aggression because he's actually a battle rapper. After finishing this album I'm just wondering, "why are you so mad, Cole?", "where is this aggression coming from?". The only thing he's good at is rapping about fake woke, pseudo intellectual bullshit.

Furthermore, Cole FINALLY decides to get some features and plays it safer than a man wearing two condoms by getting Lil Baby and 21 Savage...how surprising....someone he already collabed with and one of the hottest rappers in the game. If it was 2015 he would've got Future, if it was 2017 he would've got Cardi B, it's too predictable. There is literally no creativity, artistic progression, or experimentation in this album. This album is clearly a statement that he realizes the fall off is coming. Like he said, it's either up or down from here on. The last two flops must have woke this nigga up from his own music. Cole is done.

I AM LOVE

5y

i don’t understand why some people are so adamant on being critical of cole. like he’s the least problematic artist ever. he just makes good music and preaches positivity. why do yall hate him so much

BLACK

5y

@02Shaq you see a post like this and you don't think it's because this smoothbrain is hating just to hate?
this is half the users in the thread criticizing the bar

allmygirlsdoyoga

5y

Interesting. When this dropped last night, it was the greatest album of all according to niggas itt.

Now it’s mid?

SHAQUILLE

5y

Yes but why was Kendrick being targeted and not lil Uzi vert?

Because of kendricks content and the brand he and his fans have given himself

WESLEYS THEORY

5y

Nah he said he had in a interview during the KOD era. All of his albums since 4YEO have songs that were probably meant for The Fall Off at one point

allmygirlsdoyoga

5y

Interesting. When this dropped last night, it was the greatest album of all according to niggas itt.

Now it’s mid?

PNW

5y

Not a Drake stan but slow down Bud

PNW

5y

Tbh....apparently I heard Middle Child was meant for that album

provider

5y

tbh this only makes me more hype for The Fall Off cause if joints like Let Go and Hunger didn't make it

BLACK

5y

i haven't even finished the album. there was a lot of other s*** i was looking forward to dropping last night

allmygirlsdoyoga

5y

Are these actual bars on the album?

allmygirlsdoyoga

5y

Are these actual bars on the album?

allmygirlsdoyoga

5y

Are these actual bars on the album?

Culture

5y

Yeah.. are they trolling highlighting these? lol

allmygirlsdoyoga

5y

Interesting. When this dropped last night, it was the greatest album of all according to niggas itt.

Now it’s mid?