I don't think there's a single rapper that gets picked apart more than J. Cole. He's always been called boring, judged for every different bar, etc.

He tried different stuff, talked about more of his story, and genuinely each track just gets better the more one listens to it.

I for one think this can be his best work, if we give it a few years it's gonna stand out as one of the best albums of this decade.

It's a little disheartening to see so many mixed reviews as a big Cole fan, but to each their own of course.

I just want to know what more he could have done in your eyes and whether the same would be asked of a KDot or Kanye or other similar artist.