J Cole KOD (EX/STD/BLK)If the cover of 4 Your Eyez Only didn't send a clear enough signal regarding J. Cole's disinterest in supplying listeners with an entertaining diversion, the dystopian cereal box look of the follow up, replete with an obvious disclaimer, should get the point across. Moreover, the acronymic title of the rapper producer's fifth album stands for Kids on Drugs, King Overdosed, and Kill Our Demons. Unremittingly joyless, the set is nonetheless commendable

such whisper-to-a-scream classics as "Lithium

'What if you put a band together that revolved around a trumpet player from Japan named Takuya Kuroda

On Lightning Bolt

" with a large church organ sifted in for measure

Sour is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo

"Based on true events

Released: 10/16/2020

Phenomenon

Hiatt teamed up with multi-grammy award winning artist and producer

he wrote and recorded most of the songs that would eventually become For Emma

Bob Marley With The Chineke

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