Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985), better known by his stage nam… Read Full Bio ↴Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985), better known by his stage name J. Cole, is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole posted songs on various internet forums at the age of 14 under the name "Blaza", but later switched to the name "Therapist".
Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up, in early 2007 in which he also founded his record label Dreamville with label president Ibrahim Hamad. Intent on further pursuing a solo career as a rapper, he went on to release two additional mixtapes The Warm Up in 2009 and Friday Night Lights in 2010, after signing to Jay Z's Roc Nation imprint in 2009.
Cole released his debut studio album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, on September 27, 2011, which included the lead single "Work out". It debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, and was soon certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
In June 18, 2013, Cole released his second studio album Born Sinner. Born Sinner sold 297,000 copies in its first week of release, and peaked at number one in it's third week of release. The album received mostly positive reviews from critics. On September 15, 2020, Born Sinner was certified double platinum. The album was supported by the lead single Power Trip with R&B artist Miguel, which was released on February 14.
On December 9, 2014, Cole, released his third studio album "2014 Forest Hills Drive". It was also the first album in 25 years at that time that went 3 times platinum with absolutely no features. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 353,000 copies in its first week and was certified platinum on March 31, 2015. The latter earned him his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album. The album was later accompanied by two documentaries "J. Cole: Road to Homecoming" in the period of December 16, 2015 – January 9, 2016 & "Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming" on January 9, 2016.
On 9 December, 2016, Cole released his fourth studio album "4 Your Eyez Only". The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart with 492,000 album-equivalent units, of which 363,000 were pure album sales, becoming Cole's fourth number one album. On January 12, 2017, the album was certified gold and certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 7, 2017.
On April 20, 2018 Cole released his 5th studio album "KOD", after he revealed the album name two days after and held a couple listening sessions. The album featured his new alter ego kiLL edward under which he released the single "Tidal Wave (just a little reference)" on April 18th, 2018, 2 days before releasing KOD. The album was recieved with positive reviews from critics and debuted atop the US Billboard 200, selling 397,000 album-equivalent units in its first week (174,000 coming from pure sales), earning Cole his fifth consecutive number-one album in the country. The album broke several streaming records at the time of the release. On December 5, 2018 the album was certified platinum.
Cole released a 2 song EP called "Lewis Street" on July 22, 2020, which included the single "The Climb Back", which would later be featured on his 6th studio album. On May 7, 2021, Cole released the lead single "Interlude" one week before releasing his 6th studio album. Cole's 6th studio album "The Off-Season" was released on May 14, 2021. The album sold 282,000 album-equivalent units in its first week and would earn Cole his sixth consecutive number-one album in the country. 4 of the 12 songs debuted on the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100, with the song "My Life" featuring 21 Savage & Morray peaking at number 2.
Self-taught on piano, Cole also acts as a producer alongside his hip hop career, producing singles for artists such as Kendrick Lamar and Janet Jackson, as well as handling the majority of the production in his own projects. He has also developed other ventures, including Dreamville Records, as well as non-profit organization the Dreamville Foundation. In January 2015, Cole decided to house single mothers rent-free in his childhood home in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up, in early 2007 in which he also founded his record label Dreamville with label president Ibrahim Hamad. Intent on further pursuing a solo career as a rapper, he went on to release two additional mixtapes The Warm Up in 2009 and Friday Night Lights in 2010, after signing to Jay Z's Roc Nation imprint in 2009.
Cole released his debut studio album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, on September 27, 2011, which included the lead single "Work out". It debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, and was soon certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
In June 18, 2013, Cole released his second studio album Born Sinner. Born Sinner sold 297,000 copies in its first week of release, and peaked at number one in it's third week of release. The album received mostly positive reviews from critics. On September 15, 2020, Born Sinner was certified double platinum. The album was supported by the lead single Power Trip with R&B artist Miguel, which was released on February 14.
On December 9, 2014, Cole, released his third studio album "2014 Forest Hills Drive". It was also the first album in 25 years at that time that went 3 times platinum with absolutely no features. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 353,000 copies in its first week and was certified platinum on March 31, 2015. The latter earned him his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album. The album was later accompanied by two documentaries "J. Cole: Road to Homecoming" in the period of December 16, 2015 – January 9, 2016 & "Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming" on January 9, 2016.
On 9 December, 2016, Cole released his fourth studio album "4 Your Eyez Only". The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart with 492,000 album-equivalent units, of which 363,000 were pure album sales, becoming Cole's fourth number one album. On January 12, 2017, the album was certified gold and certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 7, 2017.
On April 20, 2018 Cole released his 5th studio album "KOD", after he revealed the album name two days after and held a couple listening sessions. The album featured his new alter ego kiLL edward under which he released the single "Tidal Wave (just a little reference)" on April 18th, 2018, 2 days before releasing KOD. The album was recieved with positive reviews from critics and debuted atop the US Billboard 200, selling 397,000 album-equivalent units in its first week (174,000 coming from pure sales), earning Cole his fifth consecutive number-one album in the country. The album broke several streaming records at the time of the release. On December 5, 2018 the album was certified platinum.
Cole released a 2 song EP called "Lewis Street" on July 22, 2020, which included the single "The Climb Back", which would later be featured on his 6th studio album. On May 7, 2021, Cole released the lead single "Interlude" one week before releasing his 6th studio album. Cole's 6th studio album "The Off-Season" was released on May 14, 2021. The album sold 282,000 album-equivalent units in its first week and would earn Cole his sixth consecutive number-one album in the country. 4 of the 12 songs debuted on the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100, with the song "My Life" featuring 21 Savage & Morray peaking at number 2.
Self-taught on piano, Cole also acts as a producer alongside his hip hop career, producing singles for artists such as Kendrick Lamar and Janet Jackson, as well as handling the majority of the production in his own projects. He has also developed other ventures, including Dreamville Records, as well as non-profit organization the Dreamville Foundation. In January 2015, Cole decided to house single mothers rent-free in his childhood home in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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Matthew Morrow
Even my bottom lines go overhead
Put rappers in the red
Circling my peers
You get pierced
As the Truth is read
I’m seeing green
They vision is jaded
I’m sizing emerald rings
Seems ironic
Working out verses
And dropping gems, I mean
These precious stones
Fell from my crown
Can’t excavate the sound
You court jesters could never be king
Wont coronate a clown
I laugh inside
At these peasant ass rappers
Dreaming of regicide
They losing sleep
I’m planning they wake
Now hear me eulogize
For all the dogs
That stood in my way
And got euthanized
lê nghĩa
im rhyming with cole cohesion, the latency effect
the pen and pad connect, carving rhymths, per the brain's request
begets, my latest masterpiece, catastrophy, it's like i've painted yet
a million pictures, after thee, the greatest rapper, cold mimic
i feel pampered, by this beat, it's picturesque
so here i go, aerial assault, leaving souls unrest
just like a jet, rocking your skulls til you beg for mercy
scholiast, smarter than a polymath
soloist rising from the south, observe my finest
it's a threat, you should be saying less
you bloody pest, be worried when im coming at your neck
stepping on these fools like im on a deck
it's the dawn of a new king, who wants to be the next
to walk into the lil ring, saenchai possesed
this rap music lifted the seal, from whence i was suppressed
i confess, im ill, my mind is filled with requests
to mutilate mc, i jubilate
at the sign of your corpses tumulate
so go ahead, be my guest
let's communicate, i'll get this through to you
dont act so obessive when i address you
pathetic, im honing my craft in the stu
magnetic the pen and pad connect, ending the project,
dont need a crew, after countless betrayals,
wonder what it takes to find someone loyal
to sit and dine at the same table, im unable to rest
so go ahead, rock the cradle,
with convetional wordplays just like your idols
bad to the bone, michael
casting a stone in the middle of the sea of rappers
i capture the spirit of this genre in my palm
detonating bigger nukes than the US
it's a napalm i laid on for this generation x
too many skate on, dumbing down their music
they wont escape from criticism from the purists
and let there be light, as the magician wills it
signed, the greatest rapper alive but also the one who killed him
it's sepiternal, baby
and even if you say so, huh?
just say no, uh
to the influence, why
dont be tempted by
the musician, aight x2
mmm
mrpatti343
ive got no were to be
thats why im home alone on new years eve
the few to leave got no circle left like warzone gs
they often treat me like depressed an beat
even though my ws could fill the screens
possibly
ive burnt bridges that we could of crossed with ease
cross around my neck and thats a jesus peice
for i live in peace
and these moments to write on the coldest beats
conversations here are real they not around my peeps
my father planted seeds an want a male with boss degrees
told him that the world i already walk is burnt beneath
in every tree youd hear it scream at these elites
who need elites with energy swords to slay they cheeks
who laugh at us for taking there lies for honesty
honeslty im tired more then i could ever sleep
ive been betrayed an slayed all cause of greed
the guilt an shame got me boxed in a lane to fight like creed
or mabye bane on this plane were villians flee
silly me for talking how i feel now forever seen
as stepping on ya toes that i feel defeat
i never know whose real the fake has beamad
an dressed your personality like halloween
i shallow creep like zombie walkers round these scenes
to follow god deep into the waters like submarines
training hard solo always dolo pull ups like marines
cause governments on paper wanna fullfill my dreams
Jason Williams
I live in this illusion / Imma student of the stupid
Drugs I abused it / Taking baths with Whitney Houston
Now that's, that good dope / I light it up and smoke
Feel like I'm a God / But I'll be good with an extra "O"
Smoking on some Marley / Popped another Molly
Drinkin on that Cosby / Bout to dig in some punanni
Man, these drugs are all around me.
I fall short to temptations
Alter my location / My frustrations take vacations
Winiss Beats
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Steve Curry
It’s literally Ova N Out by Trademark Da Skydiver slowed down stop it
OracleElectronica
I made this beat in 2007 wennedwe yours is slightly faster than my version and i put the drum roll in my version I cant get no one to listen to my beats
renel gant
Sound like a harry fraud type beat
Matthew Morrow
Even my bottom lines go overhead
Put rappers in the red
Circling my peers
You get pierced
As the Truth is read
I’m seeing green
They vision is jaded
I’m sizing emerald rings
Seems ironic
Working out verses
And dropping gems, I mean
These precious stones
Fell from my crown
Can’t excavate the sound
You court jesters could never be king
Wont coronate a clown
I laugh inside
At these peasant ass rappers
Dreaming of regicide
They losing sleep
I’m planning they wake
Now hear me eulogize
For all the dogs
That stood in my way
And got euthanized
MarcusfromCLT
🔥🔥🔥
The Real Turph
As a writer/rapper this beat sounds so therapeutic!!
Christopher Tolbert
You gotta have a different type of energy to do this beat justice, one of them ones fr.
ʲ ᵘ ˡ ⁱᵃ ?
This beat is awesome 🔥
araki fanboy
such a heavenly instrumental