J. Cole 
The best album credited to J. Cole is 2014 Forest Hills Drive which is ranked number 1,748 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 977.
J. Cole is ranked number 875 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 1,907.
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J. Cole best albums
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J. Cole best tracks
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J. Cole ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 08/16/2024 14:58 | LosWochos | 7,781 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2020 12:57 | snooppigg | 132 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2020 15:37 | migl | 115 | 82/100 |
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This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 70.6/100, a mean average of 68.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.4/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 19.6.
J. Cole forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/24/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5383): By RockyRaccoonJ. Cole comments
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J. Cole is not for everyone, you need a certain level of intelligence to really vibe to his music.
Was a very promising artist with the release of Friday night lights and the warm up but I have not enjoyed the entirety of none of J Cole's studio albums except for 2014Forest hills drive which was a 7,5 IMO. Very talented artist that should collaborate a little bit more and stop rapping over minimalist instrumentals which gives him a reputation to be boring.
Great rapper who is unfairly hated, sometimes gets off as corny, or fake-deep.
But makes very relatable and fun to listen too music, great melodies and simple lyrics make him the perfect "shallow" rapper.
1 Fantastic Album/1 Fantastic Mixtape
1 Great Album/1 Great Mixtape
Can't wait to listen to the rest
