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

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Let’s be honest a J Cole / 21 Savage collab album would go HARD :blessed:

A duo you wouldn’t think works but it does. Lil Baby too. Had me like

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Any thoughts on him releasing the "Off Season" during his basketball season? Like this album ain't really his top focus, if he's truly serious about basketball. He's going have the number #1 album and he ain't even in the country. It's weird and intriguing.
 

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I feel like Cole stepped up his pen game drastically. His flow was like water. He could always spit but I always had them ranked Kendrick > Cole > Drake in terms of rapping. Drake being the weakest but, enough flow and song making ability to make up for it. Kendrick being a complete wizard with it, equal to Lupe and Nas. And Cole being in between. But on some of these songs Cole was flowing better than Kendrick. You can hear his growth as a rapper and how comfortable he is with it now.
 

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T minus produced both


Dude NEVER gets props. I know he retired for a minute, but dude is really dope. Some of Drake's best songs are produced by T Minus. He also produced one of Kendrick's best singles in "Swimming Pools". One of Nicki's best songs in "Moment For Life" was him too. There's Khaled's "I'm On One". And again, "Middle Child" is one of Cole's best songs.
 
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