Jim Jones had no interesting in making J. Cole a part of his team.
Following the release of his seventh studio album, Wasted Talent, Jim Jones is now on a promotional tour. This week, Jones appeared on a new episode of Eric and Jeff Rosenthal’s A Waste Of Time podcast, where he discussed a range of topics.
The interview took a noticeably interesting turn when Capo opened up about passing on signing J. Cole. According to Jones, Cole sounded too much like Drake. “J. Cole didn’t have a team when they came to me. He didn’t have a team, it was just J. Cole rapping.”
“A little light-skinned kid coming to the studio every day rapping like Drake. And at that point it was Drake [and] niggas didn’t know what to do with no Drake. Drake was just a phenomenon at that point.”
“Shit, you can’t have two of them right now. As you see, it took him a few years after that to kind of find his place and what he wanted to do. He ain’t rapping like Drake no more but when he was in my studio he was.”
Earlier this week, J. Cole announced that he will be dropping a new album entitled KOD this Friday.
Listen to the full interview below. (Skip to 1:04:53 to hear Jones talk about J. Cole).
