- 2021-05-18
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MUSIC
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J. Cole Releases New Album “The Off-Season”: Streaming
American rapper J. Cole released his sixth studio album “The Off-Season” on May 14, 2021.
The album comprises of 12-track, featuring guest appearances from Morray, 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Bas and 6lack. It is his first album since 2013's “Born Sinner” to contain guest features.
The album was executive produced by Cole, Ibrahim Hamad, and T-Minus.
On May 17th, he dropped a new music video for “a m a r i” directed by Mez for Heirs from the album.
J. Cole said of “The Off-Season” in documentary, “I had a mixtape called The Warm Up. At that time I was trying to get a deal. I felt like I was so close to getting a deal with somebody just because my music was good, I had a little bit of connections in the industry, but also, I had just graduated college. I was broke. I was struggling to pay my rent, I had no job and I was kind of being complacent, and then I had this realization.”- 135bv6GhD2M
He continued, “I was in a party. These niggas walk in the backyard, they come find me and they wanted to holla at me real quick. And it turned into an intervention. They were like, 'You say you want to do this music shit, but all you doing is partying!' and one part of me is like, 'Nigga, I'm with y'all! The fuck you talking about?,' but while they were talking, I sobered up quickly. It was almost like I was on stage.”
He said, “And at this point, I'm twenty-one years old and I'm like, 'Do you really want to look back twenty years later and know the reason you didn't make it in music is because you're not putting in the work?' And that's where the warm-up came from. Everyday I woke up, wrote verses, made beats and so, The Off-Season is the same concept. One more time before I leave, before I'm fulfilled in this game, let me try to reach a new height from a skill level standpoint.”
Also, he made his debut with the Patriots Basketball Club on May 16th and held his own on the court in the Basketball Africa League.
He finished with three points, three rebounds and two assists in just under 18 minutes of action as the Patriots, who are based in Kigali, Rwanda, took on the Rivers Hoopers Basketball Club.- source : SoundCloud
