J. Cole recently sat down with Muve Music Sessions in the second part of its series, explaining the creation of a few of his tracks. During the interview, the Roc Nation rapper branded “Lost Ones” 
as one of his favorite tracks, stating how he understands the effect it has on fans and the inspiration for the song.
“‘Lost Ones,’ that’s one of my favorite songs. Because obviously, when you listen to it, it’s super emotional, super deep. I feel like my favorite records of my own are my favorite because they really hit your heart or I know the impact it’ll have on people,” he said. “This is a scene that happens everyday in America. When the idea came to me, it was because of something personal that was going on. Not even with me… With a very close friend of mine. So it gave me the idea to write that song.”
Watch the full interview below, where he also speaks on how “Work Out” was inspired by Kanye West’s “The New Workout Plan,” “God’s Gift” and “Rise and Shine.”
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J Cole is wack son.
Cole world.
#ColeWorldBitches
of course work out was inspired by kanye’s workout plan, cole’s dumbass sampled that and paula abdel’s workout song. Some uncreative bullshit man, cole i thought you was better than that but you the same cookie cutter motherfucker as these other suckers.
I smell hater. Is that you?
I smell a dickriding stan, is that you?
anon obviously u dont understand a talented artist like j.cole u just failed to realize most of these new hiphop artists today have simple and took from other previous artists and have made big hits out of them so don’t put that all on j.cole everybody in the rap game does that shit man lol wake yo ass man and its true im a j.cole fan but im not a dickridin one i go by facts dude j.cole produced 90 percent of his own album and is going to go gold next week no question possibly sellin another 13,000 copies that would put him at 511,000 sold and the big deal about j.cole goin gold is that he had no big promotions, no major hype or buzz, no radio play and jay-z didn’t really help him much either he signed him and was featured in his mr. nice watch track from the album that’s about it with that said j.cole is what he is selfmade this success a number one U.S album, two gold plaques, and a grammy nomation with a slight chance of winning a grammy next month cole earned all this on his own not cosignin or swagger jackin but by havin his own style so anon how can u say he is uncreative i don’t get u at all have even listened to the cole world album j.cole is very creative with his style of storytelling but u must be a drake/lil wayne dickriding stan and they never understand j.cole, maybe should get like me im a stan of j.cole and drake both put those to together on a single or collaboration album they would rival jay and kanye no question period end of decision
all the songs he listed are straight wack. Lost ONes is a tired rehash of Common CLASSIC track Retrospect For Life. Coles offers nothing new to the game this guy sucks.
You gotta lotta hater juice in ya system bro.
Fuck out of here. J. Cole is the truth. Cole World is a classic.
it’s not a classic track cause no one’s fuckin heard of it.
all you haters do is compare
Jg, I was slippin on J.Cole myself until I gave him a good listen. Cole World is a fucking classic, give it a spin before you hate man, really I was the same way just a few days ago.
oh how they hate when you become famous
If u guys think Cole is wack why even comment why even watch his video smh i beat everything that i got Cole is better than ur favorite rapper
I like J.Cole but my favorite rapper is Nas…So what do you got?
Wow is this dick sucking faggot boy implying that J. Cole is the best rapper…nigga you are pathetic if you think his unoriginal shit is better than original artists like Hopsin, Dizzy Wright, and Swizzz. Funk Volume > Gay Cole, hell there’s alot of rappers better than this swagger jacker. keep sucking dick an making gay comments my dude.
J Cole and Kendrick Lamar are the shitt!
cole is dope, he just needs to make more music, most of it is all the same, life is a struggle/depression tracks. he needs to make bangers
but then people will whine and yell “sellout”
I meant upbeat tracks, not pop.
imagine cole over dj premier hard hitting beays
he do got a lot of songs…you prolly just hearing what they play on the radio
Maybe if this guy made more music and spend less time doing interviews he’d have a bigger buzz like YMCMB.
man the best part of being the bitch boy for ymcmb is i get a different dick in my ass every day. Yesterday, Drake came up and just bent me over and raped my ass. I was about to thank him, but he turned to me and said, “thank me later”
with dicks in ya mouth???? ok understandable
i would except a drake/ymcmb ass kisser to say something like that look stop suckin drake and lil wayne’s dicks im a fan of drake and the ymcmb crew but i can show alot of love and support for j.cole to he earned it number 1 album that went gold, a radio hit that went gold, and now goin to the grammy’s with a nomation and a slim possible chance of winning come on u act like it’s wrong to do interviews that’s apart of puttin yourself out there to get known not just as a music artist but a media icon cause not everybody listens to the radio or watches mtv get what im sayin as a music artist u have to do everything u can to build your buzz not just make hit songs but star movies, tv shows, commericals, world tours, sell out arenas for concerts, promotions, magizines, create clothing lines etc. and those are some of the reasons why drake, lil wayne, nicki minaj and the rest of ymcmb have a big buzz that over shadows j.cole’s but don’t u be sleepin on j.cole he’s just gettin started if u didn’t know he has been work on his second album that he plans to release in june of this year plus he’s been tourin and doin concerts, and has alittle media buzz he’s been on a few tv talk shows as well as performed on some also was on a episode of mtv’s show guy code he recently performed live in new york on new years eve to so his buzz has grown quite a bit since his debut and if he so happens to get lucky and actually win that grammy next month his buzz would sky rocket
I was seriously slipping on this cat, listen to Cole World just last night for the 1st time & this guy is fucking dope. What a great album.
Joe Budden >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> J. Cole.
Really thoughtful in depth comment, adding to the rich conversation you are having with yourself.
If y’all think J. Cole is dope then you need to check out Hopsin, Dizzy Wright, and Swizzz from Funk Volume. you wouldnt be listening to any Gay Cole if you knew who Hopsin is. Gotta go, yall keep sucking water down rappers dicks Gay Cole kids. Gotta listen to some real shit now
Hopsin is a gay Horror Core reject that dresses like a woman in his videos and re-hashes Ideas Eminem ran into the ground a decade ago
Try again
Come on man, just because you like one artist doesnt mean you cant like another, i bought both of hopsins albums, and i like him BUT OH MY GOD, STOP THE PRESS, NEWSFLASH!!! I ALSO LIKE J COLE!! seriously mate, get out the house, stop eating doritios and jacking off 24/7 and stop hating.
@Come on now…cosign homie, cosign. haha.
i love your song lost ones j cole it helped me through a time that i had thanks for making songs that are based on reality