Posts Tagged ‘j.cole’

Talk about a stacked lineup. Trae receives verses from a wide plethora of artists to go in over the Mark Morrison assisted “I’m One 2.0.” Definitely give this one a listen. Thanks to B.Rich for the link.

Heard this story a million times by now, but J.Cole talks about his come up in the industry. Look how far the man has come – a major Grammy nomination.

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J.Cole stopped by Jimmy Fallon’s show to perform his single, “Can’t Get Enough.” Been wondering where the boy Cole has been at lately.

Cole World, it couldn’t be much clearer…

Says Bogan of the mashup track:

“I believe most listeners will be hard pressed to find some of these samples present in many, if any pre-existing mashups. Using Araabmuzik’s I Can’t Let It Go as a bumping backing track, I then added in verses from B.o.B. and J.Cole with Aesop Rock, Ellie Goulding and Jay-Z and Kanye West also present throughout the track.”

An interesting mix, but I think the song works on a certain level. Check it out below:

Saw J.Cole reach out to this female duo, VanJess, and give them props for their cover of his single, “Work Out.” Not for everyone, but an interesting acoustic spin on the track.

Big congrats to J.Cole. After a major Grammy nomination and his album going gold, he now has a single with platinum sales – “Work Out.” I feel like the reaction to this single was relatively lackluster (in the hip hop blog world, at least), so this is a great achievement.

Via LA Times

Learning you were nominated for best new artist must have been surreal.

I wasn’t thinking people had seen what I had done, so I had already kind of prepared myself for the letdown. But it caught me off guard.

When you first submitted a beat tape to Jay-Z for “American Gangster,” it was rejected.

I’m that type of person, luckily, where it didn’t shake my confidence. The first initial blow was disappointment. But I learned from it and added it to the story. It added to the motivation like, “OK, I’ll show you.” I’ll show whoever.

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Jay-Z sits with MTV to talk about the success of J.Cole. Real talk on this one. Wise words from a decent man.

This is the most bizarre beef that I think I’ve ever witnessed. First of all, it comes out of nowhere. Second of all, Canibus gives an absurd explanation behind the diss track – essentially saying that J.Cole should be promoting Canibus’ new music. Third, he retracts everything he said 48 hours later.

Contradiction at its finest. Bipolar? Or did you issue this statement because you realized everyone thinks your song (and explanation) is completely moronic? Now fade away and take the L.

What in the world? Canibus released “J.Clone” last night as a direct shot toward J.Cole. Basically, it sounds like Canibus thinks Cole isn’t properly paying “homage” to his legacy. He says Cole should be recognizing Canibus’ new material rather than focusing on his past legacy. Okay.

Yawn.

Here’s the attention you wanted, Canibus!!! Maybe you’ll get some interviews and an MTV story out of it too!

Click below to give his(lengthy) take on this track. I don’t think he truly knows what he’s talking about…but disguises it by writing an essay:

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The funny thing about this remix is that Red Cafe has been low key bubbling in this industry for what seems like forever. With that said, he links up with Wale and J.Cole, who have achieved great mainstream success that Cafe has been working hard to earn himself.  Gotta give it to Cafe…he has been working hard not to fall in to the abyss of defeated & frustrated artists. Listen to his single’s official remix below:

J.Cole is having a good week. On top of being nominated for a Grammy as best new artist, he posted up this memo he received stating that Cole World has officially gone gold. He says:

9 weeks later. Thank you is an understatement. GOLD World

A gold album may not seem like much in the scheme of things, but for a new artist in today’s time? That’s quite an accomplishment.

Via Jabari:

While I was in the UK working on the Tinie Tempah documentary my man J Cole was opening up for Tinie across England. We sat down to talk about the importance of being an international artist and his plans for his next album.

So, while I was out last night they had the official Grammy Nomination event and I think it’s amazing to see the reactions of artists that were nominated. Besides the fact that I’m ecstatic for J.Cole, check out some more twitter reactions below:

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