On November 5 Roc Nation emcee/producer made his first appearance on a G.O.O.D. Friday track. “Looking For Trouble” 
also featured Pusha T, Big Sean, CyHi Da Prynce and of course, Kanye. Complex sat down with Jermaine, who talked about how it all came about.
“[That verse] was last minute. I got the beat the night before from my manager. But nobody told me they wanted to do it for G.O.O.D. Friday, and definitely not that G.O.O.D. Friday. I was like, ‘Oh man, that beat is dope. I’ll write to it soon.’ The next day I woke up in Kalamazoo, Michigan—I was on tour—and I was getting ready to go to Detroit because I had a radio promo event to do. So I got a call from Kanye and he was like, ‘What’s up? It’s Kanye. Can you get that verse today? I’m tryna put the song out tonight.’ I honestly didn’t think I could do it in time so I told him that. He said, ‘I’ll wait. We got engineers up all night so you got a while to do it. But if you can, have it done by today.’ I said, ‘I’ll make it happen somehow.’
“I wrote my verse on the hour-and-a-half ride to Detroit, did the radio promos, left that, went directly to the studio, laid the verse, and sent it to him by 5 o’clock. Mind you, I didn’t hear anybody else’s verses or the song itself, I just heard the beat and did my verse. I drove back to Kalamazoo and did the show. When I got offstage, he had just put the song out, and I sat back and watched all the comments as people went crazy. It was a beautiful night.
“I don’t know what it is [when it comes to features]. What it comes from is fear, that’s why I go so hard [on guest spots]. I’m a real competitor. It’s just a fear of somebody besting me and dominating me with a better verse. Not every song is like that, but on a song like ‘Looking For Trouble’ it is. It’s that spirit of hip-hop: Let’s see who can come the best. I don’t know if I’m going to have the best verse, but I know ain’t nobody just gonna kill me.”
big seans verse was better n im a cole fan
those 2 tied at devouring the track
are you on crack?! J.cole is in another league compared to Big Sean…Big Sean is more focused on swag with his raps..J.Cole got lyricism and lyricism always outshines just someone with swag rap. J.Cole got both and them lines are bananas. I say hands down J.Cole got the best verse and even before Big Sean as to being ranked, I’d say CyHi da Prynce had the second best verse! CyHi killed that shit with his flow and lyrics..
Rankings of best verse on Looking for Trouble:
1. J.Cole
2. CyHi da Prynce
3. Kanye West
4. Pusha T (I would have put him 3 but i hear alot of the things he raps about all the time in other songs)
5. Big Sean
It isn’t that serious
Your not that serious Angel De Puta
I hear yall talking…. Big Sean had a nice flow i will give him that but go look at the lyrics on paper and u will see clearly why J. Cole’s verse was better…
J. Cole TOOK that song and thats the reason Kanye and dem put his verse last..
“down played me to downgrade me like they don’t notice son
your shoes too big too fill? I can barely squeeze my toes in ‘em
“this the rap Moses, scratch that, Mary and Joseph’s son
high as f-ck with a cold flow and a loaded gun
never say I’m better than Hov, but I’m the closest one
heard you looking for trouble, what, I’m supposed to run?
yo’ bitch invited me inside her, ain’t I supposed to cum?”
If I quote anything else might aswell I quote the whole verse and I am not going to do that… U get the point right? Flat out that verse was one of the best verses of the year.
Then he ended it with “I thought that real sh-t is what you been fiending ’bout
what you been praying for? What you been screaming ’bout?
ironic you been sleeping on the one that you been dreaming ’bout…..”
I am sorry but I can just picture ANY rapper nodding and making that stink face when he ends that verse cuzz they know that boy was nice with it….
they say u r what u eat an’ i still aint pussy.
gd call
big sean was the one with that fast ass pretentious flow right. any hiphop head knows that lil’ boy didn’t say a damn thing on that track.
if you a fan of fast spittin listen to twista or bone thugs, don’t let no lil nigga mumble some shit and amaze yall.
cole lyrics are raw that’s why had the best verse, that’s why he’s buzzin right now.
except: consider yourself lucky to see the legend before the prime, a killer before the crime, a big before the dime.
Cole is straight fire tho
except, consider yourself lucky to see the legend before the prime, a killer before the crime, a big before the dime.
Cole is straight fire tho. Rest of Sean is wak
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big sean had the best verse *dies* big sean is hot gabbage! cole had the best verse and then pusha…matter of fact big sean should not had even been on the track. homie is beyond overrated.
mann if u a fan of anybody on here..enJoy this track..its magic
..aint no way in hell you can compare Real Talent, Real Hip-Hop, you niggas go back to Good Friday and check this song out:
Looking for Trouble
Pusha-T
Cyhi Da Prynce
Big Sean Kanye West J. Cole
..and listen to it again (maybe some weed).
(maybe SMOKE some weed).