-DESOLATE TESTAMENTS 2025 TOP 25 AOTY LIST-
25. Hayley Williams - Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
24. Ichiko Aoba - Luminescent Creatures
23. Quadeca - Vanisher, Horizon Scraper
22. The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow
tweet is stupid for 2 reasons:
1. kendrick got a lot of backlash for this
2. context matters. the message of kendrick's song was one of acceptance. perhaps misguided in his execution, but the message is pure. j cole uses blatant transphobia for a punchline that isn't even clever
j cole please i'm begging you no more producing or using t minus beats. please call 9th wonder, no id, alchemist, somebody, anyone who will answer a call from one of the biggest rappers out & produce an album for you
"before you listen to the album you have to understand where kanye west was in 2010. at the time he was coming off of an album with mixed reviews & was viewed as one of the biggest villains in entertainment by the media. after the 2009 VMAs he left the country..."