DCNATION Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 IT’S A COLE WORLD Jay-Z Protégé Rapper’s Debut Album to Bow at #1 with 225-250k Possible, blink-182, Wilco, Chikenfoot, Switchfoot Next September 28, 2011 Meet Jermaine Lamarr Cole, hip-hop’s newest superstar. The German-born rapper J. Cole, who grew up in Fayetteville, NC, then went to school on a scholarship to St. John’s in Queens before getting discovered by Jay-Z, who made him the first signing to his Roc Nation label through Columbia, debuts at #1 with Cole World: The Sideline Story. The album, which features collaborations with his mentor, as well as Trey Songz, Drake and Missy Elliott, has surpassed even label expectations with prospects of a sales total approaching 225-250k its first week. Cole had steadily built a following with a trio of well-received mixtapes, including last year’s Friday Night Lights. Cole just finished a stint as the opening act on the just-concluded Rihanna Loud tour, where rumors of a steamy romance and sex tape have filled the Internet blogosphere, though it’s being roundly denied. She appears in the video for the album’s second single, “Can‘t Get Enough,” shot in her native Barbados with Cole and Trey Songz after the tour ended. This is the second consecutive week Columbia Records has exceeded sales expectations on a release, after Tony Bennett's Duets II topped the album charts last Tuesday. Veteran Interscope Orange County punk-rockers Blink-182’s Neighborhoods, their sixth overall, and first in more than eight years, since 2003’s self-titled effort, should debut with between 130-150k, pretty good for a band that’s been away that long. dbpm/Anti- recording artists Wilco return with their first-ever self-release, the highly touted The Whole Love, on track for 70-75k. eOne supergroup Chickenfoot—the all-star collab featuring Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chili Pepper drummer Chad Smith—are back with their strangely named second album Chickenfoot III, which Hagar explains is his way of avoiding the sophomore jinx. First-week estimates see a total from 50-60k On the other hand, Atlantic veteran San Diego spiritual rockers Switchfoot’s Vice Verses, their eighth studio album in a career that began in 1997, is on track for 45-50k Reprise young Atlanta metallurgists Mastodon’s fifth studio album, The Hunter, is next up with estimates of 35-40k in first-week sales. Geffen’s deluxe Nirvana Nevermind reissue, timed to coincide with the album’s 20th anniversary, should do between 24-27k. Roadrunner veteran heavy rockers Machine Head, the Oakland metal heads who released their first album in 1994, see their latest, Unto the Locust, debut with 18-21k in sales. Verve’s Gloria Estefan album, Miss Little Havana, featuring her collaboration with Pharrell Williams, her first English language album since 2003’s Unwrapped, will bow as a Target exclusive with 17-20k. Capitol/EMI Music reissues all 14 Pink Floyd albums this week, with perennial best-seller Dark Side of the Moon leading the way with 14-17k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyna ♔ Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I like his album..and it has nothing to do with him being 6'3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeJoe Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 J.Cole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtraordinary Xternal Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Great news for him... I thought he got lost in the shuffle for a min with the success of big sean , wiz and a few other rappers that just came out... I'm still confused if I find him cute or not.... he need to shape up those eye brows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*~WhitePicketDreams~* Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Straight up now tell me do ya really wanna love me foreva...oh oh ohhh! Or is it just a hit and run..... I LOVEEEE me some Jcole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 str8 up>? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrietta. Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Straight up now tell me do ya really wanna love me foreva...oh oh ohhh! Or is it just a hit and run..... I LOVEEEE me some Jcole! Why are you posting Paula Abdul's lyrics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Why are you posting Paula Abdul's lyrics? He says that in the song "Work Out".. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Why are you posting Paula Abdul's lyrics? u gay you saw it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrietta. Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 He says that in the song "Work Out".. Oh... u gay you saw it NOOOOOOO!!!!!! Really?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Oh... NOOOOOOO!!!!!! Really?!?!?! ignant bitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escapade Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 My man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAP-A-DYKK 1814 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 J.COLE/ROC NATION RULEZZZ !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Go Cole World! The album's really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eli's_rhythm Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Verve’s Gloria Estefan album, Miss Little Havana, featuring her collaboration with Pharrell Williams, her first English language album since 2003’s Unwrapped, will bow as a Target exclusive with 17-20k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KlaSh-E Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 is Adele still doing ok? haven't been paying attention... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*~WhitePicketDreams~* Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Why are you posting Paula Abdul's lyrics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnd Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 is Adele still doing ok? haven't been paying attention... Yes, she's still killing the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Baby Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I like his album..and it has nothing to do with him being 6'3. J. Cole is 6'3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 J. Cole is 6'3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrietta. Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaLpHieReBeL516 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 i love how people keep repeating that line like its original lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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