The title track is probably Coles best track. Excellent album closer. I’ve grown to appreciate this album. It’s a good play front to back.
Albums J. Cole - The Off-Season (Discussion Thread)
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Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
The melodies are really good on this album. You're lying if you say you don't sing along to "100 Mil'" or "Pride is the Devil" or "Hunger on Hillside." 
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KANG LIFE
It’s J.Coles most underrated song.
folks really sleeping on his storytelling and lyricism
This album is fire...months later
Heavy_Handz
Superstar
Album of the year. Instant classic.The melodies are really good on this album. You're lying if you say you don't sing along to "100 Mil'" or "Pride is the Devil" or "Hunger on Hillside."
my lil cousins are at his concert in Las Vegas, sold out.. she told me every fan singing his new songs word for word.. seen the videos on Snapchats....
J.Cole is probably the only rapper from this generation, where us old geezers like and respect as well
J.Cole is probably the only rapper from this generation, where us old geezers like and respect as well
My personal best Cole track is Once An Addict Interlude. I wish more mainstream rappers made songs like it.
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
I think this is his best album.
I was listening to FHD yesterday and when I compared the two, I realized this one was better. FHD was great, but I don’t think it ends that well. The Off-Season keeps up the energy throughout the whole album, and there's not a single song on it I wouldn't listen to.
I was listening to FHD yesterday and when I compared the two, I realized this one was better. FHD was great, but I don’t think it ends that well. The Off-Season keeps up the energy throughout the whole album, and there's not a single song on it I wouldn't listen to.
It’s not fair to look at it this way
when FHD came out it was at the end of the worse year for mainstream rap probably ever. It also was the album that everyone thought J Cole finally got it right, “No role models” is a true anthem
the off-season is seen as a return to form or Rather Cole listening to the critics and his fans and giving them what they want coming off of 2 lackluster efforts that were quickly forgotten by rap
Piff Perkins
Veteran
I need to revisit the album now that it's so close to AOTY list time. At the time I felt it was def a top 5 release. Lot of stuff has come out since then so I'll be curious to revisit.
Heavy_Handz
Superstar
Absolutely. Definitely his best album.
It still holds up. Cole dropped a hell of an album and compared to his peers its better than Donda and CLB to me.
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
I actually agree with you. Listening to FHD, it feels like Cole elevated. People started taking him seriously after that and his next two albums sounded like he was chasing FHD. Even Cole said that was where he peaked and he slowed down a little bit after that. For a while, it seemed like he was never going to make another song like "Fire Squad" again.
I rank The Off-Season above it, but I'm not trying to diminish what FHD means in Cole's discography. It's still his most important album because his career changed after that.
