There were some sensational guest appearances by Future and Metro Boomin's We Still Don't Trust You album, but perhaps J. Cole had the most surprising one of all.
Cole appeared on the record's No. 1 closer “Red Leather,” which hit streaming services Friday (April 12) and finds him running the pick and roll with Future for seven minutes of smooth rapping at a high level.
Cole's appearance on the project comes less than a week after he apologized to Kendrick Lamar for asking him out on the “7 Minute Drill.” This only came about because K. Dot took aim at the Dreamville boss and Drake with his “Like That” verse on Young Metro and Pluto's We Don't Trust You first installment.
It's unclear when the verse was recorded, but it appears to be a prelude to all the Kendrick Lamar-induced drama rather than an official response to the Compton legend.
“My energy was never on some of the hardest n—as–t/ I was just a self-conscious rapper that would f–k—ab—h,” he raps.
Regardless, fans didn't understand why J. Cole would make a guest appearance like this after what happened last week between him and Kendrick Lamar, as well as the visual collab with Future and Metro, which allowed them to fly the shots. on his tour, Drake.
“Who is advising J. Cole right now? Seriously,” one person asked X.
Just two days after the fall It may be deleted later and “7 Minute Drill,” J. Cole got his feelings out by dissing Lamar's discography while on stage headlining his Dreamville Fest in North Carolina last Sunday (April 7). He went so far as to refer to the track as some of the “dumbest st” he's ever done in his career.
“This does not suit my spirit,” he said. “This does not disturb my peace. What I want to say right here tonight is to do this and on this s–t, try to find a little corner and downgrade this n—a's f—ing list and the greatness of it, I want to say right now tonight, how many think Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest mothers to ever touch the mic? Dreamville, you love Kendrick Lamar, right? Like me.”
The North Carolina rapper continued, “I just wanna come here and be out in public like, bruh, that was the dumbest, dumbest s–t. I say all this to say that it made me feel like I did 10 years ago when I was moving wrong. And I pray that God will line me back to my purpose and my path, I pray that my n-a didn't feel anything and if she did, n-a, I stuck my chin out. Give it your best shot, I'll take that st on the chin boy, do whatever you do. All good. It is love.”
As for Future and Metro Boomin, they cycle We Don't Trust Youthat led the rap game to the top of the Billboard 200 with 251,000 total album-equivalent units in the week ending March 28, per Luminate.
Listen to “Red Leather” below.
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