The beauty of J.Cole's bars

skills shown. ok, impressive. but I can’t get past the flow, it’s the same pattern introduced by Bone Thugs. I get that it’s canon now, but that sing-songy shit always left me cold. like, people who didn’t like rap could enjoy it because they make it sound like singing. Vice once called Bone “barbershop rap” which they meant as a compliment but calling it that just emphasizes how gimmicky it is to me.

I can acknowledge Cole is rapping his ass off but it’s just not for me.

2days later edit:
guess I’ll @dnealy since we seem to be the only people interested in talking about rap skills

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