The album’s title is inspired by this line from The Notorious B.I.G.’s.
The song was released to Urban contemporary radio on February 19, 2013. Cole’s sophomore studio album and the follow-up to his 2011 album Cole World: The Sideline Story. The love anthem finds Cole reflecting on a teenage crush and when the now successful Roc Nation rapper returns to his hometown, he finds he is still attracted to the doe-eyed girl. Cole, from his second studio album Born Sinner. All in all this album will do him a lot of good in him channeling that hunger he wowed us with since he burst on the rap scene and the confidence to do what he feels is his best form of music without unnecessary external pressure. Realising he needed to master the art of producing too, his mother bought him an 808. This is the first single by American rapper J. TLC's T-Boz and Chilli bring a summer sheen to 'Crooked Smile,' Miguel helps turn 'Power Trip. On Born sinner Cole channels some of his old releases as on several songs he has rhyme schemes which his most ardent followers would have heard on an earlier project, for which he cannot be blamed since between being signed and releasing his debut album, Cole dropped more than a fair share of potent material deserving classic status and commercial recognition. Guest verses on Cole's second studio album come from 50 Cent ('New York Times') and Kendrick Lamar ('Forbidden Fruit'), but it's the R&B touches that imbue the project with its defining soul. The singing features by Miguel and TLC are also written by Cole and probably the title track's hook was co-written with James Fauntleroy which shows that Sole is as adept a hook writer as he is a lyricist. A talent on the mic and behind the boards, J. As usual he feels like he has a lot to give the listener hence he produced the entire album lest two interlude tracks and had no rap features. Cole in a moment where he felt truly liberated from all the expectation that was placed on him since becoming Jay Z's first artist on Roc Nation. Cole in a moment where he felt truly liberated from all the expectation that was placed on him since becoming Jay Z's first Born Sinner is J.