"Who Dat" [Music Video]

I know I'm soooo late with this, just been busy.  But overall I'm impressed with this video.  I've known about J. Cole for about a year, but haven't seen any visuals from him other than the Simba video.  Much like the Simba video being a one cut journey, so is the Who Dat video.  However, in the video, we get to explore J. Cole turf in his eyes.  The band playing is from a local high school and the cheerleaders are from Fayetteville State University.  He actually caused some controversy because the school administrators did not appreciate their students being in a video with profanity and want it to be pulled.  Dude, its high school and college students they have heard worse.  Plus its edited on TV. And if you were so concerned, why didn't you listen to the song first? And honestly, being in this music video is the highlight of their marching band/cheerleading careers.  So there is no need to complain.  From where I'm standing, your grass is green.

What I do find funny about the video is that new rappers ALWAYS rap with their hands.  Drake is known for his oscillation, and J. Cole is not above it either. This trend in new rappers remind me of that scene from Talledega Nights where Ricky Bobby doesn't know what to do with his hands his first interview. Also, the little boy that is watching tv and follows J. Cole is wearing the same outfit he did in the Simba video.  Pretty sure that was on purpose.




Complex also did an article rating one take video.  Here's the link that includes the YouTube clips to the videos.

J.Cole x Complex: The June/July Fashion Feature

Here's a video of J.Cole fashion feature for complex, set to "Who Dat." This will have to do until the video comes out, which he filmed in his home town last month.

I always things men's fashion features are interesting, mostly because I hate when men don't dress well because its not that you have a lot of options, like females do.  Pants, top, and shoes, if you mess that up that's kinda sad.  Don't get too jazzy though. My personal recommendations, get your haircut every two weeks, use an iron, shower, and smell good. And remember, your shoes say a lot about you. It's actually one of the first things a lot of females notice about you.

"Who Dat" -J.Cole

I've been waiting since June 2009 for J.Cole to come out with an official single.  He's been pretty ambiguous about the progress of his album and always stated he would take his time and he didn't know a release date.  I'm all about the zen and respecting the artist's process.  But I am a music consumer that needs quality items pretty quickly, so waiting a year has made me pretty antsy.  This is the part where I would say something negative about the single, saying its watered down or too commercial. But I actually like it.  Its definitely not a mix tape song (like I talked about in my earlier post) but this is necessary for J. Cole to no longer be an underground artist.  The chorus  is catchy and I can already hear it playing loud in cars this summer.  Some of his lines are really catchy, but some of the most clever ones are too vulgar for me to type. As a female, maybe I should be offended but I'm not.  Some people are just like that. A great line that is less vulgar is "the mind state of a winner, when you are thinking about summertime, I'm thinking about winter. When you are thinking about breakfast I'm heating up my dinner, I was plotting this moment back when y'all was riding spinners."  He thinks of the craziest things and its like wooooow.

However, I'm not sure how everyone is going to like this song.  Its a tough time to be a new comer to the rap game since Drake is currently occupying the time share.  Actually, he bought the entire estate and any new comer might feel even less welcome then when Mike came to the Bahamas in Why did I get Married Too.  I'm just saying, Drake owns this right now, and with T.I. coming back with vengeance and Kanye coming out in September or November (this isn't the actual release date of his album, this is just what my friends and I forecast.  Yes, we sit around and forecast release dates and singles of albums.  Don't be jealous that you aren't apart of these conversations lol) J. Cole is going have to go extra hard to get any attention.  He seems hungry though, so I'm optimistic.

I also the single artwork.  It looks like his game plan to success, and includes lyrics to "The Warm Up."  I need a blackboard, it seems like all people on the verge of success write on a blackboard.  Like the guy on 500 Days of Summer.

Click here for J. Cole's first official single "Who Dat"

And since I hate posts with no video, here is J. Cole and Wale free styling at Denny's.  I actually hate Denny's...and Big Boy.  But this is entertaining none the less