J. Cole has revealed the one rapper he’s currently bumping outside of himself — and his answer might surprise you.
During an interview with the YouTube channel Lost In Vegas as part of his press run to promote The Fall-Off, the Dreamville rapper waxed poetic about longtime Wu-Tang Clan affiliate Killah Priest.
When asked which MC(s) outside of the usual Mount Rushmore candidates (JAY-Z, Nas, 2Pac, Biggie etc) that he’s currently listening to, Cole replied: “The first answer that comes to my mind is somebody that I’ve been playing the last month — this one song in particular. And it made me dive back into some of the shit he’s been releasing over the years. It’s gonna be hella left-field… but Killah Priest.”
The North Carolina native admitted that until recently he wasn’t intimately familiar with Priest’s catalog outside of his “vicious” solo track “B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)” on GZA‘s classic 1995 album Liquid Swords.
However, he was left in awe by the Brooklyn veteran’s lyrical talent when he stumbled upon on his song “NASA Case” during his recent Trunk Sale Tour.
“I played this song and this shit … it’s crazy. I didn’t know what the fuck to expect; I just clicked [on it]. It’s nine and a half minutes,” he said. “It’s not a style that’s normally the one I gravitate to. It’s super dense, it’s super — I’m not even going to say poetic. It’s prose. It’s like a book, damn near. And he’s telling this story.
“Bro, I shit you not, I’m listening to it and I’m like, ‘I can’t exactly follow what he’s talking about.’ I’m getting enough, though, to keep me hooked.”
It wasn’t until he sat with and studied the track that Cole fully grasped Killah Priest’s rhymes, instantly converting him into a fan.
“I listened to that song, I shit you not, like nine times in a row because every time I listened to it again, the story got clearer and clearer,” he continued. “And I’m like, ‘Oh my God! Is this n*gga an alien?!’
“By the time I’m done with my ninth listen and I see the concept he’s playing with, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, is this n*gga from another dimension and he knows some shit we don’t know?!'”
He added: “It’s one of the only songs outside of my album that I’m playing ’cause it’s so enjoyable and I’m so amazed with what this dude did … Shout out to Killah Priest, man.”
Looking back on some of his favorite rappers from his childhood, J. Cole named Canibus and Royce Da 5’9″ as two MCs he had particular reverence for as a lyrics-obsessed teenager.
Watch the entire segment at the 1:19:30 mark below.
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took this man 9 times to understand this?
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Cole just corny
Cole is terminally online and it’s clear he pays people off. Wouldn’t doubt he;s on this site and others now. He’s worse than KD
The guy who pretends to be others and reply Ro times that’s gay cole
Drake is his favorite rapper
He looks like a cringe old man. He and his stanbase are in some weird echo chamber just lying to themselves 24/7. His boy JID the same he fake too when the beef started he said he not Dreamville now all of a sudden he the same Mr fake humble like Cole. Everyone sees this loser for what he is
RocNation stooge! Lock them all up! Meg collapsed that’s karma! Trump need to lock them up and Free Tory! Caribbean people the real culture!
Shout out Cole glad he admits the culture is fake there is no culture it’s just a word these’d losers use including his fanbase. There is no black culture it’s just consumerism and appropriation of other cultures.
Now he plays basketball for his Chinese masters. Jcole is not on the sharks hes a 🙈
its always a good idea to dig deep in to the archives a lot of music well crafted a good flow a good rhyme that can be discovered those artists might be dead or still living whatever join the hunt tell the young ones because rap hip hop music goes way beyond the charts……………
We going to ignore thid guy signed a deal to play basketball in china for a team called 🐵🤴
In other news it’s now confirmed the rumors that Pooh Shiesty took Gucci at gun point forcing him to release him from 1017. So is Pooh signed to Yo Gotti? Also Gucci the Kamala supporter now exposed again as a rat he ratted on Pooh Shiesty to the FBI. He better go kiss Trump’s ass. Bro always been a coward so fake. Now Pooh Shiesty back in jail funny Young Thug might be too but Tekashi gets out.
Trump need to be smart and pardon Pooh Shiesty, Durk, Tory, Kay Flock, and Melly enact the insurrection act. Let Gucci be scared of Pooh Shiesty and Memphis coming for him. Waka Flocka exposed Gucci years ago he and OJ the man is a fake thug and can’t handle numbers.
whose mount rushmore, which most of you probably don’t even know what that is, is 2pac, known gay, biggie, only 2 albums, jay-z, went to that island, i’ll give you Nas.
His favorite rapper is Diddy he said that before. Free Diddy!