Inside the lab, J.Cole breaks down the production and recreates the instrumental for his single, “Power Trip“. If you haven’t yet, peep the video here. Born Sinner June 25. And should Hov rock to that track at the end? Newsies, they go hard.

J.Cole’s Born Sinner will finally see the light on June 25th. And in a recent interview with MTV, he explains why he abandoned the basketball themes of his previous project and the concept behind his new album.  “It’s not necessarily a church theme and it’s not really about church,” he explained. “I like my album themes to be metaphors because it gives me the freedom to speak about something else that’s going on in my life, so the Born Sinner thing is […]

Jermaine catches feelings and a body in his new video featuring Miguel. Jealousy is a muthafucka. Despite the dark imagery, Cole insists, “No R&B singers were harmed during the making of this video”. Save the date:  Born Sinner drops June 25

Jermaine reignited the “Cole Stream” tonight and announced the name of his upcoming sophomore album, Born Sinner. Coincidentally, it’s set to drop on his 28th birthday, January 28th. Opposite of a winner. jcolenation UPDATE:  Same album. New date: June 25, 2013.

Alicia Keys’ “Set The World On Fire” tour stopped at the Barclays Center last night in Brooklyn. During Miguel’s set, he was accompanied by J.Cole for the first live performance of “Power Trip”. Video coming soon.

While down in the A, J.Cole visited DJ Drama. While discussing Born Sinner and his joint project with Kendrick Lamar, he weighed in on MTV’s Hottest MC List and his exclusion. “I don’t know, but I don’t really give a fuck.  It is what it is. Think about it, from what they say, it’s the past year, I’ve had a quiet year. I should be on there. I don’t give a fuck, DJ Drama.  They’re fucking dead and I’m gonna kill […]

J.Cole called up Jenny Boom Boom to promote his new single. He talked about his Harvard visit a few days ago, Born Sinner, praises Kendrick’s album and updates

From Hillside to Harvard, Jermaine took the podium in Cambridge this afternoon for the lecture, “The Next Move: A Conversation with J. Cole”. He spoke to students on his musical influences from Tupac to Michael Jackson, his dreams of going to the NBA before transitioning to music and more. Pay attention. ru

When J.Cole released Truly Yours last week, the EP featured “Stay” produced by No ID. The song appears on Nas’ Life Is Good and it turns out Jermaine had the beat first but procrastinated on purchasing it. He also reveals that he missed out on Rick Ross’ “Tears Of Joy“. Gotta learn to live with regrets. mtv

Last week, J.Cole treated fans with his latest release,”Power Trip” featuring Miguel. During All-Star weekend, he explains to