J. Cole took a break from recording his sophomore album, Born Sinner ( due June 25th), to give us an example of what’s soon to come. The Roc Nation MC samples Lauryn Hill’s Nothing Even Matters, while rapping about everything from being in the strip club with Drake, to asking his mom to quit her job at the post office.
I told her quit her job, but hold your horses/ If my next album flop, it’s back to the post office, both of us.
Listen below, and post your thoughts!
How do you break the news to someone that you’re planning on murdering them? Well on film, that is. That’s the dilemma J. Cole recently faced after coming up with the concept for his latest video, Power Trip.
MTV News caught up with the Roc Nation emcee, and he revealed that not everyone in his camp was on board with killing off his collaborator.
“When I was writing the song, I had the vision for the video, so I knew early on,” Cole shared. But he hadn’t initially figured Miguel into the equation [...]
“This is the only way he could fit in the video,” Cole said, remembering the exchange. ” ‘Check it out; it sounds crazy, but hear me out. He’s gonna be the boyfriend.’ [But] because I’m going and killing the boyfriend, they’re hearing it and these guys … were clearly not thrilled about the idea.
“A week goes by, and I’m like, ‘What’s up with Miguel? I haven’t heard nothing back, we’re tryna move on the video, get the location, get the dates,’ and everybody’s real hesitant, like, ‘Oh we haven’t gotten a chance to pitch it to him,’ and I finally realize what’s happening … nobody has the balls to go to Miguel and tell him.” At this point, Cole figured he had to take matters into his own hands if anything was going to be accomplished, so he called Miguel.
“I was really hype explaining it to him, and after I tell him the concept I say, ‘I want you to be the boyfriend, getting murdered,’ and he was just like ‘It’s crazy you say that because right as you were telling me the story, [I] thought I should be the boyfriend, I should be the one getting killed.’ So he was down for it, but it just took me to have that creative conversation with him.”
Check out Cole break it all down below.
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I have been in love with J. Cole’s latest single, Power Trip, since it dropped back in February, and now the Fayetteville, North Carolina native has blessed us with some interesting visuals for the collaboration with Miguel.
The song’s lyrics speak on a crush that just won’t go away, and Cole took an unexpected, dark turn for the video, showing how love can turn into obsession and murder.
Although some people may be turned off by the eerie story-line, I think it’s refreshing when artists take more of a cinematic approach to their videos, instead of just popping bottles and making it rain.
Check it out above, and post your thoughts!
Last night, during a stop on Alicia Keys’ Set The World On Fire tour at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, Miguel brought out Roc Nation MC, J. Cole, to perform their track, Power Trip.
Big shout to @JColeNC for coming out and rocking Barclays w me tonight. #RADTIMES
Watch their performance above, and post your thoughts!
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With red cups in hand, French Montana, Rick Ross, and J. Cole deliver their verses for the Edgar Esteves-directed visuals to French’s latest track, Diamonds, from his mixtape series, Mac & Cheese 3.
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Although his forthcoming sophomore album, Born Sinner, has no official due date, J. Cole has finally released his first official single from the project. The track entitled, Power Trip, is self-produced and features Grammy winning singer, Miguel.
Listen below and post your thoughts!
After hyping fans up with a teaser over the weekend, J. Cole has now officially released his new single, Miss America. The track is the first offering from Jermaine’s upcoming, sophomore album, Born Sinner, which is set to drop January 28.
If you just can’t bear to wait that long for the complete album, Miss America is currently available on iTunes.
What do you guys think of the song? Is it everything you hoped it would be?
J. Cole’s sophomore album, Born Sinner, is set to drop in January, and now the Roc Nation emcee is getting ready to officially release the LP’s first single.
Cole dropped this short teaser on his website, letting fans know they can expect Miss America to hit iTunes on Tuesday (November 13).
Will you guys be downloading the track?
