Last we heard from J. Cole, we obtained the rapper’s Gangsta Grillz mixtape, launched in April 2022. Cole additionally guested on a bunch of singles, together with Smino’s “90 Proof,” BIA’s “LONDON,” YG and Moneybagg Yo’s “Scared Money,” and Benny The Butcher’s “Johnny P’s Caddy.” Well, tonight J. Cole and producer Bvtman have shared a brand-new monitor referred to as “Procrastination (Broke).” The new lower comes greater than a yr after Cole dropped his 2021 LP The Off-Season.
As Cole notes in a textual content, he hadn’t initially deliberate to launch “Procrastination (Broke).” But he determined to drop it as a “thank you” to Bvtman and “every producer out there cooking up and sharing their work with the world.”
“It’s a million artists out there right now just like me, hungry and searching every day for something to spark a word, a melody, a hook, a verse, a punchline, a way to vent, or a way to cut through,” the textual content says. “On a day when I couldn’t find much motivation, I was looking for anything to inspire me. Out of curiosity, I typed in ‘J. Cole type beat’ into YouTube. Yours was the first I saw. I pressed play, focused, and wrote this.”
Cole ended with: “This is some shit that would normally stay in the vault, but I don’t want to hold onto the music like that no more. This is for you and whoever else need to hear it. God bless bro and keep doing what you do!”
Listen to “Procrastination (Broke)” beneath.