This album perfectly describes this period of Cole's life, and his storytelling on this album far exceeds anything before or after that he has put out. The production on this album is perfect and compliments his delivery and lyrics in a way that sets up a backing for one of my favourite conceptual albums of all time. J. Cole proved his worth as a master songwriter as well as a producer on this album, creating a blend of incredibly well written pieces of art that come together to create a ... read more