{"id":11878,"date":"2010-05-20T01:20:46","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T23:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=11878"},"modified":"2010-05-20T01:25:59","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T23:25:59","slug":"j-cole-talks-about-his-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/j-cole-talks-about-his-features\/","title":{"rendered":"J.Cole Talks About His Features"},"content":{"rendered":"

J.Cole talks to MTV<\/a> about his feature verses on some tracks. Continue reading for the transcript<\/p>\n

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Wale\u2019s \u201cBeautiful Bliss\u201d (featuring J. Cole and Melanie Fiona)<\/p>\n

\u201cI really just signed the deal [with Roc Nation] and a couple months after, maybe even not that long, a situation came up where Wale had that song already and they were interested in getting me on it,\u201d Cole explained of what was supposed to be his first feature.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t hear his verses, though, I just got sent the beat and I was thinking at the time, \u2018This is my first feature.\u2019 This is before [I did] \u201cA Star Is Born.\u201d I got to really go in. But mind you, I hadn\u2019t heard his verses \u2014 all I got was the beat and the hook and the concept of the song. So I said, \u2018Let me make a statement, this is gonna be my first one.\u2019 So I knew when I was writing it, I was like, \u2018This is just one of those verses.\u2019 And when I was laying it down, [I got] the same kind of feeling: I think I got one. If Wale\u2019s album dropped when it was supposed to, that would have been my first feature.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reflection Eternal\u2019s \u201cJust Begun\u201d (featuring J. Cole, Jay Electronica and Mos Def)<\/p>\n

\u201cI just got a text from out the blue from a number I didn\u2019t recognize,\u201d Cole recalled. \u201d \u2018Yo, this is Talib Kweli, I got your number from 9th Wonder, I got this record, me, Jay Electronica and Mos Def.\u2019 You know, wanting to know if I wanted to get on it. I was double-checking my phone, like, \u2018Is this serious?\u2019 He sent it to me, and at the time it was his and Jay Electronica\u2019s verse on it. [Eventually] there was two legends on it and one upcoming person like me, who is destroying the game, so I thought, \u2018I got to come with it.\u2019 In writing that verse, I started a verse and probably stopped after two bars. I was going to try to take it deeper and more poetic.<\/p>\n

Because I was on a song with Kweli, Jay Electronica and Mos Def, I got to really be saying something. But when I started writing it, it felt forced. I was like, \u2018Nah, don\u2019t do it.\u2019 I felt like the song could use a bit of ignorance or new energy. I didn\u2019t want to fall into that mold, even though I could do it, maybe not as good as they can. So I said, \u2018Lemme try to stand out on this song.\u2019 And I\u2019m not gonna crush these guys, but I can at least come with something different, and I think that\u2019s why people like it, like, \u2018Who is this kid?\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n

Young Chris\u2019 \u201cStill the Hottest\u201d (featuring J. Cole)<\/p>\n

\u201cI did the beat and the verse when I caught wind my \u2018A Star Is Born\u2019 verse wasn\u2019t gonna make The Blueprint 3,\u201d Cole revealed. \u201cI think No ID told me, he didn\u2019t know if Jay-Z was gonna keep it, cause he was working with him, and Jay was figuring out his album. So I tried to scramble and hit Jay with something and maybe make the album in a different kind of way. So I did the beat and I came up with that verse [about the Roc legacy] and tried to get it on there. It was a far-fetched dream. [Laughs]. So I said, \u2018Let me send it to Young Chris or Wale.\u2019 I didn\u2019t even know Chris did it [at first], he just put it out. But I was working on it awhile ago, and Chris killed it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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