The True Story of J. Cole’s track ‘Neighbors’: “In 2016, Cole’s house located in North Carolina was raided by SWAT police officers after his neighbors reported that he was selling drugs out of his home. Once the call was made, 13 officers arrived on the scene busting down the door in hopes to find the suspected drugs. Searching throughout Cole’s property officers found nothing, after the raid they noticed multiple cameras outside Cole’s home. In the footage they’re seen pushing the cameras down trying to hide the fact that the raid even took place. Later on, Cole decided to write a song purely about this incident but later had an epiphany about how he chose to spend his money on this particular home - “I wrote 19 rap verses about these n*ggas. I was mad as fuck. But I thought about it, and I had to check myself because I thought that I was guilty of something.” Cole goes on to say “Every time in this country a black man gets some money, what’s the first place he moves to? Nine times out of 10, he’s gonna be living next door to somebody who’s not comfortable with your presence, but that’s where we go anyways because we feel validated. What we won’t do is go to one of our neighborhoods, buy some property, built that shit up and invest it into the community. I felt like I was guilty of the same shit, and it made me write this!” Cole raps about moving back to his home town after the raid on the track, “So much for integration don’t know what I was thinkin’ I’m movin’ back to south side”. ‘Neighbors’ now is 3x platinum and was paired with a music video using the security footage of the raid.”
Still so underrated. Beautiful song with psychedelic and atmospheric production. Melodies, flows, rhyme patterns and bars were on point from every artist, as always. This trio never disappoints.
"The ghetto, Othello, the moor" in "Adam and Eve" . It connects the struggles of life in the ghetto to the character of Othello, the Moor of Venice from Shakespeare's play. Othello, a noble yet tragic figure, faces racial prejudice and personal betrayal, themes that parallel the harsh realities Nas often portrays in his music. The ability to weave literary references into his lyrics to deepen their impact make Nas a Genius
Srry for Bad english am Slovak. I was junkie with bipolar disorder and when i was seven months in psychiatric hospitalization i have only old 128mb MP3. My brother gave me album man on the moon. I listen his word everyday. He keep me move forward
