J. Cole on the cover of THE SOURCE!

I stopped posting as much J. Cole stuff ever since JColeFans.com emerged and did a way better job than i ever could have lol. But this one is special. Seeing this bugs me out, feels like we took his picture and photoshopped this shit. I can't even believe it completely. Real proud of my homie and how far he has come, but this is just the beginning. The same people who didn't listen when I said he would make it here, prolly won't believe me when I say his album is a classic, he's going to go down as one of the greatest etc... So just prepare to keep on being proven wrong. DREAMVILLE

-Elite

Elite – iStandard Interview (Video)

I recently sat down with Istandardproducers.com and shared a bit of my story, it came out really dope so check it out! Also spoke about how I made "Heartache" for J. Cole

Video: Omen feat. Elite "Holy Omen"

From Omen's "Delayed" Mixtape Sampler.

Directed by IMPAKT STUDIO

Shouts to Letsjusteatcheese

I started out as an artist before I was producing. Once I got into making beats I would only write rhymes once in a while. After recording a warm up freestyle, I hit up Omen asking if he wanted to do a song. He was on a roll at the time, sending me tons of music and I wanted to latch onto his energy, he was being real productive. He sent me the sample and I did the beat pretty quickly – sent it as a “rough draft” but he really loved it. He was in Chicago and I was in New York, so we both wrote our verses without knowing what the other was writing about. Somehow it came together though. I knew Omen was gonna bring it so I couldn’t slack. The reactions I got were great so it ended up being the first step to my rededication to rapping. I’m currently working on a mixtape as an Artist and I definitely have Omen to thank for giving me the shot to kind of rediscover myself as an MC.

The most rewarding part about working with Omen was that he put confidence in me. As someone who is known primarily as a producer, it’s hard to break that stigma and gain respect as an artist. He is very picky with who he works with, so him allowing me the opportunity to not just produce a track for him but appear as a featured artist as well meant a lot. -Elite

Omen "Holy Omen" Feat. Elite Music Video Directed by Impakt Studio's Chris & Blaq from IMPAKT STUDIO/Chris & Blaq on Vimeo.

A taste of what's to come....

StartYourOwnRebellion

StartYourOwnRebellion is a project that my man Mez has been working on. The trailer (which is real ill) and a few leaks are down below... Check the site for their comic and animated series. www.StartYourOwnRebellion.com

Comic Link http://www.myebook.com/index.php?option=ebook&id=18299

StartYourOwnRebellion 'S.Y.O.R' - "Special"
StartYourOwnRebellion 'S.Y.O.R' - "I Know"

The Groundwork (Mixtape)

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My goal with this project is to connect all the work I have done up until this point, so that those who are unfamiliar can get acquainted with my sound. For those of you who are familiar, I think you will really enjoy these Instrumentals. I didn't just mute the vocals, in some cases i completely remixed and rearranged the beats to give the listener a more dynamic experience.

Playground is one of my favorites, me and Cole recorded that during the early stages of "The Warm Up" but it didn't fit in with the final track listing. It's a great song though, and I'm happy to finally let you all hear it!

Holy Omen was featured on Omen's "Delayed" mixtape sampler, but it's my first real appearance on the mic, so I wanted to share it on this project as well. Expect a lot more of this in the future, and on my next mixtape (currently in progress) entitled "Elite That's Me".

I also decided to finally release The Original Version of Shootouts. Now you can hear for your self how I removed the sample and completely reworked the beat!

Enjoy!

EDIT:

Yesterday I forgot to include BLAQOUT DESIGN (cover design), BY ANY MEANS (art direction) and REDIFINE BOUTIQUE (back cover illustration)

They all showed mad love please check them out, extreme talent all 3!!!

J. Cole - Unabomber

Boom! U already know how Cole does... If u don't... Click away.


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J. Cole - 16 Bars + Lights Please Artwork

A lil Cole update... Check out the artwork for Lights Please by Alex Haldi

Also a lil video clip from the NYU show (which was OFF THE HOOK) with the 16 bars from "A Star Is Born"

Jay-Z Feat. J. Cole "A Star Is Born" Prod. by Kanye West

"The flow cold as the shoulders of gold diggin hoes when a broke nigga approaches" wow wow wow lol J. Cole a star is definitely born!!!!!!!!

J. Cole - Heartache (Live)

J. Cole performing "Heartache" produced by Yours truly! :)

Definitely dope to see this performed live! I'm gettin awfully excited for that "Star is born" BP3 joint.... how bout you???

J. Cole update (New Freestyle)

^^^ Lower right hand side... Another feature! A nice look for sure... Every time i see something like this i swear its surreal, almost like looks like we photo shopped it and are just sending it to one another as a joke.. like wouldn't this be dope if this happened? But now its actually happening. Crazy.

Cole just dropped this new freestyle on his blog that is creating quite a stir on the net. We used to have to blast out songs to mad people, hoping and praying one of these blogs would be kind enough to throw it on their site. Now the shit takes off with no effort at all, what a difference. Not only is his shit spreading around like wild fire... People are really hype for it, 595 comments on nah right etc... Insane.



Download the freestyle here

Also, even rising star Drake is showing Mr. Cole some love here on his Blog. Definitely dope!

J. Cole featured on Blueprint 3

Cheers. What a day!!!

I remember years ago Cole literally creating his own home made "American Gangster" album booklet with his name in the credits, rocking a "Make a beat for Jay-z or die trying" T-Shirt lol. Fuck a beat, how about a feature... On a song called "A star is born" produced by Kanye West.

Dreams do come true!!!!

This is amazing, congrats to my man J. Cole!!!!!!!!

BBGUN Reel 2009

These dudes been my favorite directors for a long time now... Nobody is doin it like this right now especially wit all the crazy small budgets. Get em to direct your next joint before you gotta pay millions!!! Oh yeah peep the sneak peeks at J. Cole's "Lights Please"

BBGUN REEL 2009 from bbgun on Vimeo.

Wale feat. J. Cole & Currency - Rather Be (Prod. 9th Wonder)

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Off the new Wale/9th Wonder mixtape.

Dope joint, Currency really came off too man, I like his verse a lot!

J. Cole - "Warm Up" Album Release Party

Shouts to Pardonmeduke for the sick photo! I'm the only one smiling as usual!

Man this shit was ill, I had a great time. Shout out to everyone who came out to support young Simba. Too many to name, but the love was crazy!

Check out this video posted by my man Dre over at Nahright.com

U hear all those requests for Heartache??????????? Yeah boy!!!! Cole showed me a tun of love even though he forgot to put the song on the show cd LOL... next time ! Great night man! Oh and def shout to DJ Green Lantern for comin thru last minute and playing a bunch of Cole's music.. The crowd was dyin for it!

J. Cole - The Warm Up (Mixtape)

Here it is!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!

An absolute classic in my opinion. Judge for your self, let me know what you think!

I produced the track "Heartache" if you didn't already know :)

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!! Spread the word people!!!

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J. Cole "The Warm Up" Tracklisting + Artwork

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Yessir. Can't wait. Shout outs to Alex Haldi once again on the artwork. This shit is gunna be classic.

Oh yeah, one more time... Check out Heartache here :)

J. Cole - "Heartache" Produced By. ELITE!!!!!

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Dawg, This is that shit!!!!

J. Cole - "Heartache" Produced by Elite. From the upcoming mixtape "The Warm Up"

I posted the making of this song a while back, click here to check it out.

For a lot of ya'll this is the first shit you have heard from me production wise in a minute, prolly since "Wrong or Right" (DMX). And the funny thing is I got 2 more DMX joints comin on his new album but THIS shit is way newer than those beats as well as The Lox joint i did. All old shit. This is a chance for yall to see what I been doin production wise more recently.

Oh not to mention Cole absolutely BODIED this shit... I mean seriously, I woulda hated to give this beat to just about any other rapper cuz they jus wouldn't have done it justice. That's the best shit about workin wit Cole... He actually does shit justice. More than justice!

Also cool as shit how much love he showed on the track lol "Let Elite Breath" that shit was sick man, I really appreciate shit like that especially coming from the cut throat non-friendly Ruff Ryder environment lol. What a difference working with actual FRIENDS lol. Nothin against RR, they have done so much for me and I will always be appreciative.. But this is the fam right here. Dreamville baby!!!!!!

P.S. this is just the beginning.. Stay tuned!!!!!!!!!!

P.P.S. That's the album cover of THE WARM UP artwork by my man Alex Haldi he's sick with it!!! The logo is fire too!!

J. Cole "American Dreamin'" Mixtape

I'll just copy what my man Ib said over at the Dreamville blog. This tape is sick though. Shout out to J. Tinsley!

Here's a tape put together by Dj Tay James and J. Tinsley for Collegeradiomusic.com with a small
assist by yours truly which gives you a blend of old and some new J. Cole music
to bring people up to speed. Personally I love this mixtape takes me back to
songs i don't get to listen to as often and also reminds me how long and how
much work has been put in by Cole to get to where is now. Think of this as the
pre game stretch before actually hitting the lay up line and getting your warm
up on for the game, you get the point. With the Warm Up coming June 15th this
should be a good listen to get people ready. Enjoy

Dj Tay
James & J. Tinsley Present "American Dreamin' : A History Lesson on J.
Cole"

I know i'm late but obviously this blog has been neglected by all of us for
a bit but here's something
from "The Warm Up" for your listening pleasures.

J. Cole -
Dead Presidents II

J. Cole - Simba (video)

The long anticipated BB Gun directed video for Simba. This was recorded in one take, no edits.. Pretty interesting concept. Not easy to get all the things that go on in the video coordinated in one shot. Sick shit!

J. Cole - Simba (Directed by BBGUN) from bbgun on Vimeo.