We take a closer look at Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole’s twin “Black Friday” remixes.
It was a perfect storm of excitement, both artists breaking the relative silence that followed their most critically-lauded albums to date, taking breaks from conceptual musings (for the most part) to just flat-out rap. And it all happened on a day during which most of us either sat in food-related comas or shopping-induced stupor. Couple that with a (Freudian?) slip from K Dot’s sister, and the two God MCs’ collab tape/album jumped from the realm of Madvillainy 2-level far-fetchedom back to the top of everyone’s “most anticipated” lists.
As we did while waiting on pins and needles for To Pimp A Butterfly, we’re going to reign in all of the wild speculation on the project, and instead turning a critical eye to the two most recent products from its creators. There’s very little chance that we’ll be seeing either freestyle on the tracklist, but giving each a closer look may provide a better idea of what we’ll get if when these guys get around to dropping their full-length.
LISTEN TO BOTH TRACK BELOW
DOWNLOAD: Kendrick Lamar – Black Friday (A Tale Of 2 Citiez Remix)
DOWNLOAD: J. Cole – Black Friday (Alright Remix)