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| Genre = Hip hop | Length = 59:28 | Label = | Producer = | Last album = ''Cole World: The Sideline Story'' (2011) | This album = ''Born Sinner'' (2013) | Next album = ''2014 Forest Hills Drive'' (2014) | Misc = }} ''Born Sinner'' is the second studio album by American hip hop recording artist J. Cole. It was released on June 18, 2013, by Dreamville, Roc Nation and Columbia Records. The album serves as the follow-up to his debut album, ''Cole World: The Sideline Story'' (2011). The album features guest appearances from Miguel, Amber Coffman, Jhené Aiko, James Fauntleroy, Bas, TLC, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent. The album was also primarily produced by Cole himself, along with others such as Jake One, Syience, Christian Rich and Elite. The album was supported by four official singles; "Power Trip", "Crooked Smile", "Forbidden Fruit" and "She Knows", along with the promotional single "Miss America". Upon its release, ''Born Sinner'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 297,000 copies in its first week of release. After two weeks of being at number 2, ''Born Sinner'' climbed to number one in its third week. As of September 2015, the album has sold over 747,000 copies in the United States. ==Background== Only a week, after the release his gold certified-debut album ''Cole World: The Sideline Story'', Cole began working on his second album with the title of ''Born Sinner''. He said that it allowed him to, "reinvigorate himself both mentally and creatively." On October 24, 2011, during his interview with Hot 106’s Rise & Grind morning show, Cole revealed that he had began working on his second studio album, with hopes of releasing it in June 2012. He had also stated that the album would consist of songs that failed to make his debut: "I don’t know how many, but I got songs that didn’t make the last album that are automatically going to make this one."〔Steven J. Horowitz, (J. Cole Says His Sophomore Album Will Arrive In June 2012 ). hiphopdx.com. 24 October 2011.〕 On February 24, 2012 J. Cole reached two million followers on Twitter, he celebrated by releasing the song "Grew up Fast."〔(J. Cole Grew Up Fast )〕 On March 1, 2012, J. Cole returned to his hometown of Fayetteville North Carolina. To celebrate his return, he released the song "Visionz of Home" (which launched an event, titled "Dreamville weekend") to inspire the youth of his hometown to achieve great things.〔(J. Cole Returns To North Carolina For 'Dreamville Weekend' ). rapfix.mtv.com. 2 March 2012.〕 On July 26, he returned to Twitter after a 100-day absence and went on to reveal and release his new song "The Cure" in where he hints at a new album. On October 20, he announced at a live show that his second album is complete and he's waiting until after Lamar releases ''good kid, m.A.A.d city'' to reveal it and previewed two new songs; "Maine On Fire" and "Crooked Smile." However they were not tied to any project. "Maine on Fire" would end up appearing on a Funkmaster Flex mixtape. On November 5, Cole revealed the title of his second album, and an album teaser for it, ''Born Sinner'' and the release date of January 28, 2013, via Ustream. With the title he ended his basketball-themed series of projects. He would say, "It was just time for something new. I wouldn't have minded doing it again but I felt that I closed that story. "That metaphor and that storyline had really ended. Metaphorically I was just a kid working to get on this basketball team, got cut — that was ''The Come Up'', then ''The Warm Up'' was like, alright I made the team, I'm on the team, now what? I'm not in the game, I'll just ride the end of the bench. Then ''Friday Night Lights'' was like 'come on man, you're still not gonna put me in the game? What I gotta do? Here, I'm gonna kill it in practice.''Sideline Story'' was like, Wow, I really am starting now, and I feel like I ended that chapter when it's all said and done. Plus, this new theme is really more reflective of where I'm at and where I've been at for the past two years, so it was just perfect to move on." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Born Sinner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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