It's no coincidence that all the greatest rappers - whoever you put in your top five - I guarantee you they a great storyteller.
J. ColeI don't like to think of it as being fired. Instead, I prefer to think of it as being on indefinite leave with a sabbatical flair.
J. ColeI just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a rapper. I'm successful. I make money. That's all that matters.' But there's a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you're aware of it, it's happening.
J. ColeI'm a super-duper over-analyzer. You mix that with self-doubt and pressure, and that's never healthy.
J. ColeWhen composing music, I just start spilling things out and then wait until they take form, you know what I mean, until I see like a common thread or something.
J. ColeMy real dream is to have a whole, like, buy a whole piece of land. Imagine, like, a long driveway. Like, a cul de sac-type street, with maybe, like, seven houses. Me be right here. Have my mom be able to be right here. My brother over here. My girl's grandmother and family right here. Friends over there. That's my real dream.
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