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According to No I.D., J. Cole is very selective.

Share this page According to No I.D., J. Cole is very selective. No I.D. is as prolific as he is successful. Saba claimed that the legendary producer sent him one hundred and twenty beats to choose from for Something to Come. In all, No I.D. has over two hundred and seventy three songs to his name, an impressive catalogue which he sold to Hipgnosis Sounds for quite a price. But even a super producer like I.D. has a hard time impressing J. Cole. In a new interview on RapCaviar Podcast, the Run This Town producer detailed just how picky Cole is when it comes to choosing beats. J. Cole really passed on the beats for: Big Sean Control Nas Stay. Apparently, all of these instrumentals were presented to him in just a two-week timespan in the studio. Needless to say, all these beats did just fine in the hands they eventually ended up in. Stay appeared on Nas hit project Life Is Good, and Tears of Joy was on Ross Teflon Don. Control went down in hip hop history after Kendrick Lamar called out a long list of his peers including J. Cole in his guest verse. Big Seans My Last, meanwhile, topped Billboards Hot Rap Songs and peaked at No. 30 on the Hot 100. Nonetheless, Cole wasnt impressed. Recalls No I.D.: It was just like, Nah, that aint it. [ Read more