J. Cole releases first 2 songs off new album ‘The Fall Off’

Fayetteville native and Grammy-winning rapper J. Cole released two tracks from his upcoming album, “The Fall Off” on Wednesday.

The self-produced “The Climb Back” finds the 35-year-old Terry Sanford High School graduate addressing “the cyclical nature of working to get ahead, both in the rap game and in life,” according to Rolling Stone.

In “The Lion King on Ice,” Cole “discusses his come-up, and the struggles and sacrifices made to get there, with ‘blood on my hand,’” according to Rolling Stone.

Cole was last seen in Fayetteville on May 30, when he and fellow Fayetteville native Dennis Smith Jr. took part in a peaceful protest over the killing of George Floyd.

Cole was in his hometown in January to shoot a commercial with Puma, which was released in February.’

“The Fall Off,” Cole’s sixth album, is set to be released in 2020, but no date has been set yet. His last album, “KOD,” was released in 2018.