Dreamville: Revenge of the Dreamers III

Rap Camp they called it. Where the signed artist of Dreamville were able to show their talent, and just go in. J.Cole invited a plethora of artist and producers to come together and show what they were made of and if you’ve listen to the album, that’s exactly what they did. The plus side, J.Cole actually had some outsiders on here too, which is funny since homie doesn’t usually do features. All the artist on the album include: Lute, DaBaby, JID, Bas, EARTHGANG, Young Nudy, Cozz, REASON, Deante Hitchcock, Childish Major, Zoink Gang, KEY!, Maxo Kream, Young Baby Tate, Guapdad 4000, Buddy, Omen, Mez, Davoinnne, Ari Lennox, Baby Rose, T.I., Reese Laflare, Smino, Vince Staples, Mereba, Kendrick Lamar and of course J.Cole.

Under The Sun // J.Cole’s Verse : With their rendition of “if you miss me from the back of the bus” intro the song goes from this sweet ballad and evolves into deep trap beats. J.Cole immediately goes in.

Nothing new under the sun, nobody fucking with son
I got a couple of sons, a couple of guns
A couple of niggas that bust up the party and fuck up the fun
She digging me and I’m cuffing her friend
She ig'-ing you while we fucking for fun
I got her suckin' her thumb, that’s my lil' baby
She call me daddy like grandmama baby
If this Sunday dinner, my hand on her gravy
I been on the craziest wave, if I'm on the stage
An M is my minimum wage
This ain't no kennel, behave
Niggas is with all that barking, we send 'em a stray
So in a way we the dogcatchers
How many bullets your dawg catchin'?
Sawed-off, raw dog fashion
Hauled off, hope God catch him, damn

Self Love // Baby Rose’s verse : Self Love is this year’s anthem to every tired Black woman out there. This was my first time hearing the artist Baby Rose who is on this track with Ari Lennox and Bas. Baby Rose’s voice is distinctive. Her soulful low bellows are reminding you to put yourself first.

Tired of all this faking
Wearing all of this makeup
And meanwhile feeling complacent
Fitting in, feeling basic and
Meanwhile tryna replace him
But all these feelings are makeshift
Hard for me to face it
When everything is changing, ayy

1993 // Cozz’s Verse: Old School Smoke song with a sweet beat. First time hearing Cozz and his first was one of my favorite verses. He makes it sound easy. But overall a fun track that takes you back in time.

Tell me why you wanna come get high tonight
I only got one reason, I'm top dog tonight
I let the broads borrow my room and I got caught tonight
Drunken partying, slobbering, 'nother sloppy night
Always fight with my mama, but look, on my leave night
I'll call her, when I'm a baller, I promise that I'ma score you
Until then, I'ma ignore you, it's nothing personal (Sorry)
I'm just tryna fuck a couple girls and go
Can't do that while I'm on the phone
I'm not a mother's boy, I'm a motherfucker

PTSD // Dante Hitchcock’s Verse: I love how this song starts, it’s soft with a steady beat and then Mereba (an artist I had the pleasure of seeing perform live) come through with her profound tone. Artist Deante Hitchcock really stood out, this was my first time hearing this artist and I was impressed with his lyricism. I’m really excited to dive into his solo work.

A lot of dead niggas livin' through me, shawty, but not in the literal
Most 'em dead 'cause they ain't follow they dream
The power of a higher entity entered me
Mentally, physically, spiritually, I'm on a whole different energy
Fuck the world, but I need you to remember me

Don’t get it wrong, this whole album is track to track but these are the verses that personally stood out to me. I’m really impressed by all the collaborations and thought this was a wonderful representation that rappers and singers/multi talented artist can work together and accomplish something so meaningful. Below is the documentary to this journey. Very well done.

Documentary