Exclusive: Hear J. Cole's New Song With Drake, 'In the Morning'

J. Cole — In The Morning feat. Drake (Prod. by L&X Music) by JCOLE

Listen exclusively here to the J. Cole, Drake collaboration "In the Morning," off J.'s new mixtape, Friday Night Lights, which comes out Friday.

The Jay-Z protégé has been building a solid rep over the past three years, both from his earlier mixtapes The Come Up and The Warm Up and from his guest spot on "Star Is Born" off Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 LP. His official debut LP will be out early next year, and he'll be touring Europe with Drake in January.

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Song Stories

“Let My Love Open the Door”

Pete Townshend | 1980

A peppy, hopeful love song, "Let My Love Open the Door" became a U. S. Top Ten hit for Pete Townshend in 1980, anchored by the kind of repeating synthesizer figures that he'd used in some of the Who's recordings in the previous decade. Although Townshend brushed the song off as "just a ditty" in Rolling Stone shortly after its release, in 1996 he revealed it was about love of the holiest sort. "It's supposed to be about the power of God's love," he remarked. "That when you're in difficulty, whether it's major or minor, God's love is always there for you."

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