J. Cole's recent musical project feels like a departure from his usual standards because it sounds uninspired and lacks the necessary competitive intensity.

“this sound like this sound like is if I was actively looking to cop sound like is yeah sound like that's your pod voice yeah this sound like if I was actively trying to cop fit and all this is what I would put on”

Charlamagne believes it is premature and impossible to offer a review of the album as it was released only five hours prior and is nearly two hours long.

“Ain't no way you can't dive into it. You can't dive into it. You can't This is too soon.”

DJ Envy feels that listeners should wait for at least a weekend before providing reviews of the new J. Cole album.

“Give it a weekend, man. Before you jump out the window with your reviews.”

The host believes J. Cole will use his upcoming album to pass the mantle of the next hip-hop king to JID.

“I think there's going to be a passing of the baton moment towards the end of the falloff tracklist where Cole passes the baton to Jid to become the next king.”