December 3, 2009
Posted by nation
Third Time’s A Charm, Right?
As I was preparing this post, I got this cute little package from Columbia Records.
More below.
J. Cole’s The Warm Up is a solid fucking mixtape. It plays all the way through pretty much perfectly, and pound for pound has the most replay value I’ve heard in a long time. I feel like he’s still a bit slept on though, maybe it’s because of all the hype surrounding Jay signing him, but I’ve noticed that he tends to get overlooked because of it sometimes. As if the only people who should listen to his shit are Jay stans, and anyone else gets to pass to say “fuck the hype.” I’m looking forward to where he takes it with the album both on the lyrical side, but also because he has a good ear for beats and sounds, being a producer himself.
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“Lights Please” is on iTunes right now. There’s more though…
EGHCK!
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Make sure to pick this shit up when it drops next week. Clipse MP3s courtesy of ILLIONAIRE.
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December 3, 2009
it’s a blessing, to type a thousand comments in recession, with second guessing.
December 3, 2009
third time’s a charm Nation
after two classics another blog up on your arm baby
it’s a blessin’ to drop another site in a recession
with no second guessin.
December 3, 2009
Wha’ gwan Nation?
Glad you have this space to ‘do you’. Will be checking on a daily basis.
One
Soul C
Nah class of 2006/2007
London, UK
December 3, 2009
Good to see J. Cole sticking with a consistent production team to produce his album. It’s kind of funny how the entire concept of making a cohesive album is out the window nowdays…
December 3, 2009
J. Cole needs to watch out not to be pushed in the wrong direction by other ppl’s opinions. If he stays true to himself and sticks to what he knows best, I don’t see him fail!!!
The Warm up >_________
December 3, 2009
J.Cole: College Educated Southern Rapper with a Northern Flow. Great combination can’t wait for the Album
December 3, 2009
Please reveal to me the secrets of how you got a hard copy of The Warm-Up, I’ve been to J. Cole concerts and e-mailed numerous people since it’s drop in July….Please help me out and fill me in..
December 3, 2009
I dig his music … hella honest…
come to think of it, this is how it happend:
Im a nahright addict .. so i was reading the comment section not sure if it was DRE or NATION wrote something like ” J.cole is the only nigga i fuck with from the new school ” … so after the cosign i finally downloaded his mixtape.
Its legit … and i feel that he’s gona get allot better too.
December 3, 2009
@Brooklyn Strong aka The Elder
well said….
December 4, 2009
he needs to work on his stage show…son just screams a lot
December 4, 2009
I at first thought you got a laptop too haha
December 8, 2009
good stuff man, keep it going.
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