{"product_id":"j-cole-born-sinner-2lp","title":"J. Cole - Born Sinner [2LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eJ. Cole's Born Sinner is the sound of a rapper wrestling with his own ambitions in public, spread across a double vinyl set that gives the album room to breathe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 2013, Cole's second studio album famously went head to head with Kanye West's Yeezus on release day, and Cole handled most of the production himself, building dusty, soulful beats around his own conflicted verses. The title says plenty: this is a record about temptation and the gap between who you are and who you want to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePower Trip, with Miguel floating over a hypnotic loop, became a radio staple, while Crooked Smile pairs a message of self-acceptance with a chorus from TLC. Forbidden Fruit brings Kendrick Lamar along over a breezy, jazzy sample, and Let Nas Down is a disarmingly honest account of disappointing one of his heroes, a rare moment of rap vulnerability that still lands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarker than his debut and more musically ambitious, it marks the moment Cole stopped trying to fit in and started building the introspective lane he still occupies today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn wax, the warmth of those soul samples and the weight of the low end come through with real presence. A key chapter for anyone tracing Cole from Dreamville upstart to one of hip-hop's most trusted voices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57165863321905,"sku":"602455406620","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/J._Cole-Born_Sinner_2LP.jpg?v=1793186049","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/j-cole-born-sinner-2lp","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}