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He even holds a note which could have been angrier this is one of the songs I’d like to watch him perform live. Cole taking his time with his lyrics and delivering them powerfully. This song is dark with haunting vocals which echo through with J. “Trouble” features big beats, commanding string arrangements and choirs offering celestial sounding backing vocals, it’s hard to go wrong with that combination and it’s one that gets me every time like Justin Timberlake’s “Losing My Way”. But I felt it came too soon, too early, to give the rest of the album enough space to ruminate in your ears. It was undoubtedly my favourite tune, the ‘In the Morning’ track of the album if you like. The album’s lead single “Power Trip”, featuring the sexy vocals from Miguel, is a tune that has already been doing commercially well and it will be the mainstream song that this album will be known for. There have been some controversies surrounding this album so far – the fact that it was leaked early, the same day release date as Kanye West and the “flagrant” use of the word “faggot” on the album’s opening track. Yet again, Cole produces the whole album except two tracks which were the greatly talked about “Let Nas Down” and a personal highlight of mine “Crooked Smile” – it is an impressive feat more so than on Sideline Story. He doesn’t stray too far from the formula that already worked but there is more ambition and a desire to show his development. Like the last album, there are big names featuring with him on Born Sinner – TLC, Miguel, Kendrick Lamar and James Fauntleroy. Again he deals with hard-hitting topics, homophobia, slavery, money, but never forgetting the biggest thing guys like to talk about: women. It’s the same mix of commercial and intimate tracks peppered with completely honest lyrics that worked so well on the first album. He no longer needs to prove himself this album is about sustaining himself as a legend. His confidence is flaunted in your ears as with the first track “Villuminati”. Cole offers us his second album Born Sinner opening it up by saying “ It’s way darker this time” and it’s true, he has taken a grittier approach.