Wrapping up the year the gifts keep coming. Fresh off an amazing year filled with music and tours billboard magazine highlights #TheNeverStory on the top 20 list of rap albums for the year.

“With a sing-song style and tone reminiscent of Anderson .Paak, J.I.D is one of the most talented additions to J. Cole’s Dreamville roster. His debut, The Never Story, was released to insufficient fanfare in March, letting the 27-year-old Atlanta native become an artist that listeners can feel like they’ve discovered. Over warm production, more Dungeon Family than Metro Boomin, J.I.D lets the world in on his story, his blues. Standout tracks like “Hereditary” and “All Bad” find J.I.D in a particularly melancholy pocket; on the latter, he explains to a girlfriend, “If I’m trying to tell the truth, it’s all bad.” Luckily for the listener, it sounds very good. – R.S.”

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