

The album was released by Cole’s Dreamville Records, with distribution from Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and Interscope Records. Billboard.The Off-season was released on May 14 as the sixth studio album from the rapper. Cole Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Cole Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)".

The song first charted on the week of December 1, 2012, on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No. Nobody expects that for your first single." Chart performance That’s my aim, is to shift culture slightly, change the conversation. Any type of commentary is good compared to what a normal single is these days. To me, 'Miss America' shifts things a little bit, it changes the conversation it takes it in a more aggressive direction, more raw, more social commentary. "I’m gonna try to use it to shift culture just a little bit. When speaking about the single with Billboard Cole said, The song Miss America discusses the corruption of an artist when he has the chance for commercial appeal and corruption of government when capitalism is involved. Later Cole leaked another version of the song called "Miss America Reprise" which features the same lyrics but different production compared to the single version. The song has been described by multiple outlets and Cole himself as not an ordinary first single and in no way directed towards radio. Cole said he pushed away pop-accessibility in order to put out a single that provides social commentary. The single cover was released on November 12, 2012. Prior to the Novemrelease of "Miss America" Cole also released a teaser video for the single. Cole announced that his second studio album would be titled Born Sinner and would release on Janualong with a teaser video for it.
