"Falling victim to this...society, where hoes gaining notoriety, and if I ain't rocking chains these kids won't admire me" -Still the realist shit I've heard to this date
J Cole is a great artist, definitely my favorite with childish gambino and Kanye but you're overrating him and his lines so hard... that's not even that deep
People arguing whether or not this is a freestyle or written, don't you people realize these people rap and write basically every day for hours on end? That they've practiced to the point where they know everything that rhymes? So yeah, these verses may be previously thought of or written in some form, but I would still consider this a freestyle because I doubt he prepared what to say specifically for this rap. He basically has a storage of lines in his mind he can pull out at any time. Regardless, one of the best recorded frees of all time
+Peter Cross Also, anyone who thinks Cole is not capable of freestyling at this level can suck a dick, this dude is talented and puts in work and has been putting in work for a decade+ now of course he's capable
Do you guys realize what he said in that second verse? The amount of references he put into that, whether it be written or not, i would put that second verse as a top 10 verse cole has ever done. I mean "this is colewar/ soviet/ no vietnam". the historical reference
I'll give you a tip on how to spot real freestyles. When his mouth barely catches up with his flow and his though pattern, he hums but nothing gets provided as ammo hence the little mouth slur. Once in the flow your mind will and emotions/soul provides you with material quite brilliant at the time.
You can tell his mind is racing trying to work out the lyrics before he say it. I love it! theres a true art to freestyling in my opinion because you have to think, rap, and stay on beat. amazing.
+Clark Kent it's not written. I'm a artist myself. Look at his body language he's not relaxed. When u spit something written u don't look that tense. When it's written u barley even think that hard. He's tense because he's thinking at a faster pace than normal. It's hard to do. But trust me this is off top. He's just amazing at the shit that it sounds effortless. But when u look at his face u can't tell he's coming of top. Trust me I've been in plenty of rap battles and cole is coming of top.
1:55 that right there is why I love rap. The consonants in the rhymes create a rhythm that works realllllly well on top of the beat, almost like a second percussion
2014 forest hills drive was a coo album but there were tracks on that album that i didnt like, like st tropez hello G.O.M.D he doesnt have to do tracks like that.
Bass Red tf u mean?!?!? G.O.M.D had content. But yo dumass was probably to stupid n ignorant to hear the message!! Hello also had content, he's allowed to paint pics of what ever story he wants to tell... St tropez was also amazing, but I wouldn't expect you or Brian to get the shit. Cuz all you do is listen to the music, you'd be surprised if you looked at his lyrics. FOH
Not taking anything away from it, but it isn't a freestyle man. You can't be so dense as to not realize that. Freestyle has a different definition nowadays. It doesn't mean off the top of the head. He isn't making up these lyrics as he goes along. It is all written. Freestyle these days means "without form, having no concise point". Although at least in my opinion, these days a freestyle is just throwaway verses, or at the very best small chunks of future or old material combined into a cohesive whole. I mean you can't really blame the artists. With the way social media works these days it is literally next to impossible to produce "freestyles" at the frequency they would have to, with all the radio shows and other internet venues they are featured on. Long story short: I'm not disrespecting what any artist spits on the microphone for our enjoyment. But to call it a true "freestyle" is simply wrong, because it isn't that at all.
Whether or not it was "created in the moment", this shows talent and you would have to be very ignorant at best to ignore it. But please understand that when a person steps up to the booth, they usually have no idea what beat/instrumental will be played. To simply retract the lines and recite them with an "effortless" flow shows a great deal of talent not even the greats can do.
"coz you black and rap, you'll never do numbers like Adele" How true is that, Adele with "Hello" got like 400m views, This here 2yrs and still about 1.5m views... #ColeTruth
+Sarah Hays Is there something wrong with that? Adelle is an amazing artist and so is Cole. Adelles music consists of love songs, with some pop elements. That has a way bigger audience than "lyrical spiritual miracle cyclical mystical" hardcore rap. Kind-of like complaining that owning a restaurant will make you less money than owning a law firm. Common sense.
I don't get why people are so fixated on trying to compare J Cole and Kendrick Lamar and then call one trash to boost the other one up. How about we just respect both these artists as two of the talented emcees we have in our generation, huh? I mean, why do we have the crab/jealous nigga mentality to everything in life and society? I mean, I'm a huge fan of both artists; I'm a slightly bigger fan of Cole (due to me listening to him longer out of the two), but I also think that Kendrick makes slightly better music. But never do I sit up and try and tear one of them down just to make the other look the better; that's the crab/jealous nigga mentality that really ruins the rap genre and the hip hop culture in general. Let's just respect both men and appreciate their crafts.
that happens because it wasnt his goal, Cole's goal this time around was strictly real shit nothing more nothing less. thats why he didnt have features or radio songs
As a old school rap fan, this is the BEST freestyle any new era rapper has put out, kendrick is good people sleep on them and gambino and logic are also good. But cole? Amazing./
+k den I would agree that Lupe would be in the discussion but I think he's referring to the "new school rappers" and Lupe is a little bit older although he is a genius too
And that ladies and gents was a true Free Style, mixing thoughts with rhyming words (sure some was preconceived) and they actually make sense. Cole is a lyricist, a true MC, last of a dying breed.
@Ajisdarkskin cole was the first artist jay z signed to roc nation lmao. cole left in 2013 to make his own label because hov kept pressuring him to make hits he wasn’t comfortable making.
"Check the album credits, that's produced and written by/none other than yours truly..." Very few rappers or artists in general can own a bar like this. Pure genius!
word !!!! but you cant compare a rapper with mostly all hits written by ghost writers to a rapper that raps about real life problems using his own words
He just knows how to write in song form while doing it in freestyle. You can tell it's a freestyle if you can freestyle like this. It's a gift if you were blessed with it you were. That's why song writers exist.
J cole went off on this a real goat. And for the people asking about the beat it is CNN Bloody Money . The last one who wrote what the beat was writing it 4 years Ago in the comment section so can be hard to find.
When it comes to comparing Kendrick Lamar and Jermaine Cole the way I look at it is this way. From a lyrical standpoint like wordplay, metaphors, punchlines, entendres the list goes on you get the point just overall lyricism kendrick is better but just for making music like stories and such I got Cole. I saw somebody say comparing these 2 is like comparing Tupac to Biggie and I agree. While biggie is a better lyricist I still choose pac over him because I personally feel he makes better music. Same thing here I pick Cole over kendrick. Not to take nothing from Kendrick he great in his own way
Indigo Aura while youre here on UA-cam i suggest you listen to sing about me art of peer pressure dont understand sherane how much a dollar cost thats genius storytelling..i admire cole and everything he's doing.. but the only thing cole has over kendrick is that he can produce his own stuff..sorry
Jay Tee listen to Dreams, Killers, Can I live and know J-Cole paints the illest pictures. I will concede those Kendrick songs are some of the best stories I've ever listened to.
"Falling victim to this...society, where hoes gaining notoriety, and if I ain't rocking chains these kids won't admire me"
-Still the realist shit I've heard to this date
forreal tho
Quinton Rogers that shit tough 💯
Quinton Rogers
Quinton Rogers that was raw 🔥
Quinton Rogers not that real, everybody fuck with him, he ain't even use chains tho
"If you never quit, you never fail" ~ J. Cole
He spits the most real shit.
N look at him now
@@Tyger_Burrington?
Man imagine a whole cole album with old school new york beats and just spitting raw like this
He kind of did it with his mixtapes
What beat is this!? Original song!?
@@gasperallute23 CNN Bloody Money
Listen to:
-The Come Up
-The Warm Up
-Friday Night Lights
Applying pressure
J. Cole for president
bruh.
Average
yes you are
Adrian Sturdivant WA
Adrian Sturdivant
"Trying save a generation knowing that you never will" damn Cole
Ikr
Who listening in 2024?
Me
Gotta come back every now and then. Beautiful message
Brandon Bakehorn facto
Right here
Right now August
"If I slip I'll grab the rail, get a grip and never fail" Lmao Cole been light years ahead bro
true indeed
didn't even get to that part but dammmmm that's fire, haha.
+MrGameronline2000 imma need a rap genius explanation
J Cole is a great artist, definitely my favorite with childish gambino and Kanye but you're overrating him and his lines so hard... that's not even that deep
Fearisee TV I thought that at first too lmao
People arguing whether or not this is a freestyle or written, don't you people realize these people rap and write basically every day for hours on end? That they've practiced to the point where they know everything that rhymes? So yeah, these verses may be previously thought of or written in some form, but I would still consider this a freestyle because I doubt he prepared what to say specifically for this rap. He basically has a storage of lines in his mind he can pull out at any time. Regardless, one of the best recorded frees of all time
+Peter Cross Also, anyone who thinks Cole is not capable of freestyling at this level can suck a dick, this dude is talented and puts in work and has been putting in work for a decade+ now of course he's capable
+Peter Cross word
Def written
+Glojuana and basically writing is off the dome
nowadays people just freestyle the delivery
Who is here from his recent freestyle that was three hours ago
Me
me
Guilty and regret nothing
Me lol, going through all his old stuff to get prepared for the fall off 😭😭
1 word growth!!!!
To witness the la leakers freestyle and go back to this. He's been GOATED 🔥🔥🔥🔥
exactly what i just did indeed homie is goated
Cant believe he didnt change much . His flow has always been legendary. Then and still 🔥🔥🔥
Dude been the realist in the game for over a decade man
Do you guys realize what he said in that second verse? The amount of references he put into that, whether it be written or not, i would put that second verse as a top 10 verse cole has ever done. I mean "this is colewar/ soviet/ no vietnam". the historical reference
People don't think that hard.... J Cole is one of my favorite of all time!
I know its almost like he could have put it on an album.. i listen to this all the time its so sick
real shit
I'll give you a tip on how to spot real freestyles. When his mouth barely catches up with his flow and his though pattern, he hums but nothing gets provided as ammo hence the little mouth slur. Once in the flow your mind will and emotions/soul provides you with material quite brilliant at the time.
TJace50 When i heard that i was like he to nice then played it 3 more times
Crazy talented great voice great energy great lyrics. He's in my top 5 all time
King Cole only gets better wit age
Jesus why am I just hearing this amazing
2 years later i'm dying...
Seventh Son honestly
You can tell his mind is racing trying to work out the lyrics before he say it. I love it! theres a true art to freestyling in my opinion because you have to think, rap, and stay on beat. amazing.
This is written!
+Clark Kent it's not written. I'm a artist myself. Look at his body language he's not relaxed. When u spit something written u don't look that tense. When it's written u barley even think that hard. He's tense because he's thinking at a faster pace than normal. It's hard to do. But trust me this is off top. He's just amazing at the shit that it sounds effortless. But when u look at his face u can't tell he's coming of top. Trust me I've been in plenty of rap battles and cole is coming of top.
+Clark Kent I agree with you.
+Clark Kent He said before he started I hope I don't f this up
right ! he's an artist
There just isn’t one bad line, every single word hits and every single line has a deep meaning. A modern day masterpiece.
"Can I do one more on this beat?" Yes fucking sir!
lml daaamn right
Car seat stash
Killed the beat, brought it back to life and then killed it again
Spartan 04 ve4
M rush what beat is this
1:55 that right there is why I love rap.
The consonants in the rhymes create a rhythm that works realllllly well on top of the beat, almost like a second percussion
Consonants. That's just internal rhyme fam 🔥
Alliteration is definitely a lost art
He really ran a train on my girl tho
"I'm a firm believer, if you never quit you never fail"🔥🔥
The 🐐
"If I ain't Rockin' chains these kids won't admire me" realist fucking shit I've heard in a while.
"Cole world, Soviet" 🔥🔥🔥🔥
"no vietnam, back in fayettenam"
O
thanks for the explanation i was so confused
The play on words was phenomenal
Cole world/cold War. Brilliant.
Yes I’m a say J-Cole top 5 to date!!! still the illest need alive “Classic Hip Hop”
My Homie, ya’ll know where we rest at “NC Stand Up 704”⛽️
I've watched this 1,000 times
Well here goes two thousand.
No Nigel no.
+Pepe The Frog I can't help it.
Nigel Watson its ok man :(
+Nigel Watson NyQuil?
Wish cole would spit like this on his albums . Its like he's holding back
Did you hear his last album?
2014 forest hills drive was a coo album but there were tracks on that album that i didnt like, like st tropez hello G.O.M.D he doesnt have to do tracks like that.
brian kilmer Its hard because you have to appeal to a diverse crowd of people. Some people love G.O.M.D..
Bass Red tf u mean?!?!? G.O.M.D had content. But yo dumass was probably to stupid n ignorant to hear the message!! Hello also had content, he's allowed to paint pics of what ever story he wants to tell... St tropez was also amazing, but I wouldn't expect you or Brian to get the shit. Cuz all you do is listen to the music, you'd be surprised if you looked at his lyrics. FOH
Bass Red lol
It’s amazing that you can literally track how he kept the same fire and passion. His delivery matured with him and he truly mastered his craft.
real real shit
this is why people have so much respect for j.cole.
a true artist.
Many rappers can't even write as good as he freestyles he's so underrated because of them singing songs he did it's sad
agree 100%
It was written
+Jadlen Grant don't matter. Put this on iTunes and I'll buy it. This is better than most rappers song
Not taking anything away from it, but it isn't a freestyle man. You can't be so dense as to not realize that. Freestyle has a different definition nowadays. It doesn't mean off the top of the head. He isn't making up these lyrics as he goes along. It is all written. Freestyle these days means "without form, having no concise point". Although at least in my opinion, these days a freestyle is just throwaway verses, or at the very best small chunks of future or old material combined into a cohesive whole. I mean you can't really blame the artists. With the way social media works these days it is literally next to impossible to produce "freestyles" at the frequency they would have to, with all the radio shows and other internet venues they are featured on. Long story short: I'm not disrespecting what any artist spits on the microphone for our enjoyment. But to call it a true "freestyle" is simply wrong, because it isn't that at all.
Whether or not it was "created in the moment", this shows talent and you would have to be very ignorant at best to ignore it. But please understand that when a person steps up to the booth, they usually have no idea what beat/instrumental will be played. To simply retract the lines and recite them with an "effortless" flow shows a great deal of talent not even the greats can do.
"From a world where LOVE was just four letters"💔❤️
Cole (cold) World!!❄️
Two letters away Colest
"hope i won't fuck this up" literally spits the hardest freestyle ever
cole is just too nice.
Word
"I'm a firm believer in if you never quit you never fail" always spitting facts
"coz you black and rap, you'll never do numbers like Adele"
How true is that, Adele with "Hello" got like 400m views, This here 2yrs and still about 1.5m views... #ColeTruth
+blacknyax hello now has 1 billion views
+Sarah Hays Is there something wrong with that? Adelle is an amazing artist and so is Cole. Adelles music consists of love songs, with some pop elements. That has a way bigger audience than "lyrical spiritual miracle cyclical mystical" hardcore rap. Kind-of like complaining that owning a restaurant will make you less money than owning a law firm. Common sense.
TheTinyTimmyTimTim chill the fuck out dude I was just saying that now the Hello vid has 1 bil views
Sarah Hays I was referring to the op, replied to the wrong person.
TheTinyTimmyTimTim oh
Freestyles the hook
He's that good
This is not a freestlye
Yes it is 👆
You can't prove its not a unheard verse . It's dope though I fuck with cole to the max
“And if I ain’t rockin chains these kids won’t admire me” 🙏🏻🔥🔥
Moneerachena Nhem dang cutie
From a world where love is just 4 letters
"If you never quit you never fail" 💯
That "one time tonight, new york city..." flow is the coldest flow switch i ever heard on a beat
"If you never quit, you never fail" ~ J. Cole
LOL, "people taking pictures every fucking where I go yo". Meanwhile a couple seconds later you see Flex taking a picture of Cole!
God gifted this man, he’s a lyrical genius
hes savage for taking that picture while jcole was rapping about it
this is old as fuck. but that's exactly what I thought. like he just said how that urks him.
Kenny From the A tbh, I would do the same thing
Or maybe he was saying that cuz he saw flex taking a picture lol
I don't get why people are so fixated on trying to compare J Cole and Kendrick Lamar and then call one trash to boost the other one up. How about we just respect both these artists as two of the talented emcees we have in our generation, huh? I mean, why do we have the crab/jealous nigga mentality to everything in life and society? I mean, I'm a huge fan of both artists; I'm a slightly bigger fan of Cole (due to me listening to him longer out of the two), but I also think that Kendrick makes slightly better music. But never do I sit up and try and tear one of them down just to make the other look the better; that's the crab/jealous nigga mentality that really ruins the rap genre and the hip hop culture in general. Let's just respect both men and appreciate their crafts.
Truuuuuuutttthhhh!!!!
Kendrick is nasty but cole has the crown imo
Goes cole then kendrick everyone else is slacking
Darren Peterson can't forget about Lupe... he's come back with a vengeance with Tetsuo&Youth
100 ^^^
After hearing this I can proudly say I have heard every song j Cole has made. And he is the best in the game. No questions
things like this makes you wonder WHY THE FUCK IGGY EVEN WON THE GRAMMY OVER J FUCKING COLE!!!!!!!!!1
?
that happens because it wasnt his goal, Cole's goal this time around was strictly real shit nothing more nothing less. thats why he didnt have features or radio songs
Iggy never won tho?
Jordan Hollifield i thought she did last year...
jordan mang she wasn't nominated last year her album came out after the Grammy in the spring
"Momma already been through Hell, I can turn it in to Heaven if my records even sell."~J.Cole💪
Who's here after watching his newest freestyle 🔥🔥
#4YourEyezOnly Went Platinum Without Features.
FUCK YEAAAA NIGGAAAA
Never forget
and KOD
@Rye Guy went Double Platnuim with no features. 💪🏽💪🏽
@@DeeBabyy2009 Cole a platinum king. Legendary
He made a hook just sitting there freestyling. J cole go hard 🔥
My battery: 1%
Me : listening to this
My phone :I’ll wait
J. Cole and Kendrick got this game on lock. Why people on drake so hard lol
Drake is just catchy
+Nirobi Spruill Drake blows
amen
+Tim Möller Can't wait for when Kendrick and J. Cole finally release the collab album.
AwesomeRB23 yeah. Its going to be so dope.
As a old school rap fan, this is the BEST freestyle any new era rapper has put out, kendrick is good people sleep on them and gambino and logic are also good. But cole? Amazing./
What is the beat name
Kelton Sanderson cnn bloody money
Jcole has a even better freestyle
+Curse tF someone has never listened to lupe fiasco
+k den I would agree that Lupe would be in the discussion but I think he's referring to the "new school rappers" and Lupe is a little bit older although he is a genius too
Anything cole says is 💯 for me 5years ago 20 years later i can still relate to him
LMAOO, just after J Cole says he HATES ppl taking picutres of him, they zoom out and and all you see in FunkMasterFlex taking a picture of him lmaooo
that chorus he started singing was dope af I can hear that on a song
Right! That hook he randomly threw in made it hotter.
In Research mode taking notes from the greatest
Black Thought?
He's nasty with it! J. Cole is def one of my favorites
And that ladies and gents was a true Free Style, mixing thoughts with rhyming words (sure some was preconceived) and they actually make sense. Cole is a lyricist, a true MC, last of a dying breed.
He wasn't freestyling.
William Taybron yea he was
“Im a firm believer in if you never quit you never fail” 🔥
Cole should turn this freestyle into a full song
Anthony Nguyen I know
Cole brings fire again, this man is the type of rapper that parents won't mind their children listening to because he speaks truth.
Who here from the new freestyle
yes siir
Fucking murdered it
Bruhhh you know
💯💯
J.cole , his flow is sick man . Kendrick && J.cole are true MC's.
INSTRUMENTAL IS CAPONE N NOREAGA - BLOOD MONEY SEARCH IT ON UA-cam STOP ASKING !!!
THANK YOUUU
Put it to rest!!! They all got bars ready but nobody ready like this man. Cole is the truth
Black Thought on FMF Bar None!¡!
jcole underrated Born Sinner underrated aswell ppl sayin he dumbed down really need to listen alot of his songs have double meanings
thank you
Frfr
***** defo not off the dome but it's hard.
You right especially the song "Born Sinner"
I aint Trippin
Nigga Jordan , I aint Pippen
Nigga said "Spit shit so cold , I could freeze in hell" ..... Boy
Just passin by after hearing the LA LEAKERS FREESTYLE 🔥🔥🔥🔥THE OFF SEASON
jay z signed him for a reason
@Ajisdarkskin cole was the first artist jay z signed to roc nation lmao. cole left in 2013 to make his own label because hov kept pressuring him to make hits he wasn’t comfortable making.
@@nathanpowley6376 nope he still with roc he just branched out, dreamville is apart of roc u can search it up
2:10 - 2:31
Rhyme scheme and flow on point 👌🏼
7 years later im 23 and im still bumping this
DAMN!!! This is a very talented brother.
Nkosi Nu Heka Kau Sen yo
i love this guy so much hes one of the real rappers saving hip hop nowadays
J cole you the greatest one day I'll speak out to the world to🤌
Coles not just a rapper he's a LYRICIST!
The mains-🔥
• J. Cole
• Kendrick Lamar
•Childish Gambino
•Drake
Drop drake and you're in there
ok ill drop drake because j cole is the best!!!!!!
+Rolando Guevara I'd swap Childish for Joey Bada$$
joell ortiz hard af aswell
joell ortiz hard af aswell
Anyone watching this again after J.Coles Free on LA Leakers?
Most rappers would spit 1/4 of what Cole did right there. Damn he cold.
"Check the album credits, that's produced and written by/none other than yours truly..." Very few rappers or artists in general can own a bar like this. Pure genius!
I'm still listening now 2024 April
"More carats, means I'm eating better,
Less beef and more cheddar"
Was always fucking dimes, but nowadays more LETTUCE.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah we paid. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah we paid!” -Lil Baby 🔥🔥🔥
Get with the times. It’s all about Baby not Cole.
jeeeeeeeeeesus can't stop listening to this
January 1st 2020 !! still listening !! GOAT STATUS FREESTYLE
Born Sinner was really just the real Warm Up....
That Hook he was putting into the song was so nasty 🔥 he should have gone on with it haha
Him and Joey have the best freestyles growing up
I keep coming back to this every few weeks. Dude is GREAT!
at least he dont need no blackberry
Shade at drake lol? if so...even with a blackberry...it was still a ass "freestyle".
word !!!! but you cant compare a rapper with mostly all hits written by ghost writers to a rapper that raps about real life problems using his own words
Lol Charlamagne
JozomGaming I doubt he writes like drake anyway
JozomGaming 3
One of the greatest to ever touch a mic
He speaks the truth; very inspirational. He definitely got bars.
Beat is "CNN - Bloody Money"
Mohamed Mounib thank u
New York get the bloody money
Super dope beat
THANK YOU MAN LOVE
Realest dude in the rap game
He made his own chorus right there 🔥🔥
"I'm the colest I'm only 2 letters away" 🔥🔥
He just knows how to write in song form while doing it in freestyle. You can tell it's a freestyle if you can freestyle like this. It's a gift if you were blessed with it you were. That's why song writers exist.
the flow is just so on point....
Best freestyle on flex I ever heard
J cole went off on this a real goat. And for the people asking about the beat it is CNN Bloody Money . The last one who wrote what the beat was writing it 4 years Ago in the comment section so can be hard to find.
"Check the album credits, that's produced and written by" straight flexing with flex!
J Cole...keep hip hop going in a positive direction. I need you around when fetty wop and k camp falls off.
Preach 🙏
Fetty Wop?
+grayson english lol 😂
+grayson english Yeah, you know the collab between GoldLink (illwop) and Fetty Wap
Bruh they were never on lol.
One of the most underrated - right up there with Black Thought and Joell Ortiz!!!
When it comes to comparing Kendrick Lamar and Jermaine Cole the way I look at it is this way. From a lyrical standpoint like wordplay, metaphors, punchlines, entendres the list goes on you get the point just overall lyricism kendrick is better but just for making music like stories and such I got Cole. I saw somebody say comparing these 2 is like comparing Tupac to Biggie and I agree. While biggie is a better lyricist I still choose pac over him because I personally feel he makes better music. Same thing here I pick Cole over kendrick. Not to take nothing from Kendrick he great in his own way
Indigo Aura realest comment on youtube lol
Kendrick isn't under a label...
J. Cole is...
Fuck these comments. We ignore feelings here!
Indigo Aura while youre here on UA-cam i suggest you listen to
sing about me
art of peer pressure
dont understand
sherane
how much a dollar cost
thats genius storytelling..i admire cole and everything he's doing.. but the only thing cole has over kendrick is that he can produce his own stuff..sorry
Jay Tee listen to Dreams, Killers, Can I live and know J-Cole paints the illest pictures. I will concede those Kendrick songs are some of the best stories I've ever listened to.