quadra

5y

A lot of people weren’t bro it’s ok

air

5y

That outro on FHD is classic

NiceLikeChrist

5y

We know. Neither was Kendrick. And Cole was never even in the same league as Kendrick.

Goes to show how far the gap is between Drake and Cole.

The “big 3” was always a lie

Mmm Hmm

5y

Cole was in the big 3
He just fizzled out the fastest

J cole He was basically Bleach
Drake - Naruto
And Kendrick was One Piece

Iykyk

bobby j

5y

Cole was never in the same league as Kendrick? False

Cole was more popular than Kendrick for a while after he released FHD

That's why FHD sold more than IYRTITL and TPAB in overall sales

Kendrick came back with DAMN though and Cole hasn't caught up since

PutYouOnGame25

5y

I knew post was trash when OP said Dreamville was irrelevant. Dreamville poppin off right now. Cole, Bas, JID, Lute, Omen, Ari, Earthgang, Cozz. Crazy amount of diverse, talented artists

user

5y

kanye soured expectations for what j cole and wale type artists (conscious/backpack with mainstream/street sensibilities) career arcs are supposed to be

J Cole's albums will hold up better over decades than stuff like Views or Scorpion. And I think he's been pretty boring since after FNL and Sideline Story

air

5y

That outro on FHD is classic

Oblivion X

5y

Bro really compare the sample on pound cake to Cole thanking everyone that is credit on the album on note to self as a knock on cole

Mmm Hmm

5y

Cole was in the big 3
He just fizzled out the fastest

J cole He was basically Bleach
Drake - Naruto
And Kendrick was One Piece

Iykyk

KOLLAPS

5y

Literally all doing better than any OVO artist

KOLLAPS

5y

Literally all doing better than any OVO artist

Maga Law

5y

Cole 1000000x more relatable than Drake lmfao

Lmfao whatever man

5y

Still not in the same league tbh

Mmm Hmm

5y

Cole was in the big 3
He just fizzled out the fastest

J cole He was basically Bleach
Drake - Naruto
And Kendrick was One Piece

Iykyk

You are welcome

5y

Maybe J. Cole could do decent numbers for a few albums and somehow managed to build a fan base, but he was never even close to Drake in hindsight.

Had not even half the influence, Dreamville beyond irrelevant, OVO is pretty irrelevant but you can't deny the actual talent and diversity of a roster Drizzy Drake was able to assemble meanwhile Dreamville is just weed carrier group v. 234123. OVO had PND, DVSN, Roy Woods, Majid Jordan, etc. Artists with DISTINCT sounds and talents.

I mean you have to just look at how Drake ended his album NWTS in 2013 then look at how J. Cole ended his "best album" 2014 FHD

Good God Almighty—like back in the old days...
You know, years ago they had the A&R men to tell you what to play, how to play it and you know whether it's disco and rock but we just went in the studio and we did it. We had the champagne in the studio, of course—compliments of the company—and we just laid back and did it. So we hope you enjoy listening to this album half as much as we enjoyed playing it for you. Because we had a ball. Only real music is gonna last—all the other bullshit is here today and gone tomorrow...

^^^
The reason why NWTS is a true classic, just having on the back of the album like that

And then J Cole sticks this on the back of 2014 FHD:

Yeah nigga, Forest Hills Drive. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's it. We made it, baby! As we speak the last sample just cleared. Thank you to whoever in Japan, just cleared that s***. Turn my vocal up and turn the headphones down a little bit. I gotta do my thank you's man. I didn't have enough time to turn in my thank you's for the artwork, so f*** it. I'ma do it right now...

This is the credits. This is roll credits nigga, if you don't wanna sit through the credits get your ass up and walk out the movie theatre. First and foremost my entire Dreamville team, thank you, man. Before that I'm buggin, thank you, God! Oh my God. Everything happened too perfectly and in line—this whole thing.

Thank you, God. Thank my Dreamville family. Mez who f***in' asleep right now, that nigga ain't even recording this thing right now. Nigga's been working hard man, Mez I'm proud as f*** of you man, for real you killed this s***. Ib what up. El Presidente what up! We killed this s*** nigga, we killed this s*** nigga! I don't give a f*** if we sell 3 copies nigga, we killed this s*** nigga!

You see that? One reads like a true piece of artistry, a gentlemen showing his talent and skill, the other reads like some dude in high school who just finished making a mixtape in his closet

i sip poison

5y

“In the same league” dIS is music not NBA

Maga Law

5y

Explain?

Cole has been pure rap for 99%of his career

Same with Kendrick

Too bad they don’t try to sell to teenage girls

BLACK

5y

you managed to downplay Cole and slander Bleach. you should be shot and hung at the same time