Might Delete Later

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Might Delete Later
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Mixtape by
J. Cole
ReleasedApril 5, 2024 (2024-04-05)
Genre Hip hop
Length43:10
Label
Producer
J. Cole chronology
The Off-Season
(2021)		Might Delete Later
(2024)

Might Delete Later is the fourth mixtape by American rapper J. Cole. It was surprise released on April 5, 2024, by Dreamville and Interscope Records, marking Cole's first project not to be released with Roc Nation. It features guest appearances from Young Dro, Gucci Mane, Ari Lennox, Cam'ron, Central Cee, Bas, Daylyt, and Ab-Soul. The release had been hinted at in the weeks preceding its release through vlogs released by J. Cole and features a response to the fellow American rapper Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Like That" on the album's closing track "7 Minute Drill", [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] which was, however, retired from streaming services on April 12.

Contents

Background

While promoting his upcoming studio album, The Fall Off, on February 21, 2024, J. Cole took to social media to share a vlog titled, "Might Delete Later, Vol. 1", previewing "Crocodile Tearz" in the process. [6] Just under a month later, on March 18, J. Cole shared volume 2 of the vlog in which he previewed "3001". [4]

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" featured a guest appearance from Kendrick Lamar with whom J. Cole has been in a rivalry for years, and whose verse has been perceived as a diss track towards Cole and Drake. [7] [8]

Controversy

Following the release of the mixtape, Cole faced backlash from fans and reporters after allegedly making what are perceived to be transphobic comments on the project's eighth track, "Pi"; [9] [10] some fans perceived the comments as a diss towards Kendrick Lamar's "Auntie Diaries", where Lamar addressed transphobia and his relationship with his transgender relatives. [11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 8/10 [12]
Pitchfork 5.1/10 [13]
Sputnikmusic 0.5/5 [14]

Writing for Clash in a positive review, Robin Murray described how the album excluding the final track "are an exhilarating dip 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", however, he notes that the production feels more "ingrained" in comparison to Future and Metro Boomin's We Don't Trust You. [12] Writing for Sputnikmusic in a negative review, Dakota West Foss wrote that Cole's "bars and punchlines" are those "that scan like [a] parody". He wrote that the mixtape "is a miscalculation at every level" and compared the project to Chance the Rapper's underwhelming The Big Day . Foss' final consensus of the mixtape was that Cole "should delete [it] now." [14]

Commercial performance

According to Hits , the mixtape is projected to sell approximately 119,000 units in its first week. This would earn J. Cole his eighth top ten on the US Billboard 200 [15] and his first to not debut at number one since Born Sinner in 2013, which would later end up reaching the top of the chart.

Track listing

Might Delete Later track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Pricey" (with Ari Lennox featuring Young Dro and Gucci Mane)
4:55
2."Crocodile Tearz"
  • Cole
  • T. Williams
T-Minus3:49
3."Ready '24" (featuring Cam'ron)
  • T-Minus
  • DZL
  • WU10
  • AzizTheShake
3:30
4."Huntin' Wabbitz"
2:42
5."H.Y.B." (featuring Bas and Central Cee)
  • DZL
  • AzizTheShake
  • FnZ
3:54
6."Fever"
  • Cole
  • Jacob Canady
  • Ofer Ishai
2:23
7."Stickz n Stonez"
3:21
8."Pi" (featuring Daylyt and Ab-Soul)
Daylyt5:55
9."Stealth Mode" (with Bas)
  • Cole
  • A. Hamad
  • Holmes
  • Dieng
  • Anthony
  • DZL
  • AzizTheShake
  • Daoud
2:15
10."3001"
2:38
11."Trae the Truth in Ibiza"
  • DZL
  • Daoud
4:15
12."7 Minute Drill"
  • Cole
  • T. Williams
  • Denzel Williams
  • Hug Alessandro
  • Elias Sticken
  • T-Minus
  • Conductor Williams
  • Al Hug
  • Elyas
3:32
Total length:43:10

Notes

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Might Delete Later
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [16] 2
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA) [17] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [18] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [19] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [20] 55
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [21] 3
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [22] 11
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [23] 8
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [24] 27
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [25] 31
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [26] 29
Icelandic Albums (Plötutíðindi) [27] 6
Irish Albums (OCC) [28] 6
Italian Albums (FIMI) [29] 95
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [30] 5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [31] 1
Nigerian Albums (TurnTable) [32] 12
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [33] 5
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [34] 74
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [35] 11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [36] 5
UK Albums (OCC) [37] 7
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [38] 9
US Billboard 200 [39] 2
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [40] 1

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