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Busta Rhymes & J Dilla Dropping New Album ‘Dillagence 2’
Andy Bustard (20/02/2026)
Busta Rhymes and J Dilla are reuniting for a new album this year. The Flipmode Squad frontman held a listening session in New York City on Thursday night (February 20) for Dillagence 2, the sequel to his and Dilla’s original 2007 mixtape. Joined by Statik Selektah and DJ Tony Touch, Busta gave a room full... The post Busta Rhymes & J Dilla Dropping New Album ‘Dillagence 2’ appeared first on HipHopDX.
Busta Rhymes and J Dilla are reuniting for a new album this year.
The Flipmode Squad frontman held a listening session in New York City on Thursday night (February 20) for Dillagence 2, the sequel to his and Dilla’s original 2007 mixtape.
Joined by Statik Selektah and DJ Tony Touch, Busta gave a room full of lucky fans and friends the first opportunity to hear the project — which includes what appears to be a collaboration with Lil Wayne.
Statik shared a brief snippet of a song seemingly featuring Weezy on his Instagram Stories, tagging the Young Money superstar in the clip. If so, it would be the first time that the world will get to hear Wayne rap over Dilla production.
Announcing Dillagence 2 ahead of the listening party on Instagram, Busta wrote: “THE BLESSINGS DON’T STOP SO WE DON’T STOP!!! NEVERRR!!! BREAKING NEWS!!!! [eyes emojis] BUSTA RHYMES x J DILLA NEW ALBUM!! POP UP LISTENING SESSION TONIGHT!! [fire emojis].”
Further details, such as a release date or tracklist, have yet to be revealed.
Released in November 2007, more than a year after J Dilla’s untimely death, Dillagence served as a tribute to the late producer as Busta Rhymes made use of some of his most iconic beats, as well as a few original instrumentals.
Hosted by Mick Boogie, the mixtape featured appearances from fellow Dilla disciples Q-Tip, Phonte and Talib Kweli, as well as Raekwon, M.O.P. and Rah Digga.
By the time of its release, Busta and Jay Dee had built up a chemistry as one of hip-hop’s greatest rapper-producer duos, combining for countless classics such as “Still Shining,” “Show Me What You Got” and “Turn Me Up Some.”
In fact, Dilla was a mainstay throughout Busta’s solo catalog, contributing to six of his first seven albums. (1998’s Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front was the only one which didn’t feature his sonic fingerprints.)
“J Dilla left me with over 300 beats before he passed. I’m extremely selective with who I give them to, which is why I haven’t given them to anybody except Raekwon and that was for Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Part Two,” Busta told GQ in 2020.
“I’ve always tried to represent and uphold the legacy of the late, great J Dilla, through all of my albums … I’m a huge fan of Dilla. I think Dilla is probably top three best producers in the world. To me, my top three favorite producers ever are Dr. Dre, Q-Tip and J Dilla.”
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Read More New Music Friday: Baby Keem, Larry June, Curren$y & The Alchemist, Denzel Curry & More
Andy Bustard (20/02/2026)
Baby Keem‘s long-awaited sophomore album and a holy trifecta collaboration between Larry June, Curren$y and The Alchemist take top billing for this week’s New Music Friday. Five years after his breakthrough debut The Melodic Blue, Two Phone Baby Keem returns with Ca$ino, an infectious yet personal album that’s sure to solidify him as one of... The post New Music Friday: Baby Keem, Larry June, Curren$y & The Alchemist, Denzel Curry & More appeared first on HipHopDX.
Baby Keem‘s long-awaited sophomore album and a holy trifecta collaboration between Larry June, Curren$y and The Alchemist take top billing for this week’s New Music Friday.
Five years after his breakthrough debut The Melodic Blue, Two Phone Baby Keem returns with Ca$ino, an infectious yet personal album that’s sure to solidify him as one of the biggest stars of hip-hop’s new gen. And just like last time, his cousin Kendrick Lamar pops up with a guest verse to make it a family affair.
Announced just earlier this month, Spiral Staircases brings together indie rap heavyweights Larry June, Spitta and Uncle Al for a smooth seven-song ride that should come with a contact high warning. The only downside: it ain’t long enough!
Elsewhere, JAY-Z has surprise-released the original non-album version of “Dead Presidents” on streaming services for the first time, fuelling rumors that he’s ready to make a comeback this year. (Reasonable Doubt turns 30 this summer, after all.)
Denzel Curry continues to sharpen the scythe of his new supergroup with another moshpit-ready anthem featuring A$AP Ferg and TiaCorine, the late Mac Miller makes a posthumous appearance on his close friend Thundercat‘s new single, and SZA, Killer Mike and JID chip in with new tunes for movie soundtracks and major cereal brands.
Check out this week’s best new rap albums and songs below.
Baby Keem — Ca$ino
Featuring: Kendrick Lamar, Too $hort, Momo Boyd, Che Ecru, Cardo, Danja, Jahaan Sweet, FnZ, Scott Bridgeway, Michael Uzowuru
Larry June, Curren$y & The Alchemist — Spiral Staircases
Featuring: N/A
JAY-Z — “Dead Presidents” (Original Non-Album Version)
Produced By: Ski Beatz
Denzel Curry feat. A$AP Ferg & TiaCorine — “The Scythe”
Produced By: BEAUTIFULMVN, iloveit!, POSHstronaut & DJ Qeys
SZA — “Save the Day”
Produced By: Rob Bisel & Ben Lovett
NAV feat. Young Thug — “Trimski”
Produced By: Ty Gotem, Elementry & Rel
Thundercat feat. Mac Miller — “She Knows Too Much”
Produced By: Greg Kurstin
Ray Vaughn feat. AZ Chike — “Hit & Run”
Produced By: Vinnyforgood & YEGR
JID & Tony the Tiger — “HEY TONY!” (Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes Song)
Produced By: Christo & Nice Rec
Killer Mike feat. Lena Byrd-Miles — “Spying Eyes (Smiling Faces)”
Produced By: Cozmo, Max Perry & Vidal Garcia
CyHi The Prynce feat. Kanye West — “No Competition”
Produced By: Kanye West, Don Cannon, BoogzDaBeast, CyHi The Prynce, Magnedo7 & Edsclusve
Ty Dolla $ign feat. Leon Thomas — “Miss U 2”
Produced By: Credits unavailable
Don Toliver — “Creepin”
Produced By: BNYX, 206DEREK & Don Toliver
Mozzy & EST Gee — Not a Chance in Hell
Featuring: BloodHound Q50
Jay Worthy feat. Method Man — “Visions”
Produced By: Vada
Ab-Soul — “Have a Nice Day”
Produced By: Matt Miller
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Hit-Boy — “Block Party”
Produced By: Hit-Boy & Brian Kidd
LaRussell — “DRAFT DAY FREESTYLE”
Produced By: Credits unavailable
REASON — “Don’t Play With My Heart”
Produced By: MARVIIN
Jorja Smith — “Don’t Leave”
Produced By: New Machine
Wallie the Sensei feat. K Camp — “No Quitter”
Produced By: Credits unavailable
Kai Ca$h — “FIN.”
Produced By: Credits unavailable
Bruiser Wolf feat. BabyTron & Sheefy McFly — “Why They Play Me?”
Produced By: Sheefy McFly
Michael Christmas — “Federal Digital”
Produced By: GRiMM Doza
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Read More Mac Miller Shines On New Posthumous Thundercat Collab “She Knows Too Much”: Listen
Andy Bustard (18/02/2026)
Mac Miller fans have been blessed with a never-before-heard performance from the late musician, courtesy of Thundercat. The Brainfeeder bass player has released a new single called “She Knows Too Much,” which features smooth vocals and a slick guest verse from Mac. Produced by Grammy-winning hitmaker Greg Kurstin, the funky, upbeat track reunites the close... The post Mac Miller Shines On New Posthumous Thundercat Collab “She Knows Too Much”: Listen appeared first on HipHopDX.
Mac Miller fans have been blessed with a never-before-heard performance from the late musician, courtesy of Thundercat.
The Brainfeeder bass player has released a new single called “She Knows Too Much,” which features smooth vocals and a slick guest verse from Mac.
Produced by Grammy-winning hitmaker Greg Kurstin, the funky, upbeat track reunites the close friends and collaborators for an ode to falling in love with a woman only to realize she’s a no-good gold digger.
“You got trouble payin’ rent now / Live in an apartment, I can take you to the penthouse / Got a step child, gone like exile / Make me say, ‘Woo!’ every time you pull your breasts out / I’m feelin’ left out / When you’re stressed out / I know you say it’s true love, but why you always hit me when the check bounce?” Mac spits.
“She Knows Too Much” is accompanied by a trippy music video directed by Léa Esmaili, which brings the song to life through various animated formats.
“I’m grateful to have spent my time on this planet with Mac,” Thundercat said of the track in a press release. “What an artist, what a spirit, what a joy to have experienced.”
He added in a heartfelt Instagram post: “What can I say about Mac Miller that hasn’t been said, shared & explored with you all. I always considered Mac a ‘one man rat pack.’ Smooth like Frank, cool like Sammy, suave like Dean.
“I wish that you all could have been there with us the moment this song was created in his garage. Between [Mac Miller], [Taylor Graves], [Josh Berg] & I we all knew it was something special. So happy to be able to finally share!
“From Faces, to Swimming in Circles, to Ballonerism and beyond… long live Mac Miller!!!”
“She Knows Too Much” is the latest single from Thundercat’s new album Distracted, which is set to be released on April 3.
The follow-up to 2020’s It Is What It Is, the upcoming project will also feature appearances from A$AP Rocky, Lil Yachty, Flying Lotus, Tame Impala, Willow Smith and Channel Tres.
Check out the cover art and tracklist below.
Thundercat — Distracted (Tracklist):
1. Candlelight
2. No More Lies (feat. Tame Impala)
3. She Knows Too Much (feat. Mac Miller)
4. I Did This To Myself (feat. Lil Yachty)
5. Funny Friends (feat. A$AP Rocky)
6. What Is Left To Say
7. I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time
8. Anakin Learns His Fate
9. Walking On The Moon
10. This Thing We Call Love (feat. Channel Tres)
11. ThunderWave (feat. Willow)
12. Pozole
13. A.D.D. Through The Roof
14. Great Americans
15. You Left Without Saying Goodbye
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Read More J. Cole Announces Massive ‘The Fall-Off’ World Tour
Andy Bustard (17/02/2026)
J. Cole is taking his new album The Fall-Off on the road this year. On Monday (February 16), the Dreamville founder announced a massive world tour in support of his latest (and purpotedly final) project that will take him to 50 cities across four continents in five months. The North American leg begins on July... The post J. Cole Announces Massive ‘The Fall-Off’ World Tour appeared first on HipHopDX.
J. Cole is taking his new album The Fall-Off on the road this year.
On Monday (February 16), the Dreamville founder announced a massive world tour in support of his latest (and purpotedly final) project that will take him to 50 cities across four continents in five months.
The North American leg begins on July 11 in Charlotte, NC and wraps up on September 23 in Cole’s hometown of Fayeteville (also in North Carolina), hitting arenas in Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Toronto, New York City, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Houston, among other major markets, along the way.
The 40-year-old then jets to Europe on October 7 for a 17-date trek that includes stops in London, Manchester, Dublin, Paris, Hamburg, Amsterdam and Stockholm.
That’s followed by a run of shows in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa between November 25 and December 12, bringing the epic international tour to a close.
Tickets go on sale Friday (February 20) via J. Cole’s website. Check out the full tour dates at the bottom of this article.
The announcement comes shortly after The Fall-Off made a big splash on the Billboard 200 chart, earning J. Cole his seventh consecutive number one album.
The 24-song double-disc effort, which boasts collaborations with the likes of Future, Erykah Badu and The Alchemist, earned 280,000 equivalent units in its first week.
It’s the biggest-selling rap album in almost a year since Playboi Carti‘s MUSIC topped the Billboard 200 in March 2025 with 298,000 first-week sales.
The Fall-Off has been described by Cole himself as his final album, one that was years in the making and “brings the concept of [his] first project [2007’s The Come Up] full circle.”
However, in a recent Q&A with fans on his Inevitable blog, the North Carolina native indicated that he is not ready to hang up his mic for good just yet.
He confirmed that his long-awaited It’s a Boy project, which was first teased back in 2020, is still on the way.
“No it’s not scrapped. It will release,” he wrote. “We almost put it out before the album. But with the Birthday Blizzard tape and 24-song album we was like it’s a lot of music to process.”
Cole also said he plans to release alternate versions of “Legacy,” which was the first song he recorded for The Fall-Off, so fans can hear how the track changed over time.
J. Cole — The Fall-Off Tour Dates:
Jul 11 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
Jul 14 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
Jul 15 — Tampa, FL @ Benchmark International Arena
Jul 17 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
Jul 20 — Philadelphia, PA @ Xfinity Mobile Arena
Jul 23 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
Jul 25 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Jul 27 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
Jul 31 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
Aug 04 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Aug 05 — Queens, NY @ UBS Arena
Aug 07 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Aug 11 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
Aug 15 — Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Arena
Aug 16 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
Aug 18 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
Aug 19 — Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
Aug 21 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
Aug 24 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
Aug 25 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
Aug 27 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
Aug 29 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
Sep 01 — Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena
Sep 03 — Inglewood, CA @ Intuit Dome
Sep 06 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
Sep 09 — San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
Sep 10 — Phoenix, AZ @ Mortgage Matchup Center
Sep 13 — San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center
Sep 14 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
Sep 16 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
Sep 19 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
Sep 23 — Fayetteville, NC @ Crown Coliseum*
Oct 07 — Berlin, DE @ Uber Arena
Oct 09 — Zurich, CH @ AG Hallenstadion
Oct 12 — Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome
Oct 15 — Cologne, DE @ LANXESS Arena
Oct 17 — Antwerp, BE @ AFAS Dome
Oct 19 — London, UK @ The O2
Oct 20 — London, UK @ The O2
Oct 22 — Dublin, IE @ 3Arena
Oct 25 — Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena
Oct 26 — Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro
Oct 28 — Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live
Oct 31 — Nottingham, UK @ Motorpoint Arena
Nov 05 — Paris, FR @ Accor Arena
Nov 08 — Hamburg, DE @ Barclays Arena
Nov 09 — Copenhagen, DK @ Royal Arena
Nov 11 — Stockholm, SE @ Avicii Arena
Nov 12 — Oslo, NO @ Unity Arena
Nov 25 — Brisbane, AU @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Nov 28 — Melbourne, AU @ Rod Laver Arena
Dec 01 — Sydney, AU @ Qudos Bank Arena
Dec 05 — Auckland, NZ @ Spark Arena
Dec 12 — Johannesburg, ZA @ FNB Stadium
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Read More J. Cole’s ‘The Fall-Off’ Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200 With Huge First-Week Sales
Andy Bustard (16/02/2026)
J. Cole‘s decision to bow out of his rap battle with Kendrick Lamar may have led to questions about his place in hip-hop’s “Big Three,” but his latest album is proof that he remains one of the game’s biggest commercial stars. The Dreamville rapper’s eighth (and supposedly final) LP The Fall-Off has debuted at number... The post J. Cole’s ‘The Fall-Off’ Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200 With Huge First-Week Sales appeared first on HipHopDX.
J. Cole‘s decision to bow out of his rap battle with Kendrick Lamar may have led to questions about his place in hip-hop’s “Big Three,” but his latest album is proof that he remains one of the game’s biggest commercial stars.
The Dreamville rapper’s eighth (and supposedly final) LP The Fall-Off has debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 after earning 280,000 equivalent units in its first week, according to Billboard.
166,500 units came from streaming (amounting to 169.5 million on-demand official streams) and 113,000 comprised of pure album sales.
Of the latter figure, roughly 71 percent (80,000 units) were from vinyl sales, marking Cole’s biggest ever week on vinyl.
The Fall-Off also boasts the largest sales week for a hip-hop album since March 2025 when Playboi Carti‘s MUSIC topped the Billboard 200 with 298,000 opening-week units.
In terms of Cole’s own catalog, The Fall-Off is his seventh consecutive number one album — a streak that dates back to his 2011 debut Cole World: The Sideline Story.
The North Carolina native also topped the Billboard 200 with the 2019 Dreamville compilation Revenge of the Dreamers III, although his 2024 mixtape Might Delete Later missed out on the top spot despite racking up a respectable 115,000 first-week units.
The Fall-Off has been described by J. Cole himself as his final album, one that was years in the making and “brings the concept of [his] first project [2007’s The Come Up] full circle.”
However, in a recent Q&A with fans on his Inevitable blog, the 40-year-old indicated that he is not ready to hang up his mic for good just yet.
He confirmed that his long-awaited It’s a Boy project, which was first teased back in 2020, is still on the way.
“No it’s not scrapped. It will release,” he wrote. “We almost put it out before the album. But with the Birthday Blizzard tape and 24-song album we was like it’s a lot of music to process.”
Cole also teased releasing leftover material from The Fall-Off, including alternate versions of the early fan-favorite “Legacy.”
When asked about the first song he recorded for the album, he replied: “The answer is Legacy. That song not only stood the test of time, it went through phases and got better and better with more love and attention.
“One day this year I plan to put the different iterations of that song on the blog, so people can hear how it progressed.”
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Read More Kanye West & Travis Scott Reportedly Working On Joint Album
Andy Bustard (16/02/2026)
Kanye West and Travis Scott have been secretly putting together a collaborative project — according to Havoc, at least. The Mobb Deep legend was interviewed by Complex about his role in Ye’s The Life of Pablo, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, and let the cat out of the bag about Yeezy and La Flame’s... The post Kanye West & Travis Scott Reportedly Working On Joint Album appeared first on HipHopDX.
Kanye West and Travis Scott have been secretly putting together a collaborative project — according to Havoc, at least.
The Mobb Deep legend was interviewed by Complex about his role in Ye’s The Life of Pablo, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, and let the cat out of the bag about Yeezy and La Flame’s alleged album.
“Recently, I did a track — I don’t want to blow up the spot and say it just in case if it don’t ever come out. But I will say, he’s working on a project, I believe, with Travis Scott,” the veteran rapper/producer said.
It sounds like Havoc, who counts Kanye as a big admirer and has soundtracked numerous songs for the Chicago native including “Real Friends,” “Famous” and “Vultures (Havoc Version),” is even involved in the project himself.
“A few of my tracks have made the cut so far,” he added.
After Kanye West took numerous shots at Travis Scott during his infamous social media tirade in early 2025, the pair appeared to rekindle their relationship months later when the Cactus Jack hitmaker showed love to his longtime mentor.
“Shoutout to my brother Ye, man. I ain’t gon’ lie, we might have to do something special,” he said onstage during a performance in Sydney, Australia last October.
Weeks later, Travis brought out Ye as a surprise guest at his concert in Tokyo, Japan, where the former G.O.O.D Music duo ran through hits like “Can’t Tell Me Nothing,” “Runaway” and “Carnival.”
Kanye is also expected to return this spring with a new solo album, which will mark his first release since 2024’s Vultures 2, his second (and seemingly final) collaborative LP with Ty Dolla $ign.
After numerous delays, it was recently reported that West’s 12th studio album Bully will arrive on March 30 as a part of a new deal with Gamma., the music media company founded by former Apple exec. Larry Jackson.
The controversial rap icon is also hoping the project will help to further repair his reputation following his recent apology for his antisemitic behavior, which was published as a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal.
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Read More New Music Friday: Nipsey Hussle, Brent Faiyaz, Larry June & Curren$y, Mike WiLL Made-It & More
Andy Bustard (13/02/2026)
If, like us, J. Cole‘s The Fall-Off has remained heavy in your rotation over the last seven days, then there’s plenty of new music this week that’s about to compete for your attention. Leading the bill is a previously-unreleased posthumous track from the late, great Nipsey Hussle and his close collaborator Bino Rideaux, the first... The post New Music Friday: Nipsey Hussle, Brent Faiyaz, Larry June & Curren$y, Mike WiLL Made-It & More appeared first on HipHopDX.
If, like us, J. Cole‘s The Fall-Off has remained heavy in your rotation over the last seven days, then there’s plenty of new music this week that’s about to compete for your attention.
Leading the bill is a previously-unreleased posthumous track from the late, great Nipsey Hussle and his close collaborator Bino Rideaux, the first offering from their newly-announced album Prolific which is due out this summer.
There’s a couple of heavyweight producer-driven collaborations from The Alchemist, who serves up the lead single from his Spiral Staircases project with Larry June and Curren$y (out February 20), and Mike WiLL Made-It, who calls on NBA YoungBoy and Chief Keef to help him build buzz for his upcoming solo LP R3SET (out March 20).
On the albums front, R&B lovers are spoiled for choice as we head into Valentine’s Day weekend thanks to Brent Faiyaz, who drops off the eagerly anticipated Icon, executive produced by none other than Raphael Saadiq, while Jill Scott returns with the star-studded To Whom This May Concern which features JID, Ab-Soul, DJ Premier and others.
Check out all the best new rap albums and songs below.
Nipsey Hussle & Bino Rideaux — “Reckless”
Produced By: Mike & Keys
Brent Faiyaz — Icon
Featuring: Raphael Saadiq (executive producer), Chad Hugo, Benny Blanco, Tommy Richman, Dpat, Jonah Roy
Larry June, Curren$y & The Alchemist — “Everything Allocated”
Produced By: The Alchemist
Mike WiLL Made-It feat. NBA YoungBoy & Chief Keef — “Rooms”
Produced By: Mike WiLL Made-It & Truebeatzz
Jill Scott — To Whom This May Concern
Featuring: JID, Ab-Soul, DJ Premier, Too $hort, Tierra Whack, Om’Mas Keith, S1 (Symbolyc One), Young RJ, Trombone Shorty, Maha Adachi Earth
Central Cee — “Iceman Freestyle”
Produced By: Harley Arsenault, Chris Rich & AyeTM
Waka Flocka Flame — LeBron Flocka James 2K26
Featuring: Southside, TM88, Travis Porter, Roscoe Dash, Wooh Da Kid
Murda Beatz feat. Cash Cobain & Loe Shimmy — “By My Side”
Produced By: Murda Beatz, G40, Oscar Familia, Keymajor & Puku
Hit-Boy & Spank Nitti James feat. E-40 — “Bridal Shower (Remix)”
Produced By: Hit-Boy
Ransom, Boldy James & Nicholas Craven — Salvation for the World (EP)
Featuring: Young Chris, OT The Real
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie — Before Artistry (EP)
Featuring: Trippie Redd, Kyle Richh, Zeddy Will, Gabe Lucas, S.Dot
BossMan Dlow — “Act Like Money”
Produced By: D. Rich
Produced By: Jaywavy, Kaigoinkrazy & TrillGotJuice
The Cool Kids feat. Don Cannon & Ryan Leslie — “Weekend Love (Re-Issue)”
Produced By: Don Cannon
Concrete Boys feat. Lil Yachty, Camo!, Draft Day & D2Trill — “Millionaire”
Produced By: Credits unavailable
Kenny Mason — FEB ’26 (EP)
Featuring: Feardorian, DVDX, Michael Carroll
Jamie Foxx — “Somebody”
Produced By: Jamie Foxx, Jermaine Carter, Wade Albert Branch III & Sam Pounds
Chris Crack — Too Late to Start Following the Rules
Featuring: Madlib, Sir Michael Rocks, Shawnna, Bruiser Wolf, Hudson Mohawke
Buddy — “Round Me”
Produced By: Credits unavailable
Buddah Bless — Buddah Bless the Streets
Featuring: Big Sean, Kodak Black, 2 Chainz, Lil Yachty, BossMan Dlow, 41, Hunxho, Trinidad James, Smokepurpp, Skooly
Ras Kass — Leopard Eats Face
Featuring: Ab-Soul, Inspectah Deck, Treach, Onyx, Smif-N-Wessun, Coast Contra, Daylyt, Mopreme Shakur, Bishop Lamont, Chip Fu, Wais P,
CRIMEAPPLE & Evidence — War Cash
Featuring: Blu, Monday Night
Marlon Craft — “Analog Man”
Produced By: Havoc, Marlon Craft & Sly5thAve
Bruiser Wolf & Sheefy Mcfly feat. Akeem Ali — “Common Goal”
Produced By: Sheefy McFly
Terrace Martin — Peace
Featuring: N/A
Domani — Forever Lasting Tape (EP)
Featuring: Key Glock, Jacquees, K Camp, DC Young Fly, Seddy Hendrix
Mickey Factz — Tru Crime (EP)
Featuring: N/A
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Read More J. Cole Responds To Cam’ron’s $500K Lawsuit Over “Ready ’24” Collab
Andy Bustard (12/02/2026)
J. Cole has responded to Cam’ron‘s lawsuit over “Ready ’24”, denying they ever agreed to record the song in exchange for a future collaboration. The suit, filed in October 2025, accuses Cole of failing to keep his promise to bless Cam with a guest verse or interview after the Harlem native appeared on his Might... The post J. Cole Responds To Cam’ron’s $500K Lawsuit Over “Ready ’24” Collab appeared first on HipHopDX.
J. Cole has responded to Cam’ron‘s lawsuit over “Ready ’24”, denying they ever agreed to record the song in exchange for a future collaboration.
The suit, filed in October 2025, accuses Cole of failing to keep his promise to bless Cam with a guest verse or interview after the Harlem native appeared on his Might Delete Later track.
Killa Cam, who claims he was never properly credited or compensated for his contribution to the Billboard Hot 100 hit, is seeking his share of the profits from the song, which he estimates is at least $500,000.
In a response filed on Tuesday (February 10), however, J. Cole’s attorneys argue that no such agreement was ever made — and that Cam’ron actually featured on “Ready ’24” “voluntarily and without condition” without “rais[ing] any objections prior to its commercial release.”
“[Cam’ron] encouraged and blessed [J. Cole’s] use of his performance, as it was to his career benefit,” Cole’s lawyer, Christine Lepera, wrote in the court filing, per Billboard.
Lepera also blasted Cam for “publicly disparaging” the Dreamville star, adding: “It was only after the release of ‘Ready ‘24’ that he began to demand unreasonable conditions never agreed to by Cole, or an excessive fee inconsistent with industry standards for a featured performance, followed by the filing of this lawsuit without notice to publicly disparage Cole as leverage.”
Neither Cam’ron nor his attorneys have yet commented on J. Cole’s response.
The development comes shortly after Cam publicly addressed the lawsuit on his YouTube show Talk With Flee, where he accused Cole of repeatedly curving his request for a collaboration.
When he first reached out for a guest verse, Cam claimed that Cole told him something to the effect of: “The chakra ain’t right now. The moon gotta align with the stars. When I write I put my all into it.”
“[I was like], ‘Okay, well put your all into it!’” he joked.
Killa said he feels especially aggrieved because he returned Cole’s own feature request in rapid time, knocking out his “Ready ’24” verse in just “20 minutes.”
The Harlem native, who has established himself as a leading media personality in recent years, instead asked Cole for an interview, which he agreed to do to promote an upcoming album. (It’s unclear if he was referring to Might Delete Later or the recently released The Fall-Off.)
According to Cam, however, Cole continually put off their conversation due to him delaying the project and not wanting to publicly discuss his high-profile (albeit brief) rap battle with Kendrick Lamar.
“Now we gonna do it in October,” Cam explained after claiming that Cole reneged on their original plan to record the interview that June. “[I said,] ‘Alright, I’ll call you back in October.’ This is when all the beef is going on with Kendrick Lamar.
“[Cole told me], ‘Yo, I can’t do it right now because I don’t feel like talking about that.’ I said, ‘Look, I won’t even bring that up.’ He says, ‘Nah, I can’t do no interview and not talk about it.’”
Cam’ron claimed that they rescheduled their interview for the following February, but Cole again brushed him off, telling him that he was “still working” on his album — much to Killa’s frustration.
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Read More Baby Keem Announces New Album ‘Ca$ino’ Feat. Kendrick Lamar, Too $hort & More
Andy Bustard (12/02/2026)
Baby Keem is returning in 2026 with his first album in five years. The Grammy-winning rapper has announced that he’s releasing his second studio effort Ca$ino on February 20 via pgLang/Columbia. The project clocks in at 12 songs and features guest appearances from his cousin and frequent collaborator Kendrick Lamar, as well as Bay Area... The post Baby Keem Announces New Album ‘Ca$ino’ Feat. Kendrick Lamar, Too $hort & More appeared first on HipHopDX.
Baby Keem is returning in 2026 with his first album in five years.
The Grammy-winning rapper has announced that he’s releasing his second studio effort Ca$ino on February 20 via pgLang/Columbia.
The project clocks in at 12 songs and features guest appearances from his cousin and frequent collaborator Kendrick Lamar, as well as Bay Area rap legend Too $hort, R&B singer/producer Che Ecur and Momo Boyd, a vocalist in the soft rock band Infinity Song.
Check out the cover art and tracklist below.
Baby Keem — Ca$ino (Tracklist):
1. No Security
2. Ca$ino
3. Birds & The Bees
4. Good Flirts (feat. Kendrick Lamar & Momo Boyd)
5. House Money
6. I Am Not a Lyricist
7. Sex Appeal (feat. Too $hort)
8. Tubi (feat. Che Ecru)
9. Highway 95 Pt. 2
10. Circus Circus Free$tyle
11. Dramatic Girl
12. No Blame
Baby Keem has also shared an accompany mini-documentary called Booman, which focuses on his humble upbringing in Long Beach, California, and features archival family footage as well as commentary from some of his close relatives.
Among the people featured in the short film is Kendrick Lamar, who reflects on their family ties.
“I understood the hardships before he was born,” says the Compton-bred superstar, who is Keem’s second cousin and 13 years his senior. “His mom, that’s my first cousin. I already knew what she been through.”
“Just the history of our family in general — we don’t call ourselves The Hillbillies for nothing,” he adds, referencing the name of his and Keem’s rap duo.
Watch it below.
Shortly after the release of his new album, Baby Keem will embark on the Ca$ino Tour, which takes him across North America and Europe this spring and summer.
The domestic leg kicks off on April 15 in Raleigh, North Carolina, and wraps up on June 7 in Boston, Massachusetts, hitting cities such as Atlanta, Miami, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia and New York along the way.
Keem then jets to London on August 29 for a 10-date international trek which includes stops in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Manchester and Birmingham.
Tickets are available via Baby Keem’s website. Scroll down for the full tour dates.
Ca$ino serves as the follow-up to Keem’s breakthrough debut album The Melodic Blue, which arrived in September 2021.
Boasting a star-studded and tighly-curated supporting cast of Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, Don Toliver and Brent Faiyaz, the project cracked the top five of the Billboard 200 and has since been certified platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).
It also spawned the hit single “Family Ties,” which won Best Rap Performance at the 2022 Grammy Awards and earned Keem a further two nominations that year (Best Rap Song, Best New Artist).
Baby Keem — Ca$ino Tour:
Apr 15 — Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
Apr 16 — Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
Apr 18 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
Apr 19 — Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
Apr 22 — Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
Apr 24 — Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theatre
Apr 27 — Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
Apr 28 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
May 01 — Las Vegas, NV @ The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan
May 03 — Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall
May 06 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
May 08 — San Diego, CA @ SOMA
May 11 — Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
May 13 — Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater
May 14 — Vancouver, BC @ PNE Forum
May 16 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center
May 17 — Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
May 20 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
May 22 — Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave / Eagle’s Club
May 23 — Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center
May 24 — Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room @ Old National Centre
May 26 — Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
May 28 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
May 31 — Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
Jun 03 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
Jun 04 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
Jun 05 — Queens, NY @ Governors Ball Music Festival
Jun 07 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Aug 29 — London, UK @ All Points East
Aug 31 — Cologne, DE @ Palladium
Sep 01 — Berlin, DE @ Tempodrom
Sep 03 — Paris, FR @ Olympia
Sep 06 — Zurich, CH @ Halle 622
Sep 08 — Amsterdam, NL @ AFAS Live
Sep 11 — Manchester, UK @ O2 Victoria Warehouse
Sep 14 — Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy Glasgow
Sep 16 — Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy Birmingham
FSep 18 — London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
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Read More J. Cole Gives Update On ‘It’s A Boy’ Project & Future Music Plans
Andy Bustard (11/02/2026)
J. Cole may have billed The Fall-Off as his final album, but that doesn’t mean he’s hanging up his mic for good. In a Q&A with fans on his Inevitable blog this week following the release of his latest LP, the Dreamville rapper shared an update on his future music plans, confirming that his long-awaited... The post J. Cole Gives Update On ‘It’s A Boy’ Project & Future Music Plans appeared first on HipHopDX.
J. Cole may have billed The Fall-Off as his final album, but that doesn’t mean he’s hanging up his mic for good.
In a Q&A with fans on his Inevitable blog this week following the release of his latest LP, the Dreamville rapper shared an update on his future music plans, confirming that his long-awaited project It’s a Boy is still coming out.
“No it’s not scrapped. It will release,” he responded to one fan who asked about the status of the project, which was first teased by Cole back in 2020 as part of “The Fall-Off Era” (which also included Revenge of the Dreamers III, The Off-Season and, of course, The Fall-Off).
He added: “We almost put it out before the album. But with the Birthday Blizzard tape and 24-song album we was like it’s a lot of music to process.”
Cole also teased releasing leftover material from The Fall-Off, including alternate versions of the early fan-favorite “Legacy.”
When asked about the first song he recorded for the album, the North Carolina native replied: “The answer is Legacy. That song not only stood the test of time, it went through phases and got better and better with more love and attention.
“One day this year I plan to put the different iterations of that song on the blog, so people can hear how it progressed.”
Addressing his “A Plate of Collard Greens” collaborator Daylyt‘s recent comment that none of the Fall-Off tracks he previously heard (and loved) made the final cut, Cole said: “I only remember one joint he for sure heard. That’s still coming out. It was a lot of music recorded.”
J. Cole fans can also expect him to become a lot more active behind the boards as a producer for other artists, adding to a discography that already includes credits for Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, Mac Miller and others.
“My passion and excitement right now is in producing,” he revealed during the Q&A session. “I wanna make beats, produce for other artists, even if I’m not making the beat. Just helping to craft the vision. That’s a big passion of mine.”
Despite the stash of new music he plans to put out, Cole has no plans to release another studio album — sticking to his original plan that The Fall-Off will be his final offering.
“I have no interest in making more ‘J. Cole’ albums,” he declared. “I will write, I will record when it hits me. Release new music if the spirit says to do so. But The Fall-Off is a project I won’t try to top.”
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Read More 50 Cent Reacts To Ja Rule & Tony Yayo’s Pillow-Throwing Plane Argument
Andy Bustard (10/02/2026)
50 Cent has found yet another excuse to mock Ja Rule, this time thanks to his trustee soldier Tony Yayo. In a hilarious video shared on Instagram on Monday (February 9), fellow 50 Cent affiliate Uncle Murda filmed himself and Yayo running into Ja on a flight. The G-Unit goons were sat just one row... The post 50 Cent Reacts To Ja Rule & Tony Yayo’s Pillow-Throwing Plane Argument appeared first on HipHopDX.
50 Cent has found yet another excuse to mock Ja Rule, this time thanks to his trustee soldier Tony Yayo.
In a hilarious video shared on Instagram on Monday (February 9), fellow 50 Cent affiliate Uncle Murda filmed himself and Yayo running into Ja on a flight.
The G-Unit goons were sat just one row behind the former Murder Inc. hitmaker in business class, and wasted little time in getting into a shouting match with their longtime nemesis.
“Sucka-ass Ja Rule on the plane. Shut yo sucka-ass up,” Murda can be heard saying in the short clip, to which Ja fired back: “Old-ass, police-ass, sucka-ass n*ggas.”
In a follow-up video, Murda claimed that Ja Rule had left the plane before it took off. “This is his seat,” he said as he panned the camera to the rapper’s empty seat.
“I told that n*gga SMD,” Yayo joked as the pair laughed at Ja’s apparent departure.
Murda added in his Instagram caption: “Ja got off the plane lol I took his seat [crying face emojis].”
After catching wind of the viral moment, 50 Cent piled misery on his bitter rival by sharing the footage with his own 38 million Instagram followers.
“[grinning face emoji] he was by his self so he had to make a scene so they could remove his scary ass,” he captioned the clips. “LOL YAYO said suck my d!ck, the gay stewardess said it’s going down. LOL.”
UPDATE: More footage of the incident has surfaced via TMZ.
Ja Rule later addressed the incident on X (formerly Twitter) and claimed that he got the better of Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda — with the help of his in-flight pillow.
“I popped on these punks by myself on a plane lmao pussy ass n*ggas I threw the pillow at yayo head cuz you soft… [crying face emojis] knocked ya hat all off shit was hilarious,” he wrote.
Ja also shared an apparent witness report from TMZ which said: “Ja was the aggressor and yelled profanities, saying he wanted to fight, then throwing a pillow at Tony Yayo. Crew stepped in and pulled both guys off the plane for a bit. Yayo yelled back that planes are federal offenses territory and he did nothing wrong.”
He then took aim at 50 Cent and his crew, adding: “Whole team pussy… @50cent @TonyYayo @unclemurda.”
— Ja Rule (@jarule) February 10, 2026
I popped on these punks by myself on a plane lmao pussy ass niggas I threw the pillow at yayo head cuz you soft… 
Via TMZ… Hi Ja — Jamie here from TMZ — reaching out for comment regarding a Delta flight you were on Sunday morning. Witness tells us — From SFO to JFK where Ja Rule got into an argument with Tony Yayo on the flight. Ja was the aggressor and yelled profanities, saying he wanted…
— Ja Rule (@jarule) February 10, 2026
Whole team pussy…
— Ja Rule (@jarule) February 10, 2026
Ja Rule has long claimed that he once beat up 50 Cent in a fight during the height of their feud in the early 2000s.
“50 tried to swing on me, but I dipped, then I hit him with the baby Louisville Slugger. Bam!” he wrote in his 2014 book Unruly: The Highs and Lows of Being a Man. “I dropped the [baseball] bat. I pulled the shirt over his head. I started catching him left, right, uppercut.”
The Queens, New York native added: “We proceeded to whip his ass. I was putting in my work. 50 was crunched in the corner. I slammed the big Tannoy speaker down on him.”
Tony Yayo has disputed this version of events, however.
During an appearance on Million Dollaz Worth of Game last year, he claimed that “Fif K.O.’d that n*gga” during the infamous altercation, which took place at a hotel in Atlanta.
“N-ggas tried to front on 50,” he recalled. “Bow! 50 caught [Ja Rule] stone cold. He a southpaw — that’s how 50 always knocked out n-ggas in the hood ’cause he’s left-handed.
“Ja Rule [yells out], ‘Murda!’ That n*gga’s eye [swells up]. So we get in the elevator and that’s when 50 shows us the [crucifix] chain that’s in ‘Wanksta.’ He goes, ‘Look what I got.’ So he snuffed him and yanked him.”
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Read More J. Cole ‘Squashes’ 2Pac & Biggie’s Beef On New Album ‘The Fall-Off’: Listen
Andy Bustard (06/02/2026)
J. Cole‘s new album The Fall-Off is finally here — and it contains a particularly powerful song written from the perspectives of two of hip-hop’s biggest icons. 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... The post J. Cole ‘Squashes’ 2Pac & Biggie’s Beef On New Album ‘The Fall-Off’: Listen appeared first on HipHopDX.
J. Cole‘s new album The Fall-Off is finally here — and it contains a particularly powerful song written from the perspectives of two of hip-hop’s biggest icons.
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.
“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,” Cole raps from Biggie’s point of view, referencing ‘Pac’s 1994 Quad Studios shooting that he blamed on the Bad Boy rapper.
“Or maybe that made you come out on some war shit / East Coast, West Coast, now media’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.”
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.
“‘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,” he spits over Dr. Dre-esque production from Tae Beast and Beat Butcha.
“For fallin’ victim to ego, vengence, and dollar signs / I wanna say from the heart, ‘I apologize.'”
Billed as J. Cole’s eighth and final album, The Fall-Off is a double-disc effort clocking in at 24 songs, with features from Future, Erykah Badu, Burna Boy, Tems and Petey Pablo.
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.
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.”
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 hit “The Light”).
There are plenty of other samples, interpolations and homages to Cole’s hip-hop heroes throughout The Fall-Off, making the album feel like one big ode to the genre that he holds dear.
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.”
Prior to its release, J. Cole described The Fall-Off as “bring[ing] the concept of my first project [2007’s The Come Up] full circle.”
“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.
“Disc [two] gives insight into my mindset during a similar trip home, this time as a 39 year old man. Older and a little closer to peace.”
Stream The Fall-Off below.
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Read More Larry June, Curren$y & The Alchemist Announce Joint Album ‘Spiral Staircases’
Andy Bustard (05/02/2026)
Curren$y, Larry June and The Alchemist‘s long-awaited collaborative album is finally set to drop this month. Spitta announced the news in a recent interview with NOLA News, saying: “Me and Larry June dropping February 20th. We shot three [music videos], so we’re dropping the album February 20th.” Further details on the project, such as a... The post Larry June, Curren$y & The Alchemist Announce Joint Album ‘Spiral Staircases’ appeared first on HipHopDX.
Curren$y, Larry June and The Alchemist‘s long-awaited collaborative album is finally set to drop this month.
Spitta announced the news in a recent interview with NOLA News, saying: “Me and Larry June dropping February 20th. We shot three [music videos], so we’re dropping the album February 20th.”
Further details on the project, such as a title, tracklist and any potential features, have yet to be revealed, although the trio have been spotted together in recent weeks reportedly shooting music videos.
UPDATE: The album is called Spiral Staircases. Watch a brief teaser below.
(Via: “Pulse of the Pels) pic.twitter.com/OdfCA6scBI
— Rashad Milligan (@RashadMilligan) February 1, 2026
A full-length effort between the indie rap stalwarts has been in the works for several years, with Larry June previously discussing the album during an appearance on The Rap Radar Podcast in 2022.
“We just gotta get together and shoot the visuals … We gon’ get to it … That’s my bro, man. I have nothing but love and respect for Curren$y,” the Bay Area native said.
“Curren$y actually called me one day and was like, ‘Larry, I love your trap shit but you gotta do that smooth shit. We gotta clean the kitchen to your shit!’ I was like, ‘Man, you know, you kinda right!’ I actually like doing the smooth shit better, and ever since then I was rocking with it.
“He actually gave me a lot of advice on the shit I was doing. There was a point in time where I was kinda discouraged with music like, ‘Damn, am I doing this shit right?’ He was like, ‘Man, don’t trip. Just keep rocking and you’ll have everything you want off this shit.'”
The trio have already proven they have undeniable chemistry on tracks like “Endurance Runners” and “Barragán Lighting,” while The Alchemist has separately released multiple joint projects with Curren$y and Larry June.
For a while, it appeared that an album between the three of them might not happen due to apparent tension between Spitta and Uncle Al, stemming from the fallout from their 2018 Fetti EP with Freddie Gibbs.
Following its release, Gibbs called out Curren$y for not properly promoting or being invested in the project, leading to their once-tight relationship souring.
“I definitely would never do that shit with Spitta again,” he declared on the Butcher Block podcast last year. “I don’t fuck with that n*gga at all. If I see that n*gga, I won’t even speak to him.”
Gibbs added: “For a muthafucka to get Alchemist to do an album, have you do artwork, get everything together. I did the whole rollout for that Fetti shit. The whole idea was mine. That n*gga was like, ‘Let’s just rap on these Alchemist beats and put it out.’
“The whole business shit was lackadaisical and a muthafucka ask me why I don’t fuck with Curren$y. Because you played me on some business shit and I thought you was my friend … We were supposed to shoot videos … The n*gga just stopped texting back.”
Curren$y later addressed his former collaborator’s comments in an interview with XXL, suggesting that he felt betrayed by The Alchemist for reuniting with Freddie Gibbs on Alfredo and Alfredo 2.
“Al solid. He neutral. He make the beats. So it ain’t no G-code with bro. I ain’t tripping off that. But with that being said, I can’t get in the car with you because I know for sure what I can’t expect,” he said.
“I told him it’s good. But I told him, if it was me and the muthafucka said something about you, the song wouldn’t exist. I wasn’t tripping. I’m not tripping. But the same way I know, clearly, I’m guessing me and this man [Freddie Gibbs] won’t do no music, y’all in the same car.”
However, the Jet Life chief indicated that he was not willing to let the situation sabotage his album with Larry June and The Alchemist, adding: “For the good of music, and the sounds that me and Larry put down already, I probably gotta let the people have this good shit.”
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Read More J. Cole Reveals ‘The Fall-Off’ Tracklist, Explains The Album’s Concept
Andy Bustard (04/02/2026)
J. Cole has revealed the tracklist to The Fall-Off ahead of its release this Friday (February 6). The eagerly anticipated project, which serves as the Dreamville rapper’s eight and final album, features 24 songs across two discs, including the previously released “The Fall-Off Is Inevitable” (which dropped on YouTube earlier this month under the title... The post J. Cole Reveals ‘The Fall-Off’ Tracklist, Explains The Album’s Concept appeared first on HipHopDX.
J. Cole has revealed the tracklist to The Fall-Off ahead of its release this Friday (February 6).
The eagerly anticipated project, which serves as the Dreamville rapper’s eight and final album, features 24 songs across two discs, including the previously released “The Fall-Off Is Inevitable” (which dropped on YouTube earlier this month under the title ‘Disc 2 Track 2’).
Other song titles include “Two Six,” “Legacy,” “Bombs in the Ville / Hit the Gas,” “Lonely at the Top” and “and the whole world is the Ville” — a nod to Cole’s hometown of Fayeteville, North Carolina.
Guest features and producers remain under wraps for now, but the back cover does list J. Cole, his longtime manager Ibrahm “Ib” Hamad and multi-platinum hitmaker T-Minus as the album’s executive producers.
Along with the tracklist, the back cover is adorned with posters of some of Cole’s childhood heroes including Eminem, 50 Cent, Common, RZA and Canibus, among others.
The picture, along with the album’s front cover, was taken by Cole himself inside his childhood bedroom when he was a hip-hop-obsessed teen.
J. Cole — The Fall-Off (Tracklist):
Disc 1 (aka Disc 29):
1. 29 Intro
2. Two Six
3. SAFETY
4. Run a Train
5. Poor Thang
6. Legacy
7. Bunce Road Blues
8. WHO TF IZ U
9. Drum n Bass
10. The Let Out
11. Bombs in the Ville / Hit the Gas
12. Lonely at the Top (Bonus)
Disc 2 (aka Disc 39):
1. 39 Intro
2. The Fall-Off is Inevitable
3. The Villest
4. Old Dog
5. Life Sentence
6. Only You
7. Man Up Above
8. I Love Her Again
9. What If
10. Quik Stop
11. and the whole world is the Ville
12. Ocean Way (Bonus)
The 40-year-old MC also shared a note providing more insight into the concept behind The Fall-Off, which he says brings his pursuit of hip-hop stardom “full circle.”
“Some of the very first verses for The Come Up were written when I was just 19 years old,” he wrote, referencing his 2007 debut mixtape. “The title of that project, the first one that I would ever release, had a double meaning. There was the obvious one; my ambitions to ‘come up’ in the rap game. The second was more subtle; my physical change of location to do so.
“I was a delusional teenager from Fayetteville, North Carolina who had decided to leave home and ‘come up’ to New York City on a dream-chasing mission. When you listen to that project you hear a college kid with a real sharp pen, telling the world how he’s going to make it and proudly put his unknown city on the map in the process.”
Cole continued: “Towards the end of The Come Up, a couple skits tell a common story for me at that age. Me, driving back home from school on a holiday break, calling my mom to let her know I’m a few hours away, then calling my homeboys, excited to let them know I’m back in town, asking where the party at?
“The Fall-Off, a double album made with intentions to be my last, brings the concept of my first project full circle. Disc 29 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.
“Disc 39 gives insight into my mindset during a similar trip home, this time as a 39 year old man. Older and a little closer to peace.”
“Without giving away too much more, here is the back cover of The Fall-Off,” he added. “All pictures in this version of the album were shot by me. The front and back cover are photographs I took when I was 15. This back cover, that includes the tracklist, is a picture I took of the walls in my bedroom at the time.
“Thank you to every artist and photographer that cleared these pictures. I woke up every morning as a teenager quite literally looking up to yall. When this album releases please know that you, in some deeper metaphysical type way, are in the music too.”
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Read More Cam’ron Explains $500K J. Cole Lawsuit: “This Is Exactly What Happened”
Andy Bustard (04/02/2026)
Cam’ron has broken his silence on his bombshell lawsuit against J. Cole in which he’s seeking at least $500,000 from the Dreamville star over a failed collaboration. Explaining the legal dispute on his YouTube show Talk With Flee, the Dipset legend said he agreed to bless Cole with features on “95 South” and “Ready ’24,”... The post Cam’ron Explains $500K J. Cole Lawsuit: “This Is Exactly What Happened” appeared first on HipHopDX.
Cam’ron has broken his silence on his bombshell lawsuit against J. Cole in which he’s seeking at least $500,000 from the Dreamville star over a failed collaboration.
Explaining the legal dispute on his YouTube show Talk With Flee, the Dipset legend said he agreed to bless Cole with features on “95 South” and “Ready ’24,” which came out in 2021 and 2024, respectively, in exchange for a future guest verse from the North Carolina native.
When Cam reached out for a verse, however, Cole allegedly turned him down.
“I’m exaggerating but he was like, ‘The chakra ain’t right now. The moon gotta align with the stars. When I write I put my all into it,'” Cam jokingly recalled. “[I was like], ‘Okay, well put your all into it!'”
Cam’ron said he feels especially aggrieved because he returned Cole’s own feature requests in rapid time, knocking out his “Ready ’24” verse in just “20 minutes.”
The Harlem native, who has established himself as a leading media personality in recent years, instead asked J. Cole for an interview, which he agreed to do to promote an upcoming album.
According to Killa, however, Cole continually put off their conversation due to him delaying the project and not wanting to publicly discuss his high-profile (albeit brief) rap battle with Kendrick Lamar.
“Now we gonna do it in October,” Cam explained after claiming that Cole reneged on their original plan to record the interview that June. “[I said,] ‘Alright, I’ll call you back in October.’ This is when all the beef is going on with Kendrick Lamar.
“[Cole told me], ‘Yo, I can’t do it right now because I don’t feel like talking about that.’ I said, ‘Look, I won’t even bring that up.’ He says, ‘Nah, I can’t do no interview and not talk about it.'”
Cam claimed that they rescheduled their interview for the following February, but Cole again brushed him off, telling him that he was “still working” on his album — much to Killa’s frustration.
J. Cole, for his part, has yet to comment on the dispute.
Cam’ron filed the lawsuit last October and further claimed that he has never received any compensation for his contribution to “Ready ’24.” (The allegations in the complaint are not linked to their previous collaboration, “95 South.”)
The 50-year-old argued in the suit that he is “owed at least $500,000” from “Ready ’24” and is also seeking an official co-author credit of the song.
Cam’s comments arrive shortly before the release of J. Cole’s highly-anticipated new album, The Fall-Off, on February 6.
It remains to be seen whether the Dreamville founder will grant Cam’ron that long-awaited interview (or guest verse) as part of its rollout.
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