![]() Revelations From New Jack City‘s Writer Barry Michael Cooper Will Blow Your Mind.Īmbrosia For Heads readers can catch regular discussions about the culture on our What’s The Headline podcast. Cole’s The Off-Season is the best album of 2021 so far…but how will it fare against Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Travis Scott?ġ:26:47 LL Cool J and JAY-Z are being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fameġ:29:00 Michael Jordan inducting Kobe Bryant into the Basketball Hall of Fameġ:30:33 DMX’s Exodus album ( now with its tracklist available) will be released on May 28ġ:33:20 MC Serch clears the air about his relationship with Nas Cole’s album catalog and where The Off-Season sitsġ:24:20 J. Cole’s most personal song on The Off-Seasonġ:18:00 “hunger.on.hillside” ties The Off-Season together sonically and thematicallyġ:20:08 Ranking J. Should Cole have included it on The Off-Season?ġ:14:26 “close” is J. Cole…Coincidence?ġ:05:39 “interlude” shows why it’s important to hear songs in the context of the albumġ:10:05 “” is nearly a year old. ![]() Cole’s The Off-Season albumġ:00:07 Puff Daddy has had altercations with Kendrick Lamar, Drake and J. ![]() Cole raps over a trap beat by a key producer for Drake and Kendrick Lamar on “100.mil’”Ĥ8:35 “pride.is.the.devil” is a lull on the album…but is it intentional?ĥ1:52 Is Cole’s choice not to include features on the tracklist a slight to his guest artists?ĥ5:00 “let.go.my.hand” is the best song on J. Cole shows absolute disrespect for his competition on “applying.pressure”ģ7:48 Damian Lillard explains the concept behind The Off-Season on “punchin’.the.clock”Ĥ5:36 J. Cole raps like he never has before on “amari”Ģ6:38 21 Savage is the first guest artist to rap on a J. Cole’s The Off-Season song by songġ8:30 “95.south” is Cole embracing both is Southern AND his Northern rootsĢ3:15 J. Cole has now mastered many different rap stylesģ:40 Cole actually trained to make this albumĦ:20 The Off-Season has several hidden parallels with Nas’ Illmaticġ3:30 The Off-Season is a mixtape in disguiseġ8:20 Breaking down J. On episode 47 of Ambrosia For Heads’ What’s The Headline, we discuss:ġ:08 Breaking down the main themes of J. The time-codes are available below, under the video and audio embeds. The similarities and connections do not stop there, as discussed in AFH ‘s podcast, which also unpacks the artwork and other places of symbolism. Cole returns to using the “ Ville-Matic ” nickname that also belonged to a Friday Night Lights track. l i f e” (embedded on the playlist below) and “Life’s A B*tch.” On “c l o s e,” J. Both releases utilize powerful features carefully, in the same place (the third song on the album)-thanks to AZ and 21 Savage, respectively on “m y. State of Mind.” In the first verse of his ’94 album, Nasir Jones famously spit, “ I never sleep, ’cause sleep is the cousin of death,” overtop DJ Premier’s stellar beat. In the debut verse to Cole’s LP opener, he raps, “ So many shells left on the ground, it make the Easter Bunny proud / I get up, dust my clothes off, sleep is the cousin of death.” The lyrics are an obvious reference to Nas’ “N.Y. south” (embedded below), a track that is an homage to JAY-Z “U Don’t Know,” the Roc-A-Fella era, and Lil Jon & The Eastside (Jon appears on the song). For Cole, Cam’ron breaks the silence on “9 5. In Nas’ case, “The Genesis” opens with a “Live At The Barbeque” sample, Wild Style music and dialogue, and Jungle and AZ speaking with Nas. Each LP begins with another speaking voice-each drawing from the album maker’s upbringing. Both releases clock in at approximately 39 minutes. On a What’s The Headline episode (embedded as audio and video below) dedicated to The Off-Season, there is evidence surrounding the cryptic connections between this 2021 album and Nas’ 1994 classic debut, Illmatic. He has also been transparent about his deep respect for Nas. Throughout his career, Cole has embraced concepts. There are also recurring themes surrounding basketball, one of Cole’s other passions-something he detailed in the Applying Pressure documentary and a SLAM magazine cover story. While the MC/producer frequently reminds listeners that he has never been a hustler and waves off notions of being a tough guy, his work shows that he is affected all the same by these perils. Whereas his 2018 outing was an indictment on drug use amid the youth, especially within the Rap community, Cole’s latest work tackles violence, including first-person accounts of the losses Cole has suffered around him. Three years removed from his acclaimed KOD, Cole returned with more social commentary, versatile deliveries, and plenty of themes to unpack. Cole released his sixth album, The Off-Season.
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