Roc Nation's J. Cole recently announced plans to drop his debut album, tentatively titled Cole World, this fall.
Speaking with radio personality Jenny Boom Boom, Cole spoke on reaching the album's completion.
"I'm practically, almost finished," he said laughing. "Every song that's on my album is there now. It's just about tying up the loose ends. One song needs like two verses, [another] song still needs some instruments. But I do finally have all the songs that are going to be on my album. I was missing, like, two songs before...[Jay-Z] is super impressed. I think he's more so impressed with the fact that I kind of just did this on my own. I got in [the studio] with No I.D., but a lot of the stuff has been coming from me. So I feel like [Jay] looks at me like, 'Yo, he can really produce.' ... [The label] says October 26th. I say it'll be before that."
Last month, Cole spoke with SOHH about his new "Who Dat" music video.
"I think it was an excellent reception," Cole told SOHH. "I just wish I would've explained to people more that it was a one shot, that we shot on film and even when you watch it in HD version it looks incredible because it was on 35mm film which is what they use to shoot movies with. Even with that said I think people respect the fact that I went home [to Fayetteville, NC]. I didn't come out with a whole bunch of jewelry, a whole bunch of light skinned girls with short shorts on. It's a real organic feeling video. I really wish I would've explained more to people but you know in time people will get it. They'll see all the imagery and all the little signs."
Cole also said he was unfazed by the song not being a typical commercial single.
"I just do weird stuff. Even the fact, coming out with 'Who Dat.' It's not the typical song that's going to be on the radio, it's not the typical song that's going to play in the clubs but that's what it felt like," he added. "That was the feeling. It felt like the move so we moved. It's going to do it's job, it's going to do what it's supposed to do. I think the video was the same way. It was like, 'Yo, we love this idea. Let's do it.' Forget about the rules and what your first video is supposed to be. I'm supposed to [have] X amount of scenes and this amount of light skinned girls. I just like to do things my way."
In February, Cole talked about putting together his forthcoming Roc Nation debut album.
"I'm in with No I.D. right now. He's incredible. It's fun," Cole said about his album's production. "My favorite producer, after I started producing [and] paying attention to producers, was Kanye...Being in with No I.D. last night and watching him work, it was like, 'Duh.' I been in with other producers, it don't click. It don't connect. It connects with him. I figure if I grew up looking up to Kanye, Kanye is cut from the No I.D. cloth."
Check out J. Cole's "Who Dat" music video down below:
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