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graduated.

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J. Cole carries nearly the entire mixtape by himself, despite the occasional guest spot by the likes of Omen, Drake and Wale. It might just be a mixtape, but with its revelatory lyricism at the front, “Friday Night Lights” a better offering than most proper hip hop records this year.

more, here.

he’s one of GQ’s “Men of the Year.”

update/bonus: it seems Drake announces the title of his next album in the piece. it’s called “Take Care”

“I would be super-surprised if I didn’t get a phone call saying, ‘Let’s go to the studio…’”

—Drake, on Wayne

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