Although in the beginning Cole has a conversation with a couple of friends about the day he got signed by Jay-Z. A soft, mellow piano plays smoothly in the background. “Intro” The intro track is a small introduction to Cole’s album. Jay-Z was also highly praised for signing one of the best artists since Kanye West. The Side Line Story received positive reviews & was actually one of most anticipated albums of 2011. The course of the production for the album was mainly handled by Cole & the legendary producer himself, No I.D. Mainly the content captures the issues he had with relationships, family conflict, fame & the attempt of being successful. Initially the album captures a personal reflection of Cole’s life.
The album was lead but it’s lead single “Work Out.” The album sold 218,000 copies in it’s first week of sales but has since gone platinum. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Cole released his debut album on September 27, 2011. After being signed to the label, Cole decided to put out one more mixtape Friday Night Lights (2010) that granted him the right of debuting his 1st album release Cole World- The Sideline Story. The mixtape paid homage to HOV on several tracks. This projectearned him his spot on Jay-Z‘ label Roc Nation. His second release with the undeniably classic mixtape, The Warm Up (2009). In 2007 Cole released his first major mixtape, The Come Up which received a high amount of attention. Jermaine went through multiple jobs but he decided to take his chances & become a rapper. Cole experienced a slippery slope that created a fault to be employed & be financially stable. Life wasn’t always easy for Cole after leaving St. Cole graduated high school with a 4.2 GPA in 2003 & graduated from St. Trouble at home didn’t stop Cole from being a hard working student at school. She became an addict of alcohol which heightened her anger & frustration to burst out at her children. Cole grew up in a difficult household where his mother who was severely heartbroken from her husband leaving her caused an unlikely presence within the household. Cole began rapping at age 12, his main influences were mainly from Nas, Jay-Z, Tupac, Eminem, Biggie, Andre 3000 & Canibus. Later as Cole grew older, his father separated from his mother & caused the family to relocate to Fayetteville, North Carolina. citizen since his father who is an American soldier that was stationed out in Europe. Originally born in Frankfurt, West Germany but automatically a U.S.
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