When doesn't he? Lol Fantano is the epitome of the target audience for his music. Fantanos reviews kind of expose the low key racism that's embedded into privileged individuals. Cole makes music that someone from a low income environment can easily access and be motivated by, whereas Kendrick makes music the average or below average education level individual isn't going to grasp correctly. This is pointless because if the only people who are going to understand and decipher your message are the people who are smart enough not to need it then what good is going to do? It's like going into a remedial class and trying to explain calculus when they're struggling to grasp fractions still... Cole on the other hand IS accessible and therefore WILL help the people he's aiming to inspire. Kendrick is just aiming to win awards and pack shows with people who can afford the high price of the tickets.
@@maxxmarino6500 I love cole too my guy and I absolutely disagree with Anthony here. But isn't it ironic you're hating on Anthony while acting just like him?
@@maxxmarino6500 wtf type of education do you think kendrick had? you don't need harvard education to understand kendrick's lyrics, you just need to turn your brain on. you are literally saying that the people kendrick makes music for are too stupid to understand it which is racist as fuck lmfao.
lol. Feel bad for Cole. Such a shame he had to share the same era/decade as Kendrick. If he came out in like the 2000s instead he’d be like top 10 all time smh
@@chiarosuburekeni9325 I still love Cole tho, he is easily in My top five streamed artists with Denzel and Kendrick. But I think he got a lot of hate that he don't deserve, because a lot of people cannot stop comparing him to Kendrick or hate him because some Cole fans can be very annoying
@@chiarosuburekeni9325 no he wouldn’t lmao. There are 10 other rappers in the 2000s alone who are better than him. There is no universe where Cole is EVER a top 10 of all time. Every single decade including this one has better rappers than him.
Ikr…like even when I disagree (which I normally do with his rap takes) I still gotta laugh because he’s just such an Awhole😂😂..to like a cartoonish level like I just wanna punch him but in a good way?
Bro listening to GOMD and saying “Wow this is so deeppp” sarcastically os fked up too. Bro acts like everyone song should have an emotional story about his friend dying, Anthony is just weird. Listens to too much Kendrick
@@KingstonDope I don’t really see J. Cole fans doing that, he’s just comparing him to Kendrick and saying that Kendrick speaks knowledge while J. Cole be speaking nonsense which is far from true.
@@haadyabdul1683 they did it so much it became a meme but those fans grew up. melon compares him to kendrick bcoz the video is literally why a collab of theirs is a bad idea according to him.
I think it might be an inside joke on the channel to compare the two, and if you were to realistically compare the two, Kendrick is better. I think that’s why he says that type of stuff. Not to discredit Cole, his next album is without a doubt gonna compete with Kendrick’s newer stuff
@@isaiaharmand6168That was DAMN good analogy😂similar to Toby no matter what J Cole does fantano has it in his minds he hates this dudes music it gives all the same vibes does to Toby
@@haadyabdul1683 Fantano is one dude who’s more critical of Cole the majority of people so idk how that means he’s underrated. And a lot of Fantano’s criticisms are valid
@@christiancontreras4492 None of his criticisms are valid from what I heard, they sound more “opinion orientated” than actual facts. For example, I can say Kendrick’s voice sounds like a cat died and that makes him a trash rapper. Now his voice is still kinda weird IMO but that obviously doesn’t make him bad. Just cuz Fantano doesn’t fw the message of his songs, doesn’t mean that he didn’t just Very Artistically construct a structured song about something and lyrically destroyed it. He’s just hating cuz he doesn’t vibe with the message or his style and How Cole lives his life, cuz essentially, his songs are basically about him self reflecting
@@haadyabdul1683 I hate this stupid ass type of comment. Pretty much everything about music besides numbers is subjective so obviously it’s an opinion. I’m saying I can see how he arrived to some of his opinions
With Melon bringing up Kendrick so much, I can’t help but feel like Cole is always on the precipice of being super deep and introspective, but it just never fully becomes realized. Kendrick can create whole stories and narratives from different perspectives and situations not only on whole projects, but a lot of the time song to song. He a lot of the time feels like he’s playing it safe, where as Kendrick genuinely feels like he is putting damn near his all out there every time, regardless of appeal
@@superdupeninja8149 Agreed, they're two different artists with two different goals, but Kendrick hasn't really appealed to me for a long time personally
@@superdupeninja8149 never said Cole sucks. He’s right up there with Kendrick as one of my favorite rappers going. But with them occupying the same lane, and doing similar things musically, the comparisons become easy to make. Not saying either is biting off the other, just saying Cole never seems to deliver in the same way or makes quite a big mark on the game and society in general. TPAB didn’t start the BLM movement by any means but “Alright” and a lot of the problems and issues brought up in that project made it become a symbol for the whole situation. J Cole’s best attempt at that in my mind was KOD and while he did send a message about addiction and societal injustice, it never seemed fully realized. On “Friends” he quite literally suggest everyone dealing with stress and addiction just “meditate don’t medicate” and while meditation can help create balance and calm the mind and body, it’s not the fucking answer.
I haven't heard Mr. Nice Watch in at least 6 years. That being said, the instant Anthony said it sounds like a throwaway from Watch the Throne I saw what he was saying
While I like me some Cole, I kind of get what Fantano is saying. People hype up Cole so much like this greater than life dope conscious rapper, but I feel he falls short of the hype most of the time. And he absolutely does love rapping about himself and how woke and dope he is. I think the problem are his Stans. I totally agree that he isn’t TOP TOP notch like he himself or his fans like to point out every minute lmao.
Freddie Gibbs, Rtj, Denzel, Aesop, Clipping, Kanye, even Drake, these are all rappers I can name from the top of my dome that had a much better discography than j Cole past decade, dude is washed
I love Cole but I do agree that none of his albums line up to his potential. We’ve heard what he can do on a feature or on some specific songs but his albums are just not of that quality
it’s impossible to talk about Cole without talking about Kendrick. Cole fills every musical niche that Kendrick does but worse 😂 and the sales show it and the fans show it and the critics show it, Cole rides Kendrick’s wave so hard and his penis as well
I'll honestly never get why people compare J Cole and Kendrick. In literally no way is Cole anywhere near the same universe as Kendrick, but people worship the dude like he's the second coming
They get compared because some of their earlier songs share the same themes. I think thats about it. Jcole is great imo but I do agree Kendrick is better
Kendrick is better as a rapper, but Cole has a certain delivery when he gets in his story telling bag that's nearly unmatched. 4 Your Eyez Only & 2014 are loaded with songs showcasing exactly what I'm talking about.
@@jacobwitt2070 Duckworth and Sing about me have way better story telling and delivery than anything in Cole's entire discography. Even songs on section 80 outclass some of Cole's best story telling songs.
Its because they were both lyrical rappers at a time where lyrisism was fading. In the late 2000s rap became more about how cathy the songs are. If kdot came out in the early 2000s no one would compare them
I swear Cole is the only rapper where I feel like me and Fantano are listening to 2 different rappers. None of the point he makes abt Cole make sense to me when I dig deep and think abt it beyond a surface level
It's not necessarily mediocre, it's a warning shot for warning shot. As kendrick only had 1 or 2 bars for cole, I feel this was perfect response to send .
@@satvikkhandagale6781 idk, he made a what.. over 3 minute diss track as a warning shot? when Kendrick said maybe 2 lines referring to Cole, what Kendrick did is what I'd call warning shots, 1 or 2 shots, what Cole did was empty an entire mag, and none of his shots hit, and so he called em warning shots
@@yalldumb2387 1 month later + the apology from J.Cole, I think you’re absolutely right. Cole should’ve just throwing a few bars at Kendrick just for the sake of competition and it would have been alright, but he stretched this shit out and came up with this whole diss, spitting bullshit that he himself doesn’t believe. Apologizing was the right thing, but he shouldn’t have come up with that long diss in the first place.
I love how the "if only you were as smart or enlightened or amazing as me" crowd naturally gravitated to J. Cole as that crowd of faux-intellectual egotists would in fact naturally gravitate towards him.
J cole spent his whole career doing his best Nas impression.. he doesn't measure up but he's better than just about everyone else thats mainstream rn.. he's not bad but he's not nearly as good as the media would like you to think imo
@@rawbrenaissance.he’s raw stop speaking like your opinion is fact. Most of Cole haters haven’t even listened to like 1/3 of discography which includes his mixtapes which has some of his best work
The next one I want to see is him hating on The National I know the band’s not his cup of tea, but the way he expresses his meh-ness towards’em is well-prepared
Time reveals all. In 09…I was in awe of Cole. Mainly bc I found him relatable. And the music was good with the potential of being great. Now as an adult…I hardly ever listen to anything J Cole. There’s nothing new to him. What u see is what u get.
When you have an ikky feeling about an artist but you can't find the words... - watch this video 😂. I literally shouted "Thank you" when you pointed out that JCole claims to not want shallow women when he shows that his shallow himself on the track😂.
Honestly, I agree with him, I do not like J. Cole but during high school, I use to force myself to listen to him because all my friends liked him once I actually went through his discography there wasn't anything aside from a few songs I liked.
@@WyWidI think Cole just has more mass appeal because his raps are simpler, and he uses more melodies. I love Kendrick but his lyrical miracle jazzy raps aren’t for everyone
@@chefsweaty6744by your logic most people should be of the opinion that j cole is better because he'd have much more fans than Kendrick but that's not the case so your statement must be wrong.
@@tbsLuke he is talking about the average joe, not an anthony fantano youtube comment section where most people act snobby about lyricism and criticize and analyze music more than the average person. I prefer Kendrick but i think jcole is more digestible for most people, like TPAB is very jarring and can take multiple listens to truly enjoy
I think J Coles best album by far was 4 Your Eyes Only, very consistent album while I agree with Fantano on Coles other releases were largely choppy. Kendrick? You can make an argument that TPAB is better than GKMC or Vice versa. However, I will say my favorite song from Cole by far is “4 your eyez only” while my favorite from Kendrick is “sing about me/dying of thirst”. I find myself coming back to 4 your eyez more often than sing about me
I’m baffled at how massive of a hit Wet Dreamz was. Even when I was a virgin that song made me cringe to my core, and now that I’m not a virgin it makes me cringe 10x more. Whenever I listen to FHD I instantly skip that song the second it comes on.
He’s hating on some of the most classic Cole records is the funniest part and he’s basically just a Kendrick stan that doesn’t like cole and can only compare them instead of enjoying both cause they’re both great
Cole is bland, boring and basic. Kendrick is not. The numbers, accolades, impact, influence, standing etc. prove that. Cole is a B-Tier MC and a D-tier artist.
Cole said it the best himself in snow on tha bluff, he knows he's not yet actually doing enough to be anything other than a mainstream successful rapper
@@onemail9721It’s not. Fantano just can’t shake his biases when it comes to certain artists and will continue to make these unnecessary comparisons to Kendrick and expect Cole to be a carbon copy of him. He does this with other artists too with certain songs or albums but not nearly as much as he does it to Cole as an artist.
Exactly. When people put him side by side with Kendrick I give them a bombastic side eye, but I get it, they're contemporaries, though unlike Kendrick, Cole can play it safe most of the times whereas Kendrick somehow never misses the opportunity to challenge the listener, even when trying to get commercial appeal (DAMN). J Cole is like a lite version of Nas
@@arseeoliveira6934 People like to play up J Cole's lyricism and versatility. Yeah he has some catchy songs and some decent bars but like you said, next to people like kendrick he's absolutely blown out of the water in terms of hits, lyricism, versatility and just sound. Which is why i hate when people compare them. Maybe its just nostalgia for some people and maybe its bc i have none for him, but to me he's just barely decent bc he can be really corny sometimes
@@arseeoliveira6934 I hate this take because in a world post 2014 FHD, Cole chose to make 4YEO. An album so antithetical to the modern hip hop sound it might as well be a different genre. What mainstream acts are creating records as intimate, quiet, and deeply felt as Cole is?! I listen to a song like SHE'S MINE and all I think is, "This is so sincere, it's almost embarrassing. It's like hearing someone freestyle a lullaby to their baby while in the privacy of their own home. No one makes music this absolutely revealing, at least not at his level." Even if you don't like that record, it's such a rigorously constructed and cohesive bit of self-reflection and honesty that I don't see how ppl see it as playing it safe. Playing it safe would have been more soul samples, more charismatic flow shifts, and more big records like NO ROLE MODELZ. But none of that is there, it's literally the exact opposite...
"m on your head, you Luigi brother now" Any other rapper says this and it would go unnoticed or made fun of. With J Cole his fans swear it's one of the most fire bars ever. He's overrated.
I'm 99% of time on Fantano's side whenever he roasts Cole, which is why I find myself watching this video time and time again because it's so hilariously accurate. That being said, yes, that is one of the toughest rhymes of all time. As a matter of fact, it's the exact contrary of what you said. If Kendrick or Drake said that line, it would go over much stronger. That is perhaps Cole's best bar ever and y'all wanna take it from him LMAO Chill tf out and let the man breathe a little.
It’s hilarious how all the comments from 10 months ago are complaining about he keeps knocking down Cole to glaze Kendrick and it’s aged so well after recent events. I understand Fantano can have some horrible takes but he’s always been spot on about Cole.
It's kinda funny because every rapper around J Cole(rappers he inspired, peers, rappers he was inspired by) tend to out class him in at least one of his focuses minimum. He's super overrated.
