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CD .. Sideline Story
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A hip-hop debut that sits alongside The College Dropout. COLE WORLD!!!
26 Sep 2011
By D. Diep
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
J.Cole is one of those rare rappers who have managed to gain an intense and loyal fanbase even before the release of an official album. Releasing not one but three critically acclaimed free mixtapes in the past 4 years (The Come Up, The Warm Up, and last year's Friday Night Lights), he has finally released his debut on Jay-Z's Roc Nation label.
The amount of hype behind J.Cole is almost impossible to scale. Regarding his previous work, people have said that he's the next big thing in hip-hop, and the guy saving the whole genre. Others deem him as massively overrated, while others worry that his commercial album won't reflect the kind of music he's created for his early fans.
Thankfully, the album manages to balance both cross-over commercialism and his classic, appealing production sound to produce a major-label debut album that is both excellent and true to his roots. Here is a track-by-track review:
Intro - A soft piano plays in the background while you can hear J.Cole happily telling people he got signed to Roc Nation. The piano gradually builds up then fades quietly. A nice start. 8/10
Dollar and A Dream III - An epic beginning to the Sideline Story. J.Cole samples a track of Kingdom Hearts II, mixing heavy string and flute instruments under a hip-hop beat. During the middle of the song however, the song transitions wonderfully into a piano melody and essentially is two songs in one. Lyrically it shows the quality of his rapping, which has made him stand out from the crowd today. 9/10
Can't Get Enough - The second single from the album, this one features r'n'b singer Trey Songz. The song has a Carribean feel and despite being one of the commercial songs on the album, it's chilled and fun. Production-wise, it's great. 8.... Read more ›
The amount of hype behind J.Cole is almost impossible to scale. Regarding his previous work, people have said that he's the next big thing in hip-hop, and the guy saving the whole genre. Others deem him as massively overrated, while others worry that his commercial album won't reflect the kind of music he's created for his early fans.
Thankfully, the album manages to balance both cross-over commercialism and his classic, appealing production sound to produce a major-label debut album that is both excellent and true to his roots. Here is a track-by-track review:
Intro - A soft piano plays in the background while you can hear J.Cole happily telling people he got signed to Roc Nation. The piano gradually builds up then fades quietly. A nice start. 8/10
Dollar and A Dream III - An epic beginning to the Sideline Story. J.Cole samples a track of Kingdom Hearts II, mixing heavy string and flute instruments under a hip-hop beat. During the middle of the song however, the song transitions wonderfully into a piano melody and essentially is two songs in one. Lyrically it shows the quality of his rapping, which has made him stand out from the crowd today. 9/10
Can't Get Enough - The second single from the album, this one features r'n'b singer Trey Songz. The song has a Carribean feel and despite being one of the commercial songs on the album, it's chilled and fun. Production-wise, it's great. 8.... Read more ›
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Liz
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you haven't got this album, what are you waiting for! Album is so damn good, unique to the artist I haven't heard anyone doing what J.Cole is doing in a long time.
By Mrs Eragon
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Received CD quickly (yes CD! Some of us, still like to push a shiny silver disc into a slot). Great tunes, worth a listen.
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Good album. I asked person I purchased this for , they are a fan anyway of J Cole, but said good album
By Valentin
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I recomend this to everyone.good quality and I love this album, is the best album so far. thank you for this ..
By Danny
Format:MP3 Download|Amazon Verified Purchase
Decent album, some good songs on it! For the price can't go wrong. Could grow on me even more which would push it to 4 stars
By Theo_92
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I loved this album when it first came out, recently I wanted a disc version. Sound quality is very good and clear, a great present idea for hip-hop and rap fans.
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It took it's time to finally see daylight and after much delays it finally was released, people my argue with the inclusion of Lost Ones but this song is what Halftime was for Illmatic it's such a great song that all young Males and Females need to listen to. This album wouldn't look out of place if it was released in the 90's thats the greatest compliment I can give it, this is what Hip Hop use to sound like hopefully those days are coming back soon, probably the best album of the year although I haven't heard Kendrik Lemar album yet and Common has yet to drop, I thought the track with Drake In The Morning would be skippable but Drake did his thing on it which was a pleasant surprise, Lights Please, In The Morning, Lost Ones, Work Out, Nobody Is Perfect are the standouts tracks on this but Cole delivered a album which you can listen to from first track to last not many albums can you you do that now.
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