Vince Staples speaks on not going on a press run “cuz ain’t nothing fuckin funny”
How the label attempted to suppress his creativity because DSPs would be mad “because you wouldn’t belong there”
Now that he’s independent he’s in full creative control. Cry Baby is the brilliant work that resulted.
Side note - this man really told the crowd to chill when they cheered at the mention of Big Fish Theory
J. Cole debuts 21 songs on this week's #Hot100:
No. 16, “Two Six”
No. 29, “Safety”
No. 30, “Poor Thang”
No. 32, “Who TF Iz U”
No. 33 “Run A Train” with Future
No. 34, “Bunce Road Blues” with Tems & Future
No. 36, “Legacy” with PJ
No. 43, “The Let Out”
No. 46, “Drum N Bass”
No. 52, “Bombs in the Ville/Hit the Gas”
No. 53, “29 Intro”
No. 59, “39 Intro”
No. 64, “Old Dog” with Petey Pablo
No. 68, “The Fall-Off Is Inevitable”
No. 72, “The Villest” with Erykah Badu
No. 73, “Life Sentence”
No. 75, “Lonely at the Top”
No. 78, “Only You” with Burna Boy
No. 83, “I Love Her Again”
No. 99, “Man Up Above”
No. 100, “Quik Stop”
J. Cole's 'The Fall-Off' earned 140M streams in its opening week on Spotify 🔥📈
𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒:
▫️11.6m — Two Six
▫️8.8m — Safety
▫️8.4m — Poor Thang
▫️8.0m — Bunce Road Blues
▫️7.8m — Run A Train
J. Cole’s ‘The Fall Off’ is aiming for 260-300K units first week based off early forecasts (80K+ pure).
It would mark the biggest U.S. album debut of the year, and is challenging ‘The Off Season’ for Cole’s biggest debut of the decade (282K).
Mannnnn. Thank yall for the love. For real!!!
Yesterday I had daddy duties that came before album release celebrations. Today I got my old civic (with the brand new engine) a tour bus and some sprinters. In the trunk of my car is boxes of The Fall-Off CD’s. As a teenager I had copies of the Fayettenam Bommuh’s album that Nervous gave me to sell. I used to go up to the gas stations trying to sell the album to strangers “yo you like hip hop??” Was the beginning of the sales pitch.
When I was working on this album I had the desire to go feel that feeling again, and that’s what I’m about to do. Trunk Sale Tour 26!! I don’t know where we bout to drive to, but catch me outside! Cop a CD from me or just show love. I truly appreciate all the love and the reaction to the music.