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On June 21 of that year, J. Cole premiered the music video to his first single "Who Dat" on the BET program 106 & Park. [48] In August 2010, Cole was awarded the UMA Male Artist of the Year thanks to his heralded The Warm Up mixtape and a high-profile deal with Jay Z's label Roc Nation at the 2010 Underground Music Awards.
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 .
18.4 J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (10 Year Anniversary Edition) 19 References. 20 External links. ... "New York Times" (featuring 50 Cent and Bas) (Bonus Track)
Cole sought for an avenue to release his own music, while Hamad yearned to start a record label, prompting the two to team up to form Dreamville Records. [2] Rapper Omen has been affiliated with Dreamville since the beginning, Omen and Cole met on rapper Canibus chat forum at age 17, where they shared music. [ 3 ]
He wrote: "J. Cole has a gift in turning tears into teaching tools and KOD is a concise, leather-bound audiobook of invaluable life direction goals." [ 47 ] In a positive review, Lawrence Burney of Vice deemed the album Cole's "best effort yet", saying "yes, there are times when he seems a bit out of touch on KOD , but what translates most ...
Deeming it the better of the pair of the songs, The New York Times ' Jon Caramanica praised J. Cole's lyricism: "' The Climb Back' is thick with clever metaphors not heard since the 1990s over a self-produced beat that's both agitated and exasperated. Cole is a charmingly patient rapper, imagistic, nimble — and very keen to display all of ...
On Cole's 30th birthday, an official music video for "Love Yourz" was released onto YouTube on January 28, 2015. On his 31st birthday, Cole released the live music video for "Love Yourz" on January 28, 2016, along with a surprise live album, Forest Hills Drive: Live .
The single was accompanied by a music video, which premiered on WorldStarHipHop. [3] Cole also announced a new project titled, The Off Season, [2] which Cole planned to release ahead of his next studio album, The Fall Off. The video's description reads: The Off Season coming soon... All roads lead to The Fall Off - Cole". [3]