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Alexis Petridis of The Guardian said "KOD's best track may be its closer, 1985, which is billed as a taster of his forthcoming project The Fall Off.It delivers hip-hop's new generations of artists (by whom Cole is "unimpressed") a wise, warm but firm talking-to that switches from practical advice, warnings about the fleeting nature of fame and the inadvisability of jumping on trends to a stark ...
Jermaine Lamarr Cole [3] (born January 28, 1985) is an American rapper and record producer. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina , [ 4 ] Cole initially gained attention as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up , in early 2007.
J. Cole first took up rapping in his teens, collaborating with the local Fayetteville hip hop duo Bomm Sheltuh. [1] The Come Up , his debut mixtape, was released on May 4, 2007. [ 2 ] Following the release of The Come Up , J. Cole was contacted by American rapper Jay-Z and subsequently signed to his record label Roc Nation .
Notes "Stay" was recorded in 2009. Cole revealed in an interview with MTV that the song was intended for his debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, but he never bought the beat from No I.D. Rapper Nas eventually used the beat on his 2012 release Life Is Good in a song titled by the same name.
Writing for HipHopDX, Omar Burgess praised Truly Yours 2 saying, "Born Sinner will be the ultimate test of Cole’s desire to grow and experiment as he pointed out in the letter that accompanied Truly Yours. This short set indicates he’s taking steps in the right direction, and his next full-length effort will hopefully appease his old and ...
Over production consisting of a synth loop and 808s, [2] the song begins with a verse from J. Cole, who first asserts that he is one of the best rappers of the generation and catches attention by his performances on features instead of ostentatious outfits ("Blow for blow, Cole flow just prestigious / Sweats and tees, no unnecessary accessories, the GOAT just from features / Proceed with ...
"Lights Please" is a song by American rapper J. Cole, released on June 15, 2009 from his second mixtape, The Warm Up. The song was later released as a single on November 24, 2009 and appeared on his debut studio album , Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011).
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a song by American rapper J. Cole from his fourth studio album 4 Your Eyez Only (2016). It was written by Cole with production by Cole and Elijah Scarlett. It contains an interpolation from "Divine", written by Aknostra and Tiad Hilm, as performed by Tiad Hilm.