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I N T E R L U D E (Album) by J. Cole

Artist Biography For J. Cole

Jermaine Lamarr Cole Born January 28 1985 Better Known By His Stage Name J. Cole Is An American Hip Hop Recording Artist And Record Producer. Born In Frankfurt Germany Raised In Fayetteville North Carolina Cole Posted Songs On Various Internet Forums At The Age Of 14 Under The Name "Blaza" But Later Switched To The Name "Therapist". Cole Initially Gained Recognition As A Rapper Following The Release Of His Debut Mixtape The Come Up In Early 2007 In Which He Also Founded His Record Label Dreamville With Label President Ibrahim Hamad. Intent On Further Pursuing A Solo Career As A Rapper He Went On To Release Two Additional Mixtapes The Warm Up In 2009 And Friday Night Lights In 2010 After Signing To Jay Z's Roc Nation Imprint In 2009. Cole Released His Debut Studio Album Cole World The Sideline Story On September 27 2011 Which Included The Lead Single "Work Out". It Debuted At Number One On The U.S. Billboard 200 And Was Soon Certified Platinum By The Recording Industry Association Of America RIAA . In June 18 2013 Cole Released His Second Studio Album Born Sinner. Born Sinner Sold 297 000 Copies In Its First Week Of Release And Peaked At Number One In It's Third Week Of Release. The Album Received Mostly Positive Reviews From Critics. On September 15 2020 Born Sinner Was Certified Double Platinum. The Album Was Supported By The Lead Single Power Trip With R&B Artist Miguel Which Was Released On February 14. On December 9 2014 Cole Released His Third Studio Album "2014 Forest Hills Drive". It Was Also The First Album In 25 Years At That Time That Went 3 Times Platinum With Absolutely No Features. The Album Debuted At Number One On The Billboard 200 Selling 353 000 Copies In Its First Week And Was Certified Platinum On March 31 2015. The Latter Earned Him His First Grammy Award Nomination For Best Rap Album. The Album Was Later Accompanied By Two Documentaries "J. Cole Road To Homecoming" In The Period Of December 16 2015 – January 9 2016 & "Forest Hills Drive Homecoming" On January 9 2016. On 9 December 2016 Cole Released His Fourth Studio Album "4 Your Eyez Only". The Album Debuted At Number One On The Billboard 200 Chart With 492 000 Album-Equivalent Units Of Which 363 000 Were Pure Album Sales Becoming Cole's Fourth Number One Album. On January 12 2017 The Album Was Certified Gold And Certified Platinum By The Recording Industry Association Of America RIAA On April 7 2017. On April 20 2018 Cole Released His 5th Studio Album "KOD" After He Revealed The Album Name Two Days After And Held A Couple Listening Sessions. The Album Featured His New Alter Ego KiLL Edward Under Which He Released The Single "Tidal Wave Just A Little Reference " On April 18th 2018 2 Days Before Releasing KOD. The Album Was Recieved With Positive Reviews From Critics And Debuted Atop The US Billboard 200 Selling 397 000 Album-Equivalent Units In Its First Week 174 000 Coming From Pure Sales Earning Cole His Fifth Consecutive Number-One Album In The Country. The Album Broke Several Streaming Records At The Time Of The Release. On December 5 2018 The Album Was Certified Platinum. Cole Released A 2 Song EP Called "Lewis Street" On July 22 2020 Which Included The Single "The Climb Back" Which Would Later Be Featured On His 6th Studio Album. On May 7 2021 Cole Released The Lead Single "Interlude" One Week Before Releasing His 6th Studio Album. Cole's 6th Studio Album "The Off-Season" Was Released On May 14 2021. The Album Sold 282 000 Album-Equivalent Units In Its First Week And Would Earn Cole His Sixth Consecutive Number-One Album In The Country. 4 Of The 12 Songs Debuted On The Top Ten On The US Billboard Hot 100 With The Song "My Life" Featuring 21 Savage & Morray Peaking At Number 2. Self-Taught On Piano Cole Also Acts As A Producer Alongside His Hip Hop Career Producing Singles For Artists Such As Kendrick Lamar And Janet Jackson As Well As Handling The Majority Of The Production In His Own Projects. He Has Also Developed Other Ventures Including Dreamville Records As Well As Non-Profit Organization The Dreamville Foundation. In January 2015 Cole Decided To House Single Mothers Rent-Free In His Childhood Home In Fayetteville North Carolina.

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"Interlude" Stylized As "i N T E R L U D E" Is A Song By American Rapper J. Cole Released On May 7 2021 As The Lead Single From His Sixth Studio Album The Off-Season. A Brief Track It Consists Of A Single Verse As J. Cole Reflects On His Come-Up And Status In The Rap Game. "Interlude" Marked The First Time Cole Released A Single Prior To A Studio Album Since 2013's "Power Trip" Off Born Sinner. The Song Was Announced By Cole Via Social Media Less Than 11 Hours Before Its Release. Cole Also Shared That He Did Not Initially Plan On Releasing A Song Before The Album. It Marked The First Time In Eight Years That He Released A Single Before An Album. During The Just Under Two Minute Track J. Cole Raps Over A Soul Sample Heavy Drums And His "signature" Fast-Paced Hi-Hats Delivering Melodic "compact" Rhymes About His State Of Mind Including As Noted By Billboard's Jason Lipshutz The Rap Landscape Religion Personal Pain And Gun Violence. He Also Boasts About His Streaming Numbers "Cole World Niggas Knowin' What It Is / Just In Case They Don't I Show 'em What It Is / In Summer I Do Real Numbers / Couldn't Dare Touch It If They Sold A Double Disc". Cole Further Pays Homage To Two Late Rappers Pimp C And Nipsey Hussle Mentioning How They Both Died Around The Same Age As Jesus Age 33-36 Before Rapping About Being At His Lowest And Now Rising To The Top Of His Game. He Also Touches On Gun Violence. Andrew Sacher Of Brooklyn Vegan Summarized " Finds Cole Delivering One Long Stream-Of-Consciousness Verse Over Warped Vintage Soul Samples". Hip Hop Wired's D.L. Chandler Analyzed The Song As A "trademark Chip-On-Shoulders Verse Along With Some Requisite Shit Talking At The End Of The Track". "Interlude" Was Very Well Received By Music Critics Upon Release. Complex's Jordan Rose Said "If 'Interlude' Is Any Indication Of What The Off-Season Has To Offer Then Should Be Scorching Hot". Uproxx's Wongo Okon Deemed Cole "confident As Ever" On The Song While Noting That The Tracks' Instrumental Is "a Bit Distant From The Sound Cole Has Given Us Over The Years". Bella Morais Of The Root Wrote "Coming Out The Gate With A Critique On The Ways Black People Are Treated In America Specifically Black Mothers While Still Keeping To The Narrative Of 'it Might Get Better' Emulates The Same Energy As His Debut Mixtape From 14-Years-Ago…only More Political". Hip Hop Wired's D.L. Chandler Found That "J. Cole Deserves Far More Credit Than He Receives And It Still Appears As If He's Not Concerning Himself With Plumping Up His Ego And Instead Making Music That Means Something". Hypebeast's Sophie Caraan Lauded "Sounding Reinvigorated And More Confident Than Ever Cole Uses "i N T E R L U D E" As A Refresher Course For Listeners And An Introduction To The Next Sonic Echelon He's Been Prepping For The Past Three Years". Vulture's Justin Curto Opined "The Song Does Not In Fact Sound Like An Interlude — Cole Delivers A Full Motivated Verse Over A Soul Sample". Aleia Woods Of XXL Said The Song Finds Cole "coming Out Hard With A Melodic Flow Over The Sample-Driven Track". Erika Marie Of HotNewHipHop Called The Song "fire" And Said It Finds "J. Cole In His Bag As He Spins Clever Bars Over A T-Minus Production". Devon Jefferson Of HipHopDX Said The Rapper Makes A "volatile Return To His Mythical Lyrical Form. In The US The Song Debuted With 8.5 Million On-Demand Audio Streams In Its First Day. The Song Debuted At Number 8 On Both The Global 200 Chart As His First Top Ten Single And On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart As His Sixth Top Ten Single.

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