J.Cole really cooked, served, and ATE on this verse. This is why I love Hip-Hop. (Insert nostalgic sigh.)
By the way he started the verse, I feel he free styled this ๐คโฆ using the last line he heard, repeating it a time or two to get his grounding, and then BOOM! The flow commences ๐.
The freestylers know what Iโm talking about lol.
I love that Cole does these โunlikely collaborationsโ as one blog put it; because it seems like all of these artists he works with step outside of their comfort zone and challenge their pen ๐๏ธwhen they work with himโฆ or maybe theyโre just being more comfortable with their true selves because theyโre being shown Love and acceptance for how theyโve already shown up? Just as they are.
That type of support always stimulates a natural desire to show up & be the best version of oneselfโฆ
Whoโs to say except them? ๐คท๐พโโ๏ธ. Would be a dope conversation to have though.
Anyway, the punchlines on this are wild, the rhyme scheme is simple; which is highly effective in his delivery of this verse bc his actual metaphors are so fuxcking dope, that they need some space to be able to be truly heard/felt, and not lost amongst โfancyโ flowsโฆ
Chit is already haute couture ๐.
Aight, Iโm about to finish my hair & go practice my own material โcause this is inspiring af!!! Lol.
I just wanna say since i am crocheting again for the first time in a long time, that i went absolutely insane with the Hermann and Newt Dolls, who was I.