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J. Cole revealed how the song was created on Timbaland's BeatClub YouTube channel. The song was produced during a Twitch live stream by Timbaland. When Cole heard it, he contemplated reaching out, but wrote to the beat through a rip on the internet. He said "I looped up the YouTube lil' rip, made a whole song on this shit.
An accompanying music video for the track was uploaded to Cole's official YouTube channel on February 25, 2019. [12] Cole announced the video via Twitter on February 22, 2019. [ 13 ] The video was shot in Georgia , and was directed by fellow North Carolina rapper Mez , and features cameos from Dreamville artists Lute , Omen , and Cozz . [ 12 ]
The song is produced by J. Cole himself and samples Cults "Bad Things". [4] The lyrics represents Cole apologizing for cheating on his girlfriend, with a lack of sympathy by intending that "bad things were intended for him". He later expresses guilt about his seduction, ending the song. [5]
After the release of the 4 Your Eyez Only documentary, which played a snippet of "False Prophets", the disses in the song were quickly noticed. Though J. Cole did not mention any names on the track, there was guessing that the first verse contained direct shots towards Kanye West, [5] because of lyrics about one altering public perception by the media and fans; as well as his recent ...
On June 16, 2014, J. Cole premiered the music video for the song on MTV for the five year anniversary of The Warm Up. The video was shot in August of 2008, the same day he shot the music videos for "Simba" and "Lost Ones". However, Cole ended up not being completely satisfied with the way the final product turned out. [9] [10]
[3] [4] The song is the ninth collaboration between the two Dreamville artists, including "My Nigga Just Made Bail", "Lit" and "Night Job", among others. [5] [6] When talking about J. Cole helping with the post-production of the song, Bas said: I learned a lot with this project just you know, really taking the time leaving no stone unturned.
"Snow on Tha Bluff" was released in the midst of the George Floyd protests, which J. Cole participated in, in his hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina. [1] In late May 2020, prior to the song's release and five days after the murder of George Floyd, rapper Noname made a tweet widely panning wealthy rappers who discussed the struggles of black people in their music but had yet to publicly ...
"Everybody Dies" was originally included on J. Cole's fourth studio album 4 Your Eyez Only.It was later omitted due to the song not fitting the album's concept. [2] In 2018, Cole revealed that the song was supposed to be on the tracklist of his upcoming sixth studio album The Fall Off.