Damien Scott, J. Cole’s former college roommate at St. Johns and friend, takes a look inside the grind that it took Cole to get to this point in life and remembers trips to Baseline Studios to meet Jay-Z with no results, watching him make beats due to lack of funds and hearing about how Hov praised “Lights Please” and signed him to the Roc.
It’s a great read for Cole fans, and even for those who aren’t. His debut album Cole World: The Sideline Story is due out this Tuesday, September 27.
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