J. Cole - The-Off Season [OUT NOW]

Started by Tom Brady, May 4, 2021, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. 1999
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    May 6, 2021
    d--- it got taken down, i got the mp3 though its on db
     
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  2. hargydon
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    hargydon No investigation, no right to speak

    May 7, 2021
    Not feeling this single at all
     
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    J630 Annoying af

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  4. Marsh
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    Marsh Nobody told you that I'm loco, ese?

    May 7, 2021
    Guess it's just an interlude like the name says so... wish he had dropped an actual single
     
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  5. hargydon
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    hargydon No investigation, no right to speak

    May 7, 2021
    I’m kinda of glad as it leaves a lot to desire on purpose — I just hope this isn’t the sonic direction he’s taking because BLUGH
     
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  6. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    May 7, 2021
    what this is dope lol
     
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  7. hargydon
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    hargydon No investigation, no right to speak

    May 7, 2021
    You like that type of production & the auto-tune stuff, it’s not for me, never has been.

    It caters towards an audience that Cole never had before the Young Thug collab, he’s spent the last few years appealing to fans outside his core, which is fine when it doesn’t completely change your sound on your solos especially after spending his whole career before that *not* sounding like his peers so this is a huge misfire personally, he started to pivot on KOD but his own production propelled it regardless. Some older fans alike share my sentiments (not on this board.)

    Hopefully it’s just that — an interlude & not a reflection of the project but that’s 3 misfires out of 4 solo drops lately:

    Interlude
    Lion King on Ice
    Snow On Tha Bluff

    The Climb Bac
    k is 1 of the best Cole tracks I’ve heard so he’s definitely capable. When I think of a Cole interlude, this is the calibre I be expecting:

     
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  8. DKC
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    May 7, 2021
    The autotune is barely there...it's still a lyrical song but more melodic, it's soulful production with trap drums. This caters to both fanbases if anything.

    I love it when artists switch up their sound completely from record to record and J Cole is long overdue for that.
     
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  9. Evad
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    Evad Balls

    May 7, 2021
    It's alright, nothing amazing
     
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    hargydon No investigation, no right to speak

    May 7, 2021
    I’m not really sure what you mean by that because all he has done is maintained his core elements in style throughout. He has switched up his production & song structures from Born Sinner to KOD. 4 Your Eyez Only sounds nothing alike either. Clearly that was the correct route to take as he’s been on an upward trajectory since the start popularity wise.
     
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    May 7, 2021
    I'm not saying there were no changes at all—there was definitely a shift from his first two albums to FHD and 4YEO in terms of structure, and then from those to KOD in terms of production, but this is the first time I've heard a Cole single before the album that made me think the album's going to subvert expectations in a much larger way.
     
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  12. 1999
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    May 7, 2021
    Cole's dabbled in autotune since his debut idk what you mean but agree abt the climb back, s--- so good
     
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    Lil Squeed French Montana Stan

    May 7, 2021
    it's cool
     
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    Winter Super Comfy

    May 7, 2021
    I like it. If nothing else it's cool to hear Cole on his Come Up/Warm Up s--- again.
     
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    May 7, 2021
    Good lord, you’re delusional if you think that’s good...most generic s--- I ever heard. Sounds like something made for a high school dance.
     
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    May 7, 2021
    post your high school dance tracks famo
     
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    May 7, 2021


    Imagine grinding to this b-----r
     
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    May 7, 2021
    tenor.gif
     
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  19. Marsh
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    Marsh Nobody told you that I'm loco, ese?

    May 7, 2021
    I'm not hyped at all lol. Will listen just cause he's one of the big 3, but I don't expect much.
     
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    May 7, 2021
    Wasn’t aware he was in the same league as Lebron, D Wade, and the velociraptor.
     
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