J Cole on Self Producing Cole World, Lost Ones, Jay-Z being hands off

www.hardknock.tv Exclusive in-depth interview with J Cole! Part 2 starts with Cole talking about the title of the debut album "Cole World -- The Sideline Story" and how it came about. The album has evolved from when we first interviewed Cole almost 3 years ago from having NO ID producing most of it to Cole producing most of it. Cole wants to have 15 songs saying Miseducation of Lauryn Hill has 15, Kanye's College Drop out has 15, even though Jay-Z wants 14.
Cole addresses the criticism that he should work with more mainstream producers saying he has something to prove about his own production. He would rather go out swinging on his own than go ask Swizz Beatz for a radio record. No diss to Swizz intended. How can you knock a man for trying to take control of his own destiny??
Cole says that he has been producing since day 1 and tells the story of the first song he ever did saying he did the beat from one of his Moms cd and wrote the story to that. He was 15 and the song is called The Storm.
Cole says that he appreciates Jay-Z being hands off and its Jay'z respect for Cole's artistic vision that has allowed Cole to do his own thing.
As the conversation moves along Cole speaks on the High and Lows of the journey, which has been the making of Cole World- The Sideline Story.
Speaking of frustrations he says that the leak of Lost Ones hurt cause the song wasn't finished and he wanted fans to hear it with in context of the whole album but at the end of the day Cole says his destiny is his destiny and he doesn't see leaks hurting him.
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[@shaqloco7671]

One of the few rappers that actually self produce well

[@StupidxDope]

his rhymes at age 15 even go hard...damn.

[@michaels.8244]

Damn Cole sounded like a young Em on that track ..

[@MrKtmvideo]

Yeah he did

[@killeveryvenue]

He says that in his interviews lately cause everyone thinks He took shots at em, He said "man my first song sounded like an eminem bite" lol

[@ColeworldFlow]

Lost Ones ALWAYS gives me the chills.. The song is definitely the realest song I have heard in a long ass time..

[@hardknocktv]

@kvothug Its called THE STORM its the first song Cole wrote and produced at age of 15.

[@d704d]

Respect to an artist that's so tied into the feel of albums still. Illmatic wouldn't have been the same record to me if I had heard some of the songs leaked like the internet does today. And not running to radio tied producer - keeping to self. Sounds like Cole has a damn firm grip on the way allot of us think the game should be.

[@njakasqakarell16]

part 2 ; leegooooo

[@MichaelCobbs]

Nice interview

[@416Makaveli]

i am DYEINGGGGG to hear this shit.... Cole has an amazing way of connecting with his fans. He shows that he himself is a huge fan of this Rap shit, and he wants to give everyone what he was looking for when he was younger. BIG UP

[@Ahoto_papa_bi]

Did you hear it?

[@Annemae77]

He's from the same city I'm from Fayetteville NC!! Can't wait till his album comes out

[@hardknocktv]

@alessandreezy @converseshoeboy our apologize to the fans who didn't want to hear it! since its our favorite song we wanted to share a bit of it to give fans a taste. like Cole mentioned in the interview for those that have heard it, its good to share their excitement with others cause it helps build the anticipation for the album. for those of u that are waiting for album to drop to hear it, you have our RESPECT! at the end of the day we are on the same team. COLEWORLD -THE SIDELINE STORY 9/27

[@dikshan11]

One of the realest rapper in the game!

[@alessandreezy]

@hardknocktv props on replying sensibly, a rarity on youtube. my 1st post was harsh i admit. but keep up the good work. cole world.

[@Chinique430]

I respect this dude! Can't wait till Sept. 27th

[@Stylisticent]

J. Cole is high on my list of artists to work with when I finally make it...

[@henryleonardo3544]

Why you stopped fam?

[@jramirez31890]

JCOLE MAN, SO HUMBLE SO DRIVEN, TALENTED HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE THIS GUY!!! BORN SINNER CANT WAIT

[@djmix369]

Its ok leak or not im buyin da album! thanx for showin these interviews man I watch all night whenever I see J.cole apart of the title!

[@TheRealRALI]

Very much so, his mixtape "Before The Come Up" (Where the "The Storm" is on; on Datpiff) has a consistent amount of tracks where he sounds like him in an incredible fashion.

[@BeautyByMonicaElise]

love lost ones! and cheer up!

[@bitlord000]

Whoops, Cole under pressure now what that make diamonds.

[@IAMDJSAUNA]

friday night lights is a classic!

[@pnoyboy254]

i hold off when it comes to leaks. i wait to listen to the album in full length.

[@alldaycj]

im loving cole...I hope he makes collabs with Cla Dice soon..Im loving cla dice new single "miami way". but cole is one of my favorite artist,im still waitng on hiis next album.

[@AsianAmericanHipHop]

i cant believe "the Storm" by J cole is that first beat and rap he did at 15 thats amazing

[@Itaintwhatyouheard]

Haa his metaphors are dope in an interview too

[@highlifesocietytv]

did anybody else notice he kept reaching his hand in his jacket lol #ColeWorld

[@RyanC11]

@CableMayo haha. yo i havent copped an album for a while. definitely gonna support Cole

[@sprinx99]

I LOVE J. COLE OMG I CANT WAIT!!!!

[@hardknocktv]

@alessandreezy eazy there bro. its just a SNIPPET. we didn't leak the song!

[@youngm.a.r.s2614]

It’s the what if part that gets me every time I think about Cole putting out FNL as an album instead of a mixtape. Don’t get me wrong I love Sideline Story and I think that album has some amazing songs on there, but the emotional attachment that I have with FNL is quite heavy and I feel Cole would’ve had a classic debut album with FNL, like Kendrick with GKMC. The question of how many classic studio albums does Cole have wouldn’t even exist because FNL would be undeniably a classic studio album in Cole’s catalog followed by 2014 FHD. Some think that Cole don’t even have 1 classic studio album, regardless of the success that FHD had. Me personally, I think that FHD is his classic album, but I often throw FNL in there too even though I know it’s a mixtape, but with album qualities.

[@alexrydercarter]

his song from when he was 15. he sounded like eminem. his flow was epic since back then. love that song

[@AyooSteezyMike]

I know my album gon ship,but it gona sail? Hell yeah it is Cole World:The Sidline Story is boutta make history!

[@iiZBeatz]

hip-hop will see a king again j .Cole!

[@sayElectronica]

Who knew Cole was a Stan. XP ( + )

[@HoodStyles2]

@hiphopfan180 The song that samples Reflection Eternal's Ballad of the Black Gold is called Return of Simba by J. Cole. It's been out for weeks already.

[@hardknocktv]

@jamasterj25786 Part 3 will be up Thursday July 14th!!!

[@vanessaoquendo3547]

hardknocktv Thanks dude!

[@stevens809cm]

J.Cole Ma nigaa!

[@g00dstuff101]

Cole World!

[@ryansekou]

the stormmmmm is a ill song

[@papagibbles]

Work Out is getting spins on the radio. Once the video is released it'll REALLY take off. His second single, produced by Danja, will be a BIG hit. Cole World.

[@bitlord000]

Cole under pressure now what they ma

[@alessandreezy]

@hardknocktv i appreciate these interviews, best in a long time, but like many other Cole fans I've been purposefully avoiding listening to Lost Ones. Just can't understand the logic of using the song, especially after you specifically talked to him in person about how much he hates leaks! I'm pretty sure if you'd asked Cole during this interview if you could post a snippet of Lost Ones,even 5 seconds of it, in the video he wouldn't have liked it. Apart from that great interview.

[@jstuy1]

I love how he dresses simple even doe he wearing name brand shit he still keeping it simple!

[@BlackExcellenceProductions]

Cole just dropped a song called Grew Up Fast. Shit is like crazy as shit

[@MackB.]

Only Album I Will Actually Purchase In Store Releases 9/27/11

[@TheMoGuL95]

i hope he does good numbers in the first week........it'll be great if he did like 300-400 thousand.i know it's gona be a CLASSIC

[@jvlisse]

@hiboyjc its J. Cole . the first song he mentioned he did when he was 15 . it's called Storm .

[@acranimbeats]

where does lost ones start and end so i can skip it, i dont wanna hear it till the album comes out

[@2781218]

@239Tav already did..listen to "looking for trouble" Cole Crushed Em ALL

[@Ronc224]

WHATS GOOD BIG BRA WE GOT TO DO THAT SONG MY NIGGA GIVE ME A CALL MAN IM READY TO GET SHIT STARTED STAY GRINDIN J

[@MrSmarty2010]

Cole got hops damn

[@gabrielmanzanet3325]

O.o He does

[@thetextphantom215]

We gotta get up. Im real underground.

[@popcornfart17]

i haven't heard lost ones yet and not going to till the album drops.. @ 13:35 please tell me that's not lost ones!!

[@CONSTANTGARDENERTV]

Cole World

[@wynniwalker4198]

jcole is so fine

[@TriinaG]

listen to him at 15? HOLYYYY

[@Akuma2unlimited]

Songs always get leaked. The only way you can stop that shit is to keep those tracks locked up in the studio and not dropping it till the day it's time for it to be heard. But even then your songs get leaked. Just something you can't stop.

[@lilmannorcross54]

So fucking true. Friday night lights was easily an album.

[@zagfan10]

@JuicypopXX i was just saying that i would buy the cd no matter what he called it.. i knew it wasn't out then but it sure as hell is now haha

[@alessandreezy]

@Desmond3597 because the interviews ARE actually good. but i admit it was harsh comment, but true cole fans would understand me when i say I was pissed coz I had been purposefully avoiding listening to lost ones!

[@MichaelIreroa]

Weren't there like 5 or 6 skits/intro on it?

[@pepejg7]

just Wondering how many ppl couldnt help it and had to click on LOST ONES and if the album leakes im a still buy it Couse i support real HIPHOP

[@zakonken93]

what is that song before the second commercial?

[@EJordans23]

he was extaclty eminem when he was callled therapist. here look up Therapist ( J. Cole)- I Can Bus and Therapist dj meddafore freestyle.

[@thejohncenafan100]

if u send an album or song to a radio station or what ever to promote your song or album, then it could happen that the song or album get leaked by someone of the ppl who work at the radiostation.

[@NUM13ER5]

college dropout had 21 including skits. 15 SONGS and 5 SKITS

[@YourWife2008]

@danasht And girls! lol Can't not wait for his album, I'm buying two. J.Cole from my hood, I feel like I'm watching my family on the rise.

[@CurlyGangster12345]

@missedmystep i have been sayin for the last 2 months that big sean, kendrick lamar, and j cole is the future of hip-hop.. 2 down, now ready for j cole to do his thing.. much more promising for hip hop than the past couple years

[@dawoudmatti9127]

You were right my man

[@jhe4321]

wats the name of the song in the beginning with j cole

[@mamarutnielsen1380]

If nowadays come ups would've been destroyed just by saying Jay's or nas's first albums didn't sale, simpler times.... Cole world!!

[@Jararhussain]

wheres part 3?

[@AlphaAccount]

@shahinur95 Personally, I hate when I hear random snippets of songs before the album is released. The artist probably wants you to hear the album from beginning to end; the way it was intended to be heard. Leaks could also result in less sales. I know people who will just download a crapload of leaked songs and not buy the album. And I'm sure it's annoying when your stuff gets leaked and people say "it sucks" when it is actually an unfinished/unpolished track.

[@philly215ty]

he is just so fucking raw im 19 an id rather listen 2 Jay Z Canibus ya know old school shit an i just feel like he is just a very good rapper

[@jayswag92]

Did he really produce the entire Cole world?

[@TaylorGangNZL]

shot gee

[@Fresher2nudope]

@alessandreezy to mayb get ppl to download ?

[@Yungsavkoldkilla530]

What song is that at 3:21 ?

[@mrwardy7]

i tink j.cole n black milk wud b lethal on a track 2geder!!

[@catz245]

In the interview he says he doesn't want his fans to hear "Lost One's" yet and right after that they play part of "Lost One's" Really???

[@iknowbest12]

realist rapper alive

[@MrReman23]

Yo, that's truth!! "Cole World" is something mediocre; The Sideline Story made it perfect. At first I didn't like it and I thought it should be just "Cole World" but now I GET IT!!

[@hiboyjc]

what's the song at 8:17 ?

[@shzntt]

When i realized i was hearing Lost Ones, i immediately pressed pause and screamed "F**K". and didn't finish watching the interview. COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2011.

[@Jararhussain]

he sounded kinda like em on the storm

[@MrReman23]

Except the track with Drake

[@henryleonardo3544]

It’s 2020 what if he were to drop something like Hall of Fame going back to that Friday Night Lights sound...

[@758BYRDGANG]

The Storm is classic for a 15 year old

[@benthekid13]

@alessandreezy im a huge fan im buying the album and ive had it on repeat lol

[@zagfan10]

@JuicypopXX I knew that, but it is now

[@jontizo]

J COLE ALLL DAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dsjj251]

#COLEWORLD

[@Hokagebam]

I don't see yall whining bout film trailers >_> #COLEWORLD!!!

[@dq303]

@jhe4321 in the mournin?? u must be livin under a rock

[@SwagQuest]

In the song when he was 15 he sounded like Eminem.

[@Skateorwait17]

He def sounded like eminem when he was younger

[@TaylorGangNZL]

Dont listen to that much J Cole but whats the song called at 3:32 :)

[@kiasmith3458]

Nathan nahtaN. its who dat

[@blakester64]

what is that eminem song?

[@CloverDaKid]

Lost Ones Was A Nice Ass Song

[@MikeyChristian901]

College Dropout had 21 songs on it, i got the CD right next to me, and Lauryn Hill's album had 14 songs. Somebody's facts are messed up