Born Sinner Album Review

Iight Keef gonna review this J. Cole album. Let's all be honest... That last studio album was pure trash! Jay Z probably had his grimey hands all over it and made it trash. I mean Cole dropped at least 4 mixtapes that went ten times harder than that excuse for a record he tried to push on us. So with that being said, this was going to be either his redeeming CD or the 45 minutes that proved he wasn't ready for the limelight. I want to go on record saying that i personally loved this CD!

Now let me explain. The young whipper snapper dug deep within his loins (I don't even feel comfortable discussing another man's loins but... he did that!) to bring out some content that the game has been missing. First I am going to break you off with the Track list:
The J. Cole Born Sinner track list is as follows (Truly Yours 3 songs feature as asterisk):

1. Villuminati
2. Kerney Sermon (Skit)
3. LAnd Of The Snakes
4. Power Trip featuring Miguel
5. Mo Money (Interlude)
6. Trouble
7. Runaway
8. She Knows featuring Amber Coffman
9. Rich Niggaz
10. Where's Jermaine? (Skit)
11. Forbidden Fruit featuring Kendrick Lamar
12. Chaining Day
13. Ain't That Some Shit (Interlude)
14. Crooked Smile featuring TLC
15. Let Nas Down
16. Born Sinner featuring James Fauntleroy
*17. Miss America
*18. New York Times featuring 50 Cent & Bas
*19. Is She Gon Pop
*20. Niggaz Know
*21. Sparks Will Fly featuring Jhene Aiko

What I appreciated the most from the jump was 17 whole tracks! That's rare in today's commercial game. Most cats with throw you a disc with 11-14 tracks and tell you to shut up and be happy. But Jay threw 21 on this ho.

He came out the gate shooting with that Villuminati which is a play on words putting together Fayetteville (his hometown) and the Illuminati (and that's all I am going to say about them). Ironically he focuses on his relationship and often comparison with Jay Z on this track. Even talks about his initial feelings about Jay Z before and after meeting him. This is definitely not a intro track to skip! Now I ain't about to give y'all a full play by play, track for track of the joint. I give this album a SOLID 8 out of ten. You not gonna pop this in and pop a molly and get turnt up! You not going to wanna pull a drive by neither. However with this, you might want to pour something up with three ice cubes, roll a few of them thangs or pack a couple bowls. When the record stop you're going to want to rethink some of your previous views on things in life. You'll walk away feeling like you have a deeper connection with the artist. Something that I haven't felt since Good Kid MAAD City, and before that the Pledge mix tape series from Killer Mike.