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- Published on Feb 11, 2026
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Use this comment to show you was here before FEB 6 album release.
Here!!!
Here!!!
yup
WE WAS HERE
Sup
rapped his life story backwards with the same 4 syllable multi the entire time
that is an elite level fucking pen
u said what i was about to say. Guess i dont need to
Damn near chills dawg
one of the best to ever do it
This was hard but i still can’t respect the apology. It’s honestly the right move to retire now before he hurts his legacy even further
@Drogas3653 😂 bro get over it. It was a goofy move but it is what it is
"Ahead of my time, like I lived my whole life backwards"
- J Cole, "Dead Presidents", 2009
Listen to Nas-Rewind, Cole is just paying homage
“So Ahead Of My Time Even If I Rhymed About The Future I’d Be Reminiscing”
J Cole 2014 Forest Hills Drive, Fire Squad
FAXX!!
@AffectMusica we know dw
These bars fly over their heads
Shit sounds better when you listen to the whole album
FACTS
The way the whole album flows together is amazing(like a story of his life journey. The message and lessons he learned. Masterpiece still playing this front to back listening to a verse that I had yet ti appreciate. Every word and rhythm has a purpose.
“Even when I rhyme about the future, I be reminiscing…”
Fire Squad 🔥
Cole flows reverse time to find delivery’s good as mine you gotta search primes
So ahead of my time, Like i lived my whole life backwards
You want the truth well come and listen 🔥
🎉🎉🎉
Bro rapped backwards 😭 he didn’t let Nas down now 🔥
how?
Broooo I had to listen to that again to catch it. That's fucking crazyyy man
@24SZNNhe told his life story from death to youth pay attention to the lyrics
@24SZNN 0:37 when he says my life I see it reverse he then proceeds to rap about his life but backwards from his death to when he was a baby
@PewPewShootEmUpoh thats why he was saying “my grandkids” i get it now, trully amazing
RIP to all the fallen ones that didn’t make it to hear this masterpiece!
Facts 🙏
Seriously bro. My little cousin would’ve loved to be here with us ❤
REAL
🕊️🕊️🕊️
Amen
This fits way better in the album than I thought it would.
Fr bro
Damn right
I concur,… I’m just mad cuz I’m prolly not bout to sleep tonight just so I can listen to the album again 😭🤦🏽♂️
what i am sayin
Why would you think it wouldn't?
“I watch my father walk back into my life and it clears up the hurt.” I’m crying
That’s a BAR !!
it’s in reverse though so his father left n it hurt
That one hit me hard
Yeah that line made me pause it on the first two listens.
That shit hit every molecule in my system 😢
Who else is listening to this again after 39 intro 🔥🔥😭
i play the album from beginning to end the way the creator intended
Had to
Literally me rn gang 🤣
Ticket stamped
The transition is filthy business 🔥
we made it past 25 to listen to this masterpiece
Facts.
My biggest reason for trying not die lol
*'25
@jhardi_official366 glad you made it!
Turned 34 last week my brother
This is J cole at his best. One of the greatest lyricists in the rap game...
My favorite part is after he gets "unmarried" his world is upside down and spinning.... She brought him that stability.
Beautiful stuff. Marriage does that to a man
I jus notice that rn
A good woman will do that to you
Nice catch
@DreqsaMarriage was bullshit
This man has MASTERED writing verses
Nah Drake writes for Cole
@ButterflyEdge39😂😂😂 what type of goofy sht is this bruh?
@JarelAlbury 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Drake said he’s the most profound writer of all time, and cole had to pay to hide those reference tracks, where Drake is rapping, 1985
@JarelAlburyhe’s bored as fck. Don’t mind him
@ButterflyEdge39stop it find help
I heard the first 10 seconds of the beat and already concluded that this is going to be a classic
You so coot
For real
U got performers then you got artist this guy just painted a canvas and that light switch at end is the end of his art im sad
So this track is called “THE FALL OFF IS INEVITABLE”
It's just called "Inevitable"
@DjBlackout_x6no it's not. If you look to the left in small letters it says "the fall off is"
@youssefmoharram7635he just released the tracklist this song is called “inevitable”
nice observation
Ya
16 rooms = 16 bars, complete verse
*This Version 💔*
ruclips.net/user/shortsGR9a6os1xpM?si=9N_VL0iSXx9EHbwA
That’s insane!
FIRE BUT THAT WAS MORE THAN 16 BARS!!!💯💯💯
@2hollywood838 I don’t think bro realizes that was a whole song not a verse
Better than ever
Idk why but this feels like saying goodbye to a uncle that you love
Damn near started tearing up cuz that’s the way it feels.
but nah it's hello to the fall off
this isn’t saying goodbye to an uncle this is saying goodbye to everything. The stuff that made him rich, helped him improve his life, find love, find stability, find a purpose in life.
For sure
The Come Up (2007) - The Fall Off (2026)
What a time. I guess we're coming down the final stretch let's relish in the moment.
Thanks for the effort you've put into the craft all these years Cole.
Doubt he's really retiring
Ill cry man
@bsmi1361the whole idea behind this album is his retirement album
What happened to “It’s a Boy”?
Let’s relish now and cry later guys 🥹
Who's back here on 06 February?
MEEE🎉
Lol yeah and it’s my birthday I’ve been waiting for this to come out
Present & accounted for.
Me
yes sir
This that "Even when I rhyme about the future, I be reminiscing".
Like the time u bagged a dime?
Literally!💯
Nice callback
Fire squad🔥🔥
You want the truth well come and listen
Cole finally picked up God's call this month.
He knew we needed him!
Song is so good that even the subtitles knew they couldn't fuck it up
That Father walking back into his life bar touched my mf soul 😢🔥🔥🔥
Double disc confirmed 🙌🏾 last album confirmed 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Watch it drop with 3😅
CD?
Ain’t even dropped, yet I’m already feeling nostalgia. I’ll be bumping this a decade from now.
And it’ll be bumpin you😌🤞🏾✨
hold on bruh, you cookedd
i feel like its cus we alr have nostalgia of it since we’ve been waiting for it and since its been teased for so long and we have this life time period in our head of j cole and his music between kod when he first teased it and now
@CashOFFCtwin what
@GEEKEDOUTDENZlike, the song like him too, it’s gone be bumpin him
This flow is literally the picture perfect definition of floating on a beat
Listen to Nas-Rewind, Cole is just paying homage
@AffectMusica💯 real rap
We aint sleeping the real is back.
Idc what anybody say he has the best flow ever in history
@AffectMusicaNas is Coles idol after all😮💨
Even when I rap about the future I’ll be reminiscing
This album gonna feed generations
Right an Exact ,G! Peace
No doubt in that💯💯
I'ma miss you Cole. You're the first rapper I listened to every mixtape , every feature and went to concerts. Been rocking with you since I was 17. I'm 32 now thank you for everything Cole. Just wanna give you your flowers while your here to smell them 💐💐
💯
akeem ali is a better lyrics
First, he said nothing about being a great lyricist. Second, I checked his music out in hope that maybe you were right. Bros songs are ass. They clearly made for bitches. L take. @U_Call_greatness
I don’t think he is done. Prolly just putting less effort into the product.
I don’t think he’s leaving. Think about it, he drops this. The album is called the Fall Off? He only falling off if you look at his life in reverse…. That’s why he dropped this 👀. 🔥
Guys just do yourself a favou. listen to this album like it was made personally for you. Don't watch reviews, don't listen to what other people think about the album and lastly don't compare it to other albums. Just enjoy by yourself.
Yessir
Why?
@kelvinsekwati4016because you’re being a sheep instead of forming your own opinion
@kelvinsekwati4016because j Cole is ass and they want to hide that fact
Fr. People are easily influenced by others. It’s important to formulate your own thoughts, opinions, and ideas. Makes you wonder.
Real Hip Hop, Beautiful Album
"I watched my father walk back in my life, and it clears up a hurt" felt that
Considering how America is flirting with authoritarianism, there must be millions of guys with daddy issues lol.
@whatoh3407 cry more
@whatoh3407wtf do those have to do with each other
@Jack-uf6ec From my understing he is saying that people want the government to be their "dad". Is like a lot of dudes has daddy issues and they would project that abscence in the state, therefore wishing for an authoritary state/government who would run everything in your life, something like that, a good analogy i think
We bumping this till the album official drops and every year after
He paints pictures vivid enough to cure blindness
Carolina’s finest 🔥
@kyleg2439 I knew that already, in terms of the greatest I proved that already.....
Listen to Nas-Rewind, Cole is just paying homage
@danmarchamp And if you would like, I do it twice
I just sharpen my blade, for a minute became lost in my ways
@AffectMusica Why are you commenting about Nas under everyone's comment 😂 we dgaf COLE better than Nas in 2026!!
This isn't just music man, this is art. This is art
IT’S ACTUALLY HAPPENING. I’VE BEEN WAITING 8 YEARS FOR THIS ALBUM. EVER SINCE 1985 ON KOD.
WE SO READY
jah whatchu think about that supercopa final?
YESSSIR JAH WE BEEN WAITIN
That’s crazy it’s been 8 years since KOD, time flies man…
W jah
Who ever filmed/direct this needs their flowers this was beautifully done!!!👏👏👏
Ryan Doubiago! Greatness on the rise!
Tbh, the visuals are crazy
J.Cole we need you in these chaotic times to provide a peace of mind. ❤
barsssss..😮😮
@LooksGoodTooMe very very basic stuff
Absolute FACTS!!!!
@NoahCanFB🤔
The Fall-Off Is Inevitable
Real fans have been waiting for years for this, a happy yet sad moment🔥🔥🔥
True indeed 😮💨
Facts bro... This is it😢
This is the last album he's dropping?
@JonTonSoup We would hope not, but this one seems bittersweet frfr
@JonTonSouphe has claimed he’s “retiring” after but no word on how that’ll look. Ik he’ll have that itch to create just depends if he’ll act on it
Cole’s lyrics are top tier. This about to be a masterpiece
Drake and Nicki write for j cole, I seen it on twitter
@B@ButterflyEdge39don’t think Drake even writes for Drake. Also it’s twitter so I doubt there is evidence, and considering how good his freestyles have always been I don’t see him needing ghost writers lad. Use your brain
@ButterflyEdge39worst take I've ever heard ever 😂😂
🔥🔥🔥🔥
@chrisdavies2090 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Flickering lights at the end may be a reference to his verse on Johnny P's Caddy. "On the night I was born, the rain was pourin, God was cryin, lightnin struck, *power outage, sparks was flyin" 🔥 Iykyk
His verse on that track was incredible.
I didn't catch that one😂
Oh shit that’s right!! Nice catch
Crazy ref
We've never seen a symbolic genius such as cole
I will stream the shit out of this album
Rewind the j.cole version 😭🔥🔥waiting for the RDC skit & the album finna be on 1😭🔥
😂😂😂facts
JERMAINE COLE??
RDC BOUT TO BE ON IT😭
bro no cap
@stars4slimetteMr nice watch , “I never be old enough for Lisa bonnet”, my intuition is telling me they’ll be better days , pride is the devil , yes JERMAINE COLE 😭😭😭😭
Every bar rhymes with reverse… crazy. The more I listen, the deeper it gets
I don’t think they get it yet bro. “This how I see it” bro can only see himself falling off if his career never took off and bro was never born. Insane.
@tonloremusicyou definitely connected the dots. I didn’t even think of that
@tonloremusicLooking at it like this, it's J. Cole's version of DUCKWORTH (and maybe even the reverse DAMN. in general). Absolutely amazing track, can't wait for the rest
It's actually a four syllable scheme throughout, which makes it even more impressive.
Thats surface level, it's actually a four syllable scheme throughout the verse with some nice alternations in between. Incredible pen game. Be sure to check out Spited on this once he's done analyzing the scheme
Realizing this may well be his last album really got me in my feels with this one. Still remember the day my cousin showed me the Warm Up when it dropped. Changed my life forever.
This ain't his last. Dude is still young
After the fall off i promise I am coming to selling put wrigley's
@ROOKYTOOKIE it definitely is, how you name your album "the fall off" and not have it be your last
@adammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-d6s I'm sure because he fell off. And he's coming back. Great album name
He said it before that the fall off would be his last album
I keep coming back to this song. IDK why but it makes me cry every time. Beautiful artistry
Can we take a minute to appreciate the rhyme scheme he kept throughout the song🥵
Never clicked a RUclips Notification this fast before 😂🐐
Never seen so many comments and likes spawn so fast 😂
fr
Bro thought it was only me😂😂
Samee😂
Same😂
I almost fell out my chair when I saw Cole announced the album, I'm now on the floor listening to this masterpiece
oh shut up
Valid reaction for some1 who worships celebrities
@prettifunn kid
😂
Bruh I said the same thing wtf 🤯 Cole ain’t playing
This is the type of ulbum we need from rappers🔥🔥
that's true
It’s amazing how the pen gets sharper with each drop, legendary
The Nas homage is beautiful
F#^k nas
If this is what The Fall Off sounds like, Cole is leaving us with a masterpiece.
He wont leave, didnt he alteady mention, this wont be the last album about a year ago?
@TobWi-u1s wait where did he say that?
@TheLegendary_SuperSaiyanBroly I‘m pretty sure about it, but it was about 1-2 years ago, as we are in 2026, already tried to find it… but as time passes maybe he changed his opinion.. lets see, guess first of all we gonna get a classic
Per usual , honestly. I think Cole music hits more when it sits with us
it’s not his last album because it’s a double disc…that’s two not one, cole has fake morals
I always skip songs that were dropped before the full album release, but I had to re-listen to this during the album.
Nas/Rewind vibes. I’m here for it.
I thought of that song too
Facts 2026 version lol
It's definitively the muse 4 this song. Beautiful introspection.
Nas rewind is goated
1:18 “I do” backwards reminded me of “Jungle said ‘.block your own enemies The’”
WE ARE READY FOR THE ALBUM BUT NOT THE RETIREMENT 😢💙🦁🦁🦁🫡
💯 refuse to believe we'll get nothing even if its just features for a while
He always said Fall Off was gonna be his last album. IYKYK
Facts
Couldn’t have said it better
It might be his last album but we could still get singles features and performances so I doubt he’ll just dissapear
clicked on this so fast. This might be the last album id get to hear from this great man.
I hope it's fire so you don't get disappointed, have a nice day man
Don't quit!!
I've been your fan for years J.Cole 🙏🏾🔥🇿🇦
What a lyrical display by an absolute master of English in hip hop form
Well done Cole
Mans just told his life story in reverse, lyrically and visually 🔥🔥🔥. There’s no way we can let this spirit retire fans
This...😢
He just copied Nas
@user-lo1rq3qe6gget attention elsewhere
@user-lo1rq3qe6gnas told a scenario in reverse, nd tho old is gold😂😂 i got cole
@user-lo1rq3qe6gwell that was his idol. He grew up listening to nas religiously, makes sense he does something to pay homage to him.
That man did say “Even when I rhyme about the future I be Reminiscing” 💯🧐💡🤯
Who else has this on replay????
J Cole explaining his life backwards is so fire this album is gonna be generational 🔥
Aaand rhyming with the same syllables!
That's what I said! He literally rapped backwards through time! I paused halfway through and yelled "this nigga is rapping backwards!" The I started welling up w/ tears I can't lie
I mean 2026 is going to be a great musical ear and I’m greateful to be able to hear the growth of j Cole from mixtapes to this
"I watch my father walk back in my life, and it clears up a hurt"❤😭
this hit hard
Felt this in my soul. Cole different 🙏🏾
Felt that
Felt that Cole!!! I needed this today ❤️
❤
On behalf of everyone who's been here since 2014. THANK YOU JERMAINE. ❤
J cole did his thing
Jermaine is back ❗️ He’s baaaaack 2:55 😭😭😭
He is not back he is gonnnnnne😭😭😭😭 in reverse 💯
Yh unfortunately he’s leaving
Jermaine….. Cole 😭😭😭
@ELUSIVEVISION He’s back? WHEN DID HE LEAVE
Yeah but he said he’s retiring
This is Cole’s “Rewind”. Shout out to Nas
Exactly what I was thinking
One of NaS’ best >
“The bullet goes back in the gun”
EXACTLY BRUH PAYING HOMAGE
This comment needs more likes I was thinking the exact same thing
My thoughts exactly... Homage to the GOAT NAS!!
This album gonna be generational
These next 3 weeks gonna take forever
When is it dropping?
@JoaoPedro-ru5ud2-6-26
@JoaoPedro-ru5udfeb 6
@JoaoPedro-ru5ud Feb 6
the classic " I WAS HERE "
This thing is soo bittersweet.
Never idiolised celebs, but Cole is such an important figure for me and the impact he had on my life over the years.
The Community needs Masters like him.
For real. Cole is one of the few artists who are worth doing something close to idolising. Younguns can learn from him and should aspire to be more like him than 90% of other rappers. Cole stayed true to his word and never became a False Prophet.
“Do I” like “I Do” When you get married in reverse 🔥
Damn, Cole just killed my favorite rapper and left him independent! Damn I can’t listen to Fivio Foreign no more 😭
I make better music
Yea that scheme and bar was a 10/10🔥
The whole song is in reverse
@_Trey-3well ofcourse that’s stated in the first line. The nice little detail of saying “DO I” instead of “I DO” was really clever.
The "Imma come in" as if he's talking to the engineer, being at the end of the track instead of the beginning is the epitome of a cherry on top. Or in this case, cherry on the bottom.
top on the cherry
YES! and how the song has "That's how I see it" in the beginning and the end*edit* I've been trying to tell people; there is two stories being told here. Kind of like Kendrick's duckworth but this is Success vs Failure which are the same but reversed. Depending on which side you're looking at it's either a 6 or a 9, but at the end of the day they're both just numbers.
J.cole, oh my j.cole, where would I be without you j.cole
Elite pen on this track. Cole really got in his Nas Rewind bag. You made Nas proud 🔥
Nas dont hold a flame to this unfortunately...he just passed the crown for good is what im hearing ..real talk
Rip to all who passed away while waiting on this for the last year and half
It’s been a year and half since port Antonio? Damn
its been 8 years, fuckyoumean lol
The visuals are insane 🔥🔥🔥
If u press n hold the red time dot n run it back n forth it looks kinda cool 😅
ye
‘Lil yachty - endless’ did it first but I can’t lie coles hits different 🔥
@kiddkaapo wouldn't be surprised if lyrical lemonade directed this too, though the visuals on this one are fire compared to yachty's
Never will be another cole
10 years bro I’ve been listening since I was in highschool. Now we’re finally getting a body of work we’ve been waiting on.
That "Do I" line is fucking CRAZY. Reversed "I do" of wedding vows, but before and after its referring to "Do I take the ring off her finger" so even as he's going backwards he's talking about an insecurity on whether he should focus on music or family because right BEFORE this (and right after he's married) he talks about how his career took a backseat to the marriage but it was STILL coming first right after.
Backwards and forwards at marriage there's two paths of how his music career went.
He can thank Nas Rewind for this!
@richhrite88or he did this on his own.
@richhrite88student of the game give him his props tho
@lululyllylylyLOLhe did the “Do I” line rather then I Do. It’s just like Nas reversing his words like that. So it was definitely a direct reference. He didn’t let Nas down with this one. Show respect
@BK-dl1odhe definitely gets his props. But alot of the new hip hop heads need to know where it started
This is the first song/video that has actually given me the chills
Give the OG his flowers
This bout to be the longest 3 week wait of my life
rocky and kanye dropping before we good
And to think we already waited 6 years. But these 3 weeks though
@marioskgm4169Kanye is NOT dropping bro
@marioskgm4169 poop de scoop de woop?
3 weeks not bad, i thought it was out june
Every time someone likes this comment I get a notification and I listen to this masterpiece again
The things people do for notifications 🤦♂️
Anyone else think coleorchestrated the beef with dot and drake to setup for the greatest returement of a rapper? Itd make sense. Narrative fits the entirety of the drama...
goat comment
Here's your like...you're welcome twin
you're welcome :)
0:37 Oh snap, even the clock's moving in reverse
Cole reppin da VILLE to the fullest... WESTDIDE LOCH LOMOND HERE FAYETTENAM 2-6 AAAANNTT!!!!!💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿👑
the first line being "I see my life in reverse" and then having the rest of the song being him telling us his life story backwards is literal genius. The fall off is truly inevitable
That's not the first line
He tryna be Nas
@amanarya7206 is this your first time listening to j cole?
Oh god…the same bot logic that said Drake is better than Tupac and JID is better than Biggie 😂
@amanarya7206no
"I watched my father walk back in my life and it clears up a hurt" 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Damn, and it’s at the end of the track which tells his story in reverse, so it means that his father walking OUT caused a hurt that lasted the whole life. Sheeeeeesh 🤯🔥
3:08 the mobb deep - drop a gem on em sample goes harrrrrd
Rt
@OmenRahh so crazy
Bro if he has a track with this instro
produced by ye btw lmao
ong
This man has to win a Grammy this year 🔥🔥🔥, this song and the whole album is amazing.
Cole done got me clicking on RUclips notifications faster than usual
Facts at work in fact 😂
I SWEA Mayne
mannn mid class
From listening to Dead Presidents II in the bus to highschool in 2009 to listening to J. Cole's last album in 2026. I'm about to cry.
I swear J Cole has changed my life. I used to be shy and not confident, but when I heard Lights Please and his other songs, I was like wow there are people like me who think like me.
Thank you for everything!
Damn I was just like that too J Cole saved my life through his music by giving me confidence to be believe in myself
Well said brother, I have had a similar experience with the GREAT COLE
It’s insane to think about. 4 your eyez legit helped me out a ton in my freshman year of college, mad depressed for a min
😂😂😂😢 Should've neva duck3d dat Fade!
@harlansaunders4168fade was never directed at him
this has to be one of the best hip hop songs ive heard in a very long time lol
I literally thought this too. Gave me the nostalgia of hearing Jay or Nas for the first time.
@jacquepurpleJAY cant come close to either
It's well written ❤
@theone-fh4reehh 🤷🏾♀️ that’s what it reminded me of😊 I still remember where I was when I heard Nas and Jay for the first time. Only OutKast and those 2 other rappers had that affect on me. Thats the beauty of music 🎶 we all interpret and respond to it differently.
@theone-fh4reyou gotta be joking or have not heard a jay z album in your life
Still Tuned In ! 🙄🫀
J Cole doesn’t owe hip hop anything he dropped bangers for hip hop that we’ll never forget
One verse, locked to a single rhyme, and the MV is a one-shot. That’s next-level, laser-focused.
it’s absolutely not a one shot lol, rhyme scheme was crazy tho 🔥
@tbgaming8436 ofc it was one shot, Jermaine told us at the beginning this took 10 years cuz he had to develop the cloning and anti-gravity technologies first
U mean a single rhyme scheme?
A lot like "Close" from the off season.. its quite underrated imo
He's my Goat
@kokonutbae8143eh how is it like close?
Thank god I was born within this era of life ❤📍
i doubt very much. We have witnessed better than this
Cole is the 🐐 reppin for the Carolina’s