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Kendrick lamar black friday j cole
Kendrick lamar black friday j cole

Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole Trade Freestyles On Two New "Black Friday" Cuts

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Shut it down. Shut it all down.

While the rest of the world was lining up for discount flatscreens (or rare records), Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole dropped a two-track megaton bomb. Both offerings have been labeled "Black Friday," and one features Lamar freestyling over "A Tale of 2 Citiez" off Forest Hills Drive, while the other is J. Cole going in over "Alright" off of this year's To Pimp A Butterfly. It seems there was no need for shopping after all--the best holiday gifts a hip-hop head could ever ask for have arrived, and they don't cost a damn thing.

"Nothing more influential than rap music / I merged jazz fusion with the trap music / I mixed black soul with some rock n roll" Kendrick boasts, not long after he throws his support behind Kanye West's presidential campaign. For four minutes straight, K dot refuses to let up and spits some of the most aggressive rhymes he's delivered in recent memory. If you thought "The Blacker The Berry" was tough, wait til you get a hold of this "Black Friday" special. Cole, of course, absolutely demolishes his outing as well, doing justice to Lamar's beat and them some. Listen to both cuts below and join us in dreaming of a full-length collaboration between Lamar and Cole...oh what a gift that would be.