The Fall-Off

J. Cole’s greatest album of all time is a double-disc Alexandrian quest to conquer a wide breadth of styles and ideas. It crumples under expectations few records could hope to meet.

The Fall-Off succeeds in presenting J. Cole in his final form, freed from the pop-chasing of his early career and the GOAT rapper status he always yearned for.

Review: J. Cole says 'The Fall-Off' is his last album. If so, he's going out with an opus that's dense, sometimes frustrating, and beautifully human

J. Cole has always been a student of the craft. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in North Carolina – far away from the warring East / West

If visible flop-sweat were all that mattered in art, J. Cole's 'The Fall-Out' might be as remarkable as it insists it is.

<strong>(Interscope)<br></strong>Bowing out after six consecutive US No 1 albums, Cole references rap greats and even conjures a convo between Biggie and 2Pac – but the lens rarely strays from himself