According to Dreamville’s Ibrahim, J. Cole is aiming to bring his powerful “Be Free” to streaming platforms.
As music listeners, we’ve grown so accustomed to the convenience streaming platforms that those us who use them run the risk forgetting the songs that didn’t make the transition. That’s not to say the songs themselves go unappreciated, but they fall by the wayside all too ten. For J. Cole, one the songs that got away was “Be Free,” a song Cole wrote following the death Michael Brown in 2014.
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At the time its SoundCloud release, Cole shared a message about the song: “Rest in Peace to Michael Brown and to every young black man murdered in America, whether by the hands white or black. I pray that one day the world will be filled with peace and rid injustice. Only then will we all Be Free.” Given everything that is currently going on six years removed from Brown’s killing, many listeners have taken to revisiting “Be Free.”
Seeing as the track has yet to hit streaming platforms, many have taken to asking Dreamville’s Ibrahim H with direct requests. As he explains, the pieces are already in place for the transition to happen. “I’ve def seen a bunch y’all tweets and got a bunch texts asking for “Be Free” on streaming services,” he writes. “I spoke to Cole today though had to let him know about that and he with so let me work on getting up this week.”