Fat Joe questions whether J. Cole belongs in ‘The Big Three:’ ‘I Don't Look At Him the Same?’

Jadakiss praises J. Cole's forthcoming album “The Fall-Off,” whereas Fat Joe wonders whether fans will remain open to Cole's music after the Drake and Kendrick Lamar conflict.

The rapper turned-podcaster argued whether J. Cole will still have an impact in hip-hop on his upcoming album 'The Fall-Off.'

Fat Joe didn't hold back on J. Cole during the latest episode of Joe and Jada podcast on Tuesday (Jan. 20).

On February 6, the two-time Grammy winner is set to release his eagerly anticipated seventh album, The Fall-Off, which has been generating excitement among hip-hop fans online since it was announced earlier this month. However, in the latest episode of Joe and Jada, Joey Crack raised doubts about whether Cole World's reception will be as strong as that of his previous albums.

The Bronx rapper questioned if J. Cole still belonged to rap's "Big Three" alongside Drake and Kendrick Lamar, following Cole's apology and removal of his Kendrick diss track "7 Minute Drill" from streaming platforms. Cole's track was a reply to Kendrick's "Like That," which targeted both the North Carolina rapper and Drake.

At approximately the four-minute point of the podcast, co-host Jadakiss mentioned that Cole has a project in the works—distinct from his forthcoming LP—where he raps over various beats from Kiss' group, The L.O.X. Jada stated that Cole is "coming back in a major way."

"Do we look at him the same, being that they screwed his head off the big three?" Joe asked about the negative public reaction to Cole's decision to withdraw from a battle with Kendrick.

After Jadakiss mentioned that he didn't "like the terminology," Fat Joe clarified that his evaluation of Cole wasn't influenced by the internet. Instead, Joe argued that battling, regardless of the odds, is true to the essence of hip-hop. As an illustration, he referenced his co-host's own fierce attacks against 50 Cent during his commercial peak in the mid-2000s.

"I'm talking about hip-hop, right? So, what I'm saying to you is, you guys were fuckin' miniature compared to [50 Cent]. 50 Cent just sold 30 million records. You went atom, you went to the yard with the swarm," Joe said.