J. Cole - The Off-Season

The Off-Season is the sixth studio album by American rapper J.Cole, released in May 2021 via Dreamville and Interscope Records.

The album was executive produced by Cole, Ibrahim Hamad, and T-Minus, and featured guest vocals from Morray, 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Bas, and 6lack.

The Off-Season became Cole's first album since 2013's Born Sinner to contain guest features. Production was handled by multiple producers, including Cole himself, T-Minus, Timbaland, Boi-1da, Frank Dukes, DJ Dahi, Tae Beast, and Jake One, among others.

The Off-Season was supported by two singles: "Interlude" and "My Life". The Off-Season was accompanied by a twelve-minute short film upon its release titled, Applying Pressure: The Off-Season Documentary.

The Off-Season received positive reviews from critics upon release and topped the US Billboard 200 albums chart, earning Cole his sixth consecutive number-one album in the country. At the time of its release, The Off-Season achieved the largest streaming week of 2021, accumulating over 325.5 million streams. Four songs from The Off-Season debuted in the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100; every song on the album charted in the top forty.

This album is on black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve, pressed in France via Dreamville and Interscope Records.