J. Cole reveals Kendrick Lamar was on two tracks on “The Fall-Off”.
There were some rumours that both Kendrick Lamar and Drake were supposed to appear on J. Cole’s “The Fall-Off“, but it didn’t happen after the much-talked-about battle between Drizzy and K. Dot. J. Cole has finally responded to the rumours and confirmed that he indeed had plans to have both of them on the album.
In a new interview with Cam’ron, Cole said: “[Kendrick Lamar] was on two joints. That was a part of my vision for it, having both of these dudes as a part of this. On my way out, I wanted to celebrate like, ‘Damn, I’m really grateful to have done it at the same time as these ni–as.'”
The Dreamville boss then shared his reaction to Lamar’s “Like That” verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s album: “I had two reactions,” he said. “My first reaction is: that sh-t is hard. It’s a hard-a-s verse, undeniably. The beat is crazy, the song is ill and I’m like, ‘That sh-t is tough.’ My second reaction is: not now, ni–a! This is inconvenient for me.”
Cole then revealed that he dissed Kendrick with “7 Minute Drill” due to pressure. “My phone was blowing up immediately like, ‘Please, press the button!’ That’s the energy from ni–as that love me,” he revealed. “In reality, do I actually feel any sort of [disrespect]. There wasn’t any disrespect in [Kendrick’s verse]! I didn’t listen to that and be like, ‘Damn, ni–a said what?’
“My feeling was, ‘F–k!’ Because now I know this [album] that I’ve been working on for eight years, plus this other [mixtape] that I did as a set-up, ni–as ain’t gonna never let me put that out until I address this.”
“There was no malice in my heart. There wasn’t even a desire to be like, ‘Ooh, this ni–a gave me a chance to come demolish him!’” he said. “I love this ni–a … but I’m worried about what the world is gonna say. Which is embarassing to say out loud, but it’s true. Because I’m fearful that this thing that I’ve been working on for so long is gonna go unappreciated if I don’t [respond].
“So I’m like, ‘Let me say just enough to where it looks like I said something.’ Everything I’m saying, I know and he knows, it’s all survivable. I’m not hitting him with no fatal blows.”
Check out the full interview below.
