J. Cole will go down as the greatest rapper who ever lives… not most influential cas obviously biggie n pac, not the most hits cas real music doesn't make it to the radio, not the richest cas he doesn't really care about having his own shoes, or clothes or w.e… if you look solely into lyrics and songs... he will go down as the greatest...bet
you'll find old Cole fans always roaming these songs. no diss to new fans. I'm glad he blew up. but something about that tight old fan base that pretty much grew with Cole as he was getting bigger and bigger.
JBG bro thank you. I honest don’t like any of his new music. He left front a old school flow and a lyrical genius to some mainstream horse shit. Same thing happened to lupe.
Now he's watered down..This will be one of his best performances bars/concept wise. He's lost his creativity and just rap random shit now. Where's the substance, or deep artist he portrayed to be?
@@whylie2029 well i believe that *_he_* thinks he overplayed the rapping about the deep explaining why he took on the perceptive of his friend who passed away and the alter ego kill edward he is trying to not rap about the same old thing even though that’s what his fans like and i respect that
"In 2023, it remains a timeless classic, a testament to J Cole's enduring artistry. His passion and energy were unparalleled, reminiscent of the young Simba and the lion within him. It's astonishing to think this masterpiece was crafted back in 2011 by the lyrical king, J Cole." 👑🎶
People compare Kendrick to j cole. Honestly you can't compare them. They both rap about different topics. J cole raps mostly about stories and self experience. Although Kendrick does the same thing sometimes, he mostly rap about the world and situations going on. Two different styles, two great rappers
agsskillmen I think rappers can always be compared at the end of the day they are both rappers. People are always gonna have different opinions on who is better though.
shame this didn't make it on to an official project. j cole be fucking up sometimes, dont get me wrong his songs are all amazing but he needs to put songs like return of simba, this, grew up fast, the cure on albums. he would have classic ALBUMS this way
10 months later. I'm think 2014 FHD is a potential classic. Giving me those same mixtape vibes and i listen to the whole thing straight through over and over. cole world
I remember in 10th or 11th grade I think it was tenth, but anyway I did a report on this song and made a stellar grade. I still flunked the class but still it showed how great of a writer I could be and am right now.
+jimmy nunez this shit go hard andthis is young cole im a senior now but in a few years i will be just like kendrick cole and krit the top three right now and my favorite rappers
Still one of my favorite Cole songs ever and it still gives me chills to date bc the first time I heard it was after one of my homeboys got gunned down by the police in broad daylight just bc he was seen hanging around with 'killers'. This should have been on Born Sinner man
The thought behind this song is so deep and rarely talked about. When a young man kills another young man two sets of family and friends are affected. As a father to a boy, I couldn’t imagine losing my son to death or prison. J. Cole has been great at looking at life through eyes of an older person and relaying it perfectly through his music. This song is just another great example.
Run Spawns it is.. Only the reason I'm knocking it down some is because it's on another person's beat.. It's not like an original song.. Miss America is up there though..
tupac? why is everyone comparing him to tupac. j cole is more like nas. I mean, just hear Nas's story telling classics then listen to J Cole. lol. Kenny is himself I wouldn't really compare him to biggie be they have two entirely different flows
Yeah...that's a fair comparison. Making moreso a reference to the locations from where they come. Kendrick is himself (how long has it been since mainstream artist could get away with saying that gang violence is awful?). I think they are the chosen ones that have been sent by the gods to save hip hop is all, lol.
One of my childhood friends just went too prison for first degree murder, and this song definitely describes his story so accurately. He was a good dude but went down the wrong path. I feel for his momma , but what he did was just sick..
J. Cole is amazing. Way more than just a great artist, he is an amazing poet and story teller. My favorite J. Cole song by miles, because of the way he is able to portray his voice right into the listeners mind, even if you don't relate to his music you feel his passion
I don't think y'all got what he's saying Dreams is where he was obsessed with the girl , power trip he kills a guy for her , And killer is foreseeing it all .
This admonished, unsevered, and de-compressed my soul. Everytime I invoke and intersperse this song, I feel regained and executive. I'm superfluously mild and suppositional.
This song is waaaaaaaaayyyyyyy to real, everybody I know......know someone or somebody going through a situation like this. Cole has been crazy with his lyrics so far in his rap career!
I bet all of you never even listened to a Kendrick Lamar album, I prefer jcole over Kendrick but Kendrick made way better songs then "killers" don't get me wrong it's a great song but Kendrick wrote better.
Just sittin' here thinking about all the SH** I done been through & all the SH** I put my MOM'S & FAMILY THROUGH...LIVING THIS THING I THOUGHT WAS LIVING...NIGGA AIN'T BEEN LIVIN'... I BEEN BARELY SURVIVING CAUGHT UP!!! THANKS J COLE 4 TELLING NIGGAZ DA REAL... PEACE ✌️
Definitely was walking around in HS playing this and every other unreleased track he had floating on UA-cam, back when solja boy and Gucci was the top dogs lol scowering every interview and freestyle, people saying “turn that shit off” lol look at him now
A lot of people wonder why we love Cole so much. It’s because he can make you feel like you know him. I’ve never met this guy, I’ve seen him many of times. However I care for him as if I know him. That’s how much he has impacted my life. Thank you J Cole
Tobin Blevins but them dislikes are before lil yachty even graduated high school and young thug wasn't a thing in 2011 but who ever disliked is some hoes tho
talks about the Fall Off dropping soon has me deeeep in my j. Cole bag. Listening to all the songs that made me fall in love with him in the first place. Insane to think he really became the greatest of all time. Cole Fam wya
J. Cole will go down as the greatest rapper who ever lives… not most influential cas obviously biggie n pac, not the most hits cas real music doesn't make it to the radio, not the richest cas he doesn't really care about having his own shoes, or clothes or w.e… if you look solely into lyrics and songs... he will go down as the greatest...bet
K Cam for real bro.
Facts
called it
You were right. He's heading to GOAT status
Glad that he was rewarded monetarily for his skill set....so dope man. This hit me hard 7 years ago, and it hits the same way today.
you'll find old Cole fans always roaming these songs. no diss to new fans. I'm glad he blew up. but something about that tight old fan base that pretty much grew with Cole as he was getting bigger and bigger.
JBG I’ll forever love Cole but his old music is really something special
Mahn! It feels like ages ago when he had short hair that sleek goatee and dropping work out.
JBG bro thank you. I honest don’t like any of his new music. He left front a old school flow and a lyrical genius to some mainstream horse shit. Same thing happened to lupe.
Reason brought me back here
You couldn’t have said it any better. 💯
Stilllll, in 2024, one of the greatest songs he ever put out!
ten years later and i’m still listening can’t wait to hopefully come back in another ten years
See you in 2031 for another comment 🤣
@@mkpenuk1089 see you then hopefully one of us will remember
@@shafiiqs I Gotchu fam
Now he's watered down..This will be one of his best performances bars/concept wise. He's lost his creativity and just rap random shit now. Where's the substance, or deep artist he portrayed to be?
@@whylie2029 well i believe that *_he_* thinks he overplayed the rapping about the deep explaining why he took on the perceptive of his friend who passed away and the alter ego kill edward he is trying to not rap about the same old thing even though that’s what his fans like and i respect that
I wish Apple Music had all his old music... Gotta get on UA-cam just to listen to all his old joints 🙄
Victoria Porter I just had to do the same thing!! Omg
It’s on Spotify
Two years later and this is still the problem!! Smh lol
Download Spinrilla most of his mixtapes are available there
It’s on amazon music lmfao
"In 2023, it remains a timeless classic, a testament to J Cole's enduring artistry. His passion and energy were unparalleled, reminiscent of the young Simba and the lion within him. It's astonishing to think this masterpiece was crafted back in 2011 by the lyrical king, J Cole." 👑🎶
People compare Kendrick to j cole. Honestly you can't compare them. They both rap about different topics. J cole raps mostly about stories and self experience. Although Kendrick does the same thing sometimes, he mostly rap about the world and situations going on. Two different styles, two great rappers
agsskillmen I think rappers can always be compared at the end of the day they are both rappers. People are always gonna have different opinions on who is better though.
Yeah both rappers are fucking nice
+agsskillmen thats where your wrong , j cole raps about whats going on in the world THROUGH STORIES ! way better than kendrick imo
Cole is reminiscent of 2pac fr or jus older rappers n general
+Kang Dee fr? I hear more of nas in this.
5 years later and it still says "NEW" LMFAOOOOOOOO
lmao
KE TV New as in views this man is obviously tryna get new views...
KE TV song still sounds like its new tbhh
Coles work can’t get old
Your comment made me laugh lmao
Most slept on cole song?
Cashus Adonis most unknown
Troy Cummings most unknown song while also being one of his best songs is considered "slept on"
JakeP. If it’s the most unknown then nobody would really know about so it being one of his best means it is slept on because nobody brings it up.
This was the song that made me a cole fan, sad its so slept on.
On g and unabomber
this is straight from the soul...ten years later I still get goosebumps listening to this...some of Cole’s best work...this is incredible
💯
shame this didn't make it on to an official project. j cole be fucking up sometimes, dont get me wrong his songs are all amazing but he needs to put songs like return of simba, this, grew up fast, the cure on albums. he would have classic ALBUMS this way
aint his choice most of the time
***** he hasn't really got control over what he can make or release and plus he is in the industry now.
10 months later. I'm think 2014 FHD is a potential classic. Giving me those same mixtape vibes and i listen to the whole thing straight through over and over. cole world
***** this is on an official project bro.. but Jcole didn't make this song for him.. he made it for his boys mixtape.
Who’s still listening to this in 2019
me
MY MAN
Hot track
2020, bruh
Rachel Wilson 2020 🙌🏽
JCole is always going to be overlooked......
Premeditated Murder & this ('Killers') are my two favourite Cole tracks no doubt, such a great MC and even whilst he's been mainstream
ill never get tired of this song
Cole world no blankets. Still here in 2024
This song is REAL and hard AF
I remember in 10th or 11th grade I think it was tenth, but anyway I did a report on this song and made a stellar grade. I still flunked the class but still it showed how great of a writer I could be and am right now.
+Taio Smalls nice!! I was also in 10th grade when i heard it. This was like before Cole was gonna blow up. Great memories.
+jimmy nunez this shit go hard andthis is young cole im a senior now but in a few years i will be just like kendrick cole and krit the top three right now and my favorite rappers
Dierius Abby my fav 3 too bro!! Haha and thats good man keep doin your thing, if they can do it so can you👍👍👍
+Taio Smalls shouldve got an A for that one bruh
Judging by this comment, you do not prove to be a even decent writer.
I feel tupac in this. hmmm
same here to me
Facts
Its crazy through my mom i grew up on pac an told my mom he like a NC pac
The closest thing to 2pac we got
🔥🔥🙌 true shit
This song still gives me chills
Gives me immortal technique vibes that be a dope collab for this era
2024 where we at?!
You can hear Tupac in this!
16 on death row
No we can't.
+dwill0917 swear
+MyMedsDontWork stfu
AiM TacTiic nah
One of his best songs ever.
& we finally got this Cole back. Welcome to the Off-Season 🙏🏾
Just went to the it was all a blur tour just to see Cole, he didn’t disappoint he rapped his ass off. Truly amazing to witness. Love you Cole ❤
Still one of my favorite Cole songs ever and it still gives me chills to date bc the first time I heard it was after one of my homeboys got gunned down by the police in broad daylight just bc he was seen hanging around with 'killers'. This should have been on Born Sinner man
The greatest of all time 🐐🐐🐐🐐
Was in the 8th grade when this came out, Senior in high school and this song is still real as fuck to me
Dreams, Power Trip, Killers
Tracy McGrady show me somthin, cheer up, theres more haha.
January 28th, high for hours, Cousins, Cole Summer, 4 your eyez only
this song is one of the greatest hip hop songs ever written, no doubt
I remember when this song was stuck at 800,000 veiws. Some of his best work really.
Raw emotion. He speaks for an entire generation. Cole is not perfect, but I'm so glad he was born into this world.
Before I'm gone, killers, dreams perfect trio.
***** 3 wishes too
Premeditaed murder
Power trip goes between Dreams and Killers... That's the story
Max Jennings no it's not.
uzibitch1 dreams is when he fantasizes about the girl, power trip he takes action, and killers is after he killed her boyfriend...
all time favorite rapper 💖
Yk they say I look like him😏 wsp?
Damn, these old cole songs are so fucking real
2024🔥 never going stop listening to old cole still the best and greatest rapper ever alive until to this day
The thought behind this song is so deep and rarely talked about. When a young man kills another young man two sets of family and friends are affected. As a father to a boy, I couldn’t imagine losing my son to death or prison. J. Cole has been great at looking at life through eyes of an older person and relaying it perfectly through his music. This song is just another great example.
J Cole is the Brains, Kendrick Lamar the Soul and Drake the Heart
Very well said
+Lunar Orbit Man they all good, ain't gotta be like that
+Tarisayi Tanyanyiwa man cole is the heart brains n soul bro all he raps is soulful smart n heart touching music smh
+Tarisayi Tanyanyiwa Wale is the heart*
+Tanaisha Houston you think so?
Hands down the best record Cole has ever produced and spit over
hell na top 20 though
+Che Julian yeah I agree. The Cure and premeditated murder are better than this one
Run Spawns premeditated murder top 5. Cure top 30 for me. I can't even decide tbh.. January 28th up there
whaaaat Cure is straight bars all the way thru
Run Spawns it is.. Only the reason I'm knocking it down some is because it's on another person's beat.. It's not like an original song.. Miss America is up there though..
J Cole and Kendrick are like Biggie and Tupac without the beef. Now stop your arguing and listen to some of the best rappers of this generation.
tupac? why is everyone comparing him to tupac. j cole is more like nas. I mean, just hear Nas's story telling classics then listen to J Cole. lol. Kenny is himself I wouldn't really compare him to biggie be they have two entirely different flows
Yeah...that's a fair comparison. Making moreso a reference to the locations from where they come. Kendrick is himself (how long has it been since mainstream artist could get away with saying that gang violence is awful?). I think they are the chosen ones that have been sent by the gods to save hip hop is all, lol.
Their compering him to Pac. Cause like Biggie, Kendrick is a better rapper. But people like Cole better cause hes more relatable much like Pac
TheVoiceofReason0220 yes!
@@drbekibossshit facts
Never gets old. #ColeWorld
Such a deep song, I can close my eyes and picture everything in this song.. This is what rap and hip-hop is all about.
R.I.P Richard Pryor
j cole makes the best music I ever hear.
One of my childhood friends just went too prison for first degree murder, and this song definitely describes his story so accurately. He was a good dude but went down the wrong path. I feel for his momma , but what he did was just sick..
Such a vivid image you can picture in this song, one of my favorites from J. cole.
I was 13 when this came out I remembered playing tf out of this
Same here brother
Just randomly popped in my head. Dammmmn I used to blast this
The first verses reminded me of Tupac, damn
exactly but niggas don't wanna hear you compare him to pac smh.
God MC that's a good thing Dummy
MAKAVELI trench do you see the irony of you calling him a dummy?
Should be murders not killers, cause he murdered this shit. It was no accident..
J. Cole is amazing. Way more than just a great artist, he is an amazing poet and story teller. My favorite J. Cole song by miles, because of the way he is able to portray his voice right into the listeners mind, even if you don't relate to his music you feel his passion
2018 still here... timeless music
I honestly think this may be one my favourite j Cole tracks... great storytelling
this is one of j coles best tracks
1. Dreams
2. Power Trip
3. Killer
what a story
+SourPatch42 Premiatated Murder is 2nd.
Plus Stay.
Mind=Blown
I don't think y'all got what he's saying
Dreams is where he was obsessed with the girl , power trip he kills a guy for her ,
And killer is foreseeing it all .
What about break down and farewell
This song could not hold more value than today, RIP Alton Sterling & Philando Castile...
Forever a classic.
This admonished, unsevered, and de-compressed my soul. Everytime I invoke and intersperse this song, I feel regained and executive. I'm superfluously mild and suppositional.
He needs have an album where to tells story's the whole album.
I've been saying that for years
Listen to 'The Storm'
I already have
Who is the comedian featured in this song
donkedik J. That is A snippet of a Richard Pryor act.
Best j. cole song ever
I mean he has so many good joints, it's hard to pick just one.
these lyrics are so real I can feel em in my veins. especially that second verse damn!!!!!
Cole paints a full picture 👏🙌 in ya head
Yeah.. Pictionary lol
He tell you what it is...dictionary
2023! Old cole was a head of his time!
Naaa this song changed my life 😔😔 oh my God.. haven’t heard it in a few years but still know every word for sure
I remember when I first listened to this song like a year ago ... still brings chills through me ... J. Cole on top ------ COLE WORLD NO SNUGGIE!!!
True all those years ago and still true as we head into 2024
Dreams, then power trip, then this, then stay
Thank you sir
Taylor Shh, dont snitch
And a lot that came after
Story telling that is one thang I like bout Cole
Cole fans proud of you..2024
Facts
Realest tune out of his music career so far...
He has way too many tho
This song is simply beautiful. I don't care what a single person has to say. J. Cole is the best things rap has seen in YEARS.
stumbled upon this song strangely enough on the ten year anniversary of its release. cool to see him still popping ten years later
By far, this is Coles best poetry! Easily my favourite song of all time..the mans lyrical "killer"
This song is waaaaaaaaayyyyyyy to real, everybody I know......know someone or somebody going through a situation like this. Cole has been crazy with his lyrics so far in his rap career!
honestly one of the greatest lyricist
Mannnn that 1st verse..... Man Man Man... Cole paint them pictures
Here in 2023 👏🏼
Just watched Richard Pryor’s comedy special and it always brings me back to this song
This is easily one of the greatest pure rap song I’ve heard. Top 5 for me for real. Painted a real picture.
Kendrick will never make a song on this level
i agree
i feel like blacker the berry by kendrick gets close
Thats Notfunny not even-_-
"Sing about me" kendrick is on par with this
I bet all of you never even listened to a Kendrick Lamar album, I prefer jcole over Kendrick but Kendrick made way better songs then "killers" don't get me wrong it's a great song but Kendrick wrote better.
I think Cole should cut his hair again, as good as he is now the fresh cut Cole was raw
Can't disagree but every artist grows.. matures and their style changes with it
his next album will be his best project trust me
+Hideotic because it might be his last
false prophet smh
reese reinertson may your idols never be your rivals.
Just sittin' here thinking about all the SH** I done been through & all the SH** I put my MOM'S & FAMILY THROUGH...LIVING THIS THING I THOUGHT WAS LIVING...NIGGA AIN'T BEEN LIVIN'... I BEEN BARELY SURVIVING CAUGHT UP!!!
THANKS J COLE 4 TELLING NIGGAZ DA REAL... PEACE ✌️
J cole always speak to the people...gotta love it..repeat!!!
This man is a legend it honestly doesn't matter if he's better than drake or Kendrick or anyone else he's a legend.
2020 Still Listening!!!!🔥🔥🔥
I watched his life flash before his eyes like a strobe light...ColeWorld 🙌
Reason brought me back to this song... haven't heard it for years and it still brings the same chills
November 2023…..
Very impressive. Keep killing 'em Cole.
I'll always come back to this track
Dude used a Fleetwood Mac Big Love sample like a boss. This needs to be released!!
🙏😭 finally found it
2018 And I'm still here never gets old
Probably one of my favorite songs ever. Amazing storytelling. 10 out of 10 fersure!
j coles storytelling songs >>>
it seems whatever j cole spits about its real and relatable, nice work
J. Cole is cold str8 up
Definitely was walking around in HS playing this and every other unreleased track he had floating on UA-cam, back when solja boy and Gucci was the top dogs lol scowering every interview and freestyle, people saying “turn that shit off” lol look at him now
Same here brother, lmao I use to walk down main hallway in high-school jus bumping this song
A lot of people wonder why we love Cole so much. It’s because he can make you feel like you know him. I’ve never met this guy, I’ve seen him many of times. However I care for him as if I know him. That’s how much he has impacted my life. Thank you J Cole
How can you dislike this. 275 people are some young thug and lil yachty fans
Tobin Blevins but them dislikes are before lil yachty even graduated high school and young thug wasn't a thing in 2011 but who ever disliked is some hoes tho
bohemian rhapsody of rap.
talks about the Fall Off dropping soon has me deeeep in my j. Cole bag. Listening to all the songs that made me fall in love with him in the first place. Insane to think he really became the greatest of all time. Cole Fam wya
First song I ever heard from Cole, been a die hard fan ever since 💯my 🐐🐐