Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Some of his guest appearances on song by other artist put him in this position. On December 2nd, he released a documentary called Eyez exclusively for Tidal. The documentary included behind the scenes footage of the making of his next album, 4 Your Eyez Only. He also showed off two music videos for the songs, "False Prophets" and "everyone dies" which aren't on the album. On November 5, Cole revealed the title of his second album, and an album teaser for it, Born Sinner and the release date of January 28, 2013, via Ustream. [7] [8] With the title he ended his basketball-themed series of projects. He would say, a b Hyman, Dan (May 2, 2013). "J. Cole's New Album: 'I'm All the Way Inspired' ". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013 . Retrieved May 26, 2013.

Broken Pedestal: References this on "See World". This might be a reference to rapper Canibus, who Cole has stated he's a fan of. Canibus would later diss Cole, only to recant later. Alexis, Nadeska (April 11, 2013). "J. Cole's Born Sinner Tosses Old Basketball Theme Out of Bounds". MTV. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013 . Retrieved May 26, 2013. a b Diep, Eric (December 21, 2016). "From Hometown Hero to Superstar Status: How High Can J. Cole Climb?". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016 . Retrieved December 23, 2016.But the first time I got interested in how to make something was listening to Timbaland productions, trying to figure out how he did those things. I couldn’t even fathom it, where you would get started, but I was interested. On Aaliyah’s third album [Aaliyah, 2001], the song More Than a Woman was so next-level to me. I just sat there trying to imagine how he made it. After that, I started trying things on the [Ensoniq] ASR-X Pro [Resampling Production Studio]... the red machine with just the drum pads." XXL Presents... The 35 Most Anticipated Albums of 2013 – XXL". XXL. January 14, 2013. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013 . Retrieved May 26, 2013. Cole:"Then on the hook, we wanted to make it sound like I was literally listening to a love song on the radio, so we threw effects on there." Lowers, Erin (June 17, 2013). "J. Cole: Born Sinner". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013 . Retrieved June 18, 2013.

J. Cole Announces 'Born Sinner' Release Date". Rap-Up. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013 . Retrieved May 26, 2013. J. Cole's Born Sinner was originally supposed to come out on June 25th, the 17th year anniversary of Jay Z's Reasonable Doubt". Complex. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016 . Retrieved January 2, 2016. Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/23/2013". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013 . Retrieved June 26, 2013. Mundane Made Awesome: In "Foldin' Clothes", where Cole (as the character James Mc Millain) expresses undying love and dedication to his pregnant wife by doing mundane tasks like folding clothes and watching Netflix with her. a b Jeffries, David. "Born Sinner – J. Cole". AllMusic. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013 . Retrieved June 17, 2013.

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Disappeared Dad: He has a strained relationship with his father, this is a reoccurring topic of his. Horowitz, Steven J. (November 12, 2012). "J. Cole "Miss America" Single Cover Art". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013 . Retrieved May 26, 2013.

Is She Gon Pop" contains a sample of "Chocolate Girl", written by Wayne Bell, as performed by The Whispers.

Cole:"It’s definitely the balance between the low end. Power Trip is a perfect example again. There’s an 808 there that needs to live, needs to be heard. But there’s a bass line going at the same time that’s just as important. They’re in each other’s way but both need to be there, so it’s about carving the space, finding the right ratio of taking from the 808 without taking too much of its life, and the same with the bass line. That’s where we had to spend the most time. And also the vocal mix is something I’m trying to master." Digging Yourself Deeper: The reaction caused by his Crosses the Line Twice lyrics on "Villuminati". Year-End Charts – Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014 . Retrieved February 27, 2015. J. Cole Talks "Miss America" and Sophomore Album Born Sinner | XXL". XXL. November 19, 2012. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013 . Retrieved May 26, 2013.

J. Cole "Isn't Afraid" Of Releasing 'Born Sinner' On Same Date As 'Yeezus' – XXL". XXL. May 20, 2013. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013 . Retrieved May 26, 2013. The Mentor: His is Jay-Z. In terms of record production his mentor is hip-hop producer, No I.D., who also mentored Kanye West. J. Cole Felt 'Free' While Recording Born Sinner – Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. November 30, 2012. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013 . Retrieved May 26, 2013.Khari (December 30, 2013). "The Source Presents: The 25 Best Albums of 2013". The Source. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 . Retrieved January 2, 2016. Album Stream: J. Cole 'Born Sinner' – XXL". XXL. June 8, 2013. Archived from the original on June 10, 2013 . Retrieved June 18, 2013. Niggaz Know" contains samples of "So Tired", written by Willie Chambers and Andre Goodwin, as performed by The Chambers Brothers; and "Notorious Thugs", written by Steven Jordan, Sean Combs, Christopher Wallace, Steven Howse, Byron McCane and Anthony Henderson, as performed by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.