Marking the one year anniversary of his mixtape, The Warm Up, North Carolina’s current hip-hop namesake dropped a new, unheard track, for fans on his blog Tuesday, sincerely thanking them for the past year of support and promising more to come.
The track, “The Last Stretch,” has Cole spitting on the a mixed bag of topics. New found success, women, haters, repping his city too much. Either way, it’s a great look. Enjoy.
J. Cole – The Last Stretch <– click here to play.
This article appears in Jun 15-21, 2010.




I sure hope that lame hip hop station here backs this guy. He’s getting big play in Greensboro Raleigh and his hometown Fayetteville. Charlotte better jump on the bandwagon early. J. Cole is going to be bigger than Drake.