J. Cole - LA Leakers Freestyle | Rhymes Highlighted

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[@iiyasariihd7080]

GOAT IS BACK

[@-0Peanut0-]

*Ville

[@judahtheodor]

Never left

[@seksi.superstar]

@@judahtheodor 😂😂😂

[@ERIC44424]

Nowadays everyone is the GOAT it seems

[@seksi.superstar]

@@ERIC44424 yeah

[@policari1349]

The best flow freestyle I’ve ever head, the rhyming scheme that actually has sense with it, omg.

[@jacobpearlman9266]

Agreed only one i can compare this too is black thoughts 10 min freestyle, that shit blows my mind every single time i listen😂

[@Jack-ld4ys]

@@jacobpearlman9266 Royce’s la leakers freestyle and Oswin Benjamin’s Sway in the morning freestyle are up there too💯

[@fessouy9659]

It's not really a freestyle he prepared it but it's still dope tho

[@just-a-guy9857]

@@fessouy9659how would anyone even know that or not know that obviously there is times where u can tell but I mean really it’s just unknown sometimes he said the past three years he been working on his craft lyrically wise doing 7 minute drill freestyles and stuff maybe we just seeing the fruits of his labor

[@fessouy9659]

@@just-a-guy9857 I think that he prepared it but if he didn't props to him. Never heard a freestyle as good as that since juice wrld on eminem beats

[@MEETMagazine]

He started off his verse with the same rhyme pattern as Inspectah Deck on House Of Flying Daggers.

[@ronspitzer9974]

So that’s why he wrote same flow that put your neck to sword

[@Quis2TheCity]

Both of these comments need more recognition for yrs to come. I never would’ve caught either one if it weren’t for y’all. Now I have a deeper appreciation for Cole and this freestyle.

[@krampusk5699]

@@Quis2TheCity that's true man. Greater appreciation was gained

[@bassismydrug1]

He also riff's on this flow from the original "Kids get broke for their skins when I'm in Close range, I throws game at your dip Like handball, 'cause the man's all that All phat, I be the chill from 93 'til"

[@LucaLight]

Maybe a stretch but also, "this is chess check ya board" might be referencing wu tang

[@LifeTheRapper]

This freestyle was better an almost every rappers career, like wtf cole come on, you can’t do them like that💀🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@LawOfFour]

@@unclegardener nope

[@sahir3733]

Black thought 😔👍

[@vladimirdodig6813]

@@unclegardener he top 3 today and top 10 all time

[@sahir3733]

@Cole world stfu your name is cole world pretty biased. Black thought is the OG veteran don't question him

[@sahir3733]

@Cole world why not talk about them? He said almost all rappers' careers. That excludes Black Thought but why not speak about them? And I am 18 bruh

[@nx47]

Bruh, cole lit up the game with just a freestyle and interlude teaser 🔥

[@user-de3jk8kj3h]

This is how you should promote a album 🔥

[@proofelm22two19]

yesssss. THE REAL IS BACK THE VILLE IS BACK

[@dr.phylisphical9294]

Just g.o.a.t things

[@BreakingBadFan2008]

And yet Kendrick is still going to have album of the year when he drops. Cole World, indeed

[@twotoke2569]

this isn't a freestyle

[@user-um5jv9ht1r]

He is just at his prime and the album gon be lit af

[@matthews1029]

his last bar before he stopped rapping tells me otherwise he said “how come a nigga still ain’t his prime” before he cut himself off which leads me to believe we’ll probably get another album or two before he maxes out

[@ChivasBarcelonaMex]

@@matthews1029 He's too humble to admit he's the best he's ever been.

[@user-um5jv9ht1r]

@@matthews1029 i really hope you are correct but in my opinion he just transfers some other people's words according to whom he should've hit his prime years ago, when he was in his 20's.

[@Will-bn9km]

@@matthews1029 Hes dropping two more projects before he stops for a while. It's a Boy and The Fall Off. They may not drop this year but they're the last two hes dropping before he takes a break.

[@sunnydee7745]

Idk why people judge an artist by age and label them prime or not. Young or old, the lyrics were always fire and it won't stop. No such thing as prime in the rap game imo. As if its a sport lol

[@omsable5296]

"next please, eat rappers, mm check please" "check the score this is chess, better check your board" sheeshh

[@colinreid6872]

Without A Shadow Of A Doubt!!., - Precisely!!., - Exactly!!.

[@booradley6673]

“Check your board” goes even deeper because it sounds like “checker board” where chess is played. Cole went off

[@omsable5296]

@@booradley6673 yea i know but i think youre a bit wrong. checkers and chess two different games and thats the double entendre here. its not checkers "this is chess" "check your board" but also "check" in chess is where you check the king.

[@wheredhego47]

Now THIS was vicious.

[@booradley6673]

@@omsable5296 didn’t consider that. Good catch

[@jorisboerboom4187]

' you're two ever, times two that's forever' WTF J.Cole is just insane how does he do it Edit: It might be a bit of a hot take, but i like this freestyle more than almost every song on The Off-season (even though i really like the whole album) mainly because there werent really songs with a high tempo like this, and it could just be me but the songs didnt soudn as packed with rhymes as this freestyle

[@wizzymanjr8935]

Just cole being cole

[@ragemode8806]

Bro that BLEEEW MY MIND MAAAAN ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Daniel954612]

U should listen to 22 2's by Jay-Z, I promise it's worth every second, once u hear it, u will know why I said it, but yes, Cole the Godddd

[@amanshanker359]

I didnt get the two ever line, help please?

[@chubbycham8402]

@@amanshanker359 same

[@ahnafisBEAST]

How tf did he do that

[@xclusivelytb5175]

Hes j cole🤷🏾‍♂️🤣

[@unclebob2792]

he is one of a kind rapper. this level of intellect, very unique, like 95 or 98 BIG L

[@waluigi521]

I mean it wasn't off the top he wrote it before

[@Assassin-pg5gb]

Yeah most must be written still sick delivery

[@bakermilton98]

@@waluigi521 Just because you can't do something doesn't mean someone else can't.

[@yamithepoet6531]

That bar " Out in queens with the fiends, I'm your highness " 🔥🔥🔥

[@kuyonza94]

Because fiends get high...ooh snap🔥🔥🔥

[@tylergreen5732]

Also his artist Bas, is from Queens and his fanbase is called the Fiends

[@zachmcnamara4376]

"Hardest shit out the south since slavery" is such a badass line

[@cheekybananaboy3361]

not really, im pretty sure he just accidentally called slavery good by saying his "shit" was the "hardest"

[@zachmcnamara4376]

@@cheekybananaboy3361 He's saying he's tougher than slavery, you fucking goof

[@cheekybananaboy3361]

@@zachmcnamara4376 i know what he means but i think the wording is kinda dumb. he said slavery itself is hard, that doesnt really make sense. BEING a slave is hard but he didnt say that. its like saying "im the hardest shit since the holocaust 😎" like bruh what yeah being in the holocaust was probably pretty damn hard but even if thats what you meant it isnt what you said 🤨 i mean i love the freestyle its one of the best ive ever heard i just think that line is stupidly worded and funny lol

[@denimdowntothesocks4245]

@@cheekybananaboy3361 🤡🤓

[@cheekybananaboy3361]

@@denimdowntothesocks4245 spam clown emojis all you want at least i know proper grammar lol

[@johnwall2wizards]

One of the greatest verses in hip hop history. It seems so effortless and free but when you break it down it’s unbelievably precise and technical

[@ThatRedHeadedMenace]

Anyone else feel extremely inspired after hearing Cole rap like this? Makes me wanna get back to releasing my own music again.

[@visdarfrankas]

already on it, dude is just inspiration concentrated

[@cwill8836]

Please dont

[@wheredhego47]

Cole is one of those rappers that infects me with 'Rhymia' everytime. Now I have to spend the rest of my life trying not to look insane, cooking rhymes in my mind all day everyday.

[@helendelisle8914]

Hearing the freestyles made me make more progress in the story I’m writing.

[@2shea671]

@@helendelisle8914 fr same here ironically think it some science behind it because I stopped smoking weed for 3 months haven’t been able to write bars I heard this freestyle got inspired to write at least 4-5 bars short but still good I was having brain farts for a min

[@lipsynchthis]

J Cole. This freestyle is.... Everything that art could ever be. Thank you sir.

[@g77222]

This is ULTRA INSTINCT of RAP.

[@nathanroman6566]

Fuck that’s such a good way of putting it. It’s like his mind is preordaining schemes and clever punches seven moves in advance before he even gets there. Most mere mortals can only think one or two steps ahead.

[@johnroux8773]

It's so easy to forget that THIS WAS A FREESTYLE!!!

[@eyreika4040]

its not off the dome tho not hating just saying, freestyles are written especially in live shows

[@braylon4125]

@@eyreika4040 parts of it were

[@yanhuawei3]

It’s written but still dope

[@frey576]

Freestyle but ain't off the dome, written as hell. It's aight tho

[@kalethejerk4045]

@@braylon4125 you don’t know that lol, this whole thing is obviously a preprepared verse. And that’s fine, it’s a freestyle. But specifically what parts were off the top of his head?

[@Cannelloni_7]

Hope the Album will be heat like this freestyle

[@nomecognome8737]

if he gon rap, yes, if he tries to be drake, hell no

[@JXHNDRX]

It might not but im hoping. In 2019 he dropped Album of the Year freestyle and KOD wasn't like it at all

[@sk83rb0y1323]

It was alright

[@area2378]

*the shit predicted in my raps, i done did that* pretty much offseason to me

[@davidlodico6367]

This album is gonna be 🔥🔥🔥

[@VolComEdits]

You can see how Cole has put time into the pen. Dude has actually got even better.

[@jayrahvisions]

Lol nah bro this is the Friday Night Lights and The Warm Up mixtape flow. Cole been spittin like this.

[@ashxc]

@@jayrahvisions no he hasn't. 15 years ago, he was wack. but 15 years is a long time, so i'm glad i can finally LIKE his music rather than just respect it.

[@treztyles6830]

@@ashxc nah you definitely tripping this is legit the Warm Up and FNL type flows. That nigga BEEN COLD

[@boodie4853]

@@treztyles6830 yeah you right, peep dead presidents 2, man’s been got it, I play ball 7x a week and everyday, I put FNL, TWU, and the Off Season in my airpods, and when I compare the rhyme schemes and his pen game, it did definitely improve and change, but something about his style just makes you feel like everytime you bump his shit, it’s makes you feel like “yeah, I’m listening to cole, and he coming for the record’s neck🔥”

[@varunvudupa1694]

That Bill Cosby bar in the next freestyle 🔥😳

[@Just_Tyree]

Bruhh just off how slept on Cole is, that line hit hard as bitch

[@ashtreylil1]

That was the hardest bar to me 🤮

[@ashxc]

@@Just_Tyree slept on? where? he is one of the most overrated rappers, along with kendrick and kanye. yeah, i said it.

[@Just_Tyree]

@@ashxc imo i believe he the best out right now, but their so much J cole hate out there

[@ashxc]

@@Just_Tyree who are you comparing him to?

[@abdelm4lek]

The amount of heat and energy I felt in his freestyle is impecable, Can't wait for the Off-season !!

[@NLzARN]

The real is back, the 'Ville is back.

[@ShakeDiceAndKissIt24]

Flow bananas, here peel this back

[@suhai8830]

I will never accept the fact that Cole actually delivered such insane rhyme scheme in just a freestyle 🤯

[@sue3timez575]

Gonna look back at this 5 years from now... "Damn, remember when cole wasn't retired?... Good times... "

[@mishbishmashpotatoes8463]

One of the best freestyles I have ever heard. This man is a LEGEND

[@reeeeeeee-e2g]

That "next please" is just iconic.

[@idk-vr3fs]

Bro I been sleeping on Cole this shit go hard asf!

[@colinreid6872]

Without A Shadow Of A Doubt!!., - Precisely!!., - Exactly!!.

[@ashxc]

name some songs of his that are comparable to the two "freestyles."

[@awonkemsutu3866]

Lmao as I listened to this freestyle yesterday and heard all the pockets that Cole was fitting into I could already imagine all the rhyme highlighting channels working on this freestyle but I didn't t think you'd drop it this fast😅 Anyways fire content as usual 🔥💪🏾

[@joshisdriven]

To have so many double entendres and metaphors present in such a complex rhyme scheme is insane. While flipping rhythms and cadence periodically… GOAT

[@zephh_sk]

Cole soundin' so hungry like he ain't ate since KOD.

[@jacopocontu9903]

What a freestyle, people be saying he's just flexing should know that the way he goddamn flex it's different, the ryme scheme shows the true lyrical skills of a rapper, he's definetly one of the GOAT.

[@ninjachannel007]

The hardest bars in rap without actually going hard or being that. He just effortlessly plays with language like a true poet.

[@harshvardhangaikwad9572]

The album will be fire 🔥🔥🔥 Eagerly waiting for release.

[@darkstar_937]

The colors dont lie and the colors fill the board.

[@RapShitBen]

This is the kind of hip hop that’s so good I get tear eyed when I listen too it fr

[@johnnybomd]

If this is his off the tops and throw aways .. imagine his Album. 🤯🤯🤯

[@samarirolle1539]

This man is like a saiyan. Every time he returns he just better

[@JosephSantos-kk9hu]

This guy is doing gods work fr with lyrics too bro thank you 🙏🏽

[@salt1404]

His rhymes are top tier and he’s preforming with immaculate flow and so much energy. Goddamn cole thanks for saving us

[@Babben56]

Such a great flow from the king himself 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@elizabethlovell2827]

You know you a legend when you do a freestyle and less than 24hrs later they got a Rhyme Highlighted vid........🔥🙏🏽🇹🇹

[@princeamoakwa4057]

The pattern and the voicing!!! 🌊

[@bakhtiyarguseinov9402]

Cole popped off, haters still gonna say shit like mid or overrated 🤦‍♂️

[@kaptainkarl7807]

This freestyle was fire and I like Cole but the album didn't Do it for me. I am not a Cole hater and I was really looking forward to it (stayed up last night/this morning to listen to the drop) but I don't think the album was that good.

[@Trupurt962]

BRO THIS IS WHAT HIS DISS SHOULD HAVE SOUNDED LIKE

[@stefan_chance2515]

"Off - The - Top magician 🪄🧙🏼‍♂️ , compositions non fiction shitted in the competitions pot to piss in gone " 🔥🔥🔥 probably one of my favorite Cole verses now

[@drozdood9]

This is work man. Good to see some people still got words and know how to use em.

[@1990dannygaskell]

Never been more excited for an album to drop Cole one of the best ever flow is nasty 🔥

[@jfowl7four]

Flawless victory

[@noahrunnels7719]

Wish this was on spotify 🥺

[@AidanTemplin]

You move quick bro!!! Beautifully done and respect for putting in the work so quick to dissect this incredible freestyle and releasing it to the masses. Big up’s!!

[@MonzMunkyz]

Refreshing to hear bars in a rap song. Nowadays it's all club/street joints, which is cool.. but theres only so much rappers can say until they all just start sounding the same. Cole's attention to detail is crazy. The culture needed this album.

[@Coach_Ax]

GREATEST OF ALL TIME

[@loucyphs7447]

This dude is so consistently fire outside of his albums it’s not even a joke. It’s like he done perfected the rap we all wanna hear so he releases different shit for his albums so we can get a taste of new types of hip hop. Dudes raw asf. Eats every rapper on THEY song

[@NoCapGod420]

Big Thank You too Highlighted for this 🔥🔥

[@juanrojas7505]

Thanks for highlighting the rhymes. Makes me apreciate the art much better.

[@JohnMushitu]

I challenge anyone to listen to this and tell me Cole ain't GOATed

[@BreakingBadFan2008]

Bruh. Andre 3000 and Kendrick could both do this shit in their sleep. But still. Cole World

[@JohnMushitu]

@@BreakingBadFan2008 I both 3K and K. Dot, but I love me an artist who actually gives his fans something every 2 of so years, and not going on extended hiatuses everytime

[@BreakingBadFan2008]

@@JohnMushitu They're [Andre, Kendrick] both multi-Grammy award winning artists. They can do whatever they want. Meanwhile, Cole has only been nominated once for Best Rap Album [2014 Forest Hills Drive] and didn't even win because he was up against To Pimp a Butterfly. At least he took home his first Grammy for his feature on 21 Savage's song A Lot though. He isn't in the same lane, level, league or sport as Kenny and Dre. But that's okay. He's still one of the GOATs

[@fayte3518]

Rewards dont mean anything 😑

[@BreakingBadFan2008]

@@fayte3518 They do when you're already the GOAT. It solidifies it and if it was the other way around with both Kendrick and Jermaine on opposite sides of the totem, Cole fans would be the first ones to bring his accolades up in every discussion. Period. He hasn't received the recognition he probably does deserves because Kendrick leads this generation. He is after all, the seed of Andre Ben

[@snailfv]

I'm not lying when I say this is probably one of if not the greatest freestyles i've ever heard

[@1c0nic_player]

it’s not off the top, most freestyles aren’t. it’s really obvious when they are it’s really good tho, probably my fav j cole verses

[@defnotajermainecolestan7932]

That breath control tho gawd damn

[@ShakeDiceAndKissIt24]

I was just thinking this. That’s why he seemed alil tired towards the end🔥

[@ShakeDiceAndKissIt24]

Damn the fact that Black thought went 10 minutes straight 🤯

[@vrtigohfrl]

Ur a legend for this

[@prateekmaithani2014]

This one's is greatness

[@HadarGalili26]

Incredible, top one lyricist of this decade

[@K1ngCarlton]

There realty isn't anyone better than this man😭

[@AriJordan]

You clearly don't listen to Kendrick, Lupe, Black Thoughts, Ab-Soul, Nas, I mean I can go on all day. And I love cole, been a fan of his for over a decade, but this is a reach.

[@K1ngCarlton]

@@AriJordan I never said anyone else wasn't good but j.cole is the goat you clearly don't listen to Cole enough

[@osmanmedhat7524]

" In the sand .. of Sudan " Much love from SUDAN. Legend ♥️♥️

[@ChainsTheChef888]

I’m thankful LA Leakers used this beat, Cole already got a song with this beat, young Cole, thanks to leakers we got him on this classic beat again! that’s timeless, COLEWORLD.

[@Alafi1]

This is unbelievable!

[@mileswood4860]

This one of the best freestyles of all time EASY

[@TheDeadpool-v5t]

Like a James Brown sample, you’re two ever Times two, that’s FOUR-ever Wordplay goes crazy 🔥🔥🔥

[@aspebb]

"Put the fear of god in niggas, I'm pure devil". Goddamn!

[@aryavardhansingh9159]

"Who gave the world more fire but got less reward"

[@wheredhego47]

Weather reports say there's officially about to be five seasons this year. The new one's called The Off-Season.

[@PS-G1]

top10 freestyles

[@MoralTruth]

LEGENDARY

[@anomaly_str]

Straight out flames 🔥

[@soislight]

His radio show freestyle is a full track. More substance than we’re getting from 98.9% of rappers these days

[@Shaheedaka]

Your intros into the highlights are rlly fire

[@benraje7866]

Used to be called J Cole, now he's called J GOAT.

[@4dasorthebeast398]

Damnnn hella quick man

[@NLzARN]

Agreed.

[@philligzy4616]

this should just be an official song at this point. Bonus track the offseason

[@vitrealis8420]

"Put the fear of God in niggas, im pure devil" 😈

[@jonathanogundeji4342]

Been waiting on this!

[@Abhi-eo8to]

I want a kenny diss like this

[@SumoDudo]

I know he gets a lot of recognition and all but he is so slept on

[@matthewosei4188]

It just got better and better

[@lucimorningstar9972]

"thats the most intricate shit"

[@dave2.077]

holy shit. this is amazing

[@artem4ik281]

Daaamn

[@nbgdon3755]

A lyrical god

[@akashlone3357]

now u know what we talkin about, the illest, and realest in the mic is back🐐❤🥶🔥

[@StanzLyrics]

Cole world 😬🌍

[@enigma7310]

*WHY DIDN'T COLE SHOW THIS SAME ENERGY TO KENDRICK 😭😭😭*

[@piplupdabest]

Bc they friends

[@enigma7310]

@@piplupdabest *oh okay if you say so...😭🙏*

[@LukeTheSchoolBoy]

@@enigma7310 he didn't have any ammo against Kendrick. they're friends and Cole knows Kendrick is one of the greats. then schoolboyQ told him that Kendrick was really just trying to beat Drake and not him which is why he dropped out.

[@enigma7310]

@@LukeTheSchoolBoy *Its just that I like J Cole but that shit he did suprised me that's all 😭😭😭*

[@boto8576]

This is one of the best freestyles I've seen

[@pinchyh]

Cole and Kendrick are Aliens

[@matthewkinlock5273]

As goated as Cole is I still can’t believe this is a freestyle🤯

[@mrstepitup9186]

A freestyle is a rap with no hook

[@mrstepitup9186]

Not the off the head freestyle you’re talking about

[@ham.sammich2127]

Not a lot of people knw this but the line “Rest his mom In the sands of Sudan where she rest her mind” is because Bas parents are Sudanese, goes to show how deep j coles raps are.

[@sayidsarchive8639]

Thanks for explaining a surface level bar with no depth

[@cglr5945]

wouldn't you assume that, since he references Sudan? lol

[@futurehofer1564]

Goat

[@SmartDufus]

Cole isn’t capping with that Bas shoutout. Dudes got bars too,

[@nolenashburn3375]

FR! He put JID on and now he bout to get a lot more people hip to Bas

[@CALVINDAGENTLEMAN.777]

That’s crazy how the word slavery has the colors of America 💀⁉️

[@christianconner9200]

🔥🔥🔥

[@aryavardhansingh9159]

Off season is dope af

[@jaxonferdiands8045]

This is how we chill from 93 til

[@zacwoods]

Wouldve been dope af if he paused and let that part of the real song play at least one time but this is still gasssss🔥🔥