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Brent Faiyaz shaved his beard💔

My sentiment is this type of thing happens all the time. This is just a recent example that I think is clear. Btw the topic was about sparring in hip hop re: the Hov interview. This is not just about J Cole this is about lyrical rap as a subgenre period. My sentiment is that there’s a scarcity mindset in the subgenre and usually the top guys don’t invite other hungry spitters onto their own tracks. Let me give Cole his flowers real quick just to be clear because i loved the album and Ive always loved him as an emcee (and person). But I stand on what I’m saying. The evidence is there. There’s a difference between doing features for niggas and featuring niggas on your own work. And for the record, if niggas wholeheartedly thought JID didn’t fit on TFO, that’s your opinion. But he’s also not featured on any other j Cole album. Didn’t J Cole just say “if hip hop was dead JID would be platinum?” (On a throwaway mixtape btw) But then not feature him at all on the mixtape or the album when either or would’ve made sense. All I’m saying is notice the trend in this specific sub genre. - sincerely a lover of the art form of lyrical rap.

You must’ve not read the first tweet go read again. When was JID ever featured on a Cole album? There’s a different light you get from a nigga featuring you on HIs song than from a nigga being a feature on your song. Cole literally said “if hip hop wasn’t dead JID would be platinum”. Then why not let bro eat at the main table with you? One thing about JID he gon do what he do regardless, and thats why he was Grammy nominated. But you gotta feel me on that. JID for sure benefits from being featured on Cole’s “last album”. He doesn’t lose anything but he does gain.

J.I.D spoke on why He & J. Cole haven’t had more collabs: “It’s gonna be like that for a min until I get where I want. I’m signed to Dreamville so of course I’ll get a Cole verse… He didn’t do a song with [Jay Z] his whole career for every album” You marketed your album on beef & that audience ignored your project — so it makes sense why you wouldn’t understand Cole’s thought process with his album.