Albums J. Cole - The Off-Season (Discussion Thread)

[Judo]

my life is heavenly.

 

[CarltonJunior]

My bytch spoiled the first 2 songs for me

Im tryna hear this uninterrupted, in my car, by myself

 

[WhatsGoodTy]

12 tracks no skips

 

[CarltonJunior]

21 Savage has killed every guest verse i’ve ever heard him on.


Makes me almost curious to listen to a solo album of his…


















































ALMOST

Are you really a hiphop fan if you only listen to nas and old school artists


Go listen to savage mode 2 right now, its fire. get a pulse on what the game sounds like today

 

[Versa]

He nailed it. Easily his best album. I knew as soon as track 1 finish this shyt gonna hit different. Highly impressive. First impressions? 5 stars.

Finally got an album from dude that pairs my love for him as person with my love for him as a rapper. I always loved dude but only liked him as an artist. Now I love both.

 

[pauljerico]

Currently my album of the year

Lil baby is..

 

[Ribbs]

Ahhh traditional rap schemes, I missed you

One of my favourite hooks is Styles' My Life hook (My Life)

Danity Kane reference (Punching The Clock)

Where have I heard this Pride Is The Devil beat before :jbhhm: Oh shyt Lil Baby

Overall I enjoyed it

 

[NormanConnors]

breh is spittin on this, got stuck on 95 south for a long minute

Cole sonned damn near the entire coli



Still a few tickets left for the bandwagon

 

[cartierhoe]

Off the first listen, this is his best album since Forest Hills Drive.

This is arguably better than Forest Hills Drive. Artists talk all the time about how great their new albums are and how much effort they put into them, but with Cole, he wasn't lying. You can tell he wanted this album to be special. Not one bad song or wasted beat.

My thoughts exactly, he went fukking crazy on this shyt. No skips at all, he really did it on here, soon as I heard 95 south I was like ahh shyt

 

[cartierhoe]

I swear I’ve never heard a bad Lil Baby feature verse. Dude kills everything he’s on.

Baby can spit, people don't give him the credit for some reason and facts he don't miss on a feature either

 

[Versa]

yo, this dude shouted out kojima. Applying pressure goes off.

Lupe did it first

 

[cartierhoe]

The game needed this, bro delivered tenfold

 

[Justise M]

'Close' is too good

'Hunger on Hillside' is beautiful. That ending melody

 

[Absolut da poet ®]

My breakdown

Spoiler

First two tracks were aight but not really feeling those beats .. They're just ok.
Cole is tight though he needs better beats

3rd track is where it starts for me.. My life floats
21 even sounds great on this (don't usually like that dude)


4th track apply pressure.. another weak beat
Skip

5th track punching the clock.. Cole is going in
I would skip cause the beat is nothing but Cole is Killin it

100 Mil ..ok.. I like this
Simple formula.. trap beat, nice hook, easy ..

Pride is the devil. Cole elevating this. Solid


8th track.. Let my hand go..very interesting.. might have to listen to this one a couple times before I can judge it.
Giving me NaS vibes.. kind of wish he was on it


Interlude beat
is one of my favorite so far..
This needs to be a full song wtf


The Climb back fire
This is going on my playlist


11th track Close .. nice . I like this


Last track.. Came into this track thinking this track will make the difference for the whole album
.. it's.. just ok

Not bad.. not great..

It's a solid album 6-7 tracks a couple could go either way we'll see how I feel about it next month

Cole > the majority of these beats

His rhymes deserve better

For some reason I feel like I would've liked this album better if it dropped on Black Friday or Christmas

This is made for the winter

 

[Ironman]

Oh lord this intro track

Starting now he's going off with Killa coaching the plays