J. E. Cole

3 weeks ago | insidethecredits.substack.com | J. E. Cole |Ari Lennox |Miki Hellerbach

Ron Gilmore is a sensei of the keyboard. He made his start there with the Dreamville boss J. Cole for his 2013 album Born Sinner. Gilmore is credited solely as a keyboardist on six tracks. He wouldn’t get official producer crediting until the very end of Cole’s 2014 opus 2014 Forest Hills Drive, on the final song “Note To Self.” Gilmore’s keys glide into the soundscape like a monk stepping barefoot through a shallow creek.