The other song that I really enjoy on his album is called Wet Dreams. This song also has a rather vulgar name, and this name, unlike G.M.O.D, is not deceiving. The song definitely more on the R rated side of music, with very graphic sexual material and quite a bit of swearing, so be warned when listening. But besides the inappropriate parts of the song, it has an amazing story. I mean it may not sound like the deepest thing, but he talks about him losing his virginity. Now I know right away you are probably thinking, “Ew, why would I want to hear about that?” But, if you listen to the lyrics really closely you’ll realize that the song digs a lot deeper than him just losing his virginity. I also really like how he ties together the story with a stellar reoccurring chorus. But I would have to say my favorite part of this song was listening to it for the first time. I was driving around with my bro and the whole night we were bummed we didn’t have an AUX cord so we couldn’t play our music and we were stuck with the radio. And we kept hearing all of these songs that we didn’t like at all so we kept changing the station. But when when we were almost back to my house, this song came on. He already knew all of the words, but I hadn’t heard it. I picked up the chorus instantly, and fell in love with the flow. That night I went home and listened to the whole album, after thinking I’d never listen to Cole. That just goes to show that you should always give everything a chance before you jump to conclusions. Anyway, the song has a great chorus, amazing flow, and an interesting story. So I would for sure recommend checking it out, but be sure to pay close attention to the lyrics.
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I got this picture of J. Cole from taking a screenshot off of the cover for the Fire Squad Instrumental. I was using the instrumental for some raps of my own. If you want to hear the original click here, it is another great song on his new album.
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Wet Dreams
Along the lines of interesting stories, you should hear the story of the album’s production… The album’s name comes from the street name on which the house where Cole grew up and first started writing in. Last year (2014), he went back to North Carolina, and re-bought the house (after losing it to foreclosure just after graduating high school), and dedicated his third studio to it. I think it’s really cool how he goes back to his roots so much with his music. Like of course rappers all talk about their life growing up, but he really sets himself apart by doing something like this. Naming his album after his house of origin, having every song on the album be about his life growing up, talking about stuff that must be super difficult to talk about… I just think that’s really cool. Some other interesting things about the album, is that though it was primarily made by Cole himself, it was released under three labels, Dreamville, Roc Nation and Columbia Records. This is not totally unusual, but hip-hop albums are typically released under one label, and the labels usually help produce the album. This album was announced three weeks before the release date, including no singles, and little promotion and marketing prior to the release on December 9th 2014. The first week after the album being dropped, it sold 371,000 copies, being considered as Gold, by the RIAA, an amazing feat for how little marketing and promotions it had. This this shows how loyal his fan base is and how sometimes rolling low-key can be better. Anyway, I really enjoy this album so be sure to check out the songs I didn’t write about, but those especially. Also, let me know what you think of me mixing up the format of the blog and if you have any requests. Thanks, as always, for reading.
Along the lines of interesting stories, you should hear the story of the album’s production… The album’s name comes from the street name on which the house where Cole grew up and first started writing in. Last year (2014), he went back to North Carolina, and re-bought the house (after losing it to foreclosure just after graduating high school), and dedicated his third studio to it. I think it’s really cool how he goes back to his roots so much with his music. Like of course rappers all talk about their life growing up, but he really sets himself apart by doing something like this. Naming his album after his house of origin, having every song on the album be about his life growing up, talking about stuff that must be super difficult to talk about… I just think that’s really cool. Some other interesting things about the album, is that though it was primarily made by Cole himself, it was released under three labels, Dreamville, Roc Nation and Columbia Records. This is not totally unusual, but hip-hop albums are typically released under one label, and the labels usually help produce the album. This album was announced three weeks before the release date, including no singles, and little promotion and marketing prior to the release on December 9th 2014. The first week after the album being dropped, it sold 371,000 copies, being considered as Gold, by the RIAA, an amazing feat for how little marketing and promotions it had. This this shows how loyal his fan base is and how sometimes rolling low-key can be better. Anyway, I really enjoy this album so be sure to check out the songs I didn’t write about, but those especially. Also, let me know what you think of me mixing up the format of the blog and if you have any requests. Thanks, as always, for reading.
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