The Dreamville boss unleashed the second edition of his Might Delete Later, Vol. 2 vlog recapping his travels on Monday (March 18), which includes an unreleased track featuring Cole rapping as if his rent was overdue.
- March 20, 2024
AceShowbiz - It looks like J. Cole has something up his sleeve. The Dreamville captain, who is currently on the road as part of Drake's "It's All A Blur - Big as the What?" Tour, teases new music through "Might Delete Later" vlog series.
Dropped on Monday, March 13, the vlog recaps the 39-year-old's travels. At some point, the emcee expresses his gratitude for his blessings while riding around the city on his bike.
"I'm holdin' on tight to what it feel like to live a peaceful life, since ridin' a bike, all that I ever knew was beef and strife/ Going to sleep at night praying to God release the stress," he spits. "Now I'm on G4 jets across the seas to decompress/ My recent texts, how much you think? Hmm, decent guess/ They go, 'Cole, who you gon' kill on the feature next?' "
The 11-minute video also displays J. Cole recalling the moment he was first signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation. "When I first signed to JAY, all I wanted to do was drop a classic," he said. "That s**t could've sold 3,000. I'm like, 'Man, your first album's supposed to be slept on,' but it's gotta be an Illmatic. Once I signed to JAY and this n***a was like, 'Nah, you not putting the album out until you got some f**king hits.' "
"I'm like, 'Oh, s**t.' I had to trial-and-error for a year and a half, two years. 'Workout' was like - I squeezed that s**t out last-minute. But that was an unnatural space for me. Even if you listen to it, I can't even hear that sh*t back because I'm trying," he continued. "But through all my trying, over the years, that s**t turned into like, I grew superpowers."
