J. Cole Plans To Go Back To School After ‘Born Sinner’ Release
With his sophomore album Born Sinner due out next week (June 18), J. Cole has been subject to the bright spotlight once again. The rapper recently talked about how critical the spotlight can be, how he...
View ArticleREWIND: J. Cole Takes On Kanye West: ‘Born Sinner’ Vs. ‘Yeezus’
In this week’s episode of REWIND, J. Cole battles Kanye West for release week dominance. Both are set to drop their new albums, Born Sinner and Yeezus, next week. This is not new territory for Kanye...
View ArticleFrom Nas To TLC, J. Cole Breaks Down His Favorite ‘Born Sinner’ Songs
One of the most highly anticipated albums of 2013, J. Cole‘s Born Sinner is out as of this week. The rapper sat down with Hartford, Connec., radio station Hot 93.7 (a Radio.com station) to provide the...
View ArticleJ. Cole Brings ‘Born Sinner,’ Deep Cuts & Jay-Z To NYC ‘Dollar & A Dream’ Show
Not long after delivering the last few bars of icebreaking show opener “Welcome,” J. Cole addressed his eager and ecstatic audience at New York City’s Irving Plaza last night (June 19) with mild,...
View ArticleOn The Charts: Kanye’s Worst Opening Sales Week Still Leads ‘Yeezus’ To No. 1
In the battle of Yeezus versus Born Sinner, Yeezus has emerged the winner. After a close race that only got closer as the week pressed on, Kanye West scores the No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 album...
View ArticleOn The Charts: Rap Reigns for Second Straight Week As Wale Nabs First No. 1
For the second straight week, rap not only tops the U.S. album charts, but also makes a hat-trick of the top three spots, continuing a solid few weeks for the genre after a quiet start. This time, it’s...
View ArticleOn The Charts: J. Cole’s ‘Born Sinner’ Has Sold More Copies Than ‘Yeezus’
Kanye West may have won the battle, but right now, J. Cole is winning the war. After Kanye’s Yeezus debuted atop the Billboard 200 album chart with first-week sales of 327,000, Cole’s Born Sinner beat...
View ArticleJ. Cole Apologizes For ‘Embarrassing’ Autism Lyric: ‘I Should Have Known Better’
In a thoughtful blog post, rapper J. Cole apologized to people with autism and their families for a lyric found in “Jodeci Freestyle,” a collaboration with Drake, who released the track late last...
View ArticleWatch New, Highly Dramatic J. Cole Video for ‘Crooked Smile’
We’re not so different, you and I! That’t the message J. Cole sends in his new video for “Crooked Smile” off of his latest album Born Sinner. The song itself, which features TLC, takes a backseat to...
View ArticleJ. Cole Extends ‘What Dreams May Come’ Tour into 2014
(Courtesy CBS Interactive) Fans of J. Cole — especially those in the Great White North of Canada — will get a chance to see the rapper’s What Dreams May Come Tour, thanks to an additional run of dates...
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