Yeezus and J Cole's Sinful Ways

J Cole has slowly become one of the house hold names in rap music, seemingly overnight. But it hasn’t exactly been overnight though considering that he has dropped several mixtapes (including Friday Night Lights, Any Given Sunday, The Warm Up and Truly Yours) before and after his first studio album, Cole World: The Sideline Story. I will say that I haven’t heard all of his mixtapes in their entirety, but some of the tracks are even better than the ones included on Cole World….which was a great album in my opinion.  It’s barely been 2 years since the release of his first official studio release and he’s already gearing up for his new release, Born Sinner.His new single, “Power Trip” featuring Miguel. You can check out J Cole’s performance of “Power Trip” with Miguel below. I will warn you….it is explicit though. And in case you don’t know who Miguel is, he’s the one that landed butt first on a screaming fans neck during his performance of his massive hit, “Adorn”. Hopefully she didn’t incur any massive injuries because of his epic fail…..smh. But I digress, lol.

J. Cole also confirmed that his new CD will feature a collaboration from the legendary TLC on the song “Crooked Smile”. I’ve heard a clip of the song, minus TLC’s part, and it sounds really promising. It’s rumored that Lauryn Hill and Frank Ocean will be on the album as well, but that hasn’t been confirmed or denied yet. In regards to theBorn Sinner concept, here’s what J Cole had to say about it… “It’s not necessarily a church theme and it’s not really about church. I like my album themes to be metaphors because it gives me the freedom to speak about…

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