Chill that was a bar

sounds like every Cole album post FHD

The Fall Asleep

How is lonely at the top a bonus song. It’s one of the best ones on disc 1.

Yeah it’s gonna get replays from me which is more than I can say about most of his discog so I’m happy for now.

Whatchutola Ayy whatchutola

Cole really loves that hook lol

this

doesn’t really feel much different from his last few releases

had time to listen to the entire album on my drive into work

minus one song, disc 1 was really solid for me. was not expecting lonely at the top to be the song that i loved the most but that s*** had me spin it back 3 times straight

by the time i got to disc 2, based on what i read on here and on twitter, i absolutely expected to be disappointed by it. figured since i liked disc 1 so much, there had to be a drop off. but nope, disc 2 was waaaaay better imo. honestly could’ve done with a better intro for starters. inevitable still sounds fresh for me despite me almost over playing it. life sentence completely broke me. had me reflecting on my girl right now and all the things i had to do to get her. the ups and downs of our relationship. she’s a cole stan (like og cole stan, not that fake s***) so i know we’ll share a bond over that record. man up above had me reflect on where im from, niggas deadass had shoot outs every west indian parade, him saying that was so relatable. i love her again.. man, phenomenal record. he mentioned something about getting older and listening to hip hop less and that s*** really hit me cause i feel like that has been happening to me without me consciously making that decision. what if was dope off the strength of what we saw 2 years ago & we can tell how that s*** affected him enough to make this pov type of track. quik stop & and the whole world is the ville had me reflect on who i was and where i was when i first got into cole’s music and how i’d always rush to his s*** whenever i was goin through something

overall, this is not a perfect album but this is the album i wanted from him. so glad he didnt try to chase or force hits on this. thats clearly not his lane anymore

The Let Out is a-fucking-mazing.

Just scrolled through the earlier comments and ofc majority of the thread was hating

This why u twin

he could’ve pulled it off too

one called the fall off
the other called the inevitable

something like that

Don't understand the hate for Life Sentence

Certified ball knowers, me and you.

Oh bro these niggas hated Life Sentence 😂😂😂

Multiple listens before posting >>>>

And it’s things to legit critique but yeah lol.

OK WE PODDING CAUSE WHY THIS ACTUALLY FIRE?

if niggas hate that, they never been in love. simple as that

Same reasons they hated Foldin Clothes.

PUNK B****

This album is pretty good so far

this s*** woulda been such a layup for him man, he did not need to double album into one this s***

First listen thoughts. Great double album could end up being my favorite from him just because of the amount of crazy tracks on here.

It does suffer from similar things as his past releases. Cole has needed a proper A&R team to help level certain tracks with interludes/skits and stop overdoing a theme. You think he's done exploring his relationship with Life Sentence and then he flips it on the very next track Only You. This could've been one track.

That 9-track run to start Disc 29/1 was the perfect balance of Cole's artistry, lyrical ability, singing, hitting themes, and blending features. It starts to slip on The Let Out and flattens until The Fall-Off Is Inevitable. Disc 39/2's strongest run was Man Above to Quick Stop. Also, I would've moved the Bonus Tracks to the end of Disc 39/2. Ending Disc 29/1 with the "Life being a film that cant be rewound" line would've been a landed better.

I can tell this one will grow on me though.

anyone got either cover without PA sticker

I hope I just came in with too high of expectations but...

I expected something explosive and potent but to me it felt sluggish and bloated. Not just because it's 24 tracks but each track is 5 minutes when they didn't need to be. He could've trimmed A TON of fat off. The beats are underwhelming and sonically it's not dynamic enough to warrant the run time

Also like conceptually I didn't catch anything that was super interesting. Couple tracks here and there but yeah. Damn. I really wanted him to deliver. Hope it grows