For the past six years, J. Cole has used basketball as a metaphor for his efforts to break into the Rap game.
No longer, however, as the Roc Nation emcee’s Born Sinner album signals the first project since 2007’s The Come Up to draw the comparison between the Rap and basketball.
“It was just time for something new. I wouldn’t have minded doing it again but I felt that I closed that story,” explained Cole to MTV. “That metaphor and that storyline had really ended. Metaphorically I was just a kid working to get on this basketball team, got cut — that was The Come Up, then The Warm Up was like, alright I made the team, I’m on the team, now what? I’m not in the game, I’ll just ride the end of the bench. Then Friday Night Lights was like ‘come on man, you’re still not gonna put me in the game? What I gotta do? Here, I’m gonna kill it in practice.’ “
Cole explained that his studio debut concluded the story. “Sideline Story was like, ‘Wow, I really am starting now,’ and I feel like I ended that chapter when it’s all said and done. Plus, this new theme is really more reflective of where I’m at and where I’ve been at for the past two years, so it was just perfect to move on.”
Still, J. Cole didn’t want to create any misconceptions about his next project. “It’s not necessarily a church theme and it’s not really about church,” he explained. “I like my album themes to be metaphors because it gives me the freedom to speak about something else that’s going on in my life, so the Born Sinner thing is not about church, it’s not even about religion. It’s using that as canvas to get other messages across and that’s what the album will be.”
Watch the interview below:
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1. Born Sinner (Intro) (Produced by J. Cole)
2. Forgiveness feat. John Legend (Produced Cool & Dre)
3. I Try (Produced by Bink!)
4. Jesus for a Day feat. Kendrick Lamar (Produced by J. Cole)
5. Lose Myself (Produced by Boi-1da, co. Matthew Burnett)
6. Power Trip feat. Miguel (Produced by J. Cole)
7. A Long Walk feat. Jazmine Sullivan (Produced by Salaam Remi, co. J. Cole)
8. Miss America Reprise (Produced by J. Cole)
9. Conscience Catches You (Produced by Mark Ronson)
10. How It Make You Feel feat. Melanie Fiona (Produced by No I.D.)
11. The Letter (Produced by J. Cole)
12. Shame feat. Nas (Produced by Salaam Remi, co. J. Cole)
13. Family Reunion (Produced by Just Blaze)
14. Runnin’ feat. Common & D’Angelo (Produced by J. Cole)
15. Welcome to Sinville feat. B.J. the Chicago Kid (Produced by J. Cole)
WHERE U GET THIS FROM?
his ass
@bp lmao
Always a loser in the crowd posting track listings like we give a damn.
this nigga should abandon punchlines cause he’ll never be on waynes level, hell he should abandon rap altogether
Nobody wants to be on wayne’s level… too low
lol who de hell wants to be on wayne’s level….dude is dead just accept it his album is xit too
how about no more souljaboy lyrics “im heating up like leftover lasagna”
NIGGA GETTING TOO DEEP…YA NEED TO DUMB IT DOWN IF U WANNA SELL RECORDS
too deep? nigga whole first album was pop records,lmfaooo
u must be listening to some otha otha shit,”too deep”
LOLZ
J Cole is a fool for not adding French Montana. He’s the most popular rapper in NY now.
hes not a rapper, hes a mentally handicapped hype man with sick beats. he would be shit without good producers
This is what the c-section game has come to, a bunch of silly kids who don’t have any experience to share so they troll, dickride, and stan. It’s sad.
Agreed, The C-Sections is used for dudes that have nothing going on in their lives so they rant in hopes that someone might care before killing themselves. We don’t care, so you should do what’s next trolls.
He can rap terrifically. He has fans. Meanwhile, the underground rap sucks becauses its ignored.
He raps terribly, that’s for sure. Having fans doesn’t make you the best rapper. And fuck you for dissing underground music because it has some of the best music. And it’s far from ignored.
@vinny : “underground hip hop sucks because it is ignored” ???? that’s it. that’s all you’ve got.
so tired of this lame.
up to I looked at the draft for $8691, I accept …that…my sister woz like actualey taking home money part-time on their laptop.. there dads buddy haz done this 4 only six months and just paid the debts on their home and bourt a new Cadillac. we looked here, http://www.bic5.com