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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 released "Work Out" on June 15, 2011, in honor of the second anniversary of his highly acclaimed mixtape The Warm Up. [1] The song, produced by Cole himself, samples "The New Workout Plan" by Kanye West and interpolates "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul. [2] [3] The song is featured as a bonus track on Cole World: The Sideline Story. [4]
On May 9, 2021, Cole released the official trailer for the documentary titled, Applying Pressure: The Off-Season, on social media. [7] [8] The documentary was released on May 10, distributed on Dreamville's YouTube channel. While describing the inspiration of the album, Cole said in the documentary: [9]
The Off-Season is the sixth studio album [3] by American rapper J. Cole.It was released on May 14, 2021, by Dreamville Records, Roc Nation and Interscope Records.The album was executive produced by Cole, Ibrahim Hamad, and T-Minus.
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 .
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 ...
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On June 16, 2014, J. Cole premiered the music video for the song on MTV for the five year anniversary of The Warm Up. The video was shot in August of 2008, the same day he shot the music videos for "Simba" and "Lost Ones". However, Cole ended up not being completely satisfied with the way the final product turned out. [9] [10]