Apr 17, 2018

Ok so here goes.

First of all he came on like 2 and a half hours after doors opened smh Cole. The DJ was trash too so those 2 and a half hours felt like 5 hours. Cole finally came on and sat down, talked about the album, why its called KOD. A lot of the info which is already out there. He said the letters came to him before the actual 3 sub titles (kidz on drugz, king overdosed and k--- our demons) and how he was meant to drop on black friday but wasn’t satisfied with 3 songs so was perfecting them up until now. He said he only finished mixing the album last week.

Now onto the actual album, the intro KOD is a standout, y’all already heard the snippets. Straight b-----r. He used the migos flow a lot during the album. A lot of the album had very similiar production if i’m honest, especially during the middle part. Almost sounded like one long song. Most of the production was a very scarce, just a simple melody in the background with growling 808’s and the same trap hi hat through most of the songs. Nothing was really overproduced like on previous albums, all quite simple production, and there wasn’t really any jazz production at all like on 4YEO or any high pitched sample beats like on previous albums.

Also he chopped and screwed his vocals on a lot of the songs, thats up to personal taste if you enjoy that style or not. There’s no features, he was singing the hooks on all the songs or there was a chopped and screwed hook. There was another b-----r in the middle of the album called Count It Up, sounded a little like Yo Gotti Rake It Up. There was a song about taxes which was cool, him talking about how its 2018 and he wants an app on his phone for him to choose were his taxes get donated to. There was a song about his mom near the end which was dope too, real raw, almost like 03 adolescence type raw, but the verse kind of extended on what he was rapping about in Apparently, how he felt guilty being in college while his mom was at home doing drugs and dealing with heartbreak, he went into a lot of detail on that one.

The official outro to the album is called Window Pains, it was real dope but cant remember too much on it. Then the last song on the album he confirmed is an intro to another project, its called 1985. He said it will be on this album but its leading up to some other s--- which he didnt talk about. Production wise it sounded completely different to anything else on the album, you can tell its for a different project. It was almost like a boom bap beat instead of 808’s, the drums reminded me a bit of the Zendaya track. Content wise it was like Everybody Dies part 2 but in more detail. He wasn’t going at Kendrick or nothing like I see some people speculating lol. He was going at these mumble rappers who just rap about drugs and s---, nobody in paticular and it wasnt really like a diss track, he was kind of just giving them knowledge. Saying how they should buy a house instead of spending money on chains and cars cos they wont be here in 5 years time, and how they should focus on touring as thats where the money is. He ended the song by saying all these mumble rappers will be on love and hip hop in 5 years time lmao

Overall its kind of hard to give an opinion or comparison just off first listen, its definitely better than 4YE0 in my opinion but i didnt like that album anyway, not sure if its better than FHD though. There was no real radio songs either, no catchy hooks that could potentially be a hit, definetly not no Work Out, Power Trip, or even a DeJa Vu on this album. He could have broke up the similar production style in the middle of the album but its whatever. There was definetly at least 3-4 bangers you could play in the whip with your homies without losing your aux cord privileges. First listen i’l give it a solid 7.5/10. It definitely doesn’t sound like any previous Cole album, just cos of the use of trap drums, the migos flow, chopped and screwed vocals and barely any boom bap beats. I don’t think its like “d---” cos that had a lot of varied production with different styles while this definitely stuck to a more cohesive sound.

 

Apr 17, 2018

What if he does 3 cities and plays a different album at each?
#JB

 

Apr 14, 2018

 

Mar 2, 2018

Real s--- though....Cole De La Rocha ain’t got s--- on my sperm. Found out my wife and I are having twins!!

Twins run in my wife’s family. Her mom has twins (boy and a girl)

Going to an appointment Tuesday of next week to see what we are having

 

May 6, 2017

Ib conned some poor girl into getting married to him

 

Mar 30, 2017

Listening to J. Cole while lifting weights and training is so much harder than the hyperbolic time chamber and the 400g gravity training room.

 

Mar 28, 2017

 

Feb 15, 2017

Missing a step

 

Feb 13, 2017

So I'm the last person to deny someone else's success (apart from Trump's) but Chance's level of success is almost too unbelievable. There must be some truth to the whole industry plant thing when u look at it, he's been to the white house, kit-kat commercials, snl (I think) etc. etc. Like for an independent artist it's crazy.
A good comparison would be KRIT who also ran independent for a long time, released quality project after quality project with positive messages and virtually got no shine outside of well-versed hip hop heads. A lot of it is prolly to do with his country roots etc where he's just not that marketable. Whereas Chance almost comes across as a kids tv show character, so inoffensive and harmless that the industry can't help but eat it up and promote him.

Again I'm definitely not trying to devalue his success cos I like his music and he's a great artist but the level of exposure that he's gotten just got me scratching my head.

 

Jan 7, 2017

Hitting up Hidden Figures and nice dinner (Arby's jk) with my fiancé this evening. It is happening. Wedding Sept of this year

 

Dec 25, 2016

Merry Christmas you guys!

Here's to another great year and hopefully Cole will earn more L's

 

Dec 20, 2016

Foldin Clothes 10/10, I want this s--- played on my wedding b, no lie

 

Dec 16, 2016

511k

 

Dec 16, 2016

 

Dec 1, 2016

Cole was thinking to himself last night: "In 9 days I'm gonna prove I'm still trash"

 

Nov 29, 2016

n----s moved this thread to the music section cause they think itll make us post more in the section.. yall aint fooling nobody. if you gon delete cole section, delete some of these other sections, they just as dead.

I aint never been out of cole section, other than to troll some kenny stans ​

 

Nov 28, 2016

man which one of yall n----s deleted the j bole section without asking me
hes got a baby on the way ffs

 

Nov 22, 2016

My Cole fandom is starting to wane...is team J Cole Lost still accepting applications?