The Alchemist has set the Hip Hop world abuzz after answering ā or refusing to answer ā a question about working with J. Cole.
On Saturday (February 24), the producer answered a query from a fan on X, formerly known as Twitter: āis j cole and alchemist ever gonna be a thing[?]ā
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The Alchemist replied with a series of zipper-mouth face emojis, seemingly indicating that he couldnāt discuss it.
The pair previously worked together on Benny The Butcherās āJohnny Pās Caddy,ā as well as B.o.Bās āGladiatorsā back in 2010.
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The cryptic response set off a ton of excited speculation in the replies. Among the most popular guesses was that The Alchemist would have a track on Coleās long-anticipated next albumĀ The Fall Off.
At the beginning of this month, the North Carolina rhymer updated fans on the status of the project during a concert in Tampa, Florida.
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āRight now, Iām at the tail end of working on this album Iāve been working on for a long time,ā he said during the opening night of his Itās All a Blur ā Big as the What? tour with Drake. āItās called The Fall Off.ā
Coleās longtime manager Ibrahim āIbā Hamad previously stoked the flames by tweeting aboutĀ The Fall OffĀ being his choice of an album heād most want to see Cole perform on tour front-to-back.
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Just last week, J. Cole himself teased the upcoming project in a new song.
Released through a burner account on Instagram, the video is reminiscent of the 2000s-era Smack DVD series that gave fans a raw inside look at what goes on behind the scenes with their favorite rappers.
The clip shows ColeĀ backstage on his current tourĀ withĀ Drake, as well as in a studio session withĀ Tay Keith, chopping it up withĀ Lil DurkĀ and more.
Towards the end, Cole previews a new song and sets the tone with the opening bars, rapping: āI said I was finished but I want another two summers/ Hall of Famer hungrier than all the newcomers.ā
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The Alchemist has been working with a number of other big names lately. Recently, a snippet of a track he worked on with Kanye West and Freddie Gibbs leaked online.
The clip, which initially surfaced on Discord, features West singing: āCome on, come on, before the street lightsāĀ before Gibbs begins to rap about baby mama drama over a recognizably Alchemist beat laced with sprinkling pianos.
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The veteran producer was also spotted in the studio with Kid Cudi in January, a few months after they teased doing a full album together. The pairās first and (so far) only collaboration was āTherapyā back in 2009.