KOD
by J. Cole
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J. Cole bestography
KOD is ranked 5th best out of 14 albums by J. Cole on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by J. Cole is 2014 Forest Hills Drive which is ranked number 1621 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,052.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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KOD track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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KOD ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/19/2025 11:33 | Bjartmar03 | 656 | 59/100 |
| ! | 08/13/2025 18:28 | jon5417 | 4,031 | 68/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2025 12:05 | fabm0 | 6,527 | 59/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2025 21:23 |  DommeDamian | 7,298 | 49/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2024 06:39 |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 63.5/100, a mean average of 62.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.
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Very solid album, it's safe but still fresh enough to not feel stale.
Vibes well.
Nothing particularly bad on here, it's just boring
I thought Cole had a lot of potential back in 2012 with some unreleased songs he did such as "Simba" or "The Cure" but this is a very mediocre turnout. I have no idea how people can put him and Kendrick in the same category. The last four songs are the strongest though, they are by far better than the preceding nine and I would recommend just listening to those.
Can't understand the hype behind this album. The beats are over-simplistic. There is some moments with good verses but it gets boring as it is filled with slow instrumentals.
tgarritsen 04/24/2018 13:54 | #213553
Fine album but not anything near to outstanding. Musically J. Cole played it very safe. Except for a few bangers like ATM and KOD, it´s mostly all mundane, pretty boring melodic rap songs with some of that awfull slow singing that he does. The thing is that he takes just so few risks. Conceptually it´s feels unfinsished, jumping around scratching the surface without giving any big insights or anything. Oh and those Kill Edward features are god awfwull and add nothing to the album´s music nor idea´s.
The thing with J. Cole´s last two albums is not that his music is bad, it´s allright with some occasional great songs. It´s just nothing compared to what I think his potential is. J. Cole is seen by his fans as the new messiah and I feel like this makes him think that every single thing he drops is just an incomprehensible wisdom or profound truth. While in actually his message is pretty standard and more importantly his music brings nothing new to the table. Just because he is a conscious rapper doesn't make him amazing.
Anti 04/23/2018 15:15 | #213490
Starts off really boring, but there is a breath of life during the final tracks. I really wish J Cole reached his expected potential, but it always feels like he falls short. I appreciate the topics covered on this album, depression and drug addiction is a serious problem where I'm from so I really dig these lyrics, but J Cole is too reserved. I wish he could release an album as maximalist, creative, and explosive as TPAB, but it always feels like he is holding back.
I want to love this guy. I really want to.
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