J. Cole has anything to say. KOD, the title in the reigning king of aware rap’s fifth studio album which surprise-dropped final 7 days, means certainly one of a few items: Little ones On Medication, King Overdose or Get rid of Our Demons. Apparently the terms are interchangeable, illustrating the ever-darkening atmosphere of anxiousness and dread enveloping The united states (and especially, black The usa) in the publish-Trump planet. The kids aren’t alright, Cole posits, and thru pensive rhymes about habit, criminal offense, racism, greed, and violence, KOD sees him proceed his legacy of contemplative, heavily-layered hip-hop.

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