Over the weekend, J. Cole hosted and performed at the 2023 Dreamville Festival. During his time on stage, Cole performed “Villematic” a single that uses Kanye West’s “Devil in a New Dress” beat. The single was originally found on his Friday Night Lights mixtape.
With the single being on a mixtape and never officially cleared for commercial use, the single and the entire FNL mixtape, have never made it to streaming services. During the performance, Cole gave a public plea to Kanye: “Shout out to Kanye West. Please clear the sample for me, my brother. I appreciate it.”
Following the festival, Dreamville president, Ibrahim Hamad, hit Twitter to provide an update on the future of Cole’s mixtapes hitting streaming:
“when y’all keep asking me everyday for FNL and The Warm Up and The Come Up on streaming just remember cole rapped on like 10 Kanye beats. I swear Once Kanye clears it I got y’all.”
when y’all keep asking me everyday for FNL and The Warm Up and The Come Up on streaming just remember cole rapped on like 10 Kanye beats. I swear Once Kanye clears it I got y’all. https://t.co/SjkAvDo1wM
— Ibrahim H. (@KingOfQueenz) April 3, 2023
You can tap into everything that happened at Dreamville 2023 here.
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