The Fall-Off

by J. Cole

The Fall-Off cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 6 February 2026
  • Label: Dreamville, Interscope
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:41:17
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 23 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Long-anticipated and teased for years, 'The Fall-Off' arrives as a mature, introspective capstone to J. Cole's career. The album finds the rapper grappling with retirement, fatherhood, and the state of the culture over lush, jazz-inflected production. It is a sentimental and technically sharp farewell that balances boastful bars with deep vulnerability.

Genres

Descriptors: rap, conscious, storytelling, soulful, classic

Tracklist

  1. 29 Intro (00:57)
  2. Two Six (03:16)
  3. SAFETY (05:18)
  4. Run A Train (with Future) (04:02)
  5. Poor Thang (04:50)
  6. Legacy (with PJ) (03:55)
  7. Bunce Road Blues (with Future & Tems) (05:10)
  8. WHO TF IZ U (04:37)
  9. Drum n Bass (04:14)
  10. The Let Out (04:14)
  11. Bombs in the Ville/Hit the Gas (04:06)
  12. Lonely at the Top (Bonus) (03:24)
  13. 39 Intro (06:06)
  14. The Fall-Off is Inevitable (02:56)
  15. The Villest (with Erykah Badu) (04:30)
  16. Old Dog (with Petey Pablo) (03:22)
  17. Life Sentence (04:12)
  18. Only You (with Burna Boy) (04:46)
  19. Man Up Above (04:58)
  20. I Love Her Again (05:32)
  21. What If (with Morray) (05:19)
  22. Quik Stop (04:24)
  23. and the whole world is the Ville (04:35)
  24. Ocean Way (Bonus) (02:34)

Credits

  • Jermaine Cole - photography by, executive-producer, written-by, engineer [recording]
  • J. Cole - primary artist, producer, producer [additional]
  • Walter Barnett - artwork by, design [album packaging]
  • Felton Brown - creative director
  • Scott Lazer - creative director
  • Dreamville - executive-producer
  • Ibrahim Hamad - executive-producer, management, a&r
  • T-Minus - executive-producer, producer [additional]
  • Joe Nino-Hernes - lacquer cut by
  • Joe LaPorta - mastered by [mastering engineer], mastering
  • Juro Davis - mixed by [mixing engineer]
  • Clayton Taibi - product manager
  • Kuldeep Chudasama - recorded by [recording engineer], engineer [recording]
  • James Taylor - performer, written-by
  • Joel Olivier Vaval - engineer [assistant]
  • Jose Trujillo - engineer [assistant]
  • Fareed Salamah - engineer [recording]
  • Omen - producer
  • Damon Coleman - written-by
  • Donald Maurice Pears II - written-by
  • Ron Gilmore - written-by, producer
  • Tyler Williams - written-by
  • Paris Jones - backing vocals, written-by
  • DZL - producer
  • Sucuki - producer
  • Wu10 - producer, bass, producer [additional]
  • Joe Sample - written-by
  • Kelvin Wooten - written-by
  • Kier Gist - written-by
  • Melvin L. Dinkins - written-by
  • Michael Holmes - written-by
  • Powers Pleasant - written-by
  • Thomas Wlodarczyk - written-by
  • Tim Friedrich - written-by
  • Hayden Duncan - engineer [assistant]
  • Nicolas Patino - engineer [assistant]
  • Eric Manco - engineer [recording]
  • JÜN TETRA & GLDY JR - producer
  • Mario Luciano - producer [additional], drums, written-by
  • Steve Bilodeau - producer [additional], guitar, written-by
  • Aaron Goldstein - written-by
  • Nayvadius Cash - written-by
  • Nima Jahanbin - written-by
  • Bunny Sigler - written-by
  • Max Roach - written-by
  • Phil Hurtt - written-by
  • Torrence Hatch - written-by
  • Brayon Nelson - written-by
  • Justin Bryant - written-by
  • Leroy Emmanuel - written-by
  • Luca Mauti - written-by
  • Alchemist - producer
  • Abbas Hamad - written-by
  • Alan Maman - written-by
  • Brian Casey - written-by
  • Bryan Sledge - written-by
  • Jermaine Dupri - written-by
  • Manuel Seal - written-by
  • Margaux Whitney - written-by
  • Ron Gilmore, Jr. - written-by

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