Right on time, RDCWorld has dropped a new skit featuring a die-hard fan reaction to the new J. Cole album, The Fall-Off.
Just one day after Cole’s seventh and possibly final album released on Friday (Feb.6), the comedy group shared a four-minute skit. In it, group co-founder Mark Phillips plays a Cole fan who aggressively studies a friend’s reaction to The Fall-Off, and who is constantly in tears when even thinking about the LP.
“You not even crying, bitch. You didn't even listen to the album, bro,” Phillips’ character tells his friend in the video below. “No, you didn't, ‘cause I was over there timing that shit. It's only been an hour, bro. What'd you skip?”
Among the songs Phillips’ character watches his friend listen to is “Who TF IZ U,” — which, to his chagrin, receives a lackluster response.
“Why you not bobbing your head, bro? It's banging,” the character protests.
The skit later flashes back to Phillips’ character visiting the Berlin Wall before The Fall-Off drops. He claims that the Kendrick Lamar/Drake beef (and, of course, criticism of Cole for his apology during it) pushed him out of the genre. Naturally, news of a new album by his hero draws him back in.
RDCWorld, and Phillips in particular, have a long history with Cole. Phillips’ ever-tearful Cole fan showed up in a similar skit (“How J Cole Fans Act When Somebody Doesn’t Like His New Album”) released for Cole’s previous project, 2018’s KOD, as well as an earlier iteration of the concept in 2016.
Phillips also imagined the character’s reaction to The Fall Off years in advance in this 2021 skit. That same year, Phillips and Cole actually met and recreated the “Jermaine Cole” meme on the set of Bas’ “The Jackie” music video.
“COLE Thank you for being a genuine human being man first time I met one of the biggest inspirations of mine and it was just amazing the man was talking to us like we was best friends thank you for that now we really are friends I can’t even believe that,” Philips captioned his Instagram post about the moment.