Cole with his moves and future /xo getting Atlanta to stay quiet are what did Drake in .
Kendrick turning Cole into Fredo Corleone is still the dagger
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Silver Surfer
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J Cole went out like a p*ssy
Literally the first rapper to back down publicly
Literally the first rapper to back down publicly
Piff Perkins
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I don't think Kendrick erased him. Cole kinda erased himself and it started long before he took that diss back. The impression I've got of Cole is that he came into the game as a fan who rapped, and many of his aspirations were based on childhood dreams of becoming what he loved. He wanted to drop a classic debut album, have hit records while maintaining a street/non-mainstream following, be the golden child, etc. Basically a mixture of Nas/Jay/Pac who never went too far pop, never fell off, got the 5 Mics treatment at some point and avoided the pitfalls they faced.
The problem is that instead his first album was pretty weak, in part due to Jay demanding pop records. So he didn't get the classic debut. Then a year later his good friend dropped a debut album that was immediately hailed as a classic. Then his good friend started winning awards. Then Nas and Jay started praising his good friend while simutaneously being harder on him (being stuck between Jay demanding hits and Nas denigrating his single). Then his good friend asserted dominance with a verse that shook up the game and name dropped him. In short, Kendrick was suddenly doing a lot of the historical shyt that Cole once dreamed of doing as a kid.
Then what happened? Suddenly Cole started talking about no longer chasing accolades, no longer caring about reviews, no longer worrying about fame. I thought it was obvious at time but in hindsight it's even more undeniable: his shift to care free, longer hair, bike riding "fukk fame" Jermaine was 100% a response to him realizing Kendrick got the shyt he initially wanted in the game and the jealousy wasn't healthy. He had to re-prioritize and focus on shyt that made him happy. And him doubling down on rappity rap exercises over the last few years was him trying to get back to the essence and differentiate himself from Kendrick and Drake, both of whom become more commercial in subsequent years. I think the Like That verse was simply too disrespectful for him to ignore but shortly after dropping that diss he reverted back to his peaceful state and took it back. I don't know where Cole goes from here but he seems to be at peace with himself.
The problem is that instead his first album was pretty weak, in part due to Jay demanding pop records. So he didn't get the classic debut. Then a year later his good friend dropped a debut album that was immediately hailed as a classic. Then his good friend started winning awards. Then Nas and Jay started praising his good friend while simutaneously being harder on him (being stuck between Jay demanding hits and Nas denigrating his single). Then his good friend asserted dominance with a verse that shook up the game and name dropped him. In short, Kendrick was suddenly doing a lot of the historical shyt that Cole once dreamed of doing as a kid.
Then what happened? Suddenly Cole started talking about no longer chasing accolades, no longer caring about reviews, no longer worrying about fame. I thought it was obvious at time but in hindsight it's even more undeniable: his shift to care free, longer hair, bike riding "fukk fame" Jermaine was 100% a response to him realizing Kendrick got the shyt he initially wanted in the game and the jealousy wasn't healthy. He had to re-prioritize and focus on shyt that made him happy. And him doubling down on rappity rap exercises over the last few years was him trying to get back to the essence and differentiate himself from Kendrick and Drake, both of whom become more commercial in subsequent years. I think the Like That verse was simply too disrespectful for him to ignore but shortly after dropping that diss he reverted back to his peaceful state and took it back. I don't know where Cole goes from here but he seems to be at peace with himself.
Westbama Heartthrob
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I dont think it's an issue, but kendrick wouldn't do a track with just cole either
Kinda like lupe with king Los. He's always calling him one of the greatest rappers. Especially freestylers but he just turned down a feature request
Them nikkas got their ways I guess
Theodoresolderbreh
No Shorts No Malarkey
J cole was caught off guard and got that call explaining shyt, that's for sure. No way he throw together a mixtape and just back out that fast unless somebody hit bro like Stand down breh a nuke coming
Westbama Heartthrob
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Nice spin, but no
nikka said he'd go to hell if Jesus asked for a feature, now he wanna be on some peace shyt once some real competition wakes up
It's clear that jealousy never left his heart. Unfortunately, it wasn't much of a heart either
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Lyte and Soul killed him on his own shyt
Everybody in my circle just rewinds the beginning
Cole was the weakest part of PI to the contrary
No Jermaine can’t talk about being the best while rapping about sticks and the mud
This nikka should clearly be regulated to lyrical miracle Common raps forever
None of the shyt and verses he put out up until this point hold any muthafukkain weight anymore
And I’m a Jermaine fan
Ive been a fan when weird nikkas of thecoli was calling him ZZZquil
nikkas being flaw and frauds with this shyt
I literally saw everybody that’s rewriting history in this thread call that man boring for years
Tried to weaponize him as being better than Kendrick
When we all know he wasn’t even on bros level to begin with
Kendrick made this shyt a lite pack and was definitely one of the reasons a dual album would’ve went bad for Cole just like this battle
So reading all the bullshyt narratives in here got me
Y’all cappin yall kneecaps off
Peter Popoff
AKA Petty Pimpiń..🤑
They were suppose to do an album together some years back.I dont think it's an issue, but kendrick wouldn't do a track with just cole either
Kinda like lupe with king Los. He's always calling him one of the greatest rappers. Especially freestylers but he just turned down a feature request
Them nikkas got their ways I guess
I wouldn't be surprised if it happens.
Lyte and Soul killed him on his own shyt
Everybody in my circle just rewinds the beginning
Cole was the weakest part of PI to the contrary
No Jermaine can’t talk about being the best while rapping about sticks and the mud
This nikka should clearly be regulated to lyrical miracle Common raps forever
None of the shyt and verses he put out up until this point hold any muthafukkain weight anymore
And I’m a Jermaine fan
Ive been a fan when weird nikkas of thecoli was calling him ZZZquil
nikkas being flaw and frauds with this shyt
I literally saw everybody that’s rewriting history in this thread call that man boring for years
Tried to weaponize him as being better than Kendrick
When we all know he wasn’t even on bros level to begin with
Kendrick made this shyt a lite pack and was definitely one of the reasons a dual album would’ve went bad for Cole just like this battle
So reading all the bullshyt narratives in here got me
Y’all cappin yall kneecaps off
Rep
Those them East Coast nikkas on the forum/board
They let Jigga created Nas joke(J Cole) fool them into thinking he was elite
The worst part was East Coast Nas stans allowed that shyt only for the Jigga created Nas joke
(J Cole) to use Takeover bits in his diss track
KFBF
Superstar
There's no rationale that has Cole a bigger loser in this battle than Drake that is credible. We wanted Cole to be involved cause he's a much better rapper than Drake but if his heart wasn't in it no need to pretend.
Artificial Intelligence
Not Allen Iverson
Cole was right.. he is a bytch though 
