Everybody knows Jermaine Lamarr Cole has bars. The North Carolina MC has two gold records and some classic mixtapes on his résumé. But what is often overlooked is his skills as a beat crafter, so I present for you the top 10 beats produced by J. Cole.

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10) J. Cole – She Knows

Cole production on his own single, “She Knows” from the 2013 album Born Sinner gets its incredibly catchy piano loop from the Cult’s tune “Bad Things” better believe this one will stay stuck in your head.

9) Wale – Bad Girls Club

Wale does a good job not drooling too badly over Cole’s beat here. J also comes through with a nice verse and hook. Look out for Rick Ross and DJ Khaled cameos in the video (it’d be hard to miss those two)

8) J Cole – Bun B for President Feat. Dom Kennedy

Cole produced this track for Bun to rap over for his solo album “Trill O.G.” but Bun expressed difficulty approaching the topic of himself as president. Bun has stated however that he is very impressed with Cole as a rapper, writer, and producer. Hella Smooth.

7) Fat Trel – Live my Life

A straight liquor sippin’ banger for the streets. Cole produced this one for Maybach Music Group rapper Fat Trel’s 2011 mixtape “April Fool’z”.

6) Dj Khaled – They Ready Feat. J. Cole, Big KRIT, and Kendrick Lamar

What is it that DJ Khaled does? It is impossible to say exactly but he got some great together on this track. Cole samples Willie Hutch giving this track a nice soulful sound. KRIT is relentless with the second verse.

5) Fabolous – Louis Vuitton Feat. J. Cole

The simple drum and piano pattern works beautifully for this track off Fabo’s critically acclaimed “The S.O.U.L. Tape 2”

4) Ab-Soul – Sapiosexual

Some of J’s newest work “Sapiosexual” is a crazy, spacey track that really shows how versatile Cole’s production is. It sounds like something you would that would play while you run naked through the jungle… or whatever.

3) J. Cole – Blow Up

One of his biggest singles that helped Cole garner worldwide attention as a rapper, many do not know that he also produced this track himself for the 2010 mixtape “Friday Night Lights”

2) XV – SmallVille

Cole’s sample selections are underrated much like many other aspects of his game and here he taps into the indie rock scene with a Smashing Pumpkins sample. XV and Cole are a dangerous combination, and this track off XV’s 2011 project “Popular Culture” is also one of the best lyrical tracks on this list.

1) Kendrick Lamar – HiiPOWER

For me this was not even close, Kendrick Lamar’s anthem “HiiPOWER” is the absolute pinnacle of J. Cole production. While the track is known for its deep lyrics Cole crafted a beat that allows Lamar to flow freely as he touches on subjects including racism, corruption, religion and conspiracy theories.

Cole pulled the sample from a Sixtoo record called Duration 9 which gives it that weird, unmistakeable sound. HiiPOWER was the first time collaboration between Cole and Lamar, and Kendrick had this to say in regards to Cole’s production “His production is crazy, man. The first time we locked in, he played about 10 beats. I wanted all of ‘em.”

Kendrick was correct, Cole’s production is crazy. Hope you enjoyed this top 10 list.