Feb 6, 2026 at 4:20 AM

Em has Revival, Kendrick has Mr Morale, Drake has Honestly Nevermind and now Cole has this

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM

This lyrical miracle nonsense over a cherished Mobb Deep sample is like nails on a chalkboard.

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 7:19 AM

Lonely At The Top is excellent. Should’ve been the thesis of the album — a much more coherent, compelling, and relevant narrative than whatever this bloated project became.

About 3/4 of the way through…Old Dog is also quite good.

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM

Second disc has too much singing.

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 9:20 AM

d--- bro yall aren’t f---ing with it?? I haven’t fully finished yet because I had an 8 AM (that I’m typing from right now lol) but I’ve been enjoying it so far. I’ll likely give it all another spin tonight after I finish my first spin and get home, maybe I was moving off excitement and tiredness last night

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 9:25 AM

All these monotone singing songs with guitars and s--- were ridiculous. I was expecting a rap heavy album not these lullabies. Half the album feels like the same song over and over again

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM

I chopped this s--- down to 18 songs. s--- flow good.. been on repeat all morning lol..


29 intro
Two six
Safety
Run a train
Poor thang
Who tf is u
Drum and bass
The let out
Inevitable
The villest
Old dog
Life sentence
Man up above
I love her again
What if
Quick stop
And the whole world is the ville
Lonely at the top *

play the s--- in that order

ima listen to the whole album again in regular order just to see if im tripping tho lol

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 9:37 AM

Heard the first 3 songs and then fell asleep.

Actually sounded pretty good, although I was lit off the spliffy

Going to listen to the whole thing today.

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 9:50 AM

About what I expected from a J. Cole album released after 4YEO. Never gonna get that Cole again.

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 10:04 AM

Ok bombs in the ville/hit the gas a vibe tho .. cole singing just be throwing me off on first listens lol. It was like that with the off season. Cole singing not bad tho , that’s the crazy s---

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 10:06 AM

Bunce road blues hit, his verse fire..

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 10:07 AM

As much as we have heard the “hip hop is a woman I love” type of concept, I Love Her Again is definitely up there as one of the best uses of that concept

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM

This tems song at this point.. she sound good as h---.. naw, this song kinda hit lol

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 10:12 AM

Ok, legacy kind hit too now.. maybe it was too late for all that singing lol

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 10:42 AM

Y’all first listen reviews is f---ing up hip hop
Also, no rap features? The goat

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 11:31 AM

And Cole they gonna turn on you one day too
Saying that your new s--- isn’t as good as your uplift
But if you wanna go against Zues you need an Olympian’s spirit
Who TF iz U midgets?! Future produced this?!

 

Feb 6, 2026 at 12:21 PM

Well I've listened to disc 29 and it was bad lol very boring.... idk why Cole doesn't hop on more bangers because when he does do that, he's one of the best in the game.