{"id":1547240,"date":"2026-01-14T20:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1547240"},"modified":"2026-01-14T20:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:26:09","slug":"j-coles-the-fall-off-finally-has-a-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1547240","title":{"rendered":"J. Cole\u2019s The Fall-Off Finally Has a Release Date"},"content":{"rendered":"
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J. Cole\u2019s perpetually teased seventh studio album is now official. The Fall-Off<\/em>\u2014no, I don\u2019t know why the hyphen is there either\u2014drops February 6. You can check out the music video for the first single below.<\/p>\n

Cole\u2019s announcement arrives with a teaser trailer featuring the rapper going about his daily routine\u2014eating food, hanging in the park, washing his Lamborghini Urus\u2014while an unnamed narrator talks about the ups and downs of fame:<\/p>\n

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\u201cEverything is supposed to go away eventually. You see this especially in show business with famous actors or musicians, and it\u2019s like, Oh, this guy used to be famous and then he fell off. What happened?<\/em> And they want to point to, they did this and this and they made some sort of mistake, instead of thinking that it\u2019s kind of crazy they got famous in the first place. So few people reach that level. Of course it\u2019s not going to last forever because somebody else has to take that spot and that\u2019s how show business has been forever. But no they always want to say, nah that guy fell off. They want to look down on him for just going through the natural cycle of rising and falling.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In 2024, Cole released Might Delete Later<\/em>, a mixtape that initially included \u201c7 Minute Drill,\u201d a diss track about Kendrick Lamar. The song was a response to Lamar\u2019s explosive verse on \u201cLike That,\u201d which ignited the now-infamous feud between the Compton rapper and Drake. \u201cI\u2019m so proud of that project, except for one part,\u201d Cole said after deleting the song. \u201cIt\u2019s one part of that shit that make me feel like, man, that\u2019s the lamest shit I ever did in my fucking life.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2025, Cole ended his long-running Dreamville Festival. His last studio album was 2021\u2019s The Off-Season.<\/em> You can check out the artwork for The Fall-Off<\/em> below.<\/p>\n

Read Pitchfork\u2019s review of Might Delete Later<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Source URL: http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/j-cole-announces-the-fall-off-release-date\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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