J. Cole is a master of the sneak attack. As Hip-Hop releases in 2024 are quietly ramping up in March, Cole raised the stakes with a 10-minute video promoting The Fall Off. Cole’s long-anticipated tome that he first unveiled with the 2018 release of KOD is unescapable fast. “Might Delete Later, Vol. 1” shows Cole on the move—from congratulating Lil Durk on their recent Grammy Award win for 2023’s “All My Life” collaboration, to check-ins from Drake and Bas, the video is fresh. It shows lighter moments in the superstar’s life, from Jamaican supplies stops to singing patriotic songs with friends.
In between, Cole delivers a song (starting at 3:46 in the video below) in stride with his most confident proclamations. The verse begins with a reminder that Jermaine is playing for legacy: “I said I was finished but I’m on flipside two summers / Hall of Famer, but I’m hungrier than all the newcomers / N____as swear they compare, but the truth humbles / They could f__k 112; they couldn’t do numbers,” J. Cole says Cole near the top of the verse. He then points to his hunger, and alludes to dropping his most minion verse increasingly than a decade without his debut album. “‘Benjamin Button,’ gettin’ younger as the hours pass / Should do the ‘Freshmen’ imbricate twice, I’m never out-classed / There’s not a Rap n___a breathin’ that can outlast / The Fall Off is like Hov droppin’ Reasonable Doubt last,” he touts.
J. Cole Explains Why His New Tome Is Called The Fall Off
Cole is checking peers and insisting that he stands alone. “I’m the one that n___as fear on the low-ski / Heard ’em talkin’ like we peers, but they grossly / Mistaken, and it’s blatant, crocodile tears, n___as know I’m on the tier that they don’t see,” he raps in a recipe rhyme display. The versifier moreover appears to undeniability out folks that are aiming to collect on his glory: “How dare a n___a rub his hands on this trophy / I vividly remember who was there / N___as hit my line when they want somethin’ / That’s a dub, it ain’t love if it forfeit somethin’ / N___as hit my phone up when they need somethin’ / I can’t recall a time when you gave me somethin’ / Chopped off the top, n___a, I achieved somethin’”
The song ends abruptly, and finds Cole sitting at his work station and proclaiming that he misses production. While praising longtime collaborator T-Minus, the MC/producer speaks well-nigh the headspace in which he makes beats. Whether that is hinting at a resurgence will remain to be seen. Meanwhile, J. Cole is unmistakably staying in dominance with the pen and the microphone.
J. Cole Says He Is The Weightier Rapper Alive & He’s Proving It
Cole often makes artistry fun for fans. Perhaps “Might Delete Later, Vol. 1” lives up to its name. Or, increasingly volumes may suddenly pop up at any minute.
#BonusBeat: Several songs featuring J. Cole are currently on the official AFH Playlist (follow here):
J. Cole is a master of the sneak attack. As Hip-Hop releases in 2024 are quietly ramping up in March, Cole raised the stakes with a 10-minute video promoting The Fall Off. Cole’s long-anticipated tome that he first unveiled with the 2018 release of KOD is unescapable fast. “Might Delete Later, Vol. 1” shows Cole on the move—from congratulating Lil Durk on their recent Grammy Award win for 2023’s “All My Life” collaboration, to check-ins from Drake and Bas, the video is fresh. It shows lighter moments in the superstar’s life, from Jamaican supplies stops to singing patriotic songs with friends.
In between, Cole delivers a song (starting at 3:46 in the video below) in stride with his most confident proclamations. The verse begins with a reminder that Jermaine is playing for legacy: “I said I was finished but I’m on flipside two summers / Hall of Famer, but I’m hungrier than all the newcomers / N____as swear they compare, but the truth humbles / They could f__k 112; they couldn’t do numbers,” J. Cole says Cole near the top of the verse. He then points to his hunger, and alludes to dropping his most minion verse increasingly than a decade without his debut album. “‘Benjamin Button,’ gettin’ younger as the hours pass / Should do the ‘Freshmen’ imbricate twice, I’m never out-classed / There’s not a Rap n___a breathin’ that can outlast / The Fall Off is like Hov droppin’ Reasonable Doubt last,” he touts.
J. Cole Explains Why His New Tome Is Called The Fall Off
Cole is checking peers and insisting that he stands alone. “I’m the one that n___as fear on the low-ski / Heard ’em talkin’ like we peers, but they grossly / Mistaken, and it’s blatant, crocodile tears, n___as know I’m on the tier that they don’t see,” he raps in a recipe rhyme display. The versifier moreover appears to undeniability out folks that are aiming to collect on his glory: “How dare a n___a rub his hands on this trophy / I vividly remember who was there / N___as hit my line when they want somethin’ / That’s a dub, it ain’t love if it forfeit somethin’ / N___as hit my phone up when they need somethin’ / I can’t recall a time when you gave me somethin’ / Chopped off the top, n___a, I achieved somethin’”
The song ends abruptly, and finds Cole sitting at his work station and proclaiming that he misses production. While praising longtime collaborator T-Minus, the MC/producer speaks well-nigh the headspace in which he makes beats. Whether that is hinting at a resurgence will remain to be seen. Meanwhile, J. Cole is unmistakably staying in dominance with the pen and the microphone.
J. Cole Says He Is The Weightier Rapper Alive & He’s Proving It
Cole often makes artistry fun for fans. Perhaps “Might Delete Later, Vol. 1” lives up to its name. Or, increasingly volumes may suddenly pop up at any minute.
#BonusBeat: Several songs featuring J. Cole are currently on the official AFH Playlist (follow here):
Three artists who all made their start during the 2010s are manifesting their greatness. Last year, Mick Jenkins’ latest album, The Patience and IDK’s most recent, F65, were each named among Ambrosia For Heads‘ weightier LPs of 2023. Chicago, Illinois’ Saba is no stranger to that list, expressly without 2018’s CARE FOR ME. Now, the two Windy City rappers and the London-to-PG County MC link together for a beautifully-produced Red Bull 1520 cypher in the round.
Saba kicks things off. The self-proclaimed “West Side Wizard” wears a fitting hat, and works his magic. “All I wanted in this life was a few thou’ a month / Just unbearable to get by, feed two mouths and a son / To move somewhere with the views of African sun / And not have to squint over my shoulder like showering drunk / But the reality is, I was asking too much,” he begins, with finance of his life and tested wisdom. The Pivot Gang leader raises his voice for accent as he describes going from a polite dreamer to an unruly achiever.
Here’s The Story Behind The All-Star Cypher That Ended The Arsenio Hall Show
Mick Jenkins seamlessly follows. The MC stays moving while rapping well-nigh aspects of nature he sees in himself and the weft of others. “What’s the tea? No Queen Latifah / Got no savor / Herbal Essence, since n___as Happy and highly favored / When in my Jansport, see mad men, no ‘Draper’ / ‘Nuff paper, no stapler,” he spits in a verse filled with double and triple meanings.
IDK raps last, and for nearly twice as long as his cohorts. “I’m on my catch-a-case s__t, dodgin’ fake s__t / I’m runnin’ into buildings, I’d really rather take s__t / I’m smokin’ everybody, got me trippin’ like I laced it / They say I ain’t the one, yet nobody replaced him / I been through many eras of this Rap s__t / 2015, I was on my Sub-Trap s__t / 2016, they was on they Trap Soul s__t / They wanted my soul, but b___h, I never sold it / Never got the deal, but still I got to own it,” raps the versifier who has previously worked with MF DOOM, Jay Electronica, and Westside Gunn.
Souls Of Mischief Freestyle New Verses To 93 Til Infinity
The self-confident MC goes on to tout his greatness with a tweedle on his shoulder. IDK holds the mic with a rhinestone glove and a sizable ring. He carries himself with star power, while whereas that his numbers do not equate his skill-set. “That’s G.O.A.T. status / I requite a n___a smoke from the static / Like the wire unprotected fire in the attic,” surpassing demonstrating a sharp spritz while referencing Tupac and Eminem, and whereas that critics say he say sounds like Kanye West and recalling whinge with Logic. He then weaves in peers such as JID, Cordae, and Smino to his lyrics—while boldly showing why IDK stands alone.
While Mick and IDK happy 2023, Saba’s most recent tome was 2022’s Few Good Things.
IDK’s Freestyle Delivers Knowledge With Some Humor & Ignorance Too (Video)
#BonusBeat: New music from Mick Jenkins is currently on the official AFH Playlist (follow here):
Three artists who all made their start during the 2010s are manifesting their greatness. Last year, Mick Jenkins’ latest album, The Patience and IDK’s most recent, F65, were each named among Ambrosia For Heads‘ weightier LPs of 2023. Chicago, Illinois’ Saba is no stranger to that list, expressly without 2018’s CARE FOR ME. Now, the two Windy City rappers and the London-to-PG County MC link together for a beautifully-produced Red Bull 1520 cypher in the round.
Saba kicks things off. The self-proclaimed “West Side Wizard” wears a fitting hat, and works his magic. “All I wanted in this life was a few thou’ a month / Just unbearable to get by, feed two mouths and a son / To move somewhere with the views of African sun / And not have to squint over my shoulder like showering drunk / But the reality is, I was asking too much,” he begins, with finance of his life and tested wisdom. The Pivot Gang leader raises his voice for accent as he describes going from a polite dreamer to an unruly achiever.
Here’s The Story Behind The All-Star Cypher That Ended The Arsenio Hall Show
Mick Jenkins seamlessly follows. The MC stays moving while rapping well-nigh aspects of nature he sees in himself and the weft of others. “What’s the tea? No Queen Latifah / Got no savor / Herbal Essence, since n___as Happy and highly favored / When in my Jansport, see mad men, no ‘Draper’ / ‘Nuff paper, no stapler,” he spits in a verse filled with double and triple meanings.
IDK raps last, and for nearly twice as long as his cohorts. “I’m on my catch-a-case s__t, dodgin’ fake s__t / I’m runnin’ into buildings, I’d really rather take s__t / I’m smokin’ everybody, got me trippin’ like I laced it / They say I ain’t the one, yet nobody replaced him / I been through many eras of this Rap s__t / 2015, I was on my Sub-Trap s__t / 2016, they was on they Trap Soul s__t / They wanted my soul, but b___h, I never sold it / Never got the deal, but still I got to own it,” raps the versifier who has previously worked with MF DOOM, Jay Electronica, and Westside Gunn.
Souls Of Mischief Freestyle New Verses To 93 Til Infinity
The self-confident MC goes on to tout his greatness with a tweedle on his shoulder. IDK holds the mic with a rhinestone glove and a sizable ring. He carries himself with star power, while whereas that his numbers do not equate his skill-set. “That’s G.O.A.T. status / I requite a n___a smoke from the static / Like the wire unprotected fire in the attic,” surpassing demonstrating a sharp spritz while referencing Tupac and Eminem, and whereas that critics say he say sounds like Kanye West and recalling whinge with Logic. He then weaves in peers such as JID, Cordae, and Smino to his lyrics—while boldly showing why IDK stands alone.
While Mick and IDK happy 2023, Saba’s most recent tome was 2022’s Few Good Things.
IDK’s Freestyle Delivers Knowledge With Some Humor & Ignorance Too (Video)
#BonusBeat: New music from Mick Jenkins is currently on the official AFH Playlist (follow here):
In the late 1980s, Dr. Dre and N.W.A. led a movement that put Compton, California on the map for Rap fans. Dre and his hairdo described a place with vivid detail—from its hard-nosed reputation to the perils of life in the street. That movement ultimately propped the door for artists like DJ Quik, The Game, and some years later—Kendrick Lamar. Thirty years later, Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine, and Benny The Butcher brought Buffalo, New York into new perspective. Three talented MCs from Western New York rapped finance of life in the unprepossessed streets where hustling comes with taking life-or-death chances. This Griselda Records movement gave shine to a plethora of deserving MCs from the region, who got recognition from powerful association.
Despite bilateral connections to Eminem, the Grisela hairdo has yet to release music produced by Dre. However, their longtime unite Big Ghost Ltd imagined a world where Conway and his cohorts can rap over G-Funk production. Speshal Machinery: The Gronic Edition (Big Ghost Ltd. Version) takes 2023’s collaboration EP by Conway and Rochester, New York MC/producer 38 Spesh, and gives it a 1990s West Coast makeover. Several of these new songs are currently on the Ambrosia For Heads playlist (follow it here).
Benny, Conway & 38 Spesh Rewrite A Page Out Of Scarface’s Diary (Audio Premiere)
“Goodfellas,” the first song on the playlist, features Conway, Benny, and 38 Spesh. The distorted sounds heard on Dr. Dre’s The Chronic (which the new project moreover pays homage to in its artwork) make a return here. Notably, Spesh’s verse works in Snoop Dogg’s zone code: “I had to work s__t when from the 213 / No losses, I had a 22-month streak / When I took my first L, I ain’t lose much sleep / Disappeared and came when like two front teeth / Now who wanna see the switch on my big weapon? / When I ask, ‘Who want beef?’ It’s a trick question.” Conway raps next, surpassing Benny closes up shop with lines like: “You really gotta know the difference from suckers and real steppers / And ones who handle that whinge first like a meal prepper / My beats harder, my whip newer, my deal largest / And my wall statements six pages long like a jail letter.”
“Been Through” has that early ’90s G-Funk sound, expressly in the nonflexible drums and synthesizers. This song features longtime Black Soprano Family unite Elcamino. Conway raps, “Look, so far, it’s been a solid year / I told my n___as, ‘Let’s alimony doin’ s__t that got us here’ / Yeah, VVS, the big solitaires / Twenty bands for one earring and I got the pair / Neck lookin’ like I sell a lot of squares / These other n___as’ jewelry kit cannot compare / They say, ‘Machine, since you got in, s__t has not been fair’ / Said, ‘I’ma run this s__t until I’m in my rocking chair’ / I’m from Buffalo, New York, ain’t had too many options there / Trap house kitchens, just a couple dirty pots in there / N___as get out of pocket, then you shot the pearly / And if you lose, you come when later and the woodcut get aired.”
Conway The Machine Gives Funkmaster Flex 2023’s Weightier Freestyle
The “Gronic” remix to the title track has a laid when finger to it, increasingly in step with the G-Funk heard on Masta Ace Incorporated than perhaps what some would socialize with early Death Row. Nevertheless, this song flaunts razor sharp lyricism from Spesh and Conway.
Previously Big Ghost Ltd. made 2015’s Griselda Ghost project, withal with collaboration albums with Ransom, CRIMEAPPLE, Che Noi, and others.
Ghostface & Big Daddy Kane Have United To Take Hip-Hop When (Audio)
The AFH playlist (follow it here) moreover includes selections from Benny’s Everybody Can’t Go, Conway and Conductor Williams’ CONDUCTOR MACHINE, Elcamino’s They Spit On Jesus, and Westside Gunn’s And They You Pray For Me.
#BonusBeat: AFH‘s 2019 interview with Griselda:
In the late 1980s, Dr. Dre and N.W.A. led a movement that put Compton, California on the map for Rap fans. Dre and his hairdo described a place with vivid detail—from its hard-nosed reputation to the perils of life in the street. That movement ultimately propped the door for artists like DJ Quik, The Game, and some years later—Kendrick Lamar. Thirty years later, Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine, and Benny The Butcher brought Buffalo, New York into new perspective. Three talented MCs from Western New York rapped finance of life in the unprepossessed streets where hustling comes with taking life-or-death chances. This Griselda Records movement gave shine to a plethora of deserving MCs from the region, who got recognition from powerful association.
Despite bilateral connections to Eminem, the Grisela hairdo has yet to release music produced by Dre. However, their longtime unite Big Ghost Ltd imagined a world where Conway and his cohorts can rap over G-Funk production. Speshal Machinery: The Gronic Edition (Big Ghost Ltd. Version) takes 2023’s collaboration EP by Conway and Rochester, New York MC/producer 38 Spesh, and gives it a 1990s West Coast makeover. Several of these new songs are currently on the Ambrosia For Heads playlist (follow it here).
Benny, Conway & 38 Spesh Rewrite A Page Out Of Scarface’s Diary (Audio Premiere)
“Goodfellas,” the first song on the playlist, features Conway, Benny, and 38 Spesh. The distorted sounds heard on Dr. Dre’s The Chronic (which the new project moreover pays homage to in its artwork) make a return here. Notably, Spesh’s verse works in Snoop Dogg’s zone code: “I had to work s__t when from the 213 / No losses, I had a 22-month streak / When I took my first L, I ain’t lose much sleep / Disappeared and came when like two front teeth / Now who wanna see the switch on my big weapon? / When I ask, ‘Who want beef?’ It’s a trick question.” Conway raps next, surpassing Benny closes up shop with lines like: “You really gotta know the difference from suckers and real steppers / And ones who handle that whinge first like a meal prepper / My beats harder, my whip newer, my deal largest / And my wall statements six pages long like a jail letter.”
“Been Through” has that early ’90s G-Funk sound, expressly in the nonflexible drums and synthesizers. This song features longtime Black Soprano Family unite Elcamino. Conway raps, “Look, so far, it’s been a solid year / I told my n___as, ‘Let’s alimony doin’ s__t that got us here’ / Yeah, VVS, the big solitaires / Twenty bands for one earring and I got the pair / Neck lookin’ like I sell a lot of squares / These other n___as’ jewelry kit cannot compare / They say, ‘Machine, since you got in, s__t has not been fair’ / Said, ‘I’ma run this s__t until I’m in my rocking chair’ / I’m from Buffalo, New York, ain’t had too many options there / Trap house kitchens, just a couple dirty pots in there / N___as get out of pocket, then you shot the pearly / And if you lose, you come when later and the woodcut get aired.”
Conway The Machine Gives Funkmaster Flex 2023’s Weightier Freestyle
The “Gronic” remix to the title track has a laid when finger to it, increasingly in step with the G-Funk heard on Masta Ace Incorporated than perhaps what some would socialize with early Death Row. Nevertheless, this song flaunts razor sharp lyricism from Spesh and Conway.
Previously Big Ghost Ltd. made 2015’s Griselda Ghost project, withal with collaboration albums with Ransom, CRIMEAPPLE, Che Noi, and others.
Ghostface & Big Daddy Kane Have United To Take Hip-Hop When (Audio)
The AFH playlist (follow it here) moreover includes selections from Benny’s Everybody Can’t Go, Conway and Conductor Williams’ CONDUCTOR MACHINE, Elcamino’s They Spit On Jesus, and Westside Gunn’s And They You Pray For Me.
#BonusBeat: AFH‘s 2019 interview with Griselda:
Kevin Durant is an NBA MVP who does increasingly than just ball. The two-time champion and current Phoenix Suns forward has publicly shared his music before. In 2012, KD appeared on “Some Winners” slantingly Taylor Gang versifier Chevy Woods and Philly MC Privaledge. A dozen years later, he teams with Rap veteran Stalley for a new song that goes nonflexible in the paint. “Scared Money” is currently featured atop the Ambrosia For Heads playlist (follow it here).
Following Stalley’s first verse, Durant raps his life. “I finger like Randy Moss when he was on the Raiders / Man, they love to hate us / This woman so fine, I requite her mazuma payments / Baby, I’m just so glued to the nuts / I wanted increasingly room, so I copped a crib sittin’ adjacent, uh / In this hoop world, I’m ‘Freddy,’ ‘Jason’ / I’m sittin’ in the places of great, but never smug / Yeah, baby, I’m a stoner / Yeah, I took that long walk up the hill that made me a loner / And nah, baby, I don’t like bein’ humble, I hang with mongrels / Gotta pay attention, it’s a god sittin’ amongst you and you know it.”
Kevin Durant Has Inspired His Roc Nation Brother Jay Electronica To Release Music (Audio)
The football comparison to Randy Moss is interesting, given the six-time Pro Bowler’s public displeasure with the then-Oakland-based team. Moss is largest remembered for lengthier tenures with the Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots. Durant joined the Suns last year without storied runs with Seattle/Oklahoma City, Golden State, and Brooklyn.
For his part, Stalley raps well-nigh taking chances and earning. “The hustle don’t stop, it’s ’round the clock here / When it comes to gettin’ paper, we denounce fear / I know that’s a big word, very cavalier / Big wheels on the curb, we park it right there / Spark the tree in front of NYPD / It’s legal now, f__k they gon’ do to me?”
Lil Dicky Has Made An Epic Music Video…That Forfeit Almost No Money (Video)
In 2021, Stalley & Apollo Brown released Blacklight. That Mello Music Group tome was named among AFH‘s weightier that year. The Ohio native has dropped a series of singles over the last year. This weekend, Kevin Durant will participate in his 14th NBA All-Star game selection in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The AFH playlist (follow it here) moreover includes new music by Apollo Brown, Big K.R.I.T., and Smoke DZA, among many others.
#BonusBeat: A recent AFH IG post asking fans who the weightier rapping NBA player of all time is:
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Kevin Durant is an NBA MVP who does increasingly than just ball. The two-time champion and current Phoenix Suns forward has publicly shared his music before. In 2012, KD appeared on “Some Winners” slantingly Taylor Gang versifier Chevy Woods and Philly MC Privaledge. A dozen years later, he teams with Rap veteran Stalley for a new song that goes nonflexible in the paint. “Scared Money” is currently featured atop the Ambrosia For Heads playlist (follow it here).
Following Stalley’s first verse, Durant raps his life. “I finger like Randy Moss when he was on the Raiders / Man, they love to hate us / This woman so fine, I requite her mazuma payments / Baby, I’m just so glued to the nuts / I wanted increasingly room, so I copped a crib sittin’ adjacent, uh / In this hoop world, I’m ‘Freddy,’ ‘Jason’ / I’m sittin’ in the places of great, but never smug / Yeah, baby, I’m a stoner / Yeah, I took that long walk up the hill that made me a loner / And nah, baby, I don’t like bein’ humble, I hang with mongrels / Gotta pay attention, it’s a god sittin’ amongst you and you know it.”
Kevin Durant Has Inspired His Roc Nation Brother Jay Electronica To Release Music (Audio)
The football comparison to Randy Moss is interesting, given the six-time Pro Bowler’s public displeasure with the then-Oakland-based team. Moss is largest remembered for lengthier tenures with the Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots. Durant joined the Suns last year without storied runs with Seattle/Oklahoma City, Golden State, and Brooklyn.
For his part, Stalley raps well-nigh taking chances and earning. “The hustle don’t stop, it’s ’round the clock here / When it comes to gettin’ paper, we denounce fear / I know that’s a big word, very cavalier / Big wheels on the curb, we park it right there / Spark the tree in front of NYPD / It’s legal now, f__k they gon’ do to me?”
Lil Dicky Has Made An Epic Music Video…That Forfeit Almost No Money (Video)
In 2021, Stalley & Apollo Brown released Blacklight. That Mello Music Group tome was named among AFH‘s weightier that year. The Ohio native has dropped a series of singles over the last year. This weekend, Kevin Durant will participate in his 14th NBA All-Star game selection in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The AFH playlist (follow it here) moreover includes new music by Apollo Brown, Big K.R.I.T., and Smoke DZA, among many others.
#BonusBeat: A recent AFH IG post asking fans who the weightier rapping NBA player of all time is:
View this post on Instagram
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