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| 2.0 poor | Dakota West Foss EMERITUS | May 14th 21 |
J Cole is the Fight Club of music. Or alternately Music to call women "females" to
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| 0.0 | Slex | May 14th 21 |
Definitely the biggest surprise of the year and his best album in a very long time. Great features (lol), good beats and Cole raps his ass off while being like 70% less corny than usual. This shit is awesome
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| 2.5 average | JasonCarne | May 14th 21 |
I'm starting to accept that Cole is never going to realize his full potential
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| 3.0 good | Tundra (Sput Villain) | May 14th 21 |
Its strictly alright, nothing amazing, nothing terrible, how I feel about most of J. Coles albums.
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| 3.5 great | lg433 | May 14th 21 |
loving the energy here
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| 3.0 good | Erwann S. EMERITUS | May 22nd 25 |
another mid one for the ages. cool chipmunk soul samples!
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| 0.0 | jaykubx | October 16th 23 |
J. Cole's "The Off-Season" is an okay album with a whole lot of misses than hits. Standout tracks: Pride Is the Devil, Let Go My Hand.
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| 2.0 poor | JefferyBigglestein2 | September 19th 21 |
album so forgettable that it will get snubbed from many peoples "worst albums of 2021" lists, not because its good but because people forgot it came out.
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| 3.5 great | PrincyAli | July 18th 21 |
A relentless side of the NC MC who opens up very nicely. 3.5/5 Favs: m y . l i f e, a p p l y i n g . p r e s s u r e, p u n c h i n' . t h e . c l o c k, p r i d e . i s . t h e . d e v i l, l e t . g o . m y . h a n d, t h e . c l i m b . b a c k, c l o s e, h u n g e r . o n . h i l l s i d e
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| 2.5 average | ajcollins15 | May 20th 21 |
This new album continues to show that J. Cole is way better than all his deepest haters say he is; but also way worse than his biggest fans say he is. It?s a mixed bag with some solid tracks (?My Life?, ?Let Go My Hand?, ?Interlude?, ?Close?, and ?Hunger on Hillside?) and some questionable tracks that feel half-baked. It?s an album that will get some praise for a week and then people will forget about it later. Also, the Lupe Fiasco influence and Freddy Gibbs style feel a bit interesting to blend together.
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| 3.5 great | Purpose | May 20th 21 |
Mixtape vibes, but feels like a return to form after KOD. Cole clearly has been working on his craft, this is definitely a record for actual fans of hip hop. Each song demonstrates not only different flows, with Cole rapping on the off beat or casually doing flow change ups, but also pays homage to previous hip hop eras on essentially every song here. Casual fans won't really catch what he's doing but there are a lot of gems here for those that love the genre and know the history. Solid, dare I say great, but not quite amazing. Here's to hoping The Fall Off will live up to the hype.
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| 3.0 good | Chardonnay | May 19th 21 |
cornering the market in 3-3.5 that sounds like a 4 maybe at times but really no its not rits actually a 2.5
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| 3.5 great | TheJunkhead | May 15th 21 |
Only listened to half of the record so far, but I still can confidently say this is his best since 2014. His last couple records just sounded lazy and it?s nice to hear him actually put some energy into his music again. He also used a lot of guest producers this album and it shows. Nice to hear some different vibes from him.
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| 3.5 great | tf1511 | December 10th 24 |
| 3.5 great | mttgry | August 5th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Dogie | June 22nd 24 |
| 1.0 awful | Blaidd | April 8th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Votex | November 17th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | beam47 | September 12th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 9th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nights | May 17th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | JackIvy | April 19th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Alex C. | January 18th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | STEA | November 26th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | ARDCWE | November 24th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Luna | November 18th 21 |
| 3.0 good | BigTuna | September 28th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lopan | September 24th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Brett W | September 16th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Weyo | September 9th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | binbin | September 5th 21 |
| 3.5 great | amp112 | August 12th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Coast | July 18th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | chunto | July 13th 21 |
| 3.5 great | chwe | June 2nd 21 |
| 3.0 good | slaps | May 21st 21 |
| 2.5 average | jmh886 | May 19th 21 |
| 3.5 great | botb | May 19th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | meto | May 14th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | May 14th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Emo | May 14th 21 |
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