I thought his first album was pretty good and showed potential but his latest single is not it.
Who is his core audience?
He was propped up because he was more of a conventional rapper compared to his contemporaries, but that novelty has worn off.
He's only 25 so he still has time to develop, but why do you think he isn't connecting on a wider scale?

He would have been way bigger if he popped off around 2011 imo

he sucks ass

We have J Cole at home type artist

Boring, and he just doesn’t have any appeal to me.

very average but the song in op is cool

the scatterbrain of the current hip hop landscape has put us in a place where nobody collectively knows what tf they want in an artist anymore...

but as far as Cordae he just comes off average to me.

You think he’d be bigger since he has white man eyes and bagged Naomi osaka but he’s just another ddg case

1.This produced by serial rapist Dr Luke, cowrote by bunch of famous rap ghostwriters

2. he cant even be considered dollar store cole,unlike dreamville weed carriers. Most of his "conscious" songs sounds like a edgy teen tryna be a smartass

3.His newer flexing stuff tryna be mainstream falls flat too cause thats not who he is n his fatass aint fooling noone

4. he's 25???

He’s not dropping hits like that and he doesn’t rap as good as who he’s inspired by so he’s not barring people up either

boring asl

Cause he mid

too commercial and propped up and clean for the Slums audience. too boombap and dusty for the mainstream

his core audience the same niggas that listen to ti son

also wtf is this Pharrell karaoke song

There’s nothing unique about him and he doesn’t do anything better than the artists who he’s clearly inspired from

Like his claim to fame was being “the lyrical one” out of the YBN trio

He’s carved out a successful niche with the “he raps about more than money and women and cars” crowd so there’s that I suppose

with the kind of music he make ideally i feel like he would garner the same respect that somebody like saba get but eh

I just never was a fan of him to begin with. He just comes off as boring and average to me. He doesn't stick out in any type of way from his peers.

Just bland.

awkward delivery

and inconsistent messaging

he tries to be the lyrical leader and moral compass for his crop of artists while still making songs about smashing b****es, how he used to sell weed, and on top of that, his bars are really on the nose. his traditional style and good ear for beats used to hide his weakness of having basic ass lyrics

Never remotely understood the appeal

He’s just some guy. Nothing special

He's more like food pantry j Cole

White man eyes

Saba makes pain music though

an album like Care for Me is a very heavy listen compared to most of his peers

Cordae’s sound is way too polished and light weight to gain the same acclaim