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J. Cole dropped his seventh studio album, The Fall Off, on February 6. And the new project is still making waves around the music industry.
J. Cole Insists There’s No Beef With Him & Jay-Z
Some of the lyrics on the track had fans believing that Cole was aiming for his former label boss, Jay-Z. However, during a recent appearance on Carmelo Anthony’s 7 PM in Brooklyn podcast, Cole denied those claims.
“It absolutely wasn’t [a diss]…I’m an unabashed Jay-Z fan…‘Now signed to my hero, one of the so-called kings of this rap thing that I swear to usurp.’ That’s the line where it’s like I’m a young [dude] just like Kobe trying to take MJ’s spot,” he says.
Cole also noted that he is still a huge fan of Jay-Z and plans on attending the Roots Picnic in Philly later this year. Jay-Z will be the headliner.
Many fans perceived the “so-called kings” lyric from Disc 2 Track 2 to be a slight at Jay.
Another song that particularly drew the ire of fans was Cole’s track Old Dog, which features fellow North Carolina native Petey Pablo.
Particularly the part where he refers to his former record deal as “slavery.”
“26 was the blueprint, yeah, it made me
Old dog with some new tricks, atta baby
No more record deal, yeah, I’m fresh out of slavery
Pay dues, now I want what’s due, nigga, pay me,” he raps on the track.
Because Blueprint is the title of Jay-Z’s iconic 2001 album, and Cole was signed to his record deal with Roc Nation for more than a decade, many people assumed the lyrics to be a jab at the label boss.
