For those of yall that have been followin this shit since its inception over a year ago, you might remember one of my first entries bein about a Wale show I went to in SoHo last April with my homies.
I mentioned that I wasn't really feelin any of the opening acts at that show, except for this dude named J. Cole. Little did I know how much he would blow up soon thereafter, or how much of a fan of his music I would become (not to mention that he's a St. John's graduate like yours truly).
If you dont know by now he's put out a few mixtapes, including "The Come Up", "The Warm Up", and "A Nigga from the 'Ville". He was featured on a "A Star is Born" on Hov's Blueprint 3, "Beautiful Bliss" on Wale's Attention Deficit, and recently got his own cover of "The Source".
There's a lot of other stuff I'm leavin out but you can probably see that dude is comin up.
Well it dawned on me a little while ago that dude has already become the rapper I rock with the most after Jay-Z. I don't think anyone will take over Hov's spot on MY list but Cole has already pushed himself to number 2. I fuck with dude heavy and find myself bumpin his shit regularly, as much as Hov's and more than anyone elses.
J. Cole - Grown Simba from Report2Detention on Vimeo.
Grown Simba (the live performance vid shown above and one of his first tracks), Dreams, Knock Knock, I Get Up, Carolina on my Mind, Dead Presidents I and II freestyles (ESPECIALLY I), I Got It, Last Call, School Daze...I'm tellin yall the list goes on.
Might seem like dude is payin me to write this entry but trust, I'm just tryna spread the word. If you dont know dude yet, give him a listen.
I'll leave yall wit this.....
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