Yesterday, J.Cole unveiled the official artwork for his upcoming sophomore album ‘Born Sinner’. He also surprised us by revealing that he was pushing up the release date from June 25th to June 18th, the same day Kanye West and Mac Miller release their albums. Billboard were able to talk to Cole about his decision and why he wants to compete with Kanye’s ‘Yeezus’ album. Here is what he had to say:
“Instantly the lightbulb [turned on]… it got real. I made one phone call to somebody that would know, just to make sure first. As soon as I got it confirmed, I was like, ‘Yo…’ The idea hit me instantly: ‘You got to go to that date’. I’m not going to sit [here]… I worked too hard to come a week later after Kanye West drops an amazing album. It’d be like, ‘Oh and J.Cole dropped too, a week later.’ Nah. I’m going to go see him on that date. He’s the greatest. So it’s like, I’m a competitor by nature so it was instant, it wasn’t even a thought.”
“It’s a definite statement about how I feel about my album, which is confident. At the same time, let’s not forget this is Kanye West. He bets 100, 1,000, whatever the perfect is. His track record is flawless. I’m only expecting an incredible album from him. But I know what I have.”
Previously: J.Cole – Born Sinner Vlog #2 (Audio)
Here is the second installment of J.Cole’s ‘Born Sinner’ vlog series, will feature unique personally curated content each week leading up to the release of his highly anticipated sophomore album. This one has Kendrick Lamar talking about his childhood, J.Cole, advice from Jason Estrada, a conversation with Erykah Badu and more.
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Action Bronson and The Alchemist call up Shade 45 to chop it up with DJ Whoo Kid. Bronson talks about crowd surfing in Toronto, what rappers he is listening to now, his label situation, upcoming projects, his style of rap and more. Alchemist speaks on what albums he has coming up.
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Over the weekend, Hot 97′s Mister Cee was arrested in Brooklyn for trying to solicit a prostitute. Back in 2011, he plead guilty to loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution. This morning, he decided to make an appearance on Hot 97′s morning show to address everything. He denied reports that it was a male prostitute and says it was actually a female undercover cop that approached him. He goes on to say that he was a vicitm of a sting operation and continued to deny rumors of being gay. Mister Cee also talks about having a prostitution problem and says he is stepping away from Hot 97 for the time being to seek help.
Over at the other radio station, Power 105′s Charlamagne Tha God gave Mister Cee aka Calvin Lebrun the Donkey Of The Day.
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Cassie calls up Shade 45 to chop it up with DJ Whoo Kid for a quick interview. She talks about her new mixtape ‘RockaByeBaby’, working with Wiz Khalifa, being the face of Forever 21 and much more.
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After Power 99′s Springfest, Juelz Santana sat down with Mina SayWhat for a quick chat. He starts things off by revealing that his new mixtape ‘All We Got Is Us’ will be dropping on April 29th, which will be followed by ‘God Willn 2′ mixtape at the top of the summer and ‘Born To Lose Built To Win’ album in 4th quarter. He also talks about Dipset reunion, Waka Flocka dissing Gucci Mane, Vado signing to We The Best and more.
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Earlier today, Drake made his way to EVR to appear on the Keep It Thoro show and gave an interesting interview. He talks about his upcoming album ‘Nothing Was The Same’ and the recording process for it. He also speaks on his recent releases ‘Started From The Bottom’ and ’5AM In Toronto’. Drake also speaks on working with 2 Chainz and Future on new material, the controversy over Rick Ross’ lyrics, the OVO brand, moving to Los Angeles, Lil Wayne’s health scare and much more. He also lets us know that we will be getting new music from him next week.
Moving on, Drake talks about his current relationship with The Weeknd and addresses rumors of them having issues. Drizzy also let us know that he has no problems with Pusha T. Finally, he broke his silence about the beef with Chris Brown and sent some shots at him as well as a small jab at Rihanna.
“His insecurities are the reason I make better music than him…I’m more popping than him…At one point the woman he loves fell into my lap and I did what a real nigga would do and treated her with respect.”
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Earlier today, Swizz Beatz called up Hot 97 and spoke to Ebro and K Foxx about the latest Jay-Z record ‘Open Letter’. He describes how the record came about and speaks on Timbaland and Trey Songz’s contributions.
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This morning, Rocko called up Hot 97′s Ebro and K Foxx for a quick chat. He talks about Rick Ross’ lyrics on ‘U.O.E.N.O.’ and salutes him but says he decided to take him off the record so that it can continue to grow on the radio. He goes on to mention that he has received 6 verses from several big names, one of them being Young Jeezy. He still hasn’t decided who is going to make the final cut but according to a recent tweet, there may be more than one remix coming. Fianlly, he talks about Future and Ciara’s relationship and his previous relationship with Monica. ‘Seeing Is Believing’ album coming soon.
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While out in DC on his ‘Dreams Come True’ tour, Meek Mill stopped by 93.9 WKYS for an interview. First off, he talks about his upcoming ‘Dreamchasers 3′ mixtape and reveals that Akon, Jadakiss, Future, Rick Ross and more will appear on it. He then goes on to talk about his upcoming novel ‘Tony Story’ and addresses rumors that he was charging people for pictures and that he was trying to get with Blac Chyna.
Finally, he speaks on Rick Ross’ controversial lyrics on ‘U.O.E.N.O.’ and his response was surprising. He says he doesn’t care that people are criticizing Ross for the line and calls the people who are coming at him ‘weirdos’. He also mentions that drugs, killing and violence were always mentioned in Rap music and calls it ‘imaginary visual’.
‘If a writer write about somebody getting raped in a movie, that mean he a rapist or he want girls to get raped? No he just wrote about that in a movie.’
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