J. Cole hasn’t dropped a full-length solo album since 2018’s KOD, but it looks like the highly anticipated follow-up The Fall Off, its precursor The Off Season and another mixtape called It’s A Boy could be arriving in the near future.
On Tuesday (December 29), the elusive MC popped up to share a rare Instagram post that featured an outline for either his year-end goals or an upcoming hiatus — at least that’s how it’s being interpreted by his fans.
He wrote in the caption, “I still got some goals I gotta check off for’ I scram…”
The post included a photo of a notebook with “The Fall Off Era” written across the top. Below the header, he wrote “Features,” “ROTD3” — which are both crossed out — “The Off Season,” “It’s A Boy” and “The Fall Off.”
Cole and the Dreamville posse unveiled the compilation album Revenge of the Dreamers III in July 2019. The project debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 115,412 total album- equivalent units in its opening week.
In June, Cole was involved in a brief back-and-forth with Noname when he released “Snow On The Bluff,” which many determined was a shot at the Chicago rapper Noname, who’d been an outspoken critic of how “top-selling rappers” responded to the police killing of George Floyd.
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A month later, Cole unleashed a two-song pack from The Fall Off titled Lewis Street: “The Climb Back” and “Lion King On Ice,” giving fans a taste of what to expect from the forthcoming album.
Even without a proper release date for The Fall Off — or even The Off Season or It’s A Boy — Cole madness is alive and well on Twitter, with many of his fans worried his post is pointing to his rap retirement. But with a schedule this packed, he’ll be around for awhile.
Check out some of the reactions below.
While Cole is an elite rapper, he only has 2 good albums and 1 great album. No classics. Y’all have classics fucked up. 2014 FHD didn’t change the rap game. Drakes (love em or hate em) IYRTITL did. Just felt like we should clear that up. Anyways looking forward to what he’s got cooking.
2014FHD is better than anything Drake has ever put out, bar NWTS. FOH with that retarded shit!
Truth has been stated
Born Sinner is still his best album for me
Friday night lights = classic
Preach. Album still slaps
You do realize IYRTITL is the project that had 2 reference tracks leak right? How can you change the game with a project you got exposed for not writing?
Classics don’t need to change “the game” they just need to be timeless.
Glad to see he’s still at it.