J. Cole has firmed up a release date for long-awaited new album The Off-Season. Marking his first full-length effort since 2018's KOD, his latest will arrive May 14.
The artist shared the news on Twitter alongside the album art seen above, which finds him facing away from a flaming basketball hoop. Cole added in delivering the May 14 release date, "Just know this was years in the making."
The artist shared the news on Twitter alongside the album art seen above, which finds him facing away from a flaming basketball hoop. Cole added in delivering the May 14 release date, "Just know this was years in the making."
Cole had previously teased The Off-Season on Instagram last December, sharing a rough outline of his "Fall Off Era" that included plans for feature appearances, Dreamville label comp Revenge of the Dreamers III, the newly announced Off-Season and another effort titled It's a Boy — all of which appear to culminate with The Fall Off, a project he has been teasing since 2018.
That Instagram post also saw Cole hint at potential retirement, writing in the caption, "I still got some goals I gotta check off for' I scram..."
That Instagram post also saw Cole hint at potential retirement, writing in the caption, "I still got some goals I gotta check off for' I scram..."
Last July, Cole shared singles "The Climb Back" and "Lion King on Ice" — both of which are expected to appear on The Fall Off. Those arrived after "Snow on Tha Bluff," for which he was promptly buried by Noname.
