No Role Modelz

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"No Role Modelz"
Single by J. Cole
from the album 2014 Forest Hills Drive
ReleasedDecember 9, 2014 [1] [2]
Recorded2014
Genre Hip hop
Length4:53
Label
Vinyl Crown
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Phonix Beats
J. Cole singles chronology
"No Sleeep"
(2015)		"No Role Modelz"
(2015)		"Love Yourz"
(2016)
Audio video
"No Role Modelz" on YouTube

"No Role Modelz" is a song by American rapper and record producer J. Cole. It was released through Dreamville Records, Roc Nation, Columbia Records, and Vinyl Crown as the third single from his third studio album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive , on August 4, 2015. The song was produced by Phonix Beats with additional production from Cole, and interpolates "Don't Save Her" by Project Pat. [3] [4] The song has been referred as one of J. Cole's biggest songs.

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The song received generally mixed reviews from critics. During the week of December 22, 2015, the song reached number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Cole his fourth top 40 hit as a solo artist and the highest-charting single from 2014 Forest Hills Drive. On May 20, 2016, the single was officially certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), making it the first song to do so without a music video. [5] On December 10, 2024, the song was certified RIAA Diamond selling over 14 million copies, giving him his second and highest Diamond certification and is one of the best-selling digital singles of all-time.

Critical reception

"No Role Modelz" received mixed reviews from music critics. Craig Jenkins of Pitchfork wrote that "No Role Modelz" parlays a suspicion about a hook-up being a golddigger into a tirade about reality TV women lacking respectable public figures crudely suggesting that "she's shallow but the pussy deep." Jenkins wrote 2014 Forest Hills Drive often plays at a depth it never delivers." [6] Billboard called the song "one of the decade’s great Rap Internet tropes", adding to their list of the 100 songs that defined the 2010s. [7]

Charts

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [36]

Certifications

Certifications for "No Role Modelz"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [37] 6× Platinum420,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [38] Gold30,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [39] Platinum90,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [40] Gold200,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [41] Platinum100,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [42] 10× Platinum300,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [43] 4× Platinum40,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [44] Gold30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [45] 3× Platinum1,800,000‡
United States (RIAA) [46] 14× Platinum14,000,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece) [47] Platinum2,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

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