VIDEO: J. COLE – WORK OUT

August 16, 2011

I keep hearing positive things about Jay-Z’s protegé J Cole but I never bothered listening to any of his work until his new single Work Out landed in my inbox late last night. The track –  He opens singing the chorus to Paula Abdul’s ’89’ hit debut single Straight Up which threw me a little.  I don’t think Work Out is a particularly strong single, it’s bubblegum Hip Hop which is clearly geared towards a mainstream audience. I wonder if it was […]