Reacting to "The Fall Off" (Disc 1) by J Cole

Finally able to clear time for this reaction😩 this album to me was a perfect 10. As corny as it sounds, lonely at the top really got me as well. My whole life I wanted to become a patent attorney and I worked damn hard to get here. But after thousands of hours studying, homework, lectures I passed the BAR exam and after my 3rd month as a patent attorney I felt empty. It was this moment I realized the true value to life isn’t how good you are at obtaining your goals, it’s how you obtain them and who you obtain them with. Everyone needs goals to pursue in life but in all honesty it’s nothing but empty when you complete your goals if you don’t have anyone to share them with.

My favorite Bob-ism is his refusal to accept that not every time someone says "you" are they talking about a specific person. I don't think Bob will ever stop asking "who is this about?" Lol

nice album, but I would never listen to it again in my life. I think Cole is a great person and a good writer but the music puts me to sleep big time. Outkast had better flows than any song on this project 30 years ago. And one of my favourite artist is Billy Woods and is not like he's the most musically popping artist but at least his music give me a feeling, makes me think about stuff. And its a shame because he has a lot of potential. Or maybe is just not for me 🤷‍♂️

Bob should do the birthday freestyles after he finishes disc 2 tomorrow

“I love her again” is so fire 🔥 Ps. It’s not about a woman

When you talked about talking to your ego when something didn't go well "oh you poor thing" I just thought about the southern saying I hear a lot "Bless your heart". In reality it's basically "I'm sorry your stupid". In most contexts it comes across as shitty, but when its talking to your own ego, I really like it. I feel so much of that in this album, just JCole checking himself in things that don't really matter, but also propping himself up with things he knows he's great at. Related, every time I think of this saying I think of a commercial for home loans I saw all the time growing up, who basically shamed people who rented instead of buying homes. If you were renting, his catch phrase was "bless your heart", aka you're fucking idiot, get a loan from us a buy a house. This isn't hyperbole, he leaned into it and would almost outright say it.

Disc 1 was so good, but Disc 2 for me was incredible. Cole really takes us on journey in sound outside of the theme of The Fall Off to every one of his past albums. Safety storytelling gives such Warm Up vibes

I’m was expecting a 7 hour vid of bob slowly breaking down every lyric

Disc 1 and 2 in one video would have been 6 hours

I think this was the right method

You’re insane lol can’t wait to fully watch both

history right here, bobbo. cant wait to listen “with ya”. much love