British album certifications – J. Cole – Born Sinner". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved January 22, 2020. Non-Appearing Title: "Before I'm Gone", "Enchanted", "Villuminati", "LAnd of the Snakes", "Sideline Story", "Lil' Ghetto Nigga", "Is She Gone Pop?". It was just time for something new. I wouldn't have minded doing it again but I felt that I closed that story. "That metaphor and that storyline had really ended. Metaphorically I was just a kid working to get on this basketball team, got cut – that was The Come Up, then The Warm Up was like, alright I made the team, I'm on the team, now what? I'm not in the game, I'll just ride the end of the bench. Then Friday Night Lights was like 'come on man, you're still not gonna put me in the game? What I gotta do? Here, I'm gonna kill it in practice. Sideline Story was like, Wow, I really am starting now, and I feel like I ended that chapter when it's all said and done. Plus, this new theme is really more reflective of where I'm at and where I've been at for the past two years, so it was just perfect to move on. [9] Recording and production [ edit ] Villuminati" contains samples of " Juicy", written by Christopher Wallace, Sean Combs, Jean-Claude Olivier and James Mtume, as performed by The Notorious B.I.G.; " I Wish – Remix (To the Homies We Lost)", written and performed by R. Kelly; and " People Everyday", written by Sylvester Stewart and Todd Thomas, as performed by Arrested Development.

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Christgau, Robert (June 25, 2013). "Serengeti/J. Cole". MSN Music. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013 . Retrieved August 25, 2013. Crooked Smile" contains an uncredited sample of " No One Gonna Love You", as performed by Jennifer Hudson. [82] Takeda, Allison (May 18, 2014). "Billboard Music Awards 2014: Complete Winners List". Us Weekly. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016 . Retrieved January 2, 2016. J. Cole Announces 'Born Sinner' Release Date". Rap-Up. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013 . Retrieved May 26, 2013. a b Hyman, Dan (May 2, 2013). "J. Cole's New Album: 'I'm All the Way Inspired' ". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013 . Retrieved May 26, 2013.

PopMatters Staff (December 10, 2013). "The Best Hip-Hop of 2013". PopMatters. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014 . Retrieved January 2, 2016. J. Cole Offers One-Time Listening Of 'Born Sinner' Tonight – XXL". XXL. June 6, 2013. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013 . Retrieved June 18, 2013.a b Ugwu, Reggie. "J. Cole: 90 Percent Done With Born Sinner". BET. Archived from the original on January 14, 2013 . Retrieved May 26, 2013. J. Cole Talks Moving Up Album Release To Compete With Kanye West: Exclusive". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013 . Retrieved May 26, 2013. Land of the Snakes" contains a sample of " Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 1)", written by André Benjamin, Antwan Patton and David Sheats, as performed by Outkast. Cole:"Then on the hook, we wanted to make it sound like I was literally listening to a love song on the radio, so we threw effects on there." Ahmed, Insanul (June 24, 2013). "The Best Songs of 2013 (So Far) – 11. J. Cole f/ Nas "Let Nas Down (Remix)" ". Complex. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016 . Retrieved February 19, 2016.

Cole:"I kind of freestyle every time. The Avalon [VT-737sp] is great, but sometimes I don’t have that and just have the Duet so that will do. And for the mic, the [Neumann] U87 is usually what we use. There’s also a Sony mic, the C800G, that’s great." J. Cole f. Amber Coffman & Cults She Knows". HipHopDX. February 14, 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014 . Retrieved February 14, 2014.J. Cole Discusses "Baby Mama" Theme in Rap, Expected "Born Sinner" Release Date". hotnewhiphop. Archived from the original on February 25, 2013 . Retrieved May 26, 2013.