I bet you $100 you would have posted it if they gave him a 9.5.Cacfork gave the album 6.5
I ain't linking it because I don't even read their reviews. My homeboy just text me and told me....
Albums J. Cole - The Off-Season (Discussion Thread)
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I hope this physical is the explicit version, cause on Spotify all I get is the censored for some reason
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
This album hasn't left my rotation since it came out. 
Now, I'm stuck on songs like "Amari" and "100 Mill." The "Amari" video made it even better.
Now, I'm stuck on songs like "Amari" and "100 Mill." The "Amari" video made it even better.
He can definitely rap and make good music but I agree I just think the content doesn't stick with me or something.
How many times is he going to tell me he never sold crack lol
Mortal1
Superstar
Yeah this is easily Cole's best album 
This album hasn't left my rotation since it came out.
Now, I'm stuck on songs like "Amari" and "100 Mill." The "Amari" video made it even better.
Yea I’m enjoying “Amari”more then on the first few listens. His flow, the cadence, the new approach was something different from Cole.
Piff Perkins
Veteran
Reading over some of the some reviews and thoughts...can't help but feel there's something incredibly disingenuous about criticizing the album for not having a clear theme/concept while simultaneously shading his previous conceptual albums. What's he supposed to do at that point? I had qualms with KOD's preachiness - and I still feel like Cole is way too overt about things - but clearly it was an interesting (IMPORTANT) concept. 4EYO was even more interesting to me, conceptually.
If anything you'd think people would appreciate Cole stepping out of the pulpit and saying fukk that I'm just going to run raps around nikkas. And even then, the conceptual tracks on here are still strong. CLOSE might be his best song since the mixtapes. The outro is amazing, and haunting.
4/5
If anything you'd think people would appreciate Cole stepping out of the pulpit and saying fukk that I'm just going to run raps around nikkas. And even then, the conceptual tracks on here are still strong. CLOSE might be his best song since the mixtapes. The outro is amazing, and haunting.
4/5
InstantKlassik
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Damn near every song needs another verse
spliz
SplizThaDon
I fukked wit his verse I thought it was dope. But people acting like it’s the best verse on the album and all kinda crazy shyt. And also like 21’s verse dont exist. When he had a better showing than Lil Baby on this. Even tho they both added to their songs their featured on.
spliz
SplizThaDon
If it was Kendrick it would’ve gotten and 11/10 and if would’ve been a whole think piece on why Kendrick is a genius and so much better than his contemporaries.Cacfork gave the album 6.5
I ain't linking it because I don't even read their reviews. My homeboy just text me and told me....
That’s like saying someone needs to post up more
Agree with all this, 4EYO hasnt aged for me at all though
Track 11 & 12 are some of his best stuff
InstantKlassik
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what's your point?
Their explanation is misleading. In the video, Cole says he heard a Timbaland beat on Twitch, looped it and wrote a song to it. He asked Timbaland for that beat, but Timbaland never saved it. Cole played the beat back for Timbaland, and Tim remade it.
Those who don't think it sounds like a Timbaland beat probably have never heard this:
^^^ Produced by Timbaland