Wale (yes, Wale) drops off the final/mastered version of J. Cole’s elusive cut. (2)dope! Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a show to attend.
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WTF? This is the guy they keep comparing to Drake? Get this wack shit outta here. Drake > J. cole. Now please stop comparing the two. Drake is on a completely different planet.
Yup….Drake is on planet Degrassi
LOLz i think they only compare the 2 [drake and J. cole] b/c they’re light-skin’d
but i still think Cole has more concrete lyrics. Warm up is a dope tape.
P.S. i could have sworn this is on the warm up
geo is a tooooool
ftswindle
im sorry what?
this song is crack.
j. cole > drake
This is 1000% on Warm-Up
and Drake is nothin at all
I’m canadian and he’s not even top 10 in Canada.
Shad? K-os? Anyone?
J. Cole > Drake, all day everday of every month of every year. Geo, eat something unhealthy for your health.
Geo, and mind you I have love for Drake, gtfoh with that shit. J.Cole would demolish drake.
Dope song
Drake> J. Cole
Funny I was singing this song all day! “Everything just seems so right”
Actually Blu> Drake> J. Cole
Drake and J. Cole are two different rappers. What’s the point of comparing them? They both dope.
both Drake and J. Cole
are very talented
artist…w/ two completely
different styles…and
what i believe target two
completely different audiences
w/ Drake gearing towards more of the pop side
& J. Cole leaning towards the hardcore hip-hop fans
(imo)
It’s funny how now that Drake is getting hype and is popular y’all wanna call him wack. How is he not top 10 in Canada when he’s #2 on the charts from a song off a mixtape? Or that he just signed a $4 million dollar deal and got a $2 million advance? I bet if he wasn’t getting any hype and was underground again y’all would start saying he’s underrated. You rap fans are so fickle.
damn! the quality is crazy!
man if u think this track is wack you have horrible taste…take that bullshit outta here!
J.Cole>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Drake
J.Cole is a million times better than Drake
Also Duke makes a very good point
Blu>>>J.Cole>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Drake
Drake on some nursery rhyme shit.. way too predictable and boring. He has mainstream appeal and is talented but come on, better than J. Cole? No wayyyyy
J. Cole >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Drake
^actual proof that people don’t listen to music at all
somebody to get cole to leak that top of the world shit he played on ustream last night…beat was a fuckin problem
J. Cole>Drake
damn does every post warrant dumb ass comparisons and ignorant ass hate? wtf happened to this site. niggas go into a post on a artist then either bring another artist to compare him with and then stans come in hating on each other….yall niggas is sad.. i dig this track tho
Y’all know it’s cool to like more than one artist right? :/
Also I’ve just got to clarify, I’m classing both Drake and J.Cole as Hip Hop because if an artist claims to make Hip Hop then he has to be compared with all Hip Hop past and present so yeah I do stand by my statement of:
J.Cole>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Drake
J.Cole has better lyrics, better concepts, better flow and is generally a better emcee
Drake might be on top now but that is only because he gave the record buying public what they wanted; harmless pop-rap tracks
The public as a whole don’t want concious, intellegent Hip Hop, they want something they can sing along to
lol anyone that seriously thinks drake is a GOOD RAPPER…is either FEMALE or UNDER THE AGE OF 12
@Meka u get a chance to redeem your lateness of this video: http://sonettic-cinema.com/ remix.
Have fun at the Asher Roth and Kid Cudi concert groupie.
C’mon, drake is talented but is best i ever had in the same league as say “losing my balance”. If you’re a hip hop head, which most ppl on this site should be, then i would expect you to root for J.Cole, for Blu, for pac div and other ill young emcees.
Even though this dude’s music takes a million years to edit (drops the N-bomb a lot of the Warmup) definitely dl’ing this, re-editing for the CDQ version.
This song is so true, I’m sure a lot of college brothas can relate to this.
^why are u editing tracks?
J. Cole is able to stay on topic in his songs. Drake can go from talking about the most random things. This is why J. Cole is a LYRICIST & Drake is a mainstream asset. Drake had hip-hop potential like that track he did with Tanya Morgan, but he signed to the wrong label. Tsk Tsk.
J Cole is the fuckin truth…dude never disappoints.
this beat is fire….but j cole ruins it with his same ol same ol lyrics
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shut the fuck bout drake! its j.cole post fagits and anyone who knws hip hop knws jcole is better lyrically but drake juz has more publicity. daz all i bet if cole had a video on bet n was signe to young money an used culd sing for the bitches then he’d be twice as dope! state facts hip hop fans need to quit bullshittin!
This is my 2 cents:
Drake is still a great talented artist. his songs may not be in depth as J.cole’s but Drake ia mainstream mello type rap. Drake is more someone you listen to and go “Damn he got a nice flow”. J.Cole on the other hand is someone you listen to and you dont say shit because he not just rapping he is telling a story. B
But comparing them is like comparing Action movies and drama. J.cole being a good ass Drama that fux with ya head, and Drake is like an action flick you listen to him to hear punchlines, and something you aint really gotta do that much thinking to get.
“If you’re a hip hop head, which most ppl on this site should be, then i would expect you to root for J.Cole, for Blu, for pac div and other ill young emcees”
^^^Real Talk
J.Cole is dope
drake and blu = original
j cole = drake and blu impersonator
2 severely different styles with both these cats so i can’t even make that comparison. but still @McCaff come on homie i’m from canada too, toronto to be exact…but you can’t honestly say that Drake ain’t Top 10 from the north. Shad and K-os are definitely up there but really, who else? K’naan might be closest to taking the #1 spot from Drake but lyrically, that’s all.
Jay-Z signed this dude for a reason!
This song is the truth and yeah it was on the Warm Up, but it wasnt CDQ.
Blu >>>> Jay Electronica >>>>>> J.Cole >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Drake
I think J.cole is slightly better than drake because I can Listen to the warm-up at any time because his lyrics got alot of heart and soul behind them like a poet and Drake only has a few songs on So far gone like that. Nothing against Drake though because he still ill but he cant touch J.Cole!!!
Have we reverted back to zshare or what happened??
usershare is fucking up.
i liked the mixtape version better
he need to get his beat game up…he be makin sum weak shit…he need to start fuckin wit dat nigga Elite(dude who made Heartache) more..and stop makin beat himself..
I like the way the beat differentiates towards the end of the verses and throughout the track. Overall a little better then the mixtape version imo.
And the Drake vs. J. Cole comparisons aren’t going to stop anytime soon at least not until there’s a clear winner. Cole is the underdog who’s raw and lyrical and Drake is the polished mainstream wonder with obstacles of his own. That being said appreciate the music and let them make their cases by giving us quality shit.
J. cole kills the production too
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such a stupid comparison, embarassing to continually see this question asked to j.cole in interview
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J. Cole – Lights Please CDQ « Listen Here Son said this on July 23rd, 2009 at 5:37 pm
the final version wasnt on the warm up?
oh well but j.cole is better than drake
Though I can’t really say much about Drake, never really got into him, plus I haven’t heard his earlier mixtapes’, I will say J.Cole is a beast, the hunger can be heard through those words he spit, he is right up there with and couple of other cats that’s on the freshman roster for ‘09 imo.
This song is nice.
Only similarity I hear to Drake is talking about women. Does he sing like Drake? Apparently not?
@fulltimeboss
I’m editing tracks cuz I do a radio show, S.A.B. Radio. My interviews have been featured on here sir.
Well, I never heard dude before but based on this song the comparisons to Drake are right.
Very similar vocal styles and subject topics.
It’s whatever. I ain’t feeling Drake too much so I doubt I’ll feel this dude. Best I Ever Had is dope and so is Succesful but that’s only every so often.
honestly i was sleepin on jcole even tho im from the dmv.. this track is fire though i think i will download the warm up now (STFU I KNOW IM MAD LATE)
Damn, drop drake’s name and the c-section gets 50plus comments. Anyways I’m liking the track.
Just go download the warm up and you’ll see that they are totally different J.Cole has the makings of a legend
^^^
haaaaaaaaaaa
drake’s hype>>> his actual music
so far gone was the most overrated mixtape/album of the year. i think hes good but his hype is through the fucking roof
i think the difference between J.cole and Drake is the cats behind them. Weezy is behind Drake and decided, “oh im gonna get on a couple tracks with him and make him famous”
This is completely different to the way Jay Z is approaching J.Cole. Hova is letting J.Cole do his own shit and find his own way to fame. It would be supremely easy for Hov to hop on some J. Cole tracks and soon everybody would know Coles name. I personally think Drake is a rapper for girls and teenagers but whatever you like is what you like. I’m from NC so i fuck with J. Cole hard.
Can you imagine if Jay-z jumped on the hook and did a verse. This would of been fiyah!!
hypebeast^^^
I mean it would of been extra hot sauce on the already dope ear taco!
btw jay electronica> blu, drake, and jcole
LOL that shit would be dope though
ok duke i see you
LMFAO i just realized all the blu/drake comparisons dude sounds just like a mix of the two on welcome on the warm up… he bites the hell out of blu’s flow/lyrics too he just uses the n word more
Shake,
How bad do you wanna hook up with Wale? (Yes Wale)
I remember when this site used to actually be DOPE.
And by the way, Wale is terrible. He’s like the streetwear version of The Game. He’s the most arrogant musician in history to not have an album.
^^^^^^^ (blank stare)
On the real. I really do hope Blu, J Cole, _add your favorite artist here, etc, blow up and get theirs!
Geo get you shit straight, J. Cole clearly>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Drake bu quite a long shot actually, just coz Drake blew up first doesn’t mean he is better.
jcole and drake are completely different artists it just depends what kind of music you like/listen to
DRAKE SIGNED WITH YOUNG MONEY WHICH MAKES HIM A SHIT HEAD AHAHAHAH
This is dope as fuck!
i dont think there completely different they both rap and sing but j.cole is his own producer two i think there on par with each other any day any one can take it
TO JOSH EAST AKA THAT JOSH:
for someone who seems to bring a lot of negativity into the comments section and calls people groupies, i can clearly see why.
taken off your twitter:
Just got done mowing the lawn. Going to play cards here at 3:00 P.M. I will have a job at the Country inn and Suites thank god.
DOIN BIG THINGS PLAYA!
GET A LIFE.
DRAKE MURDERS J COLE.
DRAKE HAS A FURTHER AND MORE VERSATILE REACH…DRAKES DONE RECORDS WITH ANYONE FROM:PHONTE,LIL WAYNE TO ELZHI TO DWELE..TO COLIN MUNROE TO FABOLOUS TO TANYA MORGAN EVEN….DRAKES OUTSHINED THEM TO..HE CAN DO IT ALL THE UNDERGROUND INTROSPECTIVE CONCIOUS AND THE GIRL ISH AND THE BRAGADOCIOUS ISH…DRAKE BY FAR MURDERS COLE MAN…J COLE KNOWS HE COPYS HIS STYLE…..CHECK THE DEAD PRESIDENTS FREESTYLE FROM DRAKE AND THEN LISTEN TO THE ONE COLE DID RIGHT AFTER HIM…J COLES PT. 1 DEAD PRESIDENT FREESTYLE…DUDES WHOLE AND CADENCE IS COPYING DRAKE EVEN UP TO HIS ADLIBS LIKE “YEA LOOK LOOK”
Forgot all the commentary. I’m a Drake fan, but this is a J.Cole post. So let’s talk about J.Cole. This track is dope and one of the freshest jawns I’ve heard from J.Cole. I really dig the quality and the production. It’s smooth, clear and hip hop.
Enough said.
@yup…
*dies*
both are dope.. 2 totally different styles.. its like comparing apples to oranges.. only an idiot would say J.Cole or Drake is wack..
JOSH EAST got shitted on bad…what a loser
Okay…I just said I wasn’t going to talk about Drake on this post…but…lol. Here goes.
J.Cole and the ORIGINAL Drake are similar. If you listen to “Room For Improvement” and even some records of “Comeback Season”, I could definitely justify the Drake comparison, so I can see where people are coming from.
this comment stuff is starting to get like nahright. dudes talking about things not even pertaining to the real post at hand. this is about j.cole….not drake. why would you compare them? good music is good music so people just need to chill out with who’s the best ish.
@FullTimeBossofCockSucking
Josh East got a job at the Hotel as a Manager but you wouldnt know about that burger flipper.
zshare? ewww what happened to usershare?
HAHA burger flipper? wow lol i dont feel the need to prove to some nerd who twitters bout workin at some shitty hotel and playing cards that i recently (4 months ago) bought my own crib @ 23…ur a square aka lame…get real..lol how mad are u joshua?…..u got shitted on keep it moving nerd …lmfao
Ok @fulltimeboss aka superhead that is great you bought a crib. I rather have much more than a shithole to call a crib.
I gotta say I slept on this dude.
I fuck with Drake a lot more than I fuck with J. Cole. I haven’t been all that impressed with The Warm Up. Nothing from it really caught my attention. However, I’m really feeling this song. I like it a lot.
J. Cole is a str8 monster but all i gotta say is “Say Whats Real”
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doesn’t matter who better… drake, j. cole, pac div all bout to do it big! real big
Drake who? Blu and J Cole are better…
Who cares if he’s better or worse? THIS song is great
World Is Empty is dope.
keep trying…i am balling on higher levels than u…5 bedroom home in southern california 20 minutes from LA….haha i know u mad still..its ok though i understand why kiddo
drake?!?!? come on , i mean drakes cool but lyrically jcole should be compared to new comers like blu or wale
drake is not a rapper’s rapper you know what i mean
can’t fucking believe i slept on this nigga
This is AMAZING!!!!!!
LOL
PEEP THIS FOR ANYONE SAYING J COLES MORE CONCEPTUAL THAN DRAKE!!!!!!!
J COLES A FAN OF DRAKE ON THE LOW YOU CAN TELL HE COPIED DRAKES WHOLE STYLE PEEP IT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBEaj_cHNy8
PEEP THIS CONCEPTUAL SONG BY DRAKE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBEaj_cHNy8
END OF ARGUMENT …DRAKES THE GREATE
J. Cole > Drake
i started this kinda….so let me end it
J. Cole>>>>Drake
J. Cole is dope…Drake is dope
So why dose it matter?? its all good music!!!
Yo.. J. Cole about to blow this shit wide open.. ya’ll wait his first LP will be on some classic shit while Drizzy.. not so much lol.. Drake on that poppy shit.. dude can spit but he wont on Thank Me Later……. at least not enough..
JUST WATCH!
Well this is a great song…but the people saying drake can’t rap don’t listen to music…they just skim through it…and all they know is So Far Gone…let J Cole make a song with a mainstream artist and it blows up…the haters will talk about him like they talk about drake…2 different rappers…drake is experimenting with his sound because he got tired of spittin “lyrical metaphysical hydropinnacle” lyrics…and J Cole is at the stage Drake used to be at…just go through their music and appreciate it before you comment
And to the people saying drake only targets females…….It’s clear to see that if he wasn’t affiliated with young money…you wouldn’t be saying half the shit you’re saying
J. Cole >>>>>>>>> Drake
Ummmmm Drake is not fuckin with J. Cole Ladies and Gentlemen.
But their both talented artists nonetheless.
There’s enough room for both in the game. I enjoy both artists (Thought I admit a slight leaning towards J) so why can’t everyone?
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hTEPMVEYqdY/SmmSKDNUPDI/AAAAAAAAA54/f7BMHCjs6nY/s1600-h/SDC10704.JPG > J.Cole > Drake.
Damn why is it the whenever a dude get momentum they start hatin??????? Drake is Nice…. J Cole is nice….. let them do them….
But real rap tho…. I think J cole is slightly better imo…
Anyone who hates on this song doesn’t have an ear for quality hip hop….
fayetteville stand up!
who’s drake?
j. cole easily over drake
This is definitely on The Warm Up, J. Cole > Drake, Blu is on some different shit but he’s nice too.
shit is dope.
j. cole & drake are both great artist
yall take this J.Cole & Drake comparison way to serious,
J.COLE IS DOPE AS FUCK point blank.
and so is Drake.
mediafire please!
haha man I leaked this song like 1 week or 2 ago
almost every website had that shit
J.cole is way ill then drake
drake is not that good j cole on another level get the fuck outta here comparing them two together
J cole on the come up the warm up
j cole in 2 years > Drake right now
I like both J Cole & Drake,
But The Warm Up was better than any of Drakes tapes so far…
How was the show Shake? I am Planning on hitting the HOB on Sunday for the Great Hangover Tour. It’s already sold out I think but I’m still trying to source some tickets if anyone has any ideas
i feel like J. Cole is gonna be a star in the game one day but he aint ready yet…he still recycles lines(his and other rappers) and talks about the same ish…ive been listening 2 the Warm Up alot since it came out but i noticed that a while back.
I think Drake gots the whole thing down and realized a while back the way he was gonna make it big. His talent is undeniable and is a just a versatile rapper
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» J. Cole – Lights Please x In The Morning x Serenade HipHopIsCoolAgain said this on July 24th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
J.Cole nice…He has growing to do but he’s got plenty of potential. He prolly won’t drop till late 2010 early 2011 becuz of how Hip Hop is with it’s “copy cat” formulas running crazy and it’s catering more towards the ladies/clubs right now. J.Cole is Jiggas investment when Hip Hop shifts a litte, cuz he’s definately not a “Game Changer” type artist who can make BIG noise in this current state of Hip Hop, but WHY???
Simply because he’s not ENTERTAINING enough…His style/persona/appeal as an artist is a lil simple and dry…which may come off as BORING to today’s music fans. Hip Hop heads will definately feel him lyrically but he needs more than that to stay alive on the Roc-Nation label. His beats also need some re-adjustments, they’re nothing fresh/innovative. His hooks ain’t powerful enough but im still ridin with homie…He’ll get better.
Drake already there, maybe not lyrically but sadly right now in Hip Hop you don’t need lyricism to get ya rep up…
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J. Cole – Lights Please « Fresh Out The Oven said this on July 29th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Why is that Drake and J. Cole even have to be compared? Can’t everyone just embrace the fact that in an era where many have said that hip hop is dead, there is some geunine talent that doesn’t sound generic and played out for the charts. J. Cole, Drake, Charles Hamilton, Wale and some of these other new guys are beasts, simple as that. Why at this stage do we have to rank them?
I’m a Drizzy fan to the core but he hakes a L to J.Cole as far as lyrical ability J.Cole can freestyle Drake uses the blackberry…….
J-Cole rhymes from the dome, and Drake from his blackberry. J.Cole lyrics way better than Drakes.
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i really dig the concept of this song. Its like he striving for higher ground and knowledge and the pussy represents mans lower senses and lower self. He want to achieve great things but keeps being drug back by the pleasure sensory. Dope. I fucks with it.
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J. Cole – Lights, Please [CDQ] | The Hip Hop Daily said this on September 17th, 2009 at 1:55 am
geo made a very valid point that if drake wasnt on top of the charts right now you know candada surely would be saying hes the hottest out so not top 10 there is outrageousss…and the rest of you would be riding his balls…im not saying drake is that nice but hes got talent and thats undeniable…i liked him alot before he hit the radio but that doesnt mean now i call him wack i just dont prefer his music as muchh…and on the j cole factor he is very unpolished he has talent too but he is nowhere near as versatile an artist as drake…the two are comparable in that they both are in this half sing half rap genre, are new to the game, light skinned, and young so dont say they are polar opposites. I personally love this song but i think that drake is better lyrically but i also dont think that j cole is as refined yet. Drake is more mature of an artist now…but thats not saying jay cole wont get there i just think he has more work. neither are wack…and stop exaggerating every point you make like j cole is the next nas or jay…hes good but nowhere near great. and canada please take pride in the only good thing youve ever produced other than hockey…drake shows toronto love so dont go around saying hes wack it makes you look dumb
J. Cole is better than Drake pound for pound. Drake knows how to make pop hits. He’s got punchlines, but being a hip hop artists is far more than that. Thats why hip hop head will ride with J. Cole. Dude has concepts, delivery, wordplay, and substance in his tracks. You can hear the hunger in his voice.
And Glenn J.cole produces and raps. He doesn’t sing! Cmon. Are you serious
im a fan of both drake and j cole. The reason people are high on j cole right now is because he’s still considered “underground” while drake has made it to the mainstream. People were saying the same things about drake before he blew up. You can’t tell me that drake only makes pop records. Go listen to his older mixtape stuff and look at the lyrical content he has there. Once j cole goes mainstream everyone will begin saying the same things about him and find some new underground artist to praise.
ya’ niggaz is d1ck riders hard body! straight up, everyone says either Drake or J.cole suck.. they both nice, why u think they got signed? Drake is better than u think, u gotta understand the lines he says. sum of u are too slow maybe… J. Cole gives you that deep music, so every one can relate to it, and he doesnt have to dumb it down. They different in style AND content, so to say one is wack is just plain haterism at its worst.
…………………you did an okay job of trying to make a point there Don M.