J. Cole has been teasing the release of his album The Fall-Off for quite some time now. After a rocky 2024, having found himself initially caught in the early storm of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, releasing his Kendrick diss track ‘7 Minute Drill’, then deleting it, after declaring that he didn’t to participate in the battle after all whilst on stage, the internet scrutiny came at Cole like a barrage of bullets in a bloody war. Many fans began to question his braggadocios self-proclaimed titles such as the “Muhammad Ali” of Hip-Hop or “The Greatest of All Time”. The Fall-Off then felt like it was never going to see the light of day, and J. Cole’s 2024 single ‘Port Antonio’ didn’t really do him much justice either. The North Carolina emcee then retreated into his own world, leaving many Hip-Hop heads in doubt about the future of the “Big 3” rapper. Well low and behold, J. Cole recently announced the release of The Fall-Off, which is scheduled to land February 6th. He then quickly released a new song and video simply titled ‘Disc 2 Track 2’, which also indicates that the forthcoming record is a double LP.

‘Disc 2 Track 2′ finds J. Cole delivering his life story in reverse, something that is reminiscent of Nas’ 2001 song ‘Rewind’. Delving into his technical emcee bag over a soul-sampled production, the video visuals which are also in reverse brilliantly captures the theme.

Many critics online have already expressed that this is the J. Cole that everyone has been waiting on. What looks like a redemption, the true test will come on the album release date. In the meantime, Cole is silencing many doubters.