This week's episode is dedicated to J Cole! We dig into his album review for the highly acclaimed and successful "The Off-Season"(2:50). We talk about our experiences with his music and how he has evolved with his messaging over time (15:00). Robyn makes the claim that this is already the Album of the Year and I naturally suggest she shouldn't rush to judgement with so many big artist still to drop (23:40). Raymond makes a shocking decision and apologizes to Nicki Minaj for his lack of respect (28:50)! We get into why Drake, Wayne, and Nicki all sing when they rap so well (36:50). We then get into a hot debate over how influential J. Cole has been in rap the last 20 years (41:40). We also tackle the hot topic of who has been more influential J. Cole or Kendrick Lamar (47:33). Digging into the ladies of rap we discuss the lack of collaboration between female rappers (53:20). We finish with Lil Baby and Kirk Franklin's collab on the Space Jam soundtrack and why "secular" artists and "Christian" artists don't collaborate more often (1:02:37)
