J. Cole reveals the ‘K.O.D’ Album Cover Art and tracklist.
After announcing it a couple of days ago, J. Cole decided to unveil the official cover art for his 5th studio album K.O.D which stands for Kids On Drugs, King Overdosed, and Kill Our Demons.
He also unveiled the official tracklist for the project. It will have 12 tracks with no guest appearances. The last song of the album is the intro to a project called ‘The Fall Off‘.
KOD set new streaming milestones on Apple Music and Spotify. The album broke Drake’s 2016 album Views’ previous record for most streams on Apple Music with a total of 64.5 million. KOD went on to become Cole’s sixth number-one album when it opened at the top of the US Billboard 200, collecting 397,000 album-equivalent units, including 174,000 in pure sales.
The project was supported by two singles “KOD” and “ATM”, and both debuted in the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100. The album has since been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
In the album trailer, the Dreamville boss revealed the meaning behind the album title. “If I turn on the TV right now, it’s not going to be long before an advertisement pops up that says ‘are you feeling down? Have you been having lonely thoughts?’ And then they shove a pill in your face” the voice says of the Kids on Dr-gs title,” he said.
“The second meaning, King Overdose is representing me… the times that I was — and am — afflicted by the same methods of escape, whether it be alcohol, phone addiction, women… Lastly, Kill Our Demons represents breaking free of past trauma. That’s the end goal, to face our sh-t, realize we have some sh-t going on inside—everybody, I realized everybody family is f–ked up because nobody is f–king perfect. Whether you want to or not, you’re going to f–k up your kids in some type of way, because you got f–ked up in some type of way.. the plan is to f–k your kids up the least amount possible.”
“The first response to any problem is to medicate. Kill Our Demons is like, finding that sh-t, whether it be from traumatic childhood experiences, whether it be from a lack of attention, confidence issues, insecurities—whatever it is, we gotta be honest with ourselves. Look in the mirror or look inside and ask ourselves questions, like what’s causing me to run to this thing as an escape? And once I find the root of that, let me look it in its face and see what it really is.”
Stream the album below.
