Might Delete Later

Might Delete Later
Mixtape by J. Cole
Released	April 5, 2024 (2024-04-05)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	43:10
Label	Cole World Interscope
Producer	Al Hug ATL Jacob AzizTheShake Cedric Brown Charlie Heat Conductor Williams Daoud Daylyt DZL Elyas FnZ Ibrahim Hamad J. Cole Kujibeats Pluss Steve Bilodeau T-Minus The Alchemist WU10
J. Cole chronology
D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape (2022) Might Delete Later (2024)
Singles from Might Delete Later
"H.Y.B." Released: April 30, 2024

Might Delete Later is the fourth mixtape by American rapper J. Cole. It was released through Dreamville Records (under the name Cole World, Inc.) and Interscope Records on April 5, 2024. The mixtape features guest appearances from Young Dro, Gucci Mane, Ari Lennox, Cam'ron, Central Cee, Bas, Daylyt, and Ab-Soul. Included in the mixtape's production credits are Cole himself, T-Minus, Charlie Heat, FnZ, ATL Jacob, The Alchemist, Mike Will Made It, and Pluss, among others. The mixtape was supported by one single, "H.Y.B.", a collaboration with Bas and Central Cee that was sent to US rhythmic radio on April 30, 2024, weeks after the mixtape's release.^[1] Might Delete Later was J. Cole's first project not to be released under the Roc Nation imprint.

Might Delete Later's release had been hinted at through vlogs published by Cole in the weeks leading up to its release. ^{[2][3][4][5][6]} While promoting his upcoming studio album, The Fall Off, on February 21, 2024, J. Cole shared a video titled "Might Delete Later, Vol. 1" that included a snippet of "Crocodile Tearz".^[7] Just under a month later, on March 18, J. Cole shared 'Vol. 2" of the vlog, which included a snippet of "3001".^[5]

On March 22, 2024, Future and Metro Boomin released their collaborative studio album, We Don't Trust You. The album's sixth track, "Like That", included a verse where featured artist Kendrick Lamar dissed J. Cole and Drake in reference to their collaborative track "First Person Shooter" that had been released the year prior^[8][9]. J. Cole responded to Lamar's diss on Might Delete Later with "7 Minute Drill", a track Cole later deleted from streaming services after apologizing to Lamar for his response at Dreamville Festival 2024. Lamar and Drake would go on to engage in a rap feud throughout the following weeks.

Following the release of the mixtape, Cole faced backlash from fans and reporters after allegedly making what were perceived to be transphobic comments on the project's eighth track, "Pi".^[10][11] Some fans perceived the lyrics to be a reference to Kendrick Lamar's "Auntie Diaries", a song where Lamar addresses transphobia and his relationship with his transgender relatives.^[12]

Writing a positive review for Clash, Robin Murray described how the mixtape's tracks, excluding "7 Minute Drill", feel like "exhilarating dip[s] into some of J. Cole’s core tropes". He wrote that the production on the mixtape is "slightly out-of-step with the tape as a whole", but he noted that the production feels more "ingrained" in comparison to Future and Metro Boomin's We Don't Trust You.^[13] In a middling review for Pitchfork, Paul A. Thompson wrote that despite "plenty of compelling... rhythmic, textural, and even personal elements" on Might Delete Later, the mixtape’s repeated declarations of greatness and demands for recognition are ultimately “rendered vacant and vaguely sad” after Cole's removal of "7 Minute Drill" from the project.^[16] Writing a negative review for Sputnikmusic, Dakota West Foss wrote that the mixtape's "bars and punchlines" are those "that scan like [a] parody," saying that Might Delete Later "is a miscalculation at every level" and comparing the project to Chance the Rapper's underwhelming studio album The Big Day. In a play on the project's title, Foss' final consensus was that Cole "should delete [it] now."^[15]

In the United States, Might Delete Later debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 115,000 album-equivalent units, which included 137.95 million on-demand streams and 9,000 pure album sales.^[17] This earned J. Cole his eighth top-ten entry on the chart, and his first project to not debut at number one since Born Sinner in 2013, which would later end up reaching the top of the chart.

Notes

• "Huntin' Wabbitz" contains samples from "Wabbit Season" by YouTube animator MeatCanyon.
• "Trae the Truth in Ibiza" features vocals by Trae tha Truth.
• "7 Minute Drill" was retired from streaming services on April 12, 2024; technically, it is disabled from playing (e.g. on Deezer) or hidden.

• J. Cole – vocals
• Joe LaPorta – mastering
• Mez – mixing
• Kuldeep – engineering

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J. Cole

• Discography
• Production discography

Studio albums

• Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)
• Born Sinner (2013)
• 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)
• 4 Your Eyez Only (2016)
• KOD (2018)
• The Off-Season (2021)

Live albums

• Forest Hills Drive: Live (2016)

Compilations

• Revenge of the Dreamers (2014)
• Revenge of the Dreamers II (2015)
• Revenge of the Dreamers III (2019)
• D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape (2022)

Soundtrack albums

• Creed III: The Soundtrack

EPs

• Truly Yours (2013)
• Truly Yours 2 (2013)
• Lewis Street (2020)

Mixtapes

• The Come Up (2007)
• The Warm Up (2009)
• Friday Night Lights (2010)
• Might Delete Later (2024)

Singles

• "Lights Please"
• "Who Dat"
• "Work Out"
• "Can't Get Enough"
• "Nobody's Perfect"
• "Miss America"
• "Power Trip"
• "Crooked Smile"
• "Forbidden Fruit"
• "She Knows"
• "Apparently"
• "Wet Dreamz"
• "No Role Modelz"
• "Love Yourz"
• "Everybody Dies"
• "False Prophets"
• "Deja Vu"
• "High for Hours"
• "Neighbors"
• "KOD"
• "ATM"
• "Album of the Year (Freestyle)"
• "Tribe"
• "Off Deez"
• "Middle Child"
• "Shea Butter Baby"
• "Snow on tha Bluff"
• "The Climb Back"
• "Lion King on Ice"
• "Interlude"
• "My Life"
• "The Jackie"
• "Your Heart"
• "London"
• "On the Street"
• "The Secret Recipe"
• "H.Y.B."
• "Grippy"

Featured singles

• "Just Begun"
• "All I Want Is You"
• "A Star Is Born"
• "Feel Love"
• "Trouble"
• "Only Wanna Give It to You"
• "Party (Remix)"
• "I'm On 2.0"
• "This Time"
• "Planez"
• "No Sleeep (Remix)"
• "A Lot"
• "The London"
• "Down Bad"
• "Poke It Out"
• "Johnny P's Caddy"
• "Scared Money"
• "All My Life"
• "First Person Shooter"

Other songs

• "In the Morning"
• "Let Nas Down"
• "A Tale of 2 Citiez"
• "Fire Squad"
• "G.O.M.D."
• "Immortal"
• "Change"
• "Photograph"
• "Motiv8"
• "Kevin's Heart"
• "1985"
• "Under the Sun"
• "Sacrifices"
• "95 South"
• "Amari"
• "Pride Is the Devil"
• "Stick"
• "Evil Ways"
• "Pricey"
• "Crocodile Tearz"
• "Ready '24"
• "Huntin' Wabbitz"
• "7 Minute Drill"
• "Red Leather"

Concert tours

• 4 Your Eyez Only World Tour
• The Off-Season Tour

Films

• J. Cole: Road to Homecoming
• Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming
• Eyez
• J. Cole: 4 Your Eyez Only
• Dreamville Presents: Revenge
• Applying Pressure: The Off-Season Documentary

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