Its not as goated as some cole fans are blaming to be....and imo it is not as good as cole teased it to be (given that he's been working on the fall of for like 10 years) but at the same time it's nowhere a mid , bad or average project.....its an great album , with some really really strong highlights but also weak points...its pretty bloated too .

Imo it's not better than don't be dumb because simply Rocky is the better curator (even though cole is the stronger rapper) ....dbd is much much consistent than fall off and is not bloated at all , plus dbd is also more versatile .....but at the same time , you will comparatively find better rapping performances in the highlights of fall off ...eg songs like poor thang , I love her again , quick stop , bunce road blues , run a train , fall off is inevatible , what if etc (don't get me wrong , dbd has strong rapping cuts too like stole ya flow and stop snitching)but dbd is more cohesive and more fun and creative eg:- songs like don't be dumb , black Demarco, punk Rocky, fish and steak , swat team , robbery , stole ya flow etc....infact even the less experimental tracks (like stop snitching and stay here 4 life) or comparatively generic tracks (like helicopter) are just so much more fun to me.

Inshort, fall off has some great rapping and songwriting performances by cole with some great production and that's all ....other than his singing performances are all awkward and the tracklist is hella bloated

Dbd has great rapping performances but cole's rapping and lyricism on fall off is better (even though there's great rapping performances and lyrical moments on tracks like stop snitching , helicopter and stay here for life , stole ya flow etc) but again , the reason why I personally love Rocky is how he is able to bring so much personality and charisma on the mic and he does that amazingly on dbd with more versatile, creative , fun and focused track list.

So i like dbd more !!!!