J. Cole Performs 'Be Free' On David Letterman With Brand New Verse :wow: [VIDEO]

[T.he I.nformant]

Yo @cook @Brooklynzson this shyt beautiful nikkas. I betta win that raffle or i'ma let that neggun rang out in these coli streets. Word to my motha. Y'all owe my nikka. And we ain't lettin that shyt slide. Time to pay up or this booth gon be a no fly zone for you and your people.

 

[thekidvoodoo]

EXACTLY, this right here. It so fukking obvious Cole did this in a specific way, to convey a message. The raspyness in his voice, how he is screaming not singing, showing the pain and frustration, raw emotion from a regular person, that's why it sounds just like the song, because he does it on purpose. People still sitting here talking about he cant sing and its "cringeworthy", fukking idiots man.

Real talk... Ever seen a brother say something was "cringeworthy"?

Sound like something someone who writes video game reviews would say. And they mad that Cole talking about race issues...

c00ns or Macklemore fans?

 

[CashmereThoughts]

corny over-compensating half cac

cole actually has something meaningful to say to the people. he cant solve our problems but he at least lets us know he feels us. sorry you cant relate

 

[CashmereThoughts]

the special thing to me is his words/delivery are understandable even to cacas that dont understand anything about hip hop

 

[Figaro]

When he hit's some notes on certain parts of the songs, he sounds like the cookie monster, especially at the beginning

 

[JordanWearinThe45]

i need this in mp3 format.....
Its been posted twice in the thread
the humming

 

[AMcV'88]

about the first Cole performance i've watched beginning to end and probably the first thing that made respect him as an artist.

the song is better than a big portion of the album.
he's getting better at making songs these sort of songs feel real and they're all coming from him..sounds more natural instead of sounding just like another socially conscious song...for me anyway.

 

[Un-AmericanDreamer]

Beige gawd

 

[Blackking]

I'm white and from the UK so I shouldn't really be able to relate to this but god damn I can feel it.

it's pretty undeniable.

i am gonna copp the album for 8 people, since everybody wanna celebrate christmas or whatever.

 

[BXKingPin82]

thats some good shyt right there

 

[Cerebral Labyrinth]

What's with the people commenting on his singing? If you're not listening to artists solely because of technical ability, you're completely missing out on the significance music can hold beyond a melody.

Sam Cooke said it best: "It's not going to be about how pretty the voice is. It's going to be about believing that the voice is telling the truth."

 

[Big Mel]

Hate on black people when they address racism, but worship us when we glorify killing each other.

Cole is morphing to a legend before our eyes. If he keeps this up, he can be in the realm of the greats.

You can't be serious. Grow up you fukking geek. Go play a BDP album. Go play an Impressions song. Then get all the way the fukk out my face with this Eeyore looking, PR'd, Jay Z signed snaggle toothed droopy ass Drake counterpunch ass affected twat.


I hate you young people. You guys suck for real. You deserve Cole.

 

[GoldenGlove]

http://www.power1051fm.com/onair/angie-martinez-54909/video-j-cole-on-be-free-13059279/

 

[reserved_one]

This performance put tears in my eyes.......

 

[Big Mel]

What's with the people commenting on his singing? If you're not listening to artists solely because of technical ability, you're completely missing out on the significance music can hold beyond a melody.

Sam Cooke said it best: "It's not going to be about how pretty the voice is. It's going to be about believing that the voice is telling the truth."

That's easy for a guy with arguably the best singing voice of all time to say.