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Dreamville, JID & J. Cole (Ft. Kenny Mason & Sheck Wes) – Stick
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On “Stick,” all four performing rappers discuss their habit of keeping a gun on them at all times, with either, or sometimes both, protective or aggressive motivations.
JID
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Dreamville, JID & J. Cole (Ft. Vince Staples) – Rembrandt...Run It Back
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“Rembrandt…Run It Back” is a collaboration between Vince Staples, JID, and J. Cole that appears on Dreamville’s July 2019 album Revenge of the Dreamers III. On the track, the
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JID & Kenny Mason – Stick (Original)
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Part I: Stick / [Intro: JID, & Kenny Mason] / It's up and it's stuck, and it's always up / Fuck 'bout you, pray for them folks, bro, pray for them folks / On me, bro, fuck 'bout
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Dreamville, JID & J. Cole - Stick ft. Kenny Mason & Sheck Wes (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Dreamville, JID & J. Cole - Stick ft. Kenny Mason & Sheck Wes (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro: JID, DJ Drama & Kenny Mason] / Tengo el tiempo, ayy / Está arriba y
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Dreamville (Ft. Bas, EARTHGANG, J. Cole, JID & Young Nudy) – Down Bad
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On “Down Bad,” Dreamville artists JID, Bas, J. Cole, and Johnny Venus of EARTHGANG enlist the help of Young Nudy to rap about a time in each of their lives when they were dealing
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Dreamville, JID & Lute (Ft. 6LACK) – Still Dreamin
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“Still Dreaming” is a highly anticipated track from Dreamville artists JID and Lute. On the 6LACK-assisted introspective track, the artists discuss perseverance in the face of
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dread scott – Stick (Freestyle)
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[Intro] / My dying battle / We shall be led into the presence of God! / In this world / There is no god / [Chorus: Kenny Mason & Sheck Wes] / Stick (Bitch), stick (Bitch), stick (
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Dreamville, JID & J. Cole – Down Bad
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So Down Bad You Don’t Understand
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Dreamville, Bas & JID (Ft. Buddy, Guapdad 4000, Jace, Mez, Reese LAFLARE, Ski Mask the Slump God & Smokepurpp) – Costa Rica
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On this song, nine artists team up for a posse cut in which they boast their successes and display their lyrical abilities. The artists allude to having fans and wealth in foreign
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JID & J. Cole – Off Deez
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“Off Deez” is a lyrical onslaught between J. Cole and his Dreamville Records signee J.I.D. The song, which is produced by ChaseTheMoney, is the second official single from DiCaprio
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JID & Kenny Mason – Just In Time Samples
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See all of “Just In Time” by JID & Kenny Mason’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Dreamville & Ari Lennox - Coming Down (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Dreamville & Ari Lennox - Coming Down (Traducción al Español)"] / [Verso 1: Ari Lennox] / Como la más dulce de las escobas, me barriste / Creo que fuiste hecho para mí
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Genius Users – J. Cole [Discography List]
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Projects: / 2007: / • J. Cole - The Come Up Vol. 1: May 4th / 2009: / • J. Cole - The Warm Up: June 15th / 2010: / • J. Cole - Friday Night Lights: November 12th / 2011: / • J
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Dreamville & JID (Ft. 2 Chainz & Young Nudy) – Barry From Simpson
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[Intro: JID, DJ Drama, and Young Nudy] / Cook that shit up, Quay / Yeah, hmm (Oh and of course I got to shout my nigga, Barry) / I mean Quay, goddamn, Columbia, that nigga, goddamn
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JID – Workin Out
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On this song, J.I.D discusses his dissatisfaction with life despite his success. Although he has attained wealth and fame, things are not “Workin Out” for him.
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The Genius Community’s 25 Best Songs of 2022 So Far
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Gunna, Charli XCX & FKA twigs all made the cut, but who came out on top?
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Dreamville, JID & EARTHGANG (Ft. Vince Staples) – Up Up Away
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On this track, JID, Doctur Dot (of EARTHGANG), and Vince Staples rap about their violence with weapons and how they will make their enemies literally go “up, up, [and] away.”
This
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JID & Kenny Mason – Dance Now
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JID links up with past collaborator and fellow Atlanta native Kenny Mason on “Dance Now,” the second single from his third album, The Forever Story.
The song was first mentioned
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Dreamville, EARTHGANG & J. Cole (Ft. Saba & Smino) – Sacrifices
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“Sacrifices” features Midwest rappers Smino and Saba in their first collaboration with Dreamville’s J. Cole and EARTHGANG. On the track, which closes out ROTD3, each artist
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Dreamville (Ft. Bas, EARTHGANG, J. Cole, JID & Young Nudy) – Down Bad (Original Version)
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This track serves as the original version of the Dreamville Records collective track “Down Bad”.
The song is nearly identical to the currently released edition, but with an
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The Genius Community's 25 Best Albums & 25 Best Songs of 2022 (So Far!)
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Howdy everyone!
It’s that time again — here are all the details for this year’s mid-year lists
For reference, check out the lists from 2021:
The Genius Community’s 50 Best Songs of 2021
The Genius Community’s 50 Best Albums of 2021
TIMELINE ⏳
Voting [June 8-14]: Vote for your 10 favorite albums and 10 favorite songs released between November 29th, 2021 and now. Albums/songs released after June 7th will be considered in the ranking stage.
Ranking & Blurb Sign-Up [June 15]: Ranking page and blurb sign-up sheet are released
Top 10 Locked [June 20]: The top 10 on each list will be locked in and those write-ups will be assigned
Top 15 Locked [June 22]: 11-15 on each list will be locked in and those write-ups will be assigned.
Top 25 Locked [June 24]: 16-25 on each list will be locked in and those write-ups will be assigned
Writing [June 20-July 1]: All write-ups submitted
Final Edits [July 5-8]: Final staff review
Publishing [July 11-12]: Lists go live
VOTING 🗳️
June 8
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Dreamville, Lute, Cozz & Omen – Starting 5
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[Part I] / [Intro: DJ Drama] / Ayy, Lute / Can you do me a favor? / I need you to talk that talk like a Charlotte nigga would / Carolina proud of these bars (Gangsta) / [Verse 1
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Dreamville & EARTHGANG - Ghetto Gods Freestyle ft. 2 Chainz (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Dreamville & EARTHGANG - Ghetto Gods Freestyle ft. 2 Chainz (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro: DJ Drama] / Sí / Se habla mucho de lo que es Atlanta y lo que no lo es
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Dreamville & J. Cole (Ft. Young Nudy) – Sunset
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On “Sunset”, J. Cole and Young Nudy trade verses about the violence they’ve seen on a daily basis, even through the fame they’ve both attained.
This song, originally titled “God
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Dreamville & EARTHGANG (Ft. 2 Chainz) – Ghetto Gods Freestyle
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[Intro: DJ Drama] / Yeah / A lot of talk about what's Atlanta and what's not / You wanna see what Atlanta is? / You know what I mean? Reassurance / Too easy / Pop your shit now (
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Dreamville & Lute - Like Wine (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Dreamville & Lute - Like Wine (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro: DJ Drama] / Verás, llevo dos décadas / Me llaman Tío, me llaman OG, me llaman Leyenda / Sabes como he
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Genius Traducciones al Español – J. Cole - Heaven's EP (Traducción al Español)
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Tres días antes de embarcarse en la gira The Off-Season, J. Cole soltó al azar el video musical de “Heaven’s EP” como exclusivo de YouTube. Utilizando el mismo ritmo de “Pipe Down
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JID & Kenny Mason (Ft. Lil Wayne) – Just In Time
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[Chorus: Kenny Mason] / Woke up at six (Six), pray to a .9 (.9) / Twelve (Twelve), was already runnin' from twelve, a nigga was flyin' / Ayy, I got the time today, bitch, I got the
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JID – Off da Zoinkys
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On this anti-drug anthem, J.I.D raps about how narcotics have negatively affected him, his environment, and the rap game. He pledges to get “Off da Zoinkys,” and he pleads for
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Dreamville & Ari Lennox – Coming Down
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[Verse 1: Ari Lennox] / Like the sweetest of brooms, you swept me / I believe you were made for me / But them Perkys and Xans made you a different man / Every single time you
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JID – NEVER
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On the lead single from his debut studio album, J.I.D reflects on difficult times in his life in which he did not amount to anything and had very little to his name. Despite his
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Dreamville & Bas (Ft. A$AP Ferg) – Lifestyle
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[Intro: Bas, DJ Drama & A$AP Ferg] / Yeah / This lifestyle not for you, but it's for me, yeah / Dreamville's finest (Real shit) / Bas (Yeah) / DJ Drama (Woo, woo, woo) / [Chorus
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Benny the Butcher & J. Cole – Johnny P's Caddy
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On “Johnny P’s Caddy,“ Benny The Butcher and J. Cole link up to boast about their rise to the top in rap. Released on the same day as J. Cole’s birthday (January 28), the track
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autumnn – All the songs i enjoy listening to because i feel like making it
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now that ive spent hours on this i have no motivation to update it so this is all you get
im actually done with this one so if i stop liking anything i probably wont remove it
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Nitin Randhawa – Off Deez (Nitin Randhawa Remix)
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[Intro: JID, Lil Jon & Valee] / Gangsta, gangsta, gangsta / (Nitin Randhawa) / J.I.D, whoa shit, whoa shit, whoa shit / ChaseTheMoney, ChaseTheMoney / Please, please / [Chorus: JID
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Nitin Randhawa – Really Doe
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[Intro:] / You are watching a master at work / [Hook: Kendrick Lamar] / Yeah, they say I got the city on fire / I ain't boomin', that's a goddamn lie, woah / Really doe, like
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Dreamville & Ari Lennox – Blackberry Sap
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“Blackberry Sap” is one of two Ari Lennox solo-cuts from Dreamville and DJ Drama’s collaboration mixtape, D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape.
Lennox and producer J. White Did It
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Dreamville & Cozz (Ft. Childish Major & REASON) – LamboTruck
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“LamboTruck” is a collaboration between Cozz, REASON, and Childish Major that appears on Dreamville’s collaborative project Revenge of the Dreamers III.
While both rappers are
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J. Cole – Revenge of the Dreamers
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This song is the title track for the debut mixtape by J. Cole’s Dreamville Records crew, though Cole is the only one who makes an appearance.
The beat sounds like it was sampled
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JID – Hasta Luego
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“Hasta Luego” is a display of J.I.D’s lyrical talent. He says goodbye to his past as he begins his journey as a rising artist. He also discusses how his family and friends are less
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JID – Slick Talk
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J.I.D wanted to make a bold statement for the album’s first song. On this track, he delivers a lot of “Slick Talk” to his fellow rappers, explicitly stating his superiority to them
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