Interview between J Cole and Billboard
Hello J Cole, it's great to have you here with us today. We wanted to ask you a few questions about your latest album Forest Hills Drive. So, what is the meaning behind the album title?
Aye, what's up! I'm glad to be here, myself. Well, like y'know for dis title, I di'n't think much bout it cause it just came to me. I just wanted to like write smo'ing that was personal to me, like y'know sorta like a diary, but music diary, ya feel me? Well dis title is actually the name of me, my mamma, bro and pap address when we was growing up. Actually, the same year that I was writin the album, I bought out old house, because it holds our memories and all, y'know.
Oh really, that's amazing! So is the album's like the story of you growing up?
Yeah man, dis album is me tryna tell ma story to all them peeps who be going through the same thing, cause I know that all my homies from NC still ain't get out, like if you aks me where all my brodas at right now, I'll tell you that they at NC because I was the only one to get out- see this was an advantage because we got the dough when them other niggas di'nt. We was the only ones that got out, all them others trapped. Once you leave you ain't never going back. But I wrote dis one for all them homies, to show 'em that eventually one day they gonna be out just like me, nobody gonna stay in NC forever. If you got a dream then you gon achieve that dream, long as you put in that work.
What made you re-buy your childhood house, if it was so bad?
Man, I di'nt buy this house for them dollas (laughing). I bought it hopin that a new fam can live in it fo cheap and hopefully they follow them footsteps in life like me, y'know maybe it was the house that got me the good luck hahahah.
You recently realised a video called G.O.M.D and there was a lot of confusion about the meaning behind it, can you please explain once and for all what the actually meaning behind it is?
Yeah, so many people thought that dis video was about racism- it ain't not completely. It's more to show dat we all need unity and togetherness y'know because we [the black community] know all about oppression. But today, there be different levels of racism within our race. I'll explain, you only be 'in the block' if you got a story, y'know like a drug story or some gangsta story, like people only f*ck with you if you a "real nigga" and if you say som'ing like “What’s up fellas!” - they be looking at you like you some low standard nigga, where in reality we all low standard (laughing)
That'll be it for today. Thank you very much Jermaine for being here
Peace!
Hello J Cole, it's great to have you here with us today. We wanted to ask you a few questions about your latest album Forest Hills Drive. So, what is the meaning behind the album title?
Aye, what's up! I'm glad to be here, myself. Well, like y'know for dis title, I di'n't think much bout it cause it just came to me. I just wanted to like write smo'ing that was personal to me, like y'know sorta like a diary, but music diary, ya feel me? Well dis title is actually the name of me, my mamma, bro and pap address when we was growing up. Actually, the same year that I was writin the album, I bought out old house, because it holds our memories and all, y'know.
Oh really, that's amazing! So is the album's like the story of you growing up?
Yeah man, dis album is me tryna tell ma story to all them peeps who be going through the same thing, cause I know that all my homies from NC still ain't get out, like if you aks me where all my brodas at right now, I'll tell you that they at NC because I was the only one to get out- see this was an advantage because we got the dough when them other niggas di'nt. We was the only ones that got out, all them others trapped. Once you leave you ain't never going back. But I wrote dis one for all them homies, to show 'em that eventually one day they gonna be out just like me, nobody gonna stay in NC forever. If you got a dream then you gon achieve that dream, long as you put in that work.
What made you re-buy your childhood house, if it was so bad?
Man, I di'nt buy this house for them dollas (laughing). I bought it hopin that a new fam can live in it fo cheap and hopefully they follow them footsteps in life like me, y'know maybe it was the house that got me the good luck hahahah.
You recently realised a video called G.O.M.D and there was a lot of confusion about the meaning behind it, can you please explain once and for all what the actually meaning behind it is?
Yeah, so many people thought that dis video was about racism- it ain't not completely. It's more to show dat we all need unity and togetherness y'know because we [the black community] know all about oppression. But today, there be different levels of racism within our race. I'll explain, you only be 'in the block' if you got a story, y'know like a drug story or some gangsta story, like people only f*ck with you if you a "real nigga" and if you say som'ing like “What’s up fellas!” - they be looking at you like you some low standard nigga, where in reality we all low standard (laughing)
That'll be it for today. Thank you very much Jermaine for being here
Peace!
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