"As he prepares to release new album The Fall-Off next week, J. Cole has surprise released a new EP to celebrate his 41st birthday. Hosted by DJ Clue-the rap mixtape pioneer and Power 105.1 radio DJ- Birthday Blizzard '26 is for sale on a pay-what-you-want basis, as long as you want to pay at least $1. Find that here before the album arrives on February 6."
"Among the five tracks are a freestyle over Stevie J's instrumental to Diddy's "Victory" (complete with the Notorious B.I.G.'s original ad libs) and, on "Bronx Zoo Freestyle," what appears to be a further winding down of Cole's feud with Kendrick Lamar. After inadvertently sparking the Kendrick-Drake beef back in 2023-when he stood himself alongside them in mainstream rap's "the big three"-Cole famously went after Lamar on "7 Minute Drill""
J. Cole surprise-released EP Birthday Blizzard '26 to mark his 41st birthday ahead of album The Fall-Off on Feb 6. The EP is hosted by DJ Clue and sold on a pay-what-you-want basis with a $1 minimum. The five-track set includes a freestyle over Stevie J's instrumental to Diddy's "Victory" featuring the Notorious B.I.G.'s original ad libs. "Bronx Zoo Freestyle" appears to further wind down Cole's feud with Kendrick Lamar. Cole previously sparked Kendrick-Drake tensions in 2023 by grouping himself with them as mainstream rap's "the big three," and he later attacked Lamar on "7 Minute Drill" before publicly chastising himself.
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