Cole as one of his favourites on the album as he tackles subjects stemming from race (racism, issues with races mixing, slavery etc), poverty and various other issues over one of the most musical backdrops on the LP. “Could I runaway from 50 mil like Dave Chappelle” “The theme song of the “Horns” section of Born Sinner.” – J. Ī short verse which sees Cole breaking down the love, hunger and trappings of wealth and the pursuit of riches, utilising the word money in repetition during the verses to punctuate the message of the track. With controversial lines like “It took a black president to tell the Japanese sorry” Cole isn’t afraid to ruffle feathers.įollowing the skit which sounds like an infomercial from a money hungry church pastor, Jermaine unveiled the second track on the LP which was recorded in L.A as a result of Cole deciding he wanted to live in the City Of Angels, so he moved into a three bedroom house with about 12 of his people (keeping it classy but bringing the hood along too), but despite the upside of living in ‘Hollywood’, there was a dark side to it which inspired this cautionary tale (which I think samples “Da Art Of Storytelling (Part 1)” by Outkast) about the trappings, dangers and distractions of the City Of Angels (hence the capitalised L and A in the title).
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The track has a myriad of transitions and Cole lets the beat breath at the end following a female voice hauntingly singing “I ain’t never letting go, I ain’t never letting you go again”. He also confronts illuminati theories and utters lines like “Please give me back my soul” in relation to what seemingly needs to be done in the industry to get ahead. Ha.)īeginning with a sample that comparable to an old cotton field chant before opening into a bass heavy trunk rattler of a track that samples The Notorious B.I.G‘s “Born sinner, the opposite of a winner” line from “Juicy”, leading into a five minute long verse highlighting the contradictions in humanity and society. Cole describes the LP as his “Escape from depression into happiness” Before rolling out the tracks.ĭisclaimer: This is NOT a review and contains spoilers, just a few observations based on one listen (well I listened to “Let Nas Down” twice but that’s because I had to demand a rewind. The entire album was produced by Cole (minus a couple of interludes) and he began working on the LP a week after the release of his debut LP Cole World: A Sideline Story as he felt unfulfilled in a sense by the debut release, despite it topping the Billboard charts and selling a lot more than his label predicted.īorn Sinner is split into two sections “Horns” and “Halo” or “Dark” and “Light” and J.
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Sitting in the Dean Street studios in London’s center, Jermaine sat down, asked everybody in the room their names and thanked them individually for coming to listen to the LP before pulled out his iPhone to play us almost the entire album. Cole hit the UK for a few interviews and more importantly, play his sophomore solo album Born Sinner to a select group of press, DJs, friends and influencers and I was lucky enough to have been invited to the listening session. As the tracklist has finally been revealed, I finally get to share this information.Ī few weeks ago, J.