NoFace

5mo

had time to listen to the entire album on my drive into work

minus one song, disc 1 was really solid for me. was not expecting lonely at the top to be the song that i loved the most but that s*** had me spin it back 3 times straight

by the time i got to disc 2, based on what i read on here and on twitter, i absolutely expected to be disappointed by it. figured since i liked disc 1 so much, there had to be a drop off. but nope, disc 2 was waaaaay better imo. honestly could’ve done with a better intro for starters. inevitable still sounds fresh for me despite me almost over playing it. life sentence completely broke me. had me reflecting on my girl right now and all the things i had to do to get her. the ups and downs of our relationship. she’s a cole stan (like og cole stan, not that fake s***) so i know we’ll share a bond over that record. man up above had me reflect on where im from, niggas deadass had shoot outs every west indian parade, him saying that was so relatable. i love her again.. man, phenomenal record. he mentioned something about getting older and listening to hip hop less and that s*** really hit me cause i feel like that has been happening to me without me consciously making that decision. what if was dope off the strength of what we saw 2 years ago & we can tell how that s*** affected him enough to make this pov type of track. quik stop & and the whole world is the ville had me reflect on who i was and where i was when i first got into cole’s music and how i’d always rush to his s*** whenever i was goin through something

overall, this is not a perfect album but this is the album i wanted from him. so glad he didnt try to chase or force hits on this. thats clearly not his lane anymore

SineDolore

5mo

Jcole is good at storytelling but his stories aren’t good.

A good story has highs and lows, tragedy,triumphs and all other emotions evoking elements.

He has the best concepts in the game, is the best at rapping skill wise but lacks the passion because of his bland story.

SAFETY - is such a good concept but fails to be great like a STAN was because the story doesn’t lend for any climaxes.

THE LET OUT - Again a great concept and perfectly set up with DRUM AND BASS but again falls flat. Because of weird musical choices but also a story with no real climax.

Albert Grindstein

5mo

Bro works in another state

cheezunit

5mo

He address the apology ?

insertcoolnamehere

5mo

The Let Out is a-fucking-mazing.

NicolasCageStan

5mo

I think for me the thing is...

If you're gonna drop lines like "It's like Hov dropping Reasonable Doubt last" for a decade, how do you not come with your BEST beats? I don't think there's a single beat where I was like "Damn this is a top 5 Cole beat"

And same thing with the writing. How do you not come with your best concepts, highest energy, most potent bars. There was nothing that didn't just feel like a standard Cole song first listen

I'm probably falling victim to the hype, it's a decently solid album but for this to be the album he's been talking about for a decade just feels like a dud

NoFace

5mo

i chopped this down to 14 songs

unanimous classic now

Stardust

5mo

I must be in the minority cause i love the let out too