J Cole's Rise from Failure

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  • Опубліковано 26 лют 2024
  • Join us as we explore the highs and lows of Cole's early career, where he grappled with the pressures of satisfying his label while staying true to his artistic vision.
    Witness the evolution of a young talent as he navigates the industry landscape, from the raw energy of "The Come Up" to the introspective depth of "The Warm Up." Dive deep into the struggles and triumphs behind iconic tracks like "Lights Please," "Lost Ones," and "Can't Get Enough."
    Experience firsthand the passion and dedication that propelled J Cole from the brink of obscurity to the pinnacle of success. This is more than just a story-it's a celebration of resilience, creativity, and the power of authentic expression.
    Don't miss out on this unforgettable journey through the early career of one of hip-hop's most influential artists. Hit that subscribe button and join us as we uncover the untold chapters of J Cole's musical legacy. 🎤🔥 #jcole #hiphopicon #musicaljourney
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 96

  • @MattMiranda
    @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому +8

    Part 2 coming, will be out within 14 days and after another video I already had been working on.

  • @Mr360waveman
    @Mr360waveman 4 місяці тому +61

    Was kinda disappointed when the video ended. Had me hooked from the beginning and would’ve loved to hear more about his transition into 2014 FHD and now. Great video!

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому +9

      I might make a massive videos covering everything J Cole from the start to now

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому

      and thank you!

    • @fuevue2913
      @fuevue2913 4 місяці тому +2

      Part 2?

    • @Mr360waveman
      @Mr360waveman 3 місяці тому

      @@fuevue2913 late response but yuhhh!!

  • @midnightgravity.
    @midnightgravity. 4 місяці тому +34

    The first real Cole album was "Friday Night Lights" he himself said it was supposed to be an album

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому

      He did say that but The Come Up has to be it, put him on the map!

    • @alexallen126
      @alexallen126 4 місяці тому +4

      Friday Night Lights is arguably his best work in my opinion

    • @dariansivers631
      @dariansivers631 4 місяці тому +1

      @@alexallen126still listen to that joint to this date tbh 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

  • @sasuke851
    @sasuke851 4 місяці тому +17

    Quick critique , there was a time in rap where mixtapes were more hyped than albums. It gave artist a chance to release a compilation of raw original ideas instead of mainstreaming most songs for albums.
    Come up
    Warm up
    Friday night lights
    (Wayne)no ceilings
    The list goes on

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому +1

      I’m not old enough to have listened back then but I thought labels always cared about albums more

    • @m.o.gentertainment7581
      @m.o.gentertainment7581 4 місяці тому

      @@MattMirandaalbums make money, mixtapes are free so yea the label always cares more about an album. If anything, artist use mixtapes sometimes to drop music when the label is blocking the album

    • @rudypukahi9735
      @rudypukahi9735 3 місяці тому

      Best definition I’ve ever seen of mixtape. Actually life changing

    • @sasuke851
      @sasuke851 3 місяці тому

      @@MattMiranda mixtapes were for
      Promo, us the fans , and a way for them to put a genuine piece of themselves out. Notice they were always free

  • @TheCynicalGhost
    @TheCynicalGhost 4 місяці тому +11

    Cole's career story really is something of a movie. Nice breakdown.

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому +1

      It is wild, thank you 🙏

  • @grady1370
    @grady1370 4 місяці тому +6

    Thought the view count was 1.3 million not 1.3k when I clicked on it. The thumbnail was professional, the quality, the audio, the storytelling, the clips of jcole talking, everything was perfect. Cant wait to see your channel blow up man this was such a good video, I’m subscribing

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому

      Appreciate you! Been doing this for a bit and have definitely come a long way.

  • @PenguiinArc
    @PenguiinArc 4 місяці тому +1

    I've immediately Subscribed man. Love it.

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому +1

      More on the way 🔥🔥🔥

  • @Thee_Ansar
    @Thee_Ansar 4 місяці тому +3

    This needed to be longer, it was done so well nut there so much more ro unpackage i hope theres a part 2

  • @wintv6046
    @wintv6046 4 місяці тому +4

    I still listen to Who Dat to this day 🤣🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @JayDeeDonuts
    @JayDeeDonuts 4 місяці тому +1

    You deserve more subscribers fr, this shit was amazing man keep makin videos

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому

      I always appreciate these comments, the subscribers will come eventually

  • @010193daniel
    @010193daniel 4 місяці тому +4

    Keep making videos g, this shit was exceptional

  • @alexmmusa
    @alexmmusa 4 місяці тому +10

    you do great work here bro fr

  • @preposteroussvideos
    @preposteroussvideos 4 місяці тому +1

    Ok this channel got me hooked

  • @yvngnova8949
    @yvngnova8949 4 місяці тому +1

    Amazing insightful video bro

  • @imgomi7
    @imgomi7 4 місяці тому +2

    get this man the views he deserves

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому +1

      I'll keep the content coming

  • @AdrianArturoMora
    @AdrianArturoMora 4 місяці тому +3

    J. Cole didn’t have permission to release “Friday Night Lights”. That’s why on GOMD he states, “Even Hov tried to keep it and I leaked the damn tape”.

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  3 місяці тому +1

      You’re right, makes the story even better. Seems like the label didn’t really believe in Cole

  • @RealSpacial
    @RealSpacial 4 місяці тому +8

    BABBEEEE WAKE UP MATT MIRANDA DROPPED

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому +2

      Spacial the goat

    • @RealSpacial
      @RealSpacial 4 місяці тому

      @@MattMiranda 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

  • @lethaljones3814
    @lethaljones3814 4 місяці тому

    We need part 2!!!

  • @WILLintoPOWER
    @WILLintoPOWER 4 місяці тому +1

    Man not gone 🧢, while everybody a bandwagon hopper that LOVED J.cole from the jump, i thought hewas mediocre. Just me. Always did. I liked some scattered songs here and there. It was like almost to Forest hills before i really was like wow. I WAS a day one listener, but I WASNT a day one fan. But he def grew on me and made me a believer.

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому +1

      I really only got into rap after forest hills drive dropped so for me it was diving back into an artist I already enjoyed. I definitely like songs from his older projects but there is the occasional miss.

  • @aizenzae4510
    @aizenzae4510 4 місяці тому +1

    Lol I would like a part 2. Should do a whole Cole

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому

      Not sure if I’ll restart from the beginning or continue from here

  • @nelswebs
    @nelswebs 4 місяці тому +2

    There’s a difference between albums and mixtapes especially when the come up came out

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому +2

      Yeah, seems like most people who listened back then say that mixtapes were more important than I mentioned

  • @heyitsmadan
    @heyitsmadan 4 місяці тому

    awesome video

  • @doubllechief6926
    @doubllechief6926 4 місяці тому +1

    I never really liked J Cole up until pretty recently; his albums weren’t nearly as smart and as well thought out as Kendrick’s, and his music wasn’t nearly as melodic and enjoyable as Drake’s. But he’s really loosened up over the years, collabing with non lyrical-miracle artists and really going on a crazy feature run as of late…

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому +1

      I’ve always preferred him over Kendrick and drake. The most replay ability while still saying something for me.

  • @imgomi7
    @imgomi7 4 місяці тому +2

    HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE 50 VIEWS AND 17K SUBS?????

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому +1

      Let's see what I have at the end of the year

    • @imgomi7
      @imgomi7 4 місяці тому

      @@MattMiranda yay

  • @hotboyconnie
    @hotboyconnie 4 місяці тому +1

    damn this a good ass video

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому +1

      I appreciate it, more on the way

  • @jequangold7098
    @jequangold7098 4 місяці тому

    Who Dat being a flop is crazy. I loved that song first song I heard and had it on repeat.

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  3 місяці тому

      Same here, didn’t hear it till way later though

  • @Sairo414
    @Sairo414 4 місяці тому

    This vid ended prematurely, give us part 2 please ”the rise and rise of j cole”

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому

      We can run it back for a part 2

  • @Steve-390
    @Steve-390 4 місяці тому

    Good video

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому

      Thank you! Always appreciate those who show love

  • @diogoreal1275
    @diogoreal1275 4 місяці тому

    Wen part 2?

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому

      within 2 weeks, video about Cole Bennett next because I had already nearly finished it.

  • @TheKraftykid
    @TheKraftykid 4 місяці тому

    Made Nas Proud made me cry

  • @Leonard_Washington76
    @Leonard_Washington76 4 місяці тому +1

    I’ve been listening to J.Cole since 2007. Honestly I don’t see why everyone is saying he’s top tier. J.Cole been sounding the same since 2007 🤷🏾‍♂️. Now is he top tier in the bars and in his flow absolutely! But still waiting on him to put out a album better than Kendrick’s “DAMN”

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  3 місяці тому

      Sometimes music doesn’t gel with people for a number of reasons. For me Cole has always dominated Kendrick, Kendrick is great but, imo, struggles with replay ability at times.

  • @Jimmyhendrixx21
    @Jimmyhendrixx21 4 місяці тому

    Where’s that j Cole footage from?

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  3 місяці тому

      ua-cam.com/video/wY5_0k2g-94/v-deo.htmlsi=aCs7FagrX0yGd4Cq

  • @sirjackio_zw
    @sirjackio_zw 4 місяці тому

    Good video but I clicked when this guy was comparing Who Dat (a song that came out in '09) and Crew (came out in '16)

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому

      Clicked off? Also I wasn’t trying to compare songs from the same time, just to getter point across. Even in the video that I showed a few times Cole compared it to songs that were not released within years of Who Dat, but the songs he mentioned he could’ve heard before they were released.

  • @ralnou
    @ralnou 4 місяці тому

    He is basically always trying to please people

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому

      That’s part of signing to a label, but it doesn’t stay that way

  • @RealSpacial
    @RealSpacial 4 місяці тому +5

    1:23 the Biden tweet??!!?? lmaoo

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому +2

      haters will say it's fake

    • @RealSpacial
      @RealSpacial 4 місяці тому +1

      @@MattMiranda 😂😂😭

  • @tshepochiloane1357
    @tshepochiloane1357 4 місяці тому +2

    At no point during this story did J Cole “fail” 😂

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому

      He dropped some of the worst performing songs at the time and the label was consistently unhappy with what he made, it just aged well. At the time it seemed like failure though.

  • @RealSpacial
    @RealSpacial 4 місяці тому +3

    literally commenting again for an algorithm push 💪🏾🪐 Great video man

  • @dengmandang
    @dengmandang 3 місяці тому +1

    Is there a reason why Jay Z and J Cole only have 2 songs together in their 14year relationship?

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  3 місяці тому +1

      I was going to look into this for a separate video, despite being signed to Jay’s label they’ve seemed to never really associate with each other. Odd

    • @dengmandang
      @dengmandang 3 місяці тому

      @@MattMiranda
      Please do 🙏🏿 it’s had me curious for awhile now.

  • @Revengex19999
    @Revengex19999 4 місяці тому +1

    "he blew up off mixtapes the industry didn't respect that yet "
    Wrong the labels were using mixtapes for rap artist to get a buzz before releasing a single and then the album ...
    Labels were using that formula since it worked for 50 cent in 2002 ... 6 years before j Cole got signed ...
    You also had acts like young Jeezy and lil Wayne blow up off mixtapes and have large commercial success so the idea that labels didn't respect artist blowing up off mixtapes is wro f

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому

      This definitely could be true. Based on what I saw there was a time where people started to think mixtapes were getting old and that something more cohesive proves more of the artist, I could have worded it better for sure.

  • @georgejean8376
    @georgejean8376 3 місяці тому

    This video ended pretty fast

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  2 місяці тому

      At some point I am going to make a whole story of Cole type of video

  • @rcollins1106
    @rcollins1106 4 місяці тому +1

    Did you compare a 2017 GoldLink track to a 2010 Cole? Did you put Omen and Jay Z in the same sentence? What is happening? Lol

    • @MattMiranda
      @MattMiranda  4 місяці тому +1

      It’s just an example of a melodic song, yes, let me cook

  • @aldoahshene5723
    @aldoahshene5723 4 місяці тому

    I really hated who that