It’s understandable why J. Cole hasn’t released a project in nearly two years as fans are still not only gobbling up 2014 Forest Hills Drive, but apparently still have hits from his other two albums in rotation as well. J. Cole now has six platinum singles as “Crooked Smile” and “Can’t Get Enough” officially passed the one million sales mark, according to Roc Nation and confirmed by the RIAA.
“Crooked Smile” is the inspirational cut from 2013’s Born Sinner where the North Carolina rapper teamed up with TLC to share his journey toward self-acceptance and encouraging others to do the same.
“Can’t Get Enough” is the Caribbean-inspired hit from Cole’s debut LP, Cole World: The Sideline Story and features Trey Songz.
Fayetteville’s finest also has platinum plaques recognizing one million sales for “No Role Modelz,” “Power Trip,” “Wet Dreamz” and his breakout single, “Work Out.”
And all three of his albums are certified platinum as well.
While Cole has been fairly quiet since the December 2014 drop of his last LP, he did make an appearance on DJ Khaled’s Major Key album with his own track, “Jermaine’s Interlude.”
Check out the tweets announcing J. Cole’s new total of six platinum singles below.
J. Cole gets little promotion but sells records…. Young Thug gets all the promotion and gimmicks yet doesn’t sell any records and flops every retail release he’s put out. That shows how he is being forced on hip hop yet nobody buys into it but somehow hes still promoted as a big deal because he likes to suck dick like these record company owners…
Shit has never made sense to me. I never hear a Cole record on the radio…just goes to show that these radio stations are only playing the shit that they get paid to play while Cole is going platinum off of sales and streams. W
That’s because his album came out 2 years ago..? And idk what station you listen to because all 6 of these songs got heavy spins where I’m from… Crooked smile is even played on top 40 hits still after 4 years
Cole made history with FHD (first hip-hop album in 25 years that went Platinum without features), then RIAA decided to perform auto-fellatio and all of sudden, everybody’s Platinum. It’s disgusting how they degraded the worth of the plaque: more than 1 million people voted with their money to Cole (whether it’s FHD as an album of Work Out as a single), then out of thin air every other LP he ever released plus a bunch of singles got the “same” certification. Why? Because your 12 y/o nephew played them 6 times a day throughout last week. Cole delivered a strong positive message with FHD’s plaque: namely, that you can reach the top shelf on your own if you keep it real, make quality music and treat your fans well. Now all you need is a bunch of PCs, a few scripts and as much proxy as you can get.
Huh. I never put together that the streaming going towards platinum certification was a reaction to Cole’s album. He’s not a top level artist to me but he deserves his success, fucked up that he earned his plat and now they basically giving em out
I never stated it was [the reaction], the “then” in my post above meant to express progression in time. Sorry if I caused confusion, maybe I should have worded better. RIAA including streams to sales must have been the closing step of a long-standing issue, namely, how to modernize their rating system. The problem is not the streams themselves, but their incredible overweight compared to real sales. That’s why the contrast is especially striking between Cole’s hard-earned Platinum for FHD (remember, Taylor Swift were the ONLY artist in 2014 who reached that!) and the plaques RIAA handing out nowadays for shitty LPs that nobody bought but were streamed modestly (for free).
J@y Z signing a birth Carolina artist instead of a New York rapper was brilliant move. What does it say when the biggest nyc rapper doesn’t bother signing a nyc rapper?
It says he’s a smart businessman who prefers talent above geographical location.
Take that Atlanta lol!!!
He was trying to Joey badass ,but he wanted to stay on the independent scene. I can’t blame that indie money be low key serious. Especially when you have a strong buzz . See niggas like Teck nine and that funny dude Frank Ocean.
It tells me j.Cole moved from the south to NYC to sign with his idol.
All of them were weak platinum. Drake’s go strong platinum and has many multi platinum hits.
Platinum is platinum; there’s no such thing as strong or weak. Selling a million records is a win regardless of what your hating ass says.
Bruh j.cole write, produces, and craftsother artists songs. WTF does thisgotta do with wherlchair jimmys hoe azz
Pitbull too, except Pitbull isn’t a little bitch
Forget the platinum discussion by the fools below – especially that OVO clown.
Cole got bars and nasty bars at that. Glad to see a real rapper who respects the culture doing it big.
Cole World!
Roc Nation trying to benefit off his shine…he ain’t effin with yall no more…he did that on his own…
Streams or actual sales?