JokerzWyld;3383197 said:
First of all, stop quoting me because you're too easy to son in this forum. Second J. Cole has said multiple times that he wants to release a classic album. Classic albums are natural and relative artistically to the artists who crafts them. Nas showed you the kid in the projects on Illmatic; Jay-Z showed the hustla on Reasonable Doubt; Biggie showed you the drug dealer in the streets on Ready To Die; what does Cole show us? Is he showing us anything legendary? Does he have anything that outshines his classic mixtape material that set the tone for his career? You imply that he doesn't want to entertain his underground appeal but tell me what material has he been touring with? He can't do a whole set with only 3 mainstream singles?? Fuck outta here marine.
As far as you alluding that "Who Dat" wasn't that successful, that's subjective, but for the sake of conversation let's assume that it wasn't. With that said, does J. Cole sound more like himself on "Who Dat" or "Mr. Nice Watch"?? Well since you like charts so much let's put your argument in a language you can understand: Nelly's "Just A Dream" peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, but his album 5.0 sold 63,000 copies first week. Jay-Z & K. West had "Otis" as their official single and it peaked at 12 on the same chart and their album sold 438,000 first week. Nobody knows how a single's performance on the charts will sell an album in the stores. Stop trying to predict what's hot based on radio spins and let an artist do his art. PERIOD.
First of all, stop all that tough talk when you mom still irons your clothes for you. Second this album hasn't even technically dropped yet and it's too early to determine whether or not it's a classic album (good album to me). What does Cole show, he showed a storytelling element of hiphop that has been dead for years. Is he showing us legendary, maybe that's your fucking problem you go into albums expecting unrealistic shit. How about you go into music with no expectations and appreciate a project for what it is, a good album then let it marinate years later to see whether something is legendary. For all your legendary yapping, i don't remember anyone claiming Reasonable Doubt, COllege Dropout,etc legendary when it first dropped. It took some years for people to truly appreciate the album. Yes Cole World SIdeline Story is easily better than Warm Up and FNL, much more polished album than both. Sonically it shits on FNL, songwriting wise (concept, hooks, choruses, execution), and flow of the album it's better. FNL and Warm Up are mixtapes for a reason, the fat wasn't trimmed from those albums and they weren't sequenced like his album was.
Who Dat wasn't successful, there is no subjective debate about that compared to a song like say a GET AT ME DOG or AMILLI by X and Game that wasn't commercial and crossed over. Does he sound like himself, that would be a question for J Cole to answer because it sounds to me you're trying to put him in a box. He addressed this in a interview a few days ago, about how undergound fans want him to keep making Warm Up and FNL over and over, and that in order for him to grow he has to do songs like WORK OUT, MR. NICE WATCH,etc so he doesn't box himself in. He can't be affraid to try something different or else that' how you fall off as a artist, the reason why people like Kanye,Jay,Wayne,etc are successful is because they keep their core fanbase happy with the shit they like but aren't afraid to try something different.
My whole point is, STOP TRYING TO PUT ARTIST IN YOUR LITTLE ASS BOX. If a artist tries something and fail, good but atleast they can say they tried. How many fucking COllege Dropout, Reasonable Doubt or All Falls DOwn, Dead President can a artist make over and over. Let the artist be able to try a STRONGER, BIG PIMPING,etc.
