{"id":710780,"date":"2026-02-07T11:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T08:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/j-cole-squashes-2pac-biggies-beef-on-new-album-the-fall-off-listen-6\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T08:15:30","slug":"j-cole-squashes-2pac-biggies-beef-on-new-album-the-fall-off-listen-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/j-cole-squashes-2pac-biggies-beef-on-new-album-the-fall-off-listen-6\/","title":{"rendered":"J. Cole \u2018Squashes\u2019 2Pac & Biggie\u2019s Beef On New Album \u2018The Fall-Off\u2019: Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"

J. Cole‘s new album The Fall-Off<\/em> is finally here — and it contains a particularly powerful song written from the perspectives of two of hip-hop’s biggest icons.<\/p>\n

On “What If,” the Dreamville star imagines a world in which 2Pac and Biggie buried the hatchet, diffusing the infamous East Coast-West Coast beef that tragically claimed both of their lives.<\/p>\n

“Perhaps you might’ve felt that I betrayed you or played you \/ Or thought that I knew about that set-up and coulda saved you,”<\/em> Cole raps from Biggie’s point of view, referencing ‘Pac’s 1994 Quad Studios shooting that he blamed on the Bad Boy rapp<\/a>er.<\/p>\n

“Or maybe that made you come out on some war shit \/ East Coast, West Coast, now media<\/a>’s tryna force it … Well fuck that, n*gga, I’m hurt \/ I miss my dawg, I ain’t gotta hide \/ If I hurt you, I apologize.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Stepping into 2Pac’s shoes, Cole depicts the hurt, paranoia and chaos that plagued his final months before accepting Biggie’s olive branch and forming a truce with his former friend.<\/p>\n

“‘Cause tears fillin’ my eyes, your letter helped me understand \/ The power in love, the choice to be the bigger man \/ I know shit got outta hand, I’ll take the blame for it \/ For my mistakes, I couldn’t take you gettin’ slain for it,”<\/em> he spits over Dr. Dre-esque production from Tae Beast and Beat Butcha.<\/p>\n

“For fallin’ victim to ego, vengence, and dollar signs \/ I wanna say from the heart, ‘I apologize.’”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Billed as J. Cole’s eighth and final album, The Fall-Off<\/em> is a double-disc effort clocking in at 24 songs, with features from Future, Erykah Badu, Burna Boy, Tems and Petey Pablo.<\/p>\n

In addition to Tae Beast and Beat Butcha, production comes from The Alchemist, Boi-1da, T-Minus, Vinylz, Jake One, Carter Lang, Wu10, DZL and J. Cole himself, among others.<\/p>\n

Though the North Carolina native doesn’t directly address his controversial decision to bow out of his rap battle with Kendrick Lamar — as many fans were hoping — he does allude to it on “39 Intro,” rapping: “Never in my life did I think I’d see the day \/ Where n*ggas wanna play with my name, but okay \/ I’m goin’ back in.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Cole reimagines Common‘s classic song “I Used to Love H.E.R.,” penning his own complicated love letter to hip-hop on “I Love Her Again” (which also samples the Chicago MC’s Like Water For Chocolate<\/em> hit “The Light”).<\/p>\n

There are plenty of other samples, interpolations and homages to Cole’s hip-hop heroes throughout The Fall-Off<\/em>, making the album feel like one big ode to the genre that he holds dear.<\/p>\n

The Erykah Badu-assisted “The Villest” blends OutKast‘s “Elevators (Me & You)” hook with a reworked version of Mobb Deep‘s “The Realest” beat; “Life Sentence” borrows the chorus from DMX‘s “How’s It Goin’ Down”; and “Poor Thang” samples Boosie Badazz‘s Southern rap anthem “Set It Off.”<\/p>\n

Prior to its release, J. Cole described The Fall-Off<\/em> as “bring[ing] the concept of my first project [2007’s The Come Up<\/em>] full circle.”<\/p>\n

“Disc [one] tells a story of me returning to my hometown at age 29. A decade after moving to New York, accomplishing what would have seemed impossible to most, I was at a crossroads with the 3 loves of my life; my woman, my craft, and my city,” he wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cDisc [two] gives insight into my mindset during a similar trip<\/a> home, this time as a 39 year old man. Older and a little closer to peace.”<\/p>\n

Stream The Fall-Off<\/em> below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The post J. Cole ‘Squashes’ 2Pac & Biggie’s Beef On New Album ‘The Fall-Off’: Listen appeared first on HipHopDX.<\/p>\n