During a recent chat with Cam’ron on Talk With Flee, J. Cole opened up about the tension between Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
J. Cole sat down for the interview and reflected on his involvement in the high-profile feud. He also revisited his now-deleted diss track aimed at the Compton rapper, “7 Minute Drill,” explaining why he chose to take a softer approach than he could have. According to him, his response was driven more by pressure and perception than genuine intent, as he felt compelled to say something rather than stay silent.
“I’m like, alright, this is what I’ll do. Let me say just enough to where it looks like I said something. Everything I’m saying to him, I know and he know it’s all survivable. I’m not hitting him with no fatal blows,” he explained. “Mind you, it’s a decision made out of non-clarity. But through that non-clarity, it seemed like my best option.”
“The second it comes out,” he continued. “You created a dividing line where you’re forcing the world to pick a side. If they f*ck with you, they’ve got to slander him.”
“They’re taking what you said and giving it gas and giving it light,” he added. “And then my thought becomes, ‘Oh fck, I done fcked up.'”
Beyond the topic of rap beef, J. Cole also touched on the possibility of stepping away from music during his Talk With Flee appearance. He revealed that The Fall-Off could potentially mark his final project.
“I made this album so that if it was my last, I’m cool,” he said. “And I am. If that’s my last album, I’m cool. If I get inspired in a year, two years, five years, ten years to do another album, I’m not gonna fight the feeling. But this album is what I intended it to be, which is like, ‘Yo, I did what I said.’ It just so happens, because of what happened two years ago, I’m very inspired right now because I fell back in love with this sh*t.”
