J. Cole is still on the road as part of Drake's It's All A Blur – Big as the What? Tour, and tease more music leading up to the expected The Fall-Off album.
The boss of Dreamville has released its second version Might Delete Later, Vol. 2 vlog recapping his travels on Monday (March 18), which includes an unreleased track featuring Cole rapping like he's behind on his rent.
Right at the five-minute mark, the scene changes to Cole riding his bike and belting out some rhymes over the impressive production. “I go to bed at night praying to God release the stress/ Now I'm on the G4 jets across the seas to decompress/ My recent texts, how much do you believe? Um, decent guess/ They go, 'Cole, who you gonna kill next?'” he raps.
Another part of it Smack DVDThe inspired content finds J. Cole reflecting on the early days of being signed to Roc Nation circa '09, when he just wanted to create a classic body of work regardless of commercial success.
However, Jay-Z had other ideas. “When I first signed with Jay, all I wanted to do was drop a classic. That sh– could have sold 3,000,” Cole recalled. “But it must be one Illmatic. I just signed to Jay and this n—a was like, “Nah, you're not putting the album out until you get some hits.”
“I had to do trials and errors for a year and a half, two years. “Training,” I squeezed in at the last minute. This was an unnatural space for me. Even if you hear it, I can't even hear that sh–back.”
Cole released a pair of mixtapes (The warm-up and Friday Night Lights) before delivering his Cole World: The Sideline Story debut album in 2011. The LP debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 218,000 album units sold in its first week.
Might Delete Later, Vol. 2 features cameos from many of Jermaine's rap peers including Central Cee, Drake, Benny the Butcher, Lil Yachty and meeting Sexyy Red for the first time.
There is additional footage of Cole in the studio where he reveals that there have been “six iterations of this album” in relation to The Fall-Offwhich fans can expect sometime later this year.
I'm watching Might Delete Later, Vol. 2 below.
