Carmelo Anthony Debates Whether J. Cole Is A Top 10 Rapper Of All Time

[Street Knowledge]

Carmelo Anthony has attempted to answer the question of where J. Cole ranks among the greatest rappers of all time.

On his podcast 7PM in Brooklyn, the NBA legend made the case that Cole is deserving of a spot in the top 10 of Hip Hop’s greatest MCs.

“We never seen anybody bookend their career and be very serious and intentional about it,” Melo said. “So to that point, where we’re bookending careers, then yeah, J. Cole is definitely a top 10 rapper.”

The former New York Knick and Denver Nugget added: “Also, he’s smart. He realized that we’ve never seen the bookends of somebody’s career.”

He also praised the Dreamville rapper for boldly choosing to back out of his battle with Kendrick Lamar last year, applauding his decision to prioritize his inner “peace.”

Predicting what he’ll do after retiring (Cole has long teased that his upcoming album The Fall Off will be his last), Anthony said: “I think we’ll see him back in sports — documenting sports, content wise, telling stories through his eyes. I think we’re gonna see a lot of that.”

Carmelo Anthony Debates Whether J. Cole Is A Top 10 Rapper Of All Time

Carmelo Anthony has opened up a debate on if J. Cole will go down as a top 10 rapper of all time as his career appears to begin winding down.

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[maxamusa]

Melo is a a disciple of the culture


this is a very mature diss; I respect it

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Melo don't need to be ranking anybody in anything


But it's crazy all the "new era" rappers are about 40 now and 10-15 years deep in the game. They're eligible to be ranked with the old guard now



Cole the only rapper PLATINUM WITH NO FEATURES #ROCNATION

 

[Jaguar93]

Of his generation yeah but of all time

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

hes top 10 of all time because he bookmarked his own career?

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Cole is a spitter.

Mello is the same age as me.

If you were a fan of actual rapping in the 90-00s there’s no way you don’t view cole as one of the best since then

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Cole is a spitter.

Mello is the same age as me.

If you were a fan of actual rapping in the 90-00s there’s no way you don’t view cole as one of the best since then

J Cole really makes making it in rap seem achievable

I don’t mean that as a compliment

 

[Ike omad]

Should try to release is first good album then maybe he'll be top 20 of this generation

 

[verhonggen]

top 10 worst catalog.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

J Cole really makes making it in rap seem achievable

I don’t mean that as a compliment

How many records have you sold??

 

[tuckgod]

Top 200 just like Melo

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

How many records have you sold??

I don’t think the answer would change my opinion

 

[Kooze4524]

lol Cole catalog is very weak compared to top 10-15 guys.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I don’t think the answer would change my opinion

You said cole made “making it in rap” seem achievable.

So you and plenty of other people should have “made it” on his back i guess.

Realistically how many people have actually “made it” to his heights in the last 10 years or so??

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

So you

Not sure when I grabbed a mic in this equation but ok. J Cole is a trash boring rapper that probably changed your life. Why are you so adamant I like him or I have a better understanding of the probability of making it rapper? Isn’t you loving him enough for you? lol