Cole sits down with Muve Music Sessions to discuss two tracks off of his debut studio album, Cole World: The Sideline Story. Cole speaks on recording "In The Morning" in his apartment when he owed about $6,000 in rent. His landlord, Muhammad (a man he mentions in his raps) believed in his ability and trusted Cole would make it big one day and pay him.
GQ talks with Odd Future affiliate and rising R&B star Frank Ocean, getting him to reveal what he learned from Kanye and Jay while working with them on Watch The Throne. The magazine also titled Ocean "Rookie of the Year" for 2011, which is hard to argue considering he went from unknown to internationally known in less than twelve months.
In hip hop we have characters, gangsters, lyricists; we have fads, trends, mainstays; only occasionally are we blessed with storytellers capable of carrying an entire generation. Enter Kendrick Lamar. We cover him on this site as often as possible for good reason. One of the most personable, respectable, level-headed, philosophical, all the while, fire-breathing, artists hip hop has seen, Lamar, just 24 years-old, represents hip hop in its most purified and capable form. This interview displays all of that promise, and also provides some terrific information and insight. A Lamar/Cole album is on the horizon, as is Lamar's first studio album release for Top Dawg Entertainment. In the Interview, Lamar reveals the content and aim of his first major label drop, due out in 2012.
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