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  1. WalterWhite
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    Dec 12, 2016
    That man has so many verses we will never hear.
     
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  2. boyz n the suburbs
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    boyz n the suburbs In my city, I'm a young God

    Dec 12, 2016
    This album is strangely addicting. I keep coming back to it after several hours.
     
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  3. KLD3816
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    KLD3816 Love yourz.

    Dec 12, 2016
    Album classic.
     
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  4. King Simba
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    Dec 12, 2016
    Ur saying an uplifting album but a lot of FHD is quite "happy" especially after St. Tropez and of course Note to Self. I don't think Cole himself is depressed, the whole point of FHD was him finding himself or whatever. Change is a great example of his new clarity as well if u look at it bar for bar.

    I agree that Cole has it in him to do a really uplifting album with an "I Get Up" vibe cos that's still Top 1 Cole and would probably bring the out the best in him. Making the struggle seem beautiful is his lane
     
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  5. Simon023
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    Dec 12, 2016
    Wondering the same thing lol.

    They're probably like: "Wait, is this song about us?"
     
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  6. 2014 Forever Lives JCN
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    Dec 12, 2016
    ye i agree, not many people are acknowledging that ... but to me its not necessarily the street guy actually getting gunned down but its just the description of his premonitions of his own death ...

    this why i find it so dope listening to the title track and then going back to that, especially the first listen it was like s---, the intro wasn't more of cole being depressed but rather from the other guys perspective :khaled:

    Congrats on ur daughter!!
     
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    i finally realized the TRUE main purpose of Folding Clothes tho y'all ...

    think about it, right after folding clothes comes she's mine part 2 and his daughter being born

    cole trying to tell us that after you start folding clothes with/for a girl comes a baby lol

    :kobe:
     
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    maybe folding clothes actually is a metaphor, maybe its the new netflix and chill :khaled:

    "ayyy girl u tryna fold some clothes? " :jr:
     
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  9. NewLegend
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    Dec 12, 2016
    d---, just realized 2nd verse in 03' adolescence when he say's "You bought to go get a degree, I'm gone be stuck with two choices: graduate to weight or sell a number 2". Really that whole verse when Cole rapping from the perspective of his high-school d--- dealing friend could actually tie into this album. Even the 2nd verse of ATOTC "We gone circle around the Ville and hit a lit" and "One day we gone graduate and cope a brick."

    Even the hook on tale of two citiez "Last night I had a bad dream, that I was trapped in the city" and Ville Mentality song about being about how to escape that small town mind mentality.

    I know it's a reach, but what if Cole was continuing those narrative songs on this album with the d--- dealing friend that got s---t and left his daughter behind.
     
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    Dec 12, 2016
    ye its definitely 100% cole singing ...

    becomes more apparent after the "dirt on my name never" part ...
    u can really tell its cole if u listen there

    dope that he sound so different that theres so many people who can't even tell it him lol
     
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    thats not a reach at all thats 100% what it is lol
     
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  12. Pazuzu
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    Dec 12, 2016
    Bussa back. Was using a s-----y replacement phone until I got a new one and haven't really had time to log in.

    S/O to @Bliss. I was just f---ing around. It literally took me like 19 seconds to find that old post of yours. I didn't bookmark it and keep it for months. Don't flatter yourself! =) xo

    Album solid as s---. 8.5 as of right now. I love the concept. Dope that it's a double meaning and parallels his life and his friends life.

    I wish he renamed Foldin Clothes...it's a sweet and endearing song concept and it's a different style than he has done before and it works...but it'd be better if he renamed it to Whipped..jk...a for real better song title would be The Simple Things...or something like that..

    Ville Mentality should be an Interlude

    Intro threw me off at first but I love it...different than anything he's done. His voice on it along with the production is menacing and powerful.

    Immortal is f---ing nasty. He goes hard lyrically and the hook lures you in.

    Deja Vu catchy as f---. I love the hook...it's kind of like a satire hook/tribute to club songs 10-15 years ago

    Change vintage Cole...inspiring bars and hook...woke outro

    She's Mine 1 & 2 heartfelt as f---.

    Neighbors straight f---ing b-----r.

    I think Cole has more up his sleeve in terms of another album...I could see him dropping again in the Spring....he can't tour with just this new album...he should do like @JimmyBucketsNC said and release an album full of hits and bangers.
     
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    Lonny Breaux I think my nuts look better on her face

    Dec 12, 2016
    2nd verse on immortal gotta be my favorite verse
    so good :sad2:
     
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    Dec 12, 2016
    I f--- with the Intro, Immortal, Change, Neighbors, and 4YEO, everything else kinda faded for me after the 1st few listens.
     
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    seems like a lot of the people who don't f--- with ville mentality also don't f--- with she's mine ... guess they just don't really f--- with the vibe out singing s--- ...

    i guess i should be happy i like those

    Ville Mentality is my s---
     
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  16. Pazuzu
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    Pazuzu

    Dec 12, 2016
    This reads like a 3.5/5, not a 3/5. Reviewer had more positive to say than negative.

    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...z-only-review-unsparing-unflinching-raptivism
     
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  17. Nav Bhatia
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    Nav Bhatia Bitch, be humble

    Dec 12, 2016
    Lol said it's clearly his best album yet gives it the same rating as his other projects
     
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    Dec 12, 2016
    its always like that bro, i don't even bother with reviews anymore lol
     
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  19. Nav Bhatia
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    Nav Bhatia Bitch, be humble

    Dec 12, 2016
    She's mine part 2 is straight up the most emotional s--- Coles ever written. That coupled with the last verse on 4yeo is some heavy s---.
     
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    I get the love for I Get Up, 2Face, etc, but idk how anybody can say 4YEO isn't the best song he's ever made/written.
     
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