J. Cole is giving fans a sneak peek at what to expect from his album now that cover for the project has been released. As previously reported Cole is dropping his debut Cole World: The Sideline ...

Album covers used to be the first thing you saw ... Cole has been lauded as a “conscious rapper” since his debut album “Cole World: The Sideline Story” dropped in 2011.

And they did it on their own terms — which Cole feels he helped make possible. “It took me a while to see it, but my album changed the business model. It showed the world that a radio single ...

Cole has been creeping onto the main stage since his debut album “Cole World: The Sideline Story ... the rapper posted a picture of the album cover, depicting a crowned and robed J.

Fayetteville's own Grammy-winning rapper is pictured on the cover of 2K Sports ... It's his sixth studio album, following his 2011 debut, "Cole World: The Sideline Story," which opened at No ...

Take a look at it above, and check out a behind the scenes video of Cole previewing one of the album’s tracks below. Cole World: The Sideline Story hits stores on September 27.