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J. Cole - Grew up Fast
Artist: J. Cole
Producer: Canei Finch
Album: Unreleased
Label: Roc Nation/Columbia
If you were to replace the entire population of Philadelphia with J. Cole‘s Twitter followers, you’d still have enough left over to fill my city of residence (Minneapolis) and then some. That, my friends, is a lot of f**king followers. To celebrate breaking two million, the Best Emcee of 2011 has leaked a new record of appropriately epic proportions. On Grew Up Fast, Canei Finch‘s soulful boardwork (sampled from David Ruffin’s Double Cross) bangs in the back as the emcee takes a lyrical victory lap. When he’s not exulting in his own rise from the bottom, the artist turns his attention to the competition, taunting his rivals in bars as brutal as they are hilarious: “OK, you a killer—right, and Miss Cleo’s Jamaican / And Bob Marley is Haitian, and me and Beyoncé datin’ / And Jesus Christ be hatin, got mad love from Satan.” Needless to say, Cole’s swag is palpable—and, in light of his achievements, well-justified. Though this joint is just a one-off release, the one or two of y’all who haven’t already copped it can hear more on Cole World: The Sideline Story (featuring Booth-charting hit Nobody’s Perfect), available wherever fine music is sold.
This song first appeared on the
Top Hip Hop / R&B Chart
on March 5, 2012
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Epic wordplay and that flow was solid. So many lines made me go "ohh snapp." Thats fine music right there
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| Posted on Feb 22, 2012 |
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| Posted on Feb 22, 2012 |
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This is GREAT Music. This will be on rewind for some time to come. Great lyrical skills on here by J.Cole and the beat is slammin... BANGER
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| Posted on Feb 22, 2012 |
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Dude blacked out and went in on this joint.
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| Posted on Feb 22, 2012 |
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| Posted on Feb 22, 2012 |
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Yeah this is straight dopeness.
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| Posted on Feb 23, 2012 |
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damn i like this boy J.Cole...he drop always a good beat with a jazz or soul style , always a download...i don't even hear it before...it's a surprise...5 star !
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| Posted on Feb 23, 2012 |
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Lets hurry up and get J to 3 million followers so that we can enjoy another record as much as this.
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| Posted on Feb 23, 2012 |
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Why J. Cole always gotta be tripping me out :D
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| Posted on Feb 23, 2012 |
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| Posted on Feb 23, 2012 |
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Paint the picture in a Cole World....too mean!
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| Posted on Feb 23, 2012 |
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It's J.Cole at his finest, what else is there to say
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| Posted on Feb 23, 2012 |
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Coleword!!!
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| Posted on Feb 23, 2012 |
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Amazing song, too bad its not included in the debut album.
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| Posted on Feb 23, 2012 |
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| Posted on Feb 23, 2012 |
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ColdWorld NIGGA!
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| Posted on Feb 23, 2012 |
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ColeWorld even haha
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| Posted on Feb 23, 2012 |
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Crack!
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| Posted on Feb 23, 2012 |
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Yes...Yes...Yes...
Cole is a beast...fool dropped a lot of lines "Half white but don’t think I gotta Ku Klux past" "Hennessy XO, Cole flows best yo Style like Tribe Called Quest meets Death Row" lines for days... |
| Posted on Feb 24, 2012 |
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Yes to the beat. Yes to the lyrics. Eh to the flow.
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| Posted on Feb 24, 2012 |
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| Posted on Feb 24, 2012 |
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that's how I expect a J. Cole song to be. great beat and again nice lyrics. dope!
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| Posted on Feb 24, 2012 |
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It's J.Cole, what more could you want?
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| Posted on Feb 24, 2012 |
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been following j. cole on twitter for a while now........keep up the good work cole
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| Posted on Feb 25, 2012 |
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How many other rappers do you know that can acheive mainstream success and still stay true to their roots.
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2012 |
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The hunger!
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 238 |
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Using a Motown sound like that is always a hit and J. Cole did his thing on the other side of it. 3.5 Stars
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2012 |
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Productions great, but Cole's flow was pretty average for a little more than the first half of the song. The last half was absolutely blazin, but I can only give 2.5 stars for half of a great track.
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| Posted on Feb 29, 2012 |
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| Posted on Mar 03, 2012 |
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whoa he kills that last verse
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| Posted on Mar 04, 2012 |
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Damn..Just Damn.
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| Posted on Mar 04, 2012 |
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| Posted on Mar 05, 2012 |
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This is deep in Cole World. Great Classic!
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| Posted on Mar 05, 2012 |
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J.Cole is cold and a part of the future of the game. He will be one of the greats
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| Posted on Mar 10, 2012 |
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That track is a BANGER!! Damn! Metaphorically gifted doing magivc tricks with words for sure... J. Cole just came into manhood on that one!
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| Posted on Mar 16, 2012 |
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| Posted on Mar 20, 2012 |
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Cole kills flows wordplay and delivery...
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| Posted on Mar 21, 2012 |
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I love this track! Reminds me of the mixtapes and unreleased tracks by cole.
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| Posted on Apr 13, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 8863 |
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I? love the fact how Cole is incorporating "soul" into his music... He def. Deserves some respect.
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| Posted on Sep 17, 2012 |
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