J. COLE – PORT ANTONIO

J. Cole s’exprime enfin sur la battle entre ses potes Kendrick et Drake et s’explique sur sa décision de se retirer de cette guéguerre :

« Protectin’ legacies, so lines got crossed, perhaps regrettably
My friends went to war, I walked away with all they blood on me
Now some will discredit me, tryna wipe away my pedigree
But please, find a nigga out that’s rappin’ this incredibly. »

« I pulled the plug because I seen where that was ’bout to go
They wanted blood, they wanted clicks to make they pockets grow
They see this fire in my pen they think I’m dodging smoke
I wouldn’t have lost a battle, dawg, I would have lost a bro
And all for what?
Just to obtain some ol’ props from strangers that don’t got a clue what I been aiming fo’ since the age of 14
Jermaine is no king if that means I got to dig up dirt and pay a whole team of algorithm bot niggas just to sway the whole thing on social media
Competing for your favorable memes. »

Il termine avec un petit mot pour Drake :
« Hey Drake, you’ll always be my nigga
I ain’t ashamed to say you did a lot fo’ me, my nigga
Fuck all the narratives
Tapping back into your magic pen is what’s imperative »

Le son est plutôt laid back, le genre d’ambiance qui va beaucoup mieux à J. Cole que les prods trap sur lesquelles il rappaient dernièrement même si je n’aime pas trop quand les samples sont trop évidents, là il reprend le sample classique de Dead Presidents II et il sample Cléo Sol « Know That You Are Loved » déjà samplé sur le dernier album de Big Sean.

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