J. Cole Lays Out His Release Schedule & There Will Be Plenty Of Music Before 'The Fall Off'

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.”

 

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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.