J. Cole’s rise to fame is still in progress. A successful, captivating album review can only do wonders to help the North Carolina native. After signing to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation in 2009, people wondered could J. Cole live up to the pressure of such a high profile label signing. With his debut release, Dead End Hip Hop takes a listen to J. Cole’s Cole World to see if it could live up the the hype and expectations.