J. Cole Says His Sophomore Album Will Arrive In June 2012

[Lunatic]

It takes a long time for a new artist to get a debut album out. Because sales are so bad labels want to be positive they have a SURE BET on there hands. J Cole isn't the only example of taking 1-3 years after having a huge a buzz to get an album out -- look at Drake, B.o.B, Nicki Minaj, Big Sean, etc. - shit all of them took a long ass time to get albums out after signing there major deal. Drake may have been the fastest but then again he was buzzing for a LONG TIME before he even signed his deal. I swear B.o.B took at LEAST three years and look at him now - he's basically as big as it gets.

Same shit BIG KRIT and others are going through right now

But didn't B.o.B. disappear after he had his 5 mins of fame?

Umm, no. His new single "Strange Clouds" with Lil Wayne was #1 on iTunes just recently when it came out. The new album also has Andre 3000, T.I. and a bunch of others. He's looking at another platinum plaque, Grammy's and a world tour for sure.