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'm already hot, you could say I'm pre-heated. If money talks, mine's telling your's to 'be seated
J. ColeI'll be dammed if I sit around another year, Dreamin' dreams hopin' somehow that they just appear.
J. ColeThe thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.
J. ColeIn my mind, New York was the place where they had the underground rap shows and I could get in on some ciphers and just rap. This whole fantasy world I had created in my head about New York just from listening to the music my whole life, like, I'ma go up there and do that. But when I came up here, there was none of that, that scene was dead.
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