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J. Cole Regrets Kendrick Lamar Response Track, Will Remove From Album

Author Brandon Plotnick
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 17: Rapper J. Cole performs during halftime during the NBA All-Star game where Team Giannis faces Team LeBron as part of the 2019 NBA All-Star Weekend at Spectrum Center on February 17, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

J. Cole walked back his recently released response to Kendrick Lamar, saying he regrets adding “7 Minute Drill” to his Might Delete Later EP.

Live on stage at his Dreamville Festival headlining set in Raleigh, NC, Cole said he rushed the track out, despite not feeling like he should have. “The past two days have felt terrible,” Cole said before he said he would be removing the track from the EP.

“In my spirit of trying to get this music out, I ain’t gonna lie to y’all, I moved in a way that I spiritually feel bad on. I tried to jab back and I tried to keep it friendly. But at the end of the day, when I listen to it… that s— don’t sit right.”

Cole said he was under pressure from thousands of texts and calls asking him to respond to Lamar’s recent diss track “Like That” on the Metro Boomin and Future collaboration project. Lamar said there wasn’t a “Big Three” in the rap game, “It’s just big me.”

That comment riled up the rap world, as Cole, Lamar and Drake had done projects together and have been some of the biggest stars in the industry.

Cole said the response from everyone around him was that he needed to clap back. “It’s war time. N—as wanna see blood,” Cole said.

But from the Dreamville stage, Cole said he was conflicted about releasing the track at all, but “the world wanna see blood.”

“I was conflicted because, one I know my heart, I know how I feel about my peers (Drake and Lamar),” he said. “I’m blessed to even stand beside in this game, let alone chase their greatness.”

Cole said the decision was a mistake and he didn’t want to downplay Lamar’s greatness. He asked the crowd at Dreamville if they thought Lamar was one of the greatest “to ever touch a microphone.” The crowd went wild.

“Dreamville, ya’ll love Kendrick Lamar, correct? As do I.”

Cole said the track was the “lamest, goofiest” thing that made him feel like the times he was moving incorrectly. “I pray that God will line me back up on my purpose and on my path.”

He closed saying he’s willing to take the verbal punches he deserves from Lamar if he feels like he needs to give them, asking his fans to forgive him as well.

These Hip-Hop Albums Turn 10 In 2024

2014 was an interesting time for hip-hop. There were rap artists that we play daily now that were cementing their spots, with many of the musicians on this list only touching the cusp of some of the best music in their careers. One standout project in 2014 was J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive. The title derives from his street address in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he grew up with his mother, his brother, and his stepfather, He would later purchase his childhood home and turn it into free housing for single mothers.

In an interview in 2015, he explained what his ideal situation would be for a family to live there.

“So every two years a new family will come in, they live rent-free. The idea is that it’s a single mother with multiple kids, and she’s coming from a place where all her kids is sharing a room,” he explained.

He went on to add that he wants “kids to feel how I felt when we got to the house.”

2014 Forest Hills Drive was purchased through his Dreamville Foundation for $120,000 and was the rapper’s first home he ever purchased. He later told Complex it was in his room where he learned he began his passion for music.

“I could do things like sit in my own thoughts and write my raps. That’s when I became more introspective. This is where I started dreaming the dream.”

J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive

As for the album, it is the rapper’s third studio album which had several hits that are still staples in his discography such as “Apparently,” “Wet Dreamz,” “No Role Modelz,” “Love Yourz.” The album is a coming-of-age tale for Cole as he describes his upbringing, first crushes, and how he sees himself being implanted into the music industry in the future.

Take a look at 2014 Forest Hills Drive as well as other albums that were released in 2014:

 

 

 

Brandon Plotnick is a former sports journalist, now living in the digital space with interests all over the musical and pop culture map.

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