J. Cole
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J.I.D Explains Why He Signed with J. Cole & Dreamville
Whatever Dreamville has going on behind the scenes, it is absolutely working.
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J. Cole’s Advice to Swizz Beatz for How to Best Reach the Kids
Swizz Beatz is for the children, but not without a little help from J. Cole.
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Top Tier: Breaking Down Hip-Hop’s Current Big 5 Artists
Drake, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Travis Scott and Post Malone. That’s the list.
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5 Years After “Control,” Ranking the Relevancy of All 11 Rappers Kendrick Called Out
From Drake to Jay Electronica, we tracked the course of 11 careers since that game-changing verse five years ago.
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30 Best Hip-Hop and R&B Albums of 2018 (So Far), Ranked (Pt. 2)
It’s that time again.
03 Greedo, Albums, Astroworld, Beyoncé, Buddy, Cardi B, Care For Me, DAYTONA, Drake, Evidence, Future, Invasion Of Privacy, J. Cole, Janelle Monáe, Jay Rock, JAY-Z, Kali Uchis, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Kid Cudi, Leon Bridges, Lists, Mac Miller, Maxo Kream, Most Popular, Nipsey Hussle, No News Is Good News, Opinion, Phonte, Playboi Carti, Pusha-T, Ranked, Rejjie Snow, Rico Nasty, Roc Marciano, Saba, Sango, SiR, The Internet, Tierra Whack, Travis Scott, Westside Gunn -
The Sound of Silence: How the Quietest Albums Make the Loudest Noise
“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” —Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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The Art of the Coming-of-Age Album
From Kendrick Lamar to Lauryn Hill to Chance The Rapper, we break down the three essential elements of a coming-of-age album.
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Mac Miller Describes the Making of J. Cole-Produced “Hurt Feelings”
“I went to Hawaii. Cole sent over two beats.”
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Grand Opening, Grand Closing: The Best Intro & Outro Tracks From 10 of Our Favorite Rappers
From Kendrick Lamar to J. Cole, Drake to JAY-Z—here are the best opening and closing tracks from 10 rap superstars.
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J. Cole on Why He Signed J.I.D: “His Potential is GOAT Status”
“His potential is GOAT status.”
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Ari Lennox Praises the Creative Freedom J. Cole Provides at Dreamville
“He’s always pushing me to just believe in me more than I naturally believe in myself sometimes.”
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7 of 2018’s Biggest Rap Albums Mercifully Shortened to 7 Tracks
Drake, Cole, Cardi, Rocky, Sremm, Migos, and Rock get the seven-track treatment.