J. Cole explains that The Fall-Off marks the end of the “J. Cole story,” a narrative he says truly spans from The Come Up through 2014 Forest Hills Drive. He describes 4 Your Eyez Only and KOD as concept-driven side quests, while The Off-Season and Might Delete Later were practice side quests leading up to The Fall-Off.
Cole adds that future features and even another album would also be side quests and not a continuation of that same storyline. The comments came during a conversation with a fan on The Fall-Off Trunk Sale Pt. 5 vlog, uploaded to his YouTube channel on Feb. 20, where he said, “I might even f*ck around, if I get inspired enough, I may do an album. But I don't care to continue that story...”