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
Every now and then I find myself going down this rabbit hole of these songs. I remember downloading them in middle school and played it 24/7. The feeling I get whenever i rediscover these songs is unexplainable. It makes me feel so empty yet so full.
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.
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
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..
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
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..
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 hits close to home. Makes me think of my best friend who was like a brother to me. He was brought up by wonderful parents and threw his life away.
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.
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!
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
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
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.
Stilllll, in 2024, one of the greatest songs he ever put out!
This & Three wishes !
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. 💯
2024 where we at?!
Here everyday
Yessir from sudan 🇸🇩
Forgot bout this song
Cole fans proud of you..2024
Facts
💯
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
"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." 👑🎶
I wish Apple Music had all his old music... Gotta get on TH-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
Cole world no blankets. Still here in 2024
J.COLE IS THE GREATEST RAPPER EVER HE IS ALL THE LEGENDS ROLLED UP IN ONE. ARGUE
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
💯
This and Friday night lights 💙💙💙💙 boy was hungry !
JCole is always going to be overlooked......
2024🔥 never going stop listening to old cole still the best and greatest rapper ever alive until to this day
The greatest of all time 🐐🐐🐐🐐
Premeditated Murder & this ('Killers') are my two favourite Cole tracks no doubt, such a great MC and even whilst he's been mainstream
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
Raw emotion. He speaks for an entire generation. Cole is not perfect, but I'm so glad he was born into this world.
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.
this song is one of the greatest hip hop songs ever written, no doubt
This song still gives me chills
Gives me immortal technique vibes that be a dope collab for this era
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 ❤
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.
Every now and then I find myself going down this rabbit hole of these songs. I remember downloading them in middle school and played it 24/7. The feeling I get whenever i rediscover these songs is unexplainable. It makes me feel so empty yet so full.
Who’s still listening to this in 2019
me
MY MAN
Hot track
2020, bruh
Rachel Wilson 2020 🙌🏽
One of his best songs ever.
& we finally got this Cole back. Welcome to the Off-Season 🙏🏾
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.
I remember when this song was stuck at 800,000 veiws. Some of his best work really.
ill never get tired of this song
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.
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...
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
Killers and premeditated murder will always be my fav Cole songs 💙
Was in the 8th grade when this came out, Senior in high school and this song is still real as fuck to me
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..
Yes we are still here with u Cole
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 honestly think this may be one my favourite j Cole tracks... great storytelling
This song could not hold more value than today, RIP Alton Sterling & Philando Castile...
this is one of j coles best tracks
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..
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.
2024
J Cole old classic songs are still hitting
Forever a classic.
j cole makes the best music I ever hear.
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
Never gets old. #ColeWorld
This song hits close to home. Makes me think of my best friend who was like a brother to me. He was brought up by wonderful parents and threw his life away.
J. Cole Music is like having your birthday, in place of every Holiday each year🤔🎂💯
Here in 2023 👏🏼
Just watched Richard Pryor’s comedy special and it always brings me back to this song
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
Stay the finale to the 4 pt after killers
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!
@@extremelywild_official facts
This a Cole song… reminds me of my cousin who got caught up and is now in San Quentin. Waiting for the day he gets out.
By far, this is Coles best poetry! Easily my favourite song of all time..the mans lyrical "killer"
This is easily one of the greatest pure rap song I’ve heard. Top 5 for me for real. Painted a real picture.
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
honestly one of the greatest lyricist
This takes me back. Still on of my favorites.
these lyrics are so real I can feel em in my veins. especially that second verse damn!!!!!
Damn, these old cole songs are so fucking real
Realest tune out of his music career so far...
He has way too many tho
stumbled upon this song strangely enough on the ten year anniversary of its release. cool to see him still popping ten years later
Dude used a Fleetwood Mac Big Love sample like a boss. This needs to be released!!
R.I.P Richard Pryor
all time favorite rapper 💖
Yk they say I look like him😏 wsp?
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.
Just randomly popped in my head. Dammmmn I used to blast this
Closest I've ever come to crying listening to a song.
I was 13 when this came out I remembered playing tf out of this
Same here brother
You can hear Tupac in this!
16 on death row
No we can't.
+dwill0917 swear
+MyMedsDontWork stfu
AiM TacTiic nah
2023! Old cole was a head of his time!
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?
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 watched his life flash before his eyes like a strobe light...ColeWorld 🙌
J cole always speak to the people...gotta love it..repeat!!!
Best j. cole song ever
I mean he has so many good joints, it's hard to pick just one.
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
Real Cole fans come here all the time.
J cole would made A good storyteller, greats stories in most of his songs... ooooh perfect song ¨don´t make me turn into a killer¨
it seems whatever j cole spits about its real and relatable, nice work
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?
Story telling that is one thang I like bout Cole
I'm a new cole fan but I've been riding the wave since 2014 but got damn! His old music is GOLD
Probably one of my favorite songs ever. Amazing storytelling. 10 out of 10 fersure!
Very impressive. Keep killing 'em Cole.
Cole paints a full picture 👏🙌 in ya head
Yeah.. Pictionary lol
He tell you what it is...dictionary
2018 still here... timeless music
Naaa this song changed my life 😔😔 oh my God.. haven’t heard it in a few years but still know every word for sure
Reason brought me back to this song... haven't heard it for years and it still brings the same chills
2018 And I'm still here never gets old
J. Cole is cold str8 up
Dreams, then power trip, then this, then stay
Thank you sir
Taylor Shh, dont snitch
And a lot that came after
Needed this fresh air 💯
j coles storytelling songs >>>
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.
You can hear the youth in his voice compared to his new shit. Been the GOAT, still the GOAT 🖤
The J.Cole I grew up listening to...this and lights please rah them days... warm up iykyk December 2024 and still 🔥
j cole, j cole, j cole... you are the best. ¨see i´m a man I got take whatever come for me...¨
Ngl… I was mad af cole apologized but songs like this reminds me…….. G.O.A.T.
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.