Feb 13
Blue ManYes by critics and the industry but I’ve never cared about their opinion lol. Replayability is the biggest metric of how I judge music and Kendrick’s always fallen short outside of gkmc and damn. If I don’t feel like playing your album a year later, it’s not worth much to me.
That replayabilty is part of the “timelessness” part of determining if something is a classic which is why I laugh when he’s given so many classics. I judge Kanye, Drake, Future, and Cole by the same metric and they just happen to make more enjoyable music imo
Such an elementary view on music and art in general
Feb 13·1 reply
CRACKASTEPPAVEGANI haven't played GKMC or NWTS in a while besides hold on we're going home last year, but does that make those albums not great? The whole replay value thing as the end all be all factor in evaluating the staying power of an album has always been silly because I'm a mood sequencer when it comes to music and there's so much music out there at every turn
Exactly
I think I listen to far too many varieties of music to be spinning back on old stuff too often unless I'm in that moodLike right now I have Octane and Fall Off in heavy rotation and Im sure Brent and Keem s*** finna join that rotation--but before I know it I'll probably back to listening to a bunch of obscure s*** from my spotify likes
- Feb 13
ryuHI bump LAD at least once or twice a year
I can’t listen to AEOM straight through I think it’s overrated personally MATW and Makaveli better
spinning mo money mo problems on an annual basis like a ritual is kinda nuts but you got it
and I guess as a counter argument to my point, I listen to no more pain and heartz of men at least a few times every other year
- Feb 13·1 replyTakotchi
Exactly
I think I listen to far too many varieties of music to be spinning back on old stuff too often unless I'm in that moodLike right now I have Octane and Fall Off in heavy rotation and Im sure Brent and Keem s*** finna join that rotation--but before I know it I'll probably back to listening to a bunch of obscure s*** from my spotify likes
This guy gets it
Valentine 🦦Feb 13·1 replyCRACKASTEPPAVEGANThis guy gets it
ya’ll tripping lmfao. I just added The Fall-Off to my already long ass 2 hour J. Cole playlist and just go between the 2
same for any other artists. makes the old music and the new music sound 10x better
- Feb 13·1 replyValentine
ya’ll tripping lmfao. I just added The Fall-Off to my already long ass 2 hour J. Cole playlist and just go between the 2
same for any other artists. makes the old music and the new music sound 10x better
But like what is the connection though, because I'm just acknowledging that I, like brodie over here, listen to whatever my mood shifts to, plus obscure s*** /new artists I discover . This doesn't sound that crazy to me.
- Valentine 🦦Feb 13·edited·1 replyCRACKASTEPPAVEGAN
But like what is the connection though, because I'm just acknowledging that I, like brodie over here, listen to whatever my mood shifts to, plus obscure s*** /new artists I discover . This doesn't sound that crazy to me.
my playlist isn’t just a random assortment of the artists music, I have it built to sequence through each project the artist has drop across the 2+ hours or however long
the point is to show how much the artist has changed over the career yet still kept that essence of what made me like them. for example on my cole playlist, the first 10 songs all flow well together AND are from 6 different projects lol
I can exit that and just go straight to the new album if I want any time and jump back and forth. it makes the new album sound even better cause you can hear the minor attention to details that separate it from the older work and also within the playlist against the old music.
like going from A M A R I to GOMD to Poor Thang
- Feb 13Valentine
my playlist isn’t just a random assortment of the artists music, I have it built to sequence through each project the artist has drop across the 2+ hours or however long
the point is to show how much the artist has changed over the career yet still kept that essence of what made me like them. for example on my cole playlist, the first 10 songs all flow well together AND are from 6 different projects lol
I can exit that and just go straight to the new album if I want any time and jump back and forth. it makes the new album sound even better cause you can hear the minor attention to details that separate it from the older work and also within the playlist against the old music.
like going from A M A R I to GOMD to Poor Thang
Sounds good: you get to see the artist's progression. You can still create playlists while discovering new music. It's not really about picking a lane and sticking to it.
- Feb 13·1 replyTakotchi
I just think there's levels
like I'm not listening to All Eyez on Me and Life After Death all the f***in' time but they're considered classics by most metrics and hiphop standards. S*** I wouldn't be surprised if most people don't listen to those albums very often really
I mean those albums are old af so they get more leeway and even then they have classic songs that still get played
Feb 13·edited·2 repliesRun a train quickly became one of my favourite cole songs ever
two goats baring their souls i love it- Feb 13·1 replyCRACKASTEPPAVEGAN
If you had to pick a favorite song from (just one per) each Cole album, what would your tracklist look like?
Rise n Shine
Born Sinner
St. Tropez
She’s Mine II
Brackets
Hunger on Hillside
Trae the Truth in Ibiza
Run a Train - Feb 13·3 repliesDStwo
Rise n Shine
Born Sinner
St. Tropez
She’s Mine II
Brackets
Hunger on Hillside
Trae the Truth in Ibiza
Run a TrainSaw a dude in here say St Tropez is one of Cole's weakest songs in general and I was shook
Feb 13Two Six
SAFETY
WHO TF IZ U
Drum N Bass
The Villest
Old Dog
I Love Her AgainThose are the ones I keep coming back to
- Feb 13CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN
Saw a dude in here say St Tropez is one of Cole's weakest songs in general and I was shook
I didn’t like it the first couple spins but after that it clicked. Such a beautiful and unexpected song from him
im glad he never gave up on that side of his artistry - Feb 13·4 repliesCRACKASTEPPAVEGAN
Saw a dude in here say St Tropez is one of Cole's weakest songs in general and I was shook
It is, one of his weakest songs
- Feb 13TheFader
It is, one of his weakest songs
Oh stop it
- Feb 13CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN
If you had to pick a favorite song from (just one per) each Cole album, what would your tracklist look like?
The Come Up
Dead Presidents II
See World
Can I Holla at Ya?
Kenny Lofton
Breakdown
Runaway
Folgers Crystals
Ville Mentality
Window Pain
Sacrifices
Let Go My Hand
Pi
Heavens EP
Keep Heaven Dancing
Golden Goose
and The Whole World is the Ville - Feb 13TheFader
It is, one of his weakest songs
Classic melodic Cole but bottom tier for that album
Feb 13·1 replyTheFaderIt is, one of his weakest songs
Wild take, one of the best on the album
- Valentine 🦦Feb 13CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN
Saw a dude in here say St Tropez is one of Cole's weakest songs in general and I was shook
niggas are just bored and typing s***
- Feb 13
I can tell by the thumbnail I have no desire to watch this
- Feb 13·edited·1 reply
Mannnn I can’t get over how good this album turned out… Cole catalog needed this s*** man…
his old mixtapes set the foundation with FNL being an all time great mixtape, and the truly yours EPs being great as well, FHD is that essential nostalgic classic even the casuals love, The Off-Season was absolute fire and had some great flows but The Fall Off officially makes this nigga a goat in my eyes.
S*** like a double album Black Album if you sub Jay’s pen for Nas and sprinkle in some Kast and other southern elements. S*** is just great. Can’t see how anyone who loved hip-hop and gives this a thorough listen doesn’t walk away from this impressed.
- ATF 🩻Feb 13ryuH· edited
Mannnn I can’t get over how good this album turned out… Cole catalog needed this s*** man…
his old mixtapes set the foundation with FNL being an all time great mixtape, and the truly yours EPs being great as well, FHD is that essential nostalgic classic even the casuals love, The Off-Season was absolute fire and had some great flows but The Fall Off officially makes this nigga a goat in my eyes.
S*** like a double album Black Album if you sub Jay’s pen for Nas and sprinkle in some Kast and other southern elements. S*** is just great. Can’t see how anyone who loved hip-hop and gives this a thorough listen doesn’t walk away from this impressed.
Real
Water Giver đź’§Feb 13CRACKASTEPPAVEGANIf you had to pick a favorite song from (just one per) each Cole album, what would your tracklist look like?
Never Told
Trouble
Apparently
Neighbors
Window Pain
Punching the ClockDon't have one yet for the newest album