Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "JERMAINE COLE L.A. LEAKERS FREESTYLE"

Episode Date: January 22, 2023

As the world awaits the release of his highly-anticipated sixth studio album The Off-Season, set to drop this Friday, J. Cole stopped by Power 106’s L.A. Leakers to freestyle over a pair of rap classics: Mike Jones’ “Still Tippin’” and Souls of Mischief’s “93 ’Til Infinity.”Cole led things off by rapping effortlessly over Souls of Mischief’s hard-hitting classic, before bodying the beat of the Swishahouse crew’s 2004 anthem “Still Tippin’.”The pair of freestyles arrive amid a busy week for Cole. After sharing “Interlude,” the first single from his upcoming album, last Friday, the 36-year-old North Carolina rapper kicked off this week with the release of his new documentary Applying Pressure: The Off-Season. Then, on Tuesday, he became the first rapper to grace the cover of Slam magazine, as he chopped it up with Brandon “Jinx” Jenkins and discussed where his mind is at as he prepares for what may or may not be the last leg of his music career.During the extensive interview, Cole explained the inspiration behind The Off-Season’s title, comparing his career to that of a basketball player.“The Off-Season symbolizes the work that it takes to get to the highest height,” Cole explained. “The Off-Season represents the many hours and months and years it took to get to top form. Once you get to the season, it’s too late to get better. You’ll get better naturally, but what you know is what you know. You’re getting that shit off in the off-season. So, that’s really what [the title] represents. It represents the time spent getting better and pushing.”While acknowedging that he’s entering a later stage of his career, Cole maintained that he has no plans of slowing down.“I’m doing all this work to be at peace with, if I never did another album, I’m cool,” he explained. “That’s the reason for all of this, so I know that I put everything on the table. I left everything on the table, and I’m good with that. Because there’s a lot of shit I want to do with my life and in my life that, because I have such an intense love and passion for the craft, if I don’t let that go, I’m not going to be able to get to these other things that I also want to learn and grow and be good at.”SOURCE: Watch J. Cole Freestyle Over a Pair of Rap Classics | ComplexPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Yes, you've read the title right as we are getting into Jermaine Cole and his freestyle over the 93 till infinity beat and Mike Jones still tipping beat. So you heard the first one at the beginning of the segment. That's what I introed with. But now we're going to get into an actual kind of of a watchalong. Well, not a watch along because I don't feel like putting this on the. video side of thing which is an audio adventure so we're going to journey

through this together which some of y'all may have already heard the J. Cole freestyle and some of y'all may of not but if you have if you haven't replaying it I know a lot of people who've just replayed it again and again

even myself who I'm definitely a germane critic if I do say so myself this freestyle felt like it was bigger and in scope compared to other rappers doing freestyles over the LA Leakers. I don't know if that makes sense. Last time I covered LA Leakers was from the baby. I don't know how long ago that was.

But a lot of people were sending in different suggestions as far as rappers. and guess who didn't make the list Jermaine didn't make the list so you know I'll I'll uh I'll uh suspend no not suspended differently

I'll kill your suspense let me just say that a lot of other rappers like Juice World G Herbo popped on now I think they're talking about the one when he like crossed his arms looking like he got in the tension

throughout the whole rap he was like he was very angry I don't know what he was angry at he must have anyways let me let me chill before where they find me. You know, them Chicago Savages

ain't nothing to play with. But anyways, we're going to get into Germain taking us on an audio adventure with this Mike Jones still tipping freestyle and of course,

LA leaker. So I'm just going to play the video. I'm going to let them talk for a little bit and then we're going to get into him freestyler. So I'm going to pause when I feel like pausing

in everything like that. But for the most part, this is just going to be an honest review of me listening to the freestyle from Jermaine. and then talking about how I actually felt when I first heard it and what I actually felt like,

when I currently feel about the freestyle. Because of course, this was just a rollout for the off season. But anyways, let's get into the video. Yo, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm really not tripping that we waited 12 years anymore. I'm not, I'm not tripping. I'm not tripping. Off season. All season has a ride.

Like that top tier bars Like that MCs you know what time it is man I really like that hold on I don't I want to keep going though I would love to man We got a front row scene Yeah we we we we got a

You see how surprised they are when they're saying he's like that Like I'm not trying to you know catch any aspers On whatever he's trying to Accomplish by going up to LA leakers But if you Hear the way that they're reacting to the bars Obviously he just gave some double-truthers triple entendres that was just out of this world.

But was they really? Like honestly, when I think about double triple entendres, I feel like as a rapper is not hard to do. Based on the subject, you're based on the subject that the double or triple entendre is surrounding as, or is about as talking about killing and just talking about murder or just different ways they can kill you with the Smith and Weston. It doesn't really impress me as much as somebody talking about maybe

I'm not trying to get too deep, but maybe like black oppression or politics or maybe making a, like you know how comedians take the most sensitive subjects and then flip it on a way that's deliverable to the masses. Even though some people may not agree with it, some people may agree with it. At the end of the day, they still make it, they deliver it in a funny fashion or a comedic fashion. With rappers, I feel like they're able to put things in music that make you understand different things in politics,

different things with the black oppression, and in a very serviceable way in the size of a six bar, a 16 bar, maybe even sometimes a 32 bar verse. It's very apparent that the top rappers in the game give us bars that make us think. And throughout this whole freestyle, he was giving bars that definitely had double and triple

entendres that was engaging, but as far as the subject matter, it's still the same shoot-em-up, bang-bang music. But anyways, let's get back into it. I told you all, like, I'm actual critique of rap and hip-hop. I'm not just somebody who just blatantly hates on different rappers, but you know, that's

a narrative with Jermaine. And with Polo G, but We haven't heard of him recently, have we? Anyways, let's get to the Jermaine freestyle. I want to switch it up a little bit, you know what I'm saying? Can we do that? All right. The off season is here. Cold World.

Wow. Let's do it, baby. Wow. That shit's crazy. He got a hot hand. Let's do it, baby. Hold on, no, man. You rapping.

You rapping today, man. Understatement. You fucking with this right here? Yes. Classic. Classic shit on. man. It's a classic.

LA Lakers. Jay Cole. Uh-uh. Woke up this morning and wondering, hey, shit, I get fresh and shit. I keep it humble. My closet like Dover Street used to be bumming some days. I'm still bumming the differences. Now it's by choice.

Got just to peek out the window. These little niggas different. They don't play Nintendo. They play with extenders. I hope you can limbo that chopin. I'll spin you around like a judge on a voice. I'm from a city with most niggas never get lucky enough to see something outside county limits.

I ran up the ditches. I don't have no motherfucking business. Complaint about nothing. Ain't got no time and no patience for list. they be making her who they debate in this better let's face it he one of the greatest no bill cause be shit but if niggas is sleeping the fucker mo so his first freestyle is what i was basing my whole point off of his second freestyle is my more favorable take on his double and triple entendres as far as the first freestyle i thought it was a lot of surrounded about violence

and things and that i'm definitely not copping please i still think he was kind of surrounding that topic on this freestyle as well, but there's a reason why I wanted to speak over this freestyle instead of the first one. Of course, he starts off with talking about him compared to other rappers and him dressing like somebody who you would not think sold a bunch of platinum or diamond records. You would never catch me just joking on certain people in unfortunate circumstances, but let me just say that Jake Cole looked like he was one of them. second well no

was that already second i don't know i can't count third after that what did he say he said he said he was basically talking about murder and violence but he put it in a way that was more substance based

or substance field he was talking about young ins going into their life and how it leads to nothing like it is honestly an endless cycle of violence and going into that life I mean, he said it. He would get,

that chopper would make you spin around like a contested or a judge or do a contestant on the voice. Something like that. I forget. A judge on the voice.

I forget what he just said. But basically you get like what I'm trying to say. It was more quality in those first few three or four bars. And then he starts to get into more like murder bank, well, not like murder, but like violence,

uh, violent type of raps. But anyways, let's get back into it because I'm enjoying this, so anyways, all right, right now. Oh, niggas don't understand me.

I don't do the Grammys I be in my jammies on sofa. Mo'nickers don't understand me, Ferrari or Camry. I bet I look good in them both. Most nickers don't even get this. Co. How you on top? But you don't got no bitches.

I know. Most niggas don't even get this to giving a chance they trade family for riches. I know. Look at my ceiling. It's ill in this illness. I'm sick in these bitch, niggins.

It ain't in a vitamin C and they're sist. get rid of me, I'm a killer, relitless on top of I sound like I'm stealing in trenches. I come from the villa, I turn to villainous to victims of a victimess the RIP fill up messrs for niggas that's feeling in bitches. How come a nixon shit ain't into this pride? Ah, you bitch, all season coming May 14.

As far as rapping ability, Jay Cole is in the top tier for a reason. Now, as far as the top three, as I always get into, he's not near the top three in the modern generation. I feel like it's just, Drake, of course. I mean, he's the goat. Come on.

Like, it's not even a discussion. Two is Kendrick. If we're talking about artists. Now, if we're talking about rappers, which this is a freestyle, so I should probably give my rapper list. So, number one, if we're talking about just rappers, not an artist, I would say Kendrick. Then I would say Drake. And I'll probably, as far as the end, I guess it's hard because rapping ability,

like, I like to compare everything, like mainstream, appeal. influence so I don't know I'll have to go with maybe Tyler the creator or somebody of a different type of

wave of Drake and Kendrick but still has that type of lyrical ability and substance to affect the masses you know and J-Cote for me I've always says I feel like I've always said I feel like it's like a great value version

of Kendrick Lamar. So, you know, that's why I come with that. And then fourth, I'll probably put Nikki Minaj and fifth. Fifth, I'll probably, Jermaine would probably be in there. Yeah, fifth will probably be Jermain. Because even though he's the great value version

of Kendrick Lamar, I feel like he's like the Kobe to Michael Jordan. Like he got close, but there's still a significant gap between Michael and Kobe. It's a significant gap between Kendrick and J. so that was basically all I really wanted to get into is really nothing too crazy you know sometimes when you're talking about hip hop and when you're talking about the culture people get upset people just feel like whatever their opinion is you should have it too and you know that's

one of the reasons why I love to support on my podcast because I feel like whenever I talk about germane I just I just I attract a certain crowd and it's I love it you know how you know how on the in the Joker movie. The Joker was just saying he just loves to see chaos and in the J-Code community, whenever you just say anything that's not in favor

of the overall majority, chaos just ensues. So yeah, that's my thoughts on the J-Cole freestyle situation. You'll have to let me know what you think of it. You know, click my link tree in my bio, let me know in one of my social

media. What do you think about my J-Cold freestyle review and do you think J-Cold is a top three rapper?