Born Sinner - post your reviews

[Devil'sAdvocate]

found myself a link

disappointing.

[Drug.Ballad]

I think the best songs are:

1. Born Sinner
2. Rich Niggaz
3. LAnd of the Snakes
4. Crooked Smile
5. Forbidden Fruit

[King Lance]

found myself a link

disappointing.

I see what you did on ktt (X vs Y)

[SG.]

In the process of downloading. I've heard Forbidden Fruit though, I think it's pretty dope.

[killmaster56]

The money song was meant to be that way. You really thinK j.cole did that cuz he couldnt find anything else to rhyme? Smh. It But besides that the production is very clean. I love the style he took. A great break from all this new shit that is being put out. dont really see where cole is getting all the hate from? Cuz he's different?

[B.A.D.]

Anyone have a link to the song with 50 Cent?

[Francesco]

The money song was meant to be that way. You really thinK j.cole did that cuz he couldnt find anything else to rhyme? Smh. It But besides that the production is very clean. I love the style he took. A great break from all this new shit that is being put out. dont really see where cole is getting all the hate from? Cuz he's different?

I know he did it on purpose... it's obvious but it doesn't come right. Plus Cole gets a lotta love to be honest... a lotta people love him on this very forum.
I personally expected this album to be really good but it hit way lower than that to be honest.

[PAINKILLƎR]

Alright lets get this started

Expectations - I thought this album was gonna be album of the year(along with Em's album), I was hyping it up for a while. Honestly expected a 9-10/10 score, so a classic

Production - 9/10 Some really nice production here, everything from the strings to the samples. Very consistent, I liked it a lot.

Lyrical performance - 5.5/10 Was really disappointed in most of the songs in terms of writing, it was lazy & inconsistent. Some flashes of Cole's true ability but nothing to save the album on this category.

Vocal performance (Flow, Delivery, Mic Presence) - 8/10 Cole's voice complimented the beats very well, saving this album from being bad. Although his flow was nothing special most were pretty basic but smooth. Nice nonetheless.

Best guest feature - Kendrick Lamar, I really liked his hook, the song was pretty dope. This was my choice because none of the other features were really nothing special. I was thinking... was Cole being smart by not giving Kendrick a verse knowing Kenny would have had the best verse in the whole album renegading him? Or was Cole not thinking straight not getting a 16 from the hottest rapper in the game right now? iunno

Favourite track - Hmm idk, I really liked the album other than the negatives I've pointed out and it grows on me each listen. I really like Villuminati, Runaway(I liked Cole's hook and smooth delivery) Let Nas Down & Born SInner

Final grade - I'm honestly feeling too lazy to make an overall calculation given with the grades above and halfass this score and give it a 7/10

[Robbie G]

I think the albums really solid. After a few listens it doesn't seem to have any standout classics (Lights Please etc..) but every song was good and felt like it belonged on the album. Favorites so far are Let Nas Down, Runaway, Villuminati, Born Sinner, Chaining Day.

fiflaren...stop being ignorant. Your using a verse on an interlude to discredit the lyrics on the entire album? You seem to have missed the entire point of it anyways. I'd suggest absorbing the album before you hate on it.

I honestly don't understand all the hate on the lyrics either....There were a couple verses I didn't love but it was solid throughout. What the fuck did you guys expect? I swear to god it would have to have the lyrics of illmatic and the production of the blueprint for you guys not to hate.

Damn....Cole's the most hated on out of all those who get hated on in 80 songs you just make it all up....(Eminem lol)

[PAINKILLƎR]

fiflaren...stop being ignorant. Your using a verse on an interlude to discredit the lyrics on the entire album? You seem to have missed the entire point of it anyways. I'd suggest absorbing the album before you hate on it.

I honestly don't understand all the hate on the lyrics either....There were a couple verses I didn't love but it was solid throughout. What the fuck did you guys expect? I swear to god it would have to have the lyrics of illmatic and the production of the blueprint for you guys not to hate.

Damn....Cole's the most hated on out of all those who get hated on in 80 songs you just make it all up....(Eminem lol)

I've heard better from Cole, lyrics wise tbh.

[Robbie G]

I can agree with that, but it was far from bad. I honestly thought lyrically he was fine, my criticism would be that there weren't any really creative concept songs.

[PAINKILLƎR]

Yeah my lyrics score was pretty wack, I though I'd give it like a 7 or something(just because, his standards are raised from work of his from the paste) But it's the low creativity concept wise like you said that was pretty bad.

[Shameek]

you know there is a problem when everybody is talking about the lyrics tbh

complex: "On the whole, upon first listen, Born Sinner is a consistent album, and a well-conceived one. Cole haters—those who find him boring or conservative—will probably not be converted. But he’s such a humble, uncool guy relative to similar Kanye-diaspora artists like Drake, that it’s hard to feel any kind of dislike of the dude. He’s sincere, confident, and has developed a strong catalog through earnest openness. It remains a mystery to this writer why so many consider him a great lyricist; his strengths seem more in musicality, his likeability, and his ability to communicate in clean prose, rather than poetic. But it’s hard to deny he’s made perhaps his strongest record here."

[Francesco]

I can agree with that, but it was far from bad. I honestly thought lyrically he was fine, my criticism would be that there weren't any really creative concept songs.

I thought it was far from bad too... & other people who were kinda disappointed by it thought so too. I think most people were disappointed out of high expectations rather than hate to be honest. I expected better overall but that's 'cuz I generally like Cole.

[Robbie G]

I hear ya man. Honestly, I'm just going to enjoy the music for what it is and let it soak in instead of worrying if it's a "classic" or "lives up to the hype"

At the end of the day I enjoy the music so I'm happy, if other people want to over-hate him that's their loss. Btw, that's not directed at you francesco.