J. Cole Nation: Chat Thread

Started by Mike Tyson, Dec 23, 2014, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Ripper Roo
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    Ripper Roo Forum Boy Summer

    Nov 30, 2024
    Some people not gonna like the vocal inflections, it is what it is. People calling gnx a classic are absolutely insane. Music media is a joke anyway I don’t take any of these publications seriously
     
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  2. Uncle Luke
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    Maybe, maybe not.. if the n----- spit what Kendrick did on there maybe he would make it sound better , his flow better lol .. imo. Idk, I just think the song kinda corny.. if Kendrick got on there and talked his s--- like pac them did maybe I would f--- with it
     
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  3. Uncle Luke
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    Killa kadafi rode that made niggaz beat better than Kendrick lol. Rip Kadafi. He had the last verse before pacs last verse on made niggaz
     
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    My g
     
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  5. Pazuzu
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    Peekaboo @Ripper Roo just face it, Kendrick’s voice is annoying as f--- and hard on the ears to a lot of people. It is what it is! Don’t get so offended.

    The best albums I’ve heard this year are from Gary Clark Jr and Jack White. GNX doesn’t even come close. Redman has been dropping better s--- than Kendrick lately.

    A lot of hip hop sucks nowadays. GNX is annoying to me. He can’t and won’t ever make bangers as good as the ones on If You’re Reading this it’s too late no matter how hard he tries. He can’t and won’t ever evoke emotions like Cole has done on FNL, 4YEO or FHD.

    Tyler and Kendrick have a huge nerdy, dweeby Fantano type following. I’m just telling you the truth. They’re not real hip hop fans. It’s the bells and whistles. The extra “artsy” s--- they do. They think it’s so trailblazing. Look at me with a straight face and say you’d rather listen to “This d-ck ain’t freeeeeeeeee, I mean, babyyyyy” in a whiny a--- voice over something like 95 South or 3001 by Cole. Or if you seriously think Sticky is a hip hop b-----r that hip hop heads are playing. C’mon man, you can’t be serious. That’s for the fake artsy nerd rap crowd.
     
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  6. Uncle Luke
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    I said my west coast playlist was 2 hours long.. s--- 29 hours long I meant , I’m listening to it now . I got an east coast, west coast and down south playlist., You Ain’t Got to Lie came on , that’s the kdot I f--- with
     
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  7. Pazuzu
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    This guy said GNX is AOTY and the best album of Kendrick’s career.
    https://x.com/tombreihan/status/1301152198609588225

    He also loves Tyler and said this about his new album

    “He’s one of the best things we’ve got going, and Chromakopia is another complicated and fascinating album in a catalog full of them.“

    Many more examples of these hipster indie rock type dweebs who aren’t real hip hop fans but love Tyler and Kendrick. But I don’t want to offend you even more @Ripper Roo
     
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  8. Ripper Roo
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    Ripper Roo Forum Boy Summer

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    I already faced this in an earlier comment, I’m not offended.
    Cap
    You sound like an old head
    He did on d---. and GNX
    He did on TPAB and Mr. Morale
    This is true but it’s not entirely their fault. It’s just like how Cole has pretentious fans like you who think they know everything about hip hop while simultaneously trying to seem humble or how Eminem has white nerdy fans who think they know everything about hip hop meanwhile hating black people.
    Those songs are not comparable to each other lmao you really thought you were making a point here
    I don’t give a f--- about “hip hop heads”. Most of the time they are pretentious know-it-alls who make listening to hip hop a miserable experience. They try to gatekeep while simultaneously completely failing at doing so and letting the fakest and dumbest s--- slide. You keep using this “fake artsy” insult when in reality you just like boring hip hop that does the same thing over and over again without progressing the sound. If it was up to people like you hip hop would’ve been dead a long time ago.
     
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  9. Ripper Roo
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    Ripper Roo Forum Boy Summer

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    Who cares? You’re the offended one crying about it. My main point was the nerdy s--- does not apply to GNX
     
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  10. Pazuzu
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    Projection lol

    Bringing something up and making point ≠ being offended and crying about it.

    The internet nerds and dweebs, in fact, love Kendrick and GNX. It’s a fact, brother. And sadly these dweebs control the narrative and think s--- like Peekaboo is good and 3001 by Cole sucks. They can like that s---…but then absolutely s--- on others. They’re the modern gatekeepers and control the narrative. They’re not true hip hop fans. They’re indie rock type dweebs who are into a certain style of hip hop. And they’re loud on the internet. Don’t get mad when people push back on the absurdity of their takes.

    Peekaboo. For real? For Free is so easy to vibe to? Sticky slaps?? If I think 95 South and 3001 are better hip hop songs I’m a boring hip hop listener? C’mon. You can’t be serious.
     
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  11. Ripper Roo
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    Ripper Roo Forum Boy Summer

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    Why let them bother you so much? Stop giving them power
     
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  12. Spartan23R
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    Spartan23R Set of horns and a halo

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    Bro,

    If Cole made peekaboo, people would trash him HARD…

    If Kendrick was the featured artist for Grippy, people would say he’s a genius and it’s the best feature of the year or even decade…

    And, that’s just facts..

    ps. Cole and Kendrick are both my favourite artists since the release from The Warm Up & Overly Dedicated
     
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    This series is amazing, The story of him at the club with Jay-Z was like a movie. Could visualize that in my head, Cole such a good story teller.
     
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  14. NoRoleModelz
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    Big Fan of Kenny but most of his earlier music. Some good songs on his newer albums but GKMC and Section 80 still my favorites from him. He got a little less raw in his music and experimental with his newer stuff and i'm not really a fan of that
     
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  15. vinny ice
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    Hov loving the bs song immediately after Cole shows him Work Out is hilarious too
     
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  16. Ripper Roo
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    I like peekaboo, but listen to it too much and it will get quite annoying. However, I still think it works for Kendrick but definitely wouldn’t work for Cole. Certain things work for certain rappers and others don’t. It’s like how Lil Wayne has bars that can sound fire when he spits them but if someone else delivers them they sound stupid as h---.

    People probably would trash Cole for peekaboo because that’s not what they expect from him. That’s partially the same reason grippy was trashed. People have been conditioned to accept this s--- from Kendrick. I have a hard time believing people would praise Kendrick if he did the grippy verse though… that song is all around bad and I don’t think anyone could save it. I can imagine that grippy verse in Kendrick’s voice right now and it sounds awful and cringey just like Cole’s version.
    I doubt he will ever go back to Section 80 and GKMC sounds for a whole album. His albums have been getting weirder and weirder ever since. Some people will like the experimentation and some won’t. But I think it is necessary for certain artists to experiment because you will always have those people who complain about all music always sounding the same. Experiments don’t always work but sometimes risks must be taken in order to drive innovation. There will also always be those artists who try to put out the traditional sounds. Kendrick went down a different path.
     
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  17. Uncle Luke
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    So them bonus tracks gon be on streaming December 6?
     
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  18. vinny ice
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    Idk. I'm leaning no.
     
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  19. Uncle Luke
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    If not somebody gon leak them on YouTube
     
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  20. vinny ice
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    Oh ya were gonna hear these tracks lol

    We getting Truly Yours with the BS episodes? My favorite Cole tape.
     
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