J.Cole Reveals Artwork For “Cole World: The Sideline Story”

Whitefolks August 22, 2011 News

For week 4 of his Any Given Sunday series, J.Cole reveals the official artwork for his debut album. Art Direction and Design by Alex Haldi. Photography by Leann Mueller. Cole World: The Sideline Story is due to be released September 27th.

Check some footage of Cole in the studio below:

J.Cole

http://www.facebook.com/cadell.last Cadell Nicholas Last

J. Cole, Eminem, T.I., Lupe Fiasco, Jay-Z, Kanye West. List of artists whose albums I will actually purchase.
nossdog

dissapointed cole…he said theyred be a song this week…and he drops the album cover, something that should be dropped spontaneously. oh well at least its good and not on some kanye “i think im an artist” shit.
http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ Ron Paul 2012!

I have a feeling this is going to be a big disappointment, but we shall see. Cadell, if those are the only albums you actually buy then I am going to call you Captain Mainstream Wh0re. lol
- http://defsounds.com im-sorry-to-say-ur-a-hoe
  
  you stay hating and why cuz he under the jay z/kayne umbrella,…now that’s str8 hating!!
  - http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ Ron Paul 2012!
    
    All I said is what Holla said bruh. “We shall see.” Cole is cool, I just don’t feel him as much as y’all do. I just have a feeling its not gonna be typical Cole, maybe a track or two.
- http://www.defsounds.com/members/villan/ Villan
  
  naw man cant get enough is pure columbian dope (im not a big trey fan but even he killed the hook) it may not live up to everyones expectations (which id say are fairly high) but i bet itll be one of the years best albums
http://beta.defsounds.com/members/holla-at-ya-boy/ Holla-At-Ya-Boy

Hopefully this is a cover for a classic
http://www.defsounds.com/members/dedication3/ dedication3- thanks again jeff

Cole about to drop a timeless album.
kennycthakid

cant wait for this shit
http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ Ron Paul 2012!

Anyone see anything funny about the cover? Someone pointed it out to me on Twitter lol. I Googled it and came up with this…

http://tinyurl.com/3kt3rrg
- hellooo hi
  
  wow stop reaching. it’s a fucking bench. tired of ppl trying to relate everything to illuminati. if yall could worry about illuminati that much and find little symbols in evrything, u have nothing else going on in ur life.
  - http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ Ron Paul 2012!
    
    Sure thing little man… It just is happened to be shaped that way and blantly in our faces all lighted up while every where else is dark smdh I guess Games RED cover was “Reaching” too huh? lol Damn sheep
- My2cents (WhiteFolks estranged Father)
  
  im sure the womens panties get soaking wet when they hear the illuminati talk from u huh?
- bladaoh
  
  man i dont know if that shit is true or not cause in this crazy world who knows but all im sayin is if they were apart of it wouldnt they wanna keep their alliance with it a secret and not put shit out for people to figure out especially now a days when everybody thinks theyre an illuminati expert?
  - http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ Ron Paul 2012!
    
    I didn’t mention this to have anyone believe me lol. Its all good, just figured I’d mention it as my friend did when he seen the Cover. I myself believe there are free masons and shit. I also think they show this shit to “represent” which “type” they are or “ranking.” These are my thoughts on the subject and interests me. Its just in our faces, but we choose to look the other way.
    @My2Cents I have a fiancee lol I propped you anyway tho cause the shit is hilarious bruh
    - http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ Ron Paul 2012!
      
      This maybe reaching now, but I took notice to the colors of his jacket and the thing on his wrist “6″. Also the whole tint and color of the cover is a darkish red… The cross and glow around it is as plain as day though lol.
      - hellooo hi
        
        ok whether it’s true or not is beyond the point. im trying to figure out y the fuck u care. if all these things r really illuminati signs what impact does it have on ur life? my point is u have nothing else going on in ur life to be so worried about that shit.
      - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1640963073 Jim Paponetti
        
        I highly doubt hes “worried” about it. The question is, why are you so butthurt by him caring about it? Its a popular topic these days, I see no reason to not be interested in it.
        
        All you have to do is look at Jay z- On to the next one and Rihanna- Umbrella videos to believe it. And if you dont you are a straight blind sheep lol
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1640963073 Jim Paponetti
    
    The reason why they put it out so blatantly is because the symbols are so obvious people like the idiots on this blog will think its so crazy to think these people exist with such easily seen symbols. Its reverse psychology.
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1640963073 Jim Paponetti
  
  people would have to be blind to not see that shit. Like seriously guys, stop living under a rock. The evidence is out there that these people exist. Who knows what exactly they are, but they are out there.
  - http://www.defsounds.com/members/dedication3/ dedication3- thanks again jeff
    
    I don’t believe Cole is in the illuminati.
    That doesn’t mean the art directors or photographers didn’t put symbols in the artwork.
    
    These people create these images for a living.
    You think they just sit down at a table and say, “Here. Let’s have JCole sit on a bench with lights all around him.”
    
    No. Literally everything you see in the cover was carefully planned. The bench WAS photographed to look like a cross. The question is, was the shadow intended to make the cross into the illuminati symbol?
    
    Who knows.
    - http://defsounds.com im-sorry-to-say-ur-a-hoe
      
      my boy dedication3 hit it right on the spot,..its not necessarily always the artist they don’t need their approval the artist will do it himself or the mix engineer will,..or the photographer or the video director etc,..they don’t need their approval one bit,,…ey charliefag since when are you on this side of the wall,…weren’t you b4 str8 up calling us ignorant no life’s ????
      - http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ Ron Paul 2012!
        
        Wow Jim, seriously though I was scared to click this thread after my comments. I havent been on the pass 3-4 hours and seen so many more posted. I thought you guys were bashing the shit outta me lol. ALL great input, and yes it is the photographers and shit that have part in it. I watched shit on past movies and everything about symbolism being planted in all types of movies. im-sorry, I think Jim just gained some respect from me lol it is crazy.
      - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1640963073 Jim Paponetti
        
        u see that video where theres so many movies before 9/11 hinting that 9/11 will happen? Its some of the craziest shit Ive watched. Some of the shit is bogus but some of it really makes you think.
        
        Like in this one simpsons episode which was made before 9/11 Bart holds up a magizine. It says 9 cents on it and right next to it is the twin towers with a plane flying right by it. And the 9 is positioned perfectly next to the towers to look like 9/11.
        
        In the Rugrats movie, the plane they fly, flies right past 2 towers.
        
        And theres so much more crazy shit in that video.
      - http://www.defsounds.com/members/dedication3/ dedication3- thanks again jeff
        
        chalie the craziest one was the Matrix one.
        I’ve commented on it before, but I’ll say it again.
        
        Neo’s drivers license expires on 9/11/01.
        Shit is such a SMALL detail and it’s such a random date to make the license expire.
        You wonder how that could possibly be a coincidence.
        At what point did they decide to put that in the movie?
        
        Was it the director? Was the director told/forced to add that in?
        Hmmmmmm.
      - http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ Ron Paul 2012!
        
        Yea I seen it. Along with the Walt Disney cartoon symbols and shit. It is nuts. My brother was in the military and he is BIG on this Illuminati shit. I believe in the basic shit about it all, but I am not so certain about the shit like the claims on how they are really shape shifting aliens. Now thats just crazy to me lol
      - http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ Ron Paul 2012!
        
        Seen that part of the movie “Knowing” predicting the oil spill and Japan Earthquake? I think dedication pointed that to me alittle while back.
      - http://www.defsounds.com/members/dedication3/ dedication3- thanks again jeff
        
        Yeah if you see the exact polar coordinates of the oil spill, while the oil spill is happening in the movie, next to the number “666,” and write that off as coincidence, then you’re gonna have to explain to me your line of thinking lol.
  - hellooo hi
    
    stfu jim u lame low life. kill urself
    - http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ Ron Paul 2012!
      
      ^^^Such a thought out come back lol… I thought Jim responded intelligently for the first time ever and he gets a response like this. Hey helloo, you sound kinda “Illuminatish” telling someone to go kill their self and your defending Illuminati Symbolism lol. Are you Illuminati bruh? Are you the photographer of Cole’s new album cover? GET THE PITCH FORKS guys!
      - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1640963073 Jim Paponetti
        
        ya man i was surprised you believed in this type of stuff. You brought up great points.
      - hellooo hi
        
        i wasn’t defending the symbolism. i just dont see why it matters. im tired of going on any page about music and seeing people go on and on about illuminati. if it does exist, which i believe it does, how will it affect u and wtf r u gonna do about it? what? u think every1′s suddenly gonna become enlightened about the situation and revolt against the government? get over it
      - http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ Ron Paul 2012!
        
        I am not here gathering support for anything smdh It was an obvious point that I threw out there to discuss and others decided to chime in. You do know there are riots and protests going on as we speak around the world. The shit is hitting the fan now not later. It is all beginning now!
        
        Ron Paul 2012 <–had to throw that in
- http://www.defsounds.com/members/villan/ Villan
  
  “who said a black man in the illuminati, last time i checked that was the biggest racist party”
  - http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ Ron Paul 2012!
    
    People got it twisted lol. J. Cole himself along with Jay Z or Rhianna aren’t actual Illuminati. It goes deeper than that, they are the puppets. The Illuminati would be the folks that own the record labels. Not GOOD music or Roc Nation, but the ones that are behind that like Interscope and Def Jams.
    - http://www.defsounds.com/members/villan/ Villan
      
      oh i kno what the theories are but thats exactly what they are, theories. i used to buy into that shit but not anymore. im not exactly a see it to believe kinda guy but w/o concrete proof its all just speculation if u ask me. im sure people will call me blind or w/e but id rather focus on experiencing life than goin on wild goose chases
    - hellooo hi
      
      ditto on the last part of villan’s comment. thats all i got left to say
Mike

Nice album cover. 9/27
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COLE, idk if you will ever read this shit, but keep making music boi
who gon stop you?

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