Benz and a Backpack

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Dreamville Records released the video for J. Cole’s smash single “In The Morning,” which features Drake on the second verse and chorus. If you’re like me, you’ll have a lukewarm response to the visuals, a hot and bothered reaction to Cole’s female counterpart, and an intense nostalgia for the original, no-Drake version of “In The Morning.” Without a doubt Drake’s appearance on the track was a commercially-motivated move, but the thematic through-line in Cole’s original three verses is so much more powerful and evocative than the track in its current form.

J. Cole – In The Morning (Original) by BenzAndABackpack6

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