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Yeah that's crazy to me but I feel like J Cole is one of those guys that's always disappointing people one way or another. I loved The Off Season! That one was gritty, I feel like similar to 4 Your Eyez, it sounds like an album that speaks to his core fan base. Ngl I listen to most of my music from Spotify and Friday Night Lights is not on there! Had to google that one. I haven't heard it so I will definitely be checking that out, thanks! I learned something.

Added to the queue! Thanks for the recommendation.

Okay I had to come back here and tell you that 1min 2 seconds in to Eve and I am overwhelmed lmao. WOW! I think i will be doing a video on this one fa sho. Thanks for this recommendation. Namaste🙏

@@leahdubskushlyfe glad you checked it out. Che Noir just dropped a dope album today with Rapsody on it as well

I do plan on getting more into Wu Tang after I'm full off this album. I definitely feel like this album helped train my ear in a positive way. I know each of the artist in the group had solo careers that are worth digging into also. Hear a lot of ravs about GZA, RZA, ODB, Raekwon, and of course Method Man which I know more about than the rest. Looking backward the 90s was a pretty intense time for rap, with a heavy roster of beasty mc's.

Like fr hands down.

Yeah I will listen to other great artist and think to myself "man this guy is good he might be the goat" Then I go listen to Wayne and my ears are instantly like "Nope. Not even close."

I'll have to check bloodhound gang out. Same here about new puzzles to old songs. He's good for a random aha moment.

Awww thank you so much! I'm so happy you enjoyed it and thanks for watching ♥♥

yes yes YES to all of this! "im up in this . . . " is my favorite part of that song haha. He is such a true entertainer and giving his listeners these moments to get in on the song with him is love. And I agree about the effortlessness in his messages - he is him. After listening to him for a while however you get a pretty good idea of who he is as an artist while still not being able to fully say what that is. How he can be so overwhelming and elusive at the same time fascinates me. I think a lot of it has to do with him not trying. He's just vibing lol. I also think he's best enjoyed in volume. The more Wayne the better! And yes he can take it anywhere and all the different go hard too! He does it all at the highest level possible for him. Thanks so much for your comment! I can go on about rap artist all day. I think the fact that you enjoy him as a white dude from Germany approaching your 40s is just another example of how much he reaches people. I went to his concert once and I couldn't believe how many different kinds of people I saw - it's a beautiful thing.

First I apologize for taking so such a long time to answer... Sorry 4 the wait, I'm sorry 4 the wait.... Thanks for your reply, fully agreed yet again. A lot of other videos or commentary in general in regards to Wayne is not very relatable to me, bc they focus on things that I don't really care about or even consider to be goofier aspects of the Goat Something I thougt about is, that it makes sense to compare him to Nicolas Cage, who has great performance in great movies, but also some wtf-movies that are silly as hell and kind of strange decisions for an actor of his status in his hay days. But he also gives some unique performances in some overall rather bad movies but you can't really blame him for the goofy shit because it appears to me, that it comes frome the same place as the great stuff. I'm not even a big Nic Cage fan, but it crossed my mind a couple of times already when I stumbled across a movie of his🤷‍♂️ Also what I wanted to ask you, how do you feel about the ugly parts in his lyrics... meaning: the lyrics sometimes reach a point of graphicness where even I go "cmon Wayne I'm not trying to hear some nasty sh!t like that!?" how do you feel about that, especially as a well put together woman? I mean sometimes the uglyness has some power to it that adds some roughness which is dope, in hip hop. Examples would be commes de garçon, Peggy Bundy or Low Down. Choosing those because these are kind of on the edge for me. Some of the things he says in those song are rather disgusting and would just not fly in a context outside of rap. But also they have some great parts that make up for that. I hope I could describe what I'm saying in a way that at least makes a little bit of sense 😂 Thank you once again and I hope your well 😊

​@@aleximalexi3225 Hello friend! That's a great question and I think this type of rawness is partly the reason it took so long for me to resonate with his music. As a younger adult, I lacked the life experience necessary to be able to appreciate different perspectives. I vibe with the artistry more than the actual words, so I love it's "there-ness" if that makes sense. Wayne is not afraid to take chances and push the boundaries of what's acceptable to do/say - it's no surprise that these specific songs are on an album titled no ceilings. He has a special way of personifying his ideals through bars and I LOVE IT! What I like about it the most is that none of it is sloppy, he's not just being gross to be gross, he really is pushing the line in a real way. He doesn't do it for attention, he just tries to be as "him" as possible. And he's always saying this in his songs - a tone that suggest that he is a man that drives at full speed in his own lane. As a person in this world with friends and family and relationships I think the bars are absolutely gross haha, but as a listener and a fan of Wayne the artist I don't think he would be him if that wasn't a part of it. I like the Nic Cage comparison and they are similar in the way they make these decisions that seem kinda fringe. That foul part of Wayne comes from the same place as the pristine and morally wise part of Wayne. What makes Wayne Wayne is that he's not afraid to embrace that side and express that part of him as if it were just as valuable. If you compare it to say Eminem, who has the Slim Shady ugly side, Em is tormented by himself. Yes he expresses Slim and most people love Slim music (based on the success he's had with Slim Shady), but Em himself has somewhat of a struggle with his shadow self and struggles to accept it. Weezy is the opposite lol. He is all the bad things and all the good things and puts them both out with the same level of esteem. In fact, I think he is extra gross as another way to be overwhelming, so this cringe side of him benefits him as an artist and tightens his fanbase. It's great stuff. Now this is just his music, I'm sure just like any other human it's not as easy as writing some bars and you are on your way freedom and peace, and sometimes Wayne admits to these normal struggles of self esteem (Open Letter is a good example of this). As an artist though, he is a GIANT. Just always there with whatever is on his mind and totally unashamed. I wrote you a book haha. Love chatting with Weezy fans.

Thank you so much! Peace and blessings buddy

Phew!! I don't know all those artist (I will definitely do some digging) but the ones that I do know give me goosebumps just thinking about it! A whole album omg. That's a deep roster and I do wish that we got more of that, just straight up showing out like rap super bowl. Oh to dream! I will be checking out the new Common he dropped this year too?! I think Renaissance was insanely overlooked, like such a great intro song and perfect for the album. I'm a newbie, but I think intro songs don't always hit like this one did. Albums like this help train my ear fa sho. And I agree the Em hate is just unnecessary, often coming from people who haven't accomplished what he has on his worst day. I think all the hate is habitual now, it makes people feel smarter. Namaste buddy!

@@leahdubskushlyfe Yup new Common & Pete Rock album dropped on the same day Em dropped (July 12). Renaissance is 🔥. First time I played the album I played that back like 5 times 😅 bc it reminded me so much of being a teenager hearing 1997 Em for the first time in 9th grade!

He just might be the GOAT

I'm so happy to hear that! Thank you! Namaste

The realest of all struggles LOL

I agree, now that the beef is over and ended messy, I think the narrative is already changing. We forget that courageous inspiration is almost never accepted by the masses at first.

He stepped in the ring tho. Plus he keeps rapping about battling rappers. Lots of rappers have gone back and forth in hip hop history. He just aint built like that to back his raps. He constantly invites this.

@@MalikMoorBeatz I think Styles P put it best in a recent interview: Kdot and Cole fight differently. Kdot is a ferocious hand to hand combatant, Cole is a cold sniper. Cole stepped out of the battle (MOSTLY for business reasons IMO), but he remains a full participant in the war.

Do you think best applies to the best version of his artistic expression or best compared to other MCs technically? I can see why people disagreed with his apology and I also see why you say that women ( I speak for myself) "don't understand" because we don't have the same competitive culture. His personal decision to apologize is a different matter I think, but man there was just so much in the album that spoke to where he was mentally to do something like that and I think it's overlooked. What did you think about the album?

He also has a theme of not backing down to anybody in the rap game and the apology can be seen as backing down. But he's also an artist that constantly speaks on growth and mistakes. There are layers that are valuable to dig into in my opinion. I think he has the most interesting angle.

This is far from the first time he was tested. Were you around a cupla years ago when a whole generation of peeps were yelling "f J Cole"?

Being the best doesn’t mean engaging in a gossip battle with two people you’re close to. He’s also said before he cares more about the relationship he has with Drake and Kendrick.

Every rapper ever does that 😂

I agree. I think a lot of that has to do with us getting too far away from the music and too much into the artist personal lives, projecting ourselves onto them.

Thanks!!