I don't think people realize how hard this kind of song is to pull off. Not only did he make a whole song with just one rhyme, but he manage to tell a story with it. That is really impressive.
“IDGAF that I’m broke, cause in my mind I’m rich with shit I done wrote Write your life into existence Speak your life into existence The power of the tongue and the pen is not a joke” Ladies and gentlemen we have been blessed
It sounds like you guys never heard real hip hop artist before there is nothing new or hard its just the corny drake sing along auto tune mumble rhymes that make y'all think he is killing it but go listen to young Canibus freestyles or 2nd round knock out
@@Smack23Boxing Yeah it's amazing to me it feels like "a tale of two cities" part 2. Cole was grinding, following his dreams, and keeping his nose clean while his friend was living the fast and easy life, doing drugs, and flexing. One ends with greatness and one ends with death.
@@Noadvantage246 this song is 10000 levels above it. I cant wait for my son to get older and get in trouble so this can be an homework assignments. Its so layered its insane. I learned more about making music than i ever did from any album. Placements all of that
"Close, I stare at my dreams as they approach, gotta be patient and trust in God he's the coach. Temptations of taking a shortcut but I don't " Album of the year confirmed
To me it feels like "a tale of two cities" part 2. Cole was grinding, following his dreams, and keeping his nose clean while his friend was living the fast and easy life, doing drugs, and flexing. One ends with greatness and one ends with death.
How many of y'all been listening to Cole since like... The Warm up, Friday night lights, or something like that? Because this whole album right here hits me with those vibes. Just even better.
Exactly he used Close to ots fullest extent poets get luck to do that. He told a story so clear and gave you 8 different ways to look at it. After giving you 8 different feelings of all that's close but far in his life. In every line in every pause all that its imsane. Really a masterclass
THIS IS ART! COLE JUST TOLD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL UGLY STORY EVER. HIS INTUITION ABOUT HIS FRIEND WHILE ALSO RACING TIME TO MAKE IT/GET A DEAL SO HE CAN REACH BACK AND HELP OUT HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND IN THIS STORY IN PARTICULAR HIS FRIEND. RACING THE INEVITABLE. COLE WAS SO CLOSE.
"Temptations are taking a shortcut, but I don't 'Cause I ain't tryna be a almost, when I get it, I'ma float". These lyrics give me so much power, Building a small business in the shed of a shared home is not easy but lyrics like this will stay with me through the grind.
"IDGAF that I'm broke, cause in my mind I'm rich with shit I done wrote" 🔥🔥🔥 Write your life into existence. Speak your life into existence. The power of the tongue & the PEN is not a joke. #ColeWorld I'm so ready for the live shows!!!! 🔥🔥🔥
This will be the oldest cole’s fans favorite song on the album (the ones that have been listening since the warm up days). If that’s you you know what I mean
Agreed to this statement fully. Song tho not album. People are saying your statement regarding album and they cant be more wrong. This song is old cole. Album not so much.
here's my interpretation: You cant bring everyone to the top with you. You can wish the people you care about could change their destructive ways preventing them to get to the top but ultimately, you can only watch the separation between you and them grow as your morals and passions are more centered around ambition
There are two paths you can take, the right way and the wrong way. The guy selling drugs is the same hopeful guy you are he just wants to make it, the only thing separating us is the choices we make, a lot of times we realize it too late.
Furthermore, I think the whole song is a double entendre for the “commercial” route hip hop went. He uses his friend which now turned to lean and money as a parallel to how Cole doesn’t feel rap is going the right way - and it’s proven by all the rappers who ultimately got killed for their riches (e.g. Pop Smoke, XXX etc.). The whole song is full of subtle clues “we knew each other’s folks” = back in a time when there was room for both concscious and commercial rappers, before rap started to “have candy rims on spokes” ... what do you guys think?
On the penultimate song from J. Cole’s sixth studio album, The Off-Season, the North Carolina native reminisces about a former friend who succumbed to the temptations of drugs and gang life. The narrative culminates with the apparent murder of J. Cole’s friend as he laments over their deteriorating friendship.
@@pendleton123 it's called a double entendre and a lot of this truly clever shit is over a lotta y'alls heads. MF DOOM is probably your favorite rapper's favorite rapper, but UOENO.
bruh honestly i always thought pac sent us cole, like his soul is inside cole cause i ain’t never heard nobody lay down bars like cole , he’s undefeated
To anyone who sees this I hope god blesses you an the ones you guard closely with great opportunity and futures full of wealth and abundance..🙏🏾 THE VILLE IS BACK✊🏾
This is my favorite song off the album. Man what you did with this track is insane. I cried listening to this track. I had synchronicities listening to this song. I have so many friends I can’t reach. I know this is genuine to you. If only we could get passed “close” God bless you brother
I’m so glad there is still a guy like cole making music. His style of rap is becoming a lost art but he’s keeping it alive with amazing work like this.
i lost hope for hip hop, i dont like this track too much simply bc its unpleassnt to my eyes but still is a relief to see someone with skill and style, the one word thing reminds me of Wu tang clans Method Man track
This song hits a depth that's on another level. I can't even explain it. The story he tells is so vivid and I can imagine it. Probably my favorite song on this album.
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This tooo hard
🖤
Yeahhh
When shotta flow 1736?
My fav song of the album so far.
Nle
How many words can you rhyme with "close"?
Cole: Yes
I'm shook. I was just about to write this comment, and then I saw yours.
Exactly word for word :O
Not too many in the way that bruh do it
This made me laugh 😂
"any 1 syllable word containing O"
@@justinnyugen7015yes but his delivery is what makes it impressive
I don't think people realize how hard this kind of song is to pull off. Not only did he make a whole song with just one rhyme, but he manage to tell a story with it. That is really impressive.
Naw cause close could a been a close call and both walk out
Pretty much all Joyner Lucas did before he start talking about just being a rapper/gangster 😂 Joyner was one of the best story tellers
Shout out to the tech guy making the beat.
This is will be a classic Cole song.
Its already a classic
On fucking g
This issss...😂
@@GingerNights You right
@@jimmysnowpants1618 it all depends if people overplay it or not
But i dont see that happening anytime soon
“IDGAF that I’m broke, cause in my mind I’m rich with shit I done wrote
Write your life into existence
Speak your life into existence
The power of the tongue and the pen is not a joke”
Ladies and gentlemen we have been blessed
He speaks nothing but facts
He was preaching
i felt that 👨🏽🦯💯💯
Law of Attraction
@Simo Zulu nope,"got more Ms than Ms in slim shady video" he rich asf
He made a whole song with just one rhyme. This is not an easy feat
Not easy at all
dude is wildin
Holy crow you just made me realize that thankyou😂 cole the goat
He's done it before with "Stay" I mean it wasn't the same rhyme the whole song but mostly.
It sounds like you guys never heard real hip hop artist before there is nothing new or hard its just the corny drake sing along auto tune mumble rhymes that make y'all think he is killing it but go listen to young Canibus freestyles or 2nd round knock out
Cole is one of the most goated storytellers of all time like he showed on “For your eyes only” and Forest Hills Drive
Facts J. Cole, King Von, and Speaker Knockerz are some of the best storytelling artist💯💯💯
DopeAzzFukk🤘🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
My favorite album of his
don't forget kendrick.
@@LEOINTHXB facts
“Villmatic” 🔥🔥 Nas definitely smiled/will smile hearing that line
& wasn’t disappointed best believe that💯
No Doubt? 2Pac & Nas r his favorite Rapper until he heard NAS I GAVE U POWER deep record. Crazy!! J.Cole OFF SEASON iz a dope album
Factz☝🏽. Also Cole has a song called Villematic too.
He’s been saying villematic. Still at it.
Shit wasn't even a line, jst a phrase nd that phrase comes with so much behind it, thats wat big ol' Jermaine does
“Gotta be patient and trust in God, He the coach” 🔥
Shit so tuff
The way he tells a story is just mesmerising
I just hope people understand how amazing this story is woven and then the word close is used to its ful existent.
Some of these niggas don't get it bruh🤦🏾
@@Smack23Boxing Yeah it's amazing to me it feels like "a tale of two cities" part 2. Cole was grinding, following his dreams, and keeping his nose clean while his friend was living the fast and easy life, doing drugs, and flexing. One ends with greatness and one ends with death.
@@Noadvantage246 this song is 10000 levels above it. I cant wait for my son to get older and get in trouble so this can be an homework assignments. Its so layered its insane. I learned more about making music than i ever did from any album. Placements all of that
@@Smack23Boxing i suggest you watch videos explainin his wordplay and rhymes its crazy
"Close, I stare at my dreams as they approach, gotta be patient and trust in God he's the coach. Temptations of taking a shortcut but I don't "
Album of the year confirmed
Double entendres right?
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“Cause I ain’t tryna be ah almost when I get it ima float”🤯🤯
To me it feels like "a tale of two cities" part 2. Cole was grinding, following his dreams, and keeping his nose clean while his friend was living the fast and easy life, doing drugs, and flexing. One ends with greatness and one ends with death.
I definitely see it
Or immortal p2
no hes the killer of his own dreams
@@pallitin1516 Word
@@pallitin1516 kill edward
How many of y'all been listening to Cole since like... The Warm up, Friday night lights, or something like that? Because this whole album right here hits me with those vibes. Just even better.
Shit i feel you i been listening to J Cole since he came up. Friday night lights the warm up sideline story 🔥
The last stretch went hard to 🔥
I lost my breath at the end of the last song
Facts
2009
The world play is crazyyyy, his pauses with the word “close” y’all not touching him fr!!🔥
Exactly he used Close to ots fullest extent poets get luck to do that. He told a story so clear and gave you 8 different ways to look at it. After giving you 8 different feelings of all that's close but far in his life. In every line in every pause all that its imsane. Really a masterclass
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This is what rap is missing different ryhme structures
The thing you not touching is word homessss
@@peterdaou4720 foams, domes, loans, froze dose, doze, folks, flows, trolls, cones, bones, bros, decompose, phones, folds, ghouls, goals, holes, hoes, holds, jokes, moans, moles, molds, nodes, codes, colds, olds odes, probes, poles, quotes, roads, rose, soaks, souls, slopes, toads and yolks.
Cole makes his narrative so vivid, it's like a movie for the ears.
Right, the imagery he conjures up is honestly incredible
“Nothin but a dolla but some Hope” bro struggled and still tried to get out and made it the real goat J. Cole
💯
Damn man that hit hard.
2 15 19
Dollar & A Dream IV
Does anyone know who he was talking about
Who stayed up for this album like a little kid waiting for Christmas
Me
Me
you know it!
Hell yeah!!
Most excited I’ve been since Christmas when I was a lil kid
0:21 CLOSE, I stare at my dreams as they approach, gotta be patient and trust in God he the coach
You can tell he has fun with his poetry. His raps are a mastery. Gorgeous mind, the finest of our time.
That was a bar lol
Arithmetic of arithmetics
lol in the 90s this song would have no replay value... its Not that skillful but its aight i guess
@@kingaura480 😂🤡
@@kingaura480 this aint the 90's nigga. The songs from the 90's wont survive in this era either. Aint no one on that shit anymore lol
The fact every bar rhymed with "CLOSE".. truly amazing. FCKIN COle Mannnnnnnnn
🔥
Who else can do that? lol
@@shadowsoldier178 Wayne
@@shadowsoldier178 Eminem
@@shadowsoldier178 Andre 3000 did it but idt anyone can do it how cole just did that was impressive story writing as well
THIS IS ART! COLE JUST TOLD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL UGLY STORY EVER. HIS INTUITION ABOUT HIS FRIEND WHILE ALSO RACING TIME TO MAKE IT/GET A DEAL SO HE CAN REACH BACK AND HELP OUT HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND IN THIS STORY IN PARTICULAR HIS FRIEND. RACING THE INEVITABLE. COLE WAS SO CLOSE.
Hold the heckkkk up???? I gotta relisten again
FR
and he told everything ryhmin it with close on every bar, its to much man, this song is to good to be true bro
Real J. Cole fans are listening to this in order early
Bruh thats exactly what I'm doin🤣
💯
Fax
bro im here coz my spotify censored whole album
🖤
"Temptations are taking a shortcut, but I don't
'Cause I ain't tryna be a almost, when I get it, I'ma float".
These lyrics give me so much power, Building a small business in the shed of a shared home is not easy but lyrics like this will stay with me through the grind.
this song going to be slept on but this is my favorite on the album for sure. feels like that old cole flow and no autotune
That's my jam too
My jam too been on repeat since. Thanks Cole
Love that no autotune sound from Cole
Kanye west late registration vibes
Same here
"IDGAF that I'm broke, cause in my mind I'm rich with shit I done wrote" 🔥🔥🔥
Write your life into existence.
Speak your life into existence.
The power of the tongue & the PEN is not a joke.
#ColeWorld I'm so ready for the live shows!!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Facts stay blessed hope we all achieve and accomplish what we set out to do or want to do........longevity and prosperity.......Amen....
A thought for the mind.
Same. As soon as he announced his new album was dropping , I instantly said "I can't wait for the tour!" They be so lit!
You’re a real one
I cannot wait!
This will be the oldest cole’s fans
favorite song on the album (the ones that have been listening since the warm up days). If that’s you you know what I mean
Agreed to this statement fully. Song tho not album. People are saying your statement regarding album and they cant be more wrong. This song is old cole. Album not so much.
On god facts!! Since a dollar and a dream pt1
facts 💯
Facts!
Haha frfr when I first heard it I was like nah this my top 3 for some reason
here's my interpretation: You cant bring everyone to the top with you. You can wish the people you care about could change their destructive ways preventing them to get to the top but ultimately, you can only watch the separation between you and them grow as your morals and passions are more centered around ambition
There are two paths you can take, the right way and the wrong way. The guy selling drugs is the same hopeful guy you are he just wants to make it, the only thing separating us is the choices we make, a lot of times we realize it too late.
damn
I love this album so much
Furthermore, I think the whole song is a double entendre for the “commercial” route hip hop went. He uses his friend which now turned to lean and money as a parallel to how Cole doesn’t feel rap is going the right way - and it’s proven by all the rappers who ultimately got killed for their riches (e.g. Pop Smoke, XXX etc.). The whole song is full of subtle clues “we knew each other’s folks” = back in a time when there was room for both concscious and commercial rappers, before rap started to “have candy rims on spokes” ... what do you guys think?
On the penultimate song from J. Cole’s sixth studio album, The Off-Season, the North Carolina native reminisces about a former friend who succumbed to the temptations of drugs and gang life. The narrative culminates with the apparent murder of J. Cole’s friend as he laments over their deteriorating friendship.
Real Cole Fans are her Early 🤟🏾🐐
Ong I was finna do some weird shii but I saw it said j cole dropped and I had to stop
yesss sirrrr🐐🐐
Bruh I dropped everything and started listening to the whole album 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
I stayed up for this one and I’m glad I did
Yesssir
this man is the main reason why no rapper with a ghostwriter will ever make it to my top 5!!!
hardest song in the whole album
💯
absolutely and that’s saying something
Seen this comment on every song in the album. That's how you know the album is fire
@@jvillzy nah this the one !
Punchin the clock hella fire idk
The rhyme scheme in this song is insane🤯
I love when Cole comes at you with these hard hitting tracks. The end of the song nearly made me tear up. One of the greatest to ever do it
This dude wrote a whole song about "close". Speechless
This is literally the best song on the album
W
Cole has those intangibles. He has one of those voices. Its raw. It hits hard. He's like a singer with a raspy voice but knows how to use it.
Saving the rap game one verse at a time.
J Cole is a lyrical nuke 💣 that just went off. This album is nuts
Are we just gonna ignore "You know twelve be takin' notes" (12B pencil for taking notes)
this is amazing
😳😳🤯
12 is mostly known as Police. So police was taking notes in this case.
@@pendleton123 he meant It both ways
@@pendleton123 it's called a double entendre and a lot of this truly clever shit is over a lotta y'alls heads. MF DOOM is probably your favorite rapper's favorite rapper, but UOENO.
I hate that these songs are so SHORT 😩🥺
He smart making them short, nowadays people have short attention spans
Don't worry, friend. He still killin`
@@thrax-x nope that's not it ... short songs have a better replay value 👌
@@possekidxan or bc they jus freestyles
Atleast he gave us something to listen to
J.Cole described in one word 'KING'. I never got to witness 2pac am glad I witnessed the greatness of 'King Jermaine Lamarr Cole'.
On God
He's not a King he's Jermaine Cole remember what was said in his song a king is a fool. Dreamville baby🌻
bruh honestly i always thought pac sent us cole, like his soul is inside cole cause i ain’t never heard nobody lay down bars like cole , he’s undefeated
@@samgarner04 : No
@@mediumuzivert4218 nah pac sent us kdot
I love how much emphasis he put on the O's to make them rhyme even more
J cole has been such an inspiration in my life, he really helped me through my anxiety and depression. The whole album too cold 🥶
KOD got me to quit all drugs FACTS don't even smoke weed nomore
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To anyone who sees this I hope god blesses you an the ones you guard closely with great opportunity and futures full of wealth and abundance..🙏🏾 THE VILLE IS BACK✊🏾
The only artist I can never say I miss the old him,because he has always been true to himself....he is the same ever since day one🙃
"Close, I stare at my dreams as they approach
Gotta be patient and trust in God, He the coach" Instant gas on the fire.
The real is back! J Cole is the Goat, he inspired every song I ever made. I hope to get signed to Dreamville soon
Drake is the goat
Let's make this man dream come true get this to top comment
@@TakeCareJoelle you do know what ALL TIME means right? Neither are 🤦🏻♂️
@@TakeCareJoelle fuck no
@@TakeCareJoelle no- just no.
Best lyricist to ever touch a mic 🐐 👑 🎤
“They gon label me the goat”. Yessir, we do! 🐐
Nah fr I already love this song as soon as the beat dropped
FR
COLE 🔥🔥🔥GOATED
I salute J Cole for this classic album
You can really hear the pain in his voice towards the end, and his words are pure artistry. Truly the G.O.A.T
J. Cole is the goat
Lyrically speaking this has to be the best song to come out this year
Me bumping j Cole's album, while j cole is balling in my country 🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼
MY GOODNESS THIS IS FIRE TO THIS DAY UNMATCHED CALL ME A GLAZER IDGAF THIS JOINT IS AMAZING BLESSING THE EARS
0:13 Kanye creating a new phone password
Lol
Shoot this song even has a College Dropout/LR vibe
@Bruno Temponi ???
@Bruno Temponi TF U TRYNA SAY?
1 2 1 2 some dreams stay dreams some dreams come true
J Cole made my entire month with this album drop. Been one of my fav rappers for a min
“ gotta trust in god he da coach” 💯💯
This is my favorite song off the album. Man what you did with this track is insane. I cried listening to this track. I had synchronicities listening to this song. I have so many friends I can’t reach. I know this is genuine to you. If only we could get passed “close” God bless you brother
Not even other people, I see myself in both guys shoes
@@NurseHub-z2e you gotta cut out the drugs. It’s all downhill from there my friend
This is The Warm Up Cole
🎉🎉🎉🔥💪🏽
My favorite MC /artist with some of the best sounds in the game
0 misses on this album so far
The real is back
This j cole at his best.
I dont even know how anyone could dislike this.. Im so happy to be alive
This is easily the best song on the album
This the banger
Applying Pressure
daaaaaamn we wernt ready for this back in 2022, lyrics hit differnt
Jcole stayed on the same rhyme and flow the whole song thats why this is such a masterpiece
And on top of that he told a story 🐐
The combination of his amazing flow and his insane vocabulary is stunning to say the least
Ngl this was around top 5 on the album when I first listened but I lost my homie this summer and it just hits so much harder
J COLE IS THE 🐐 ALWAYS BEEN A REVOLUTIONARY 🙏🏼
This album is a masterpiece 🔥🔥
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I can close my eyes and watch the stories he tells. Such perfection, such precision. Mastery.
This is the realest in our time we had Nas Jay z thank god for J Cole I miss this hiphop now we gota wait again 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
J cole really inspire me to be a better person gives such a alternative perspective on the world humbles me much love!
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"My friends went to war, but I walked out with their blood on me"
Mahnn😭 Cole is so cold🥶 with them bars
My God that "O" rhyme scheme from the beginning to the end is fucking incredible 🔥
This life is no joke.. damn I felt that
How can someone be the no1 Goat contender and also underrated at the same time!! J Cole❤️💪💪
telling a story with one rhyme this no joke real hiphophead knows J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar is tha 2 real Goat existing in this generation
I’m so glad there is still a guy like cole making music. His style of rap is becoming a lost art but he’s keeping it alive with amazing work like this.
This piece of art is so slept on
Love from Mexico !!! THE REAL IS BACK
This album is a breath of fresh air
Gotta be patient , trust in God , He the coach 😇😇
When you realise he rhymed the whole track with the word "close" 🤯
i lost hope for hip hop, i dont like this track too much simply bc its unpleassnt to my eyes but still is a relief to see someone with skill and style, the one word thing reminds me of Wu tang clans Method Man track
@@MightyEFX none of j coles songs are about flow its all storytelling listen to the lyrics.
@@MightyEFX bro do you listen to the lyrics
@@MightyEFX This nigga listen to music for flow💀
shi 🔥
He’s back ladies and gentlemen. Like this if you think J Cole taking over again🔥💯
cap
@@jordancassarole2951 no cap *
@@jordancassarole2951 you probably listen to yb lmao
He done took over long before this
Durkio my boa
J Cole the GOAT.
I don’t know how this man does not miss 🤷♂️
This song hits a depth that's on another level. I can't even explain it. The story he tells is so vivid and I can imagine it. Probably my favorite song on this album.
Cole def got me on that soul journey. #GOATStory
BROOOOO THE RYHYMES!!!!!!!
Cole came a long way Nd now he’s peacefully at the top
Legendary Cole forever
ALBUM OF THE YEAR NO CAP
Too 5 for sure but let’s no cap here there’s gonna be and has already been a better one
Don't forget UTOPIA by travis, CULTURE III by migos, WLR deluxe by carti...
We still have the fall off 😈
@@aureliomedina3350 waaaat?
@@Alexandre-xz6jm better ones? Pls stfu
Bro just gave me 12 songs to listen to all year
Cole speaking the truth what ever happened to speaking to help cope with society
this the most slept on song on the album, this touched my soul
this reminds me of blue laces 2, painting a scene with words, RIP Nipsey