J. Cole - Work Out

New track from J. Cole courtesy of his website, DreamVillian. Off of Cole's upcoming, Cole World album. It's really cool that Cole dropped this for free.

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Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower (Prod. By J. Cole) (Video)

New video for Kendrick Lamar's single, HiiiPower produced by J. Cole. HiiiPower is off of Lamar's upcoming Section.80 project. Purchase the single now on iTunes.

J. Cole - Return Of Simba (Prod. By Elite & J. Cole)

Cole dropped this earlier via his DreamVillian site. Dope track and I'm especially digging the sample. If I'm not mistaken, it samples the Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Runaway" which also happens to be the same one that Laws used for "Runaway".

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Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower (Prod. By J. Cole)

As he promised, Kendrick Lamar dropped a new single from his upcoming Section.80 project, release date is still TBD. J. Cole on production.

UPDATE: I wasn't aware this was available on iTunes so now it's just a stream and an iTunes link.

Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPoWeR Prod by J.Cole #Section80 by TopDawgENT

Buy: iTunes

XV - SmallVille (Prod. By J. Cole)

Another new Vizzy track but this time he gets some assistance from J. Cole on the beat.

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Best G.O.O.D. Friday Tracks Thus Far

12 weeks into G.O.O.D. Friday and Kanye has blessed us with ton of good music (pun intended). Not every track is great or even worth a second listen but surprisingly enough, I think 8 of these 12 tracks are still getting played in my iPod. So I present you with what I believe is the top 8 G.O.O.D. Friday tracks, in no particular order.

Power Remix ft. Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

So Appalled ft. RZA, Jay-Z, Pusha-T, Swizz Beatz, & CyHi Da Prince

Monster ft. Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Nikki Minaj, & Bon Iver

Don't Look Down ft. Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, and Big Sean

CRS - Don't Stop!

Looking For Trouble ft. Pusha-T, CyHi Da Prince, Big Sean, & J. Cole

The Joy ft. Pete Rock, Jay-Z, Charlie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield, & Kid CuDi

G.O.O.D. Friday ft. Common, Pusha-T, Kid CuDi, Big Sean, & Charlie Wilson

J. Cole - Friday Night Lights (Mixtape)

The wait is over, here is the 3rd official mixtape from J. Cole. Released at 12am tonight, Friday Night Lights boasts production from Elite, Syience, and J. Cole himself. Guest performances include, Drake, Wale, and more.

Before I'm Gone

You Got It ft. Wale

In The Morning ft. Drake

Download: Mediafire

Tracklist:

01. Friday Night Lights (Intro)

02. Too Deep For The Intro

03. Before I'm Gone

04. Back To The Topic (Freestyle)

05. You Got It ft. Wale

06. Villematic

07. Enchanted ft. Omen

08. Blow UP

09. Higher

10. In The Morning ft. Drake

11. 2Face

12. The Autograph

13. Best Friend

14. Cost Me A Lot

15. Premeditated Murder

16. Home For The Holidays

17. Love Me Not

18. See World

19. Farewell

20. Kanye West ft. J. Cole, Pusha T, Big Sean & CyHi Da Prynce - Looking For Trouble (Bonus)

J. Cole - In The Morning ft. Drake

Cole just can't wait to get this music out. This will be on Friday Night Lights coming out at midnight tonight. Production by L&X Music.

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J. Cole - You Got It ft. Wale

Cole just released this via his website www.dreamvillian.net and announced over Twitter. I guess he just couldn't wait for everybody to hear it.

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J. Cole - Before I'm Gone

J. Cole tweeted he'd release the full version at Midnight this morning and sure enough, he did. First single from his Friday Night Lights mixtape coming out 11/12/2010.

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J. Cole - Purple Rain

Leftover track from his upcoming Friday Night Lights mixtape, coming out 11/12/2010.

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Kanye West - Looking For Trouble ft. Pusha T, Big Sean, CyHi Da Prince, and J. Cole

Either yesterday or the day before, Kanye was asked on UStream when he would work with J. Cole. Kanye responded, "I don't know when, maybe I'll get him on a GOOD Friday track or something." Two days later, here it is. That's power.

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J. Cole - Before I'm Gone (Snippet)

Here is a snippet from Before I'm Gone from his upcoming mixtape Friday Night Lights dropping 11/12/2010.

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Artist Spotlight: J. Cole

You may have heard of J. Cole, you may have not, but you will. As the first artist signed to Jay-Z's label Roc Nation. Jay-Z said he signed Cole after hearing the track "Lights, Please" off of J. Cole's mixtape, The Come Up. After being signed, J. Cole appeared on Jay-Z's "A Star is Born" from The Blueprint 3 and proceeded to tour with Jay. Jermaine Cole was actually born in Germany but before the age of 1, he moved to Fayetteville, NC and graduated from St. John's University and graduated magna cum laude. He's currently gearing up to release Friday Night Lights on 11/12/2010 and he's also working on his debut album Cole World which is due out in February 2011. I don't have The Come Up but I did post his mixtapes The Warm Up (official) and The Blow Up (unofficial) which contains unreleased tracks from J. Cole.

Who Dat (off The Blow Up)

Lights, Please (off The Warm Up)

Unabomber (off the The Blow Up)

Higher (off of The Blow Up)

Show Me Something (off The Warm Up)

Grown Simba (off The Warm Up)

The Blow Up

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The Warm Up

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J. Cole - I'm Coming Home (Reference Track)

This is a reference track for the Dirty Money track, "I'm Coming Home" off of Last Train (Wreck) To Paris.

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