generally speaking im a j cole skeptic, but my god if this didn’t get me hyped to an insane degree for the fall off. incredible beat and some of the most intelligent writing on like any hip-hop song, has me near completely convinced that cole has genuinely locked in so hard for this album. if the rest of the album is around this quality level, we may be in for an early lock on aoty.
First things first: This album is like 6 hours old, I have no idea how it will settle long term in terms of my opinions and also it's influence and relevance. BUT, today, right now, I think this is Pusha T's best album, I think this is the best Clipse album, and I think this is the current album of the year. That's not to say it's perfect, but equally I would say it's a no skip album.
This is one of the best feature lists in any hip-hop album I've ever heard. I ... read more
Lisa is on its way to becoming JID’s most underrated track, it’s fucking gorgeous and the first song from this rollout that is TFS level for me (well maybe Beau as well but that isn’t on streaming). It got me on board and sure that this album will definitely be good even though the rest of Preluxe has confirmed that it is highly unlikely that this album will live up to that masterpiece. Behold was also great and I think Know Better and Animals may both grow on me, and they ... read more









