Feb 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM

Ya this album is a classic holy

 

Feb 7, 2026 at 3:11 PM

Cole about to drive around in his old Civic with a new engine, selling his new album outta his trunk
https://x.com/jcolenc/status/2020227984469393618?s=46&t=W9v__BPmqJhg3RbdnQiwbA

 

Feb 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM

Outside of a handful of tracks, this album is audio NyQuil. Who on earth produced this thing?

Beats aside, it really drove home how little J. Cole seems to have to say right now. His technical rapping is still elite—but the core thesis is basically: I came back home, I’m famous now, and home doesn’t feel like home anymore. That’s… it? For someone routinely characterized as one of the best living rappers, I expected something more.

 

Feb 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM

Exactly. What a day it will be when some of these guys come down from the initial hype and realize this album is definitely not a classic lol

 

Feb 7, 2026 at 5:07 PM

Also, read his statement about the album carefully:

The Fall-Off, a double album made with intentions to be my last, brings…​

 

Feb 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM

What if... he named this the fall off.

Just to literally fall off and drop a f---ing classic .

 

Feb 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM

Album of the decade (rap wise) contender

 

Feb 7, 2026 at 8:58 PM

Album is really dope

 

Feb 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM

Did any of y’all go the trunk sale?

 

Feb 8, 2026 at 4:20 AM

AOTY so far

 

Feb 8, 2026 at 5:16 AM

I knew it! I knew that with all those expectations he imposed on himself he would try to be all this big genius and gets so artistic. That's why there's so much bland, unnecessary singing on this album and the beats are... Well, he's never had a good ear for instrumentals... It was much better on "The off-season", when he focused on being a rapper, not a great artist.

 

Feb 8, 2026 at 5:41 AM

Is JID still signed to Cole?

Regardless, the student's become the master at this point. God Does Like Ugly is 1000x more compelling than this bloated double disc.

 

Feb 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM

Quick stop might be my favorite… had a n----- tearing up a lil. When he rapping in bruh perspective make me think on life.. them violins and guitar ain’t making it no better lol

 

Feb 8, 2026 at 1:04 PM

Naw.. I’m in eastern North Carolina.. , I know he won’t coming this way lol. Besides Fayetteville, He be strictly in Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro areas. I understand them the big cities, but d---, show love to the mid sized cities in the EAST lol . He did shout out Greenville in old dog.. I was waiting on that Rocky Mount shoutout, coke got love out here, and we right up interstate 95, so he come through here back and forth between Fayetteville and NY for sure.

 

Feb 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM

Jid is dreamville/interscope. He the only one still under interscope other than cole

 

Feb 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM

Never been a Cole fan, in fact I've been one of those who found his music to be boring. But this album. It goes super hard, I'll be bumping it a lot. AOTY contender level