Accomplishing this while also having songs that are strong enough to stand alone outside of their larger body of work, is something very few have achieved. As impressive as those songs are, it is one thing to weave an impressive story in as one of the chapters of a larger piece of work, but it is a whole other feat to successfully create an entire concept album that remains both cohesive and sonically interesting.
Cole is an artist who is no stranger to storytelling throughout his discography and has succeeded in the past with The Warm Up’s ‘ Dreams‘ and The Sideline Story’s ‘ Lost Ones‘. Right on cue, the album begins on the somber ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ with a lush jazzy backdrop which sets the stage for the narrative that ensues. 4 Your Eyez Only is Cole’s most concise offering yet at just ten songs long. One of which called out an idol who has had some struggles in recent times and the other PSA to the entire new generation of rappers.
The lead up for Cole’s new LP saw him release two non-album singles that created a stir on the web and sufficient buzz for the album. While each album continues to build upon the previous one’s success, will the quality of the music do the same? Similar to 2014’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive, Eyez has no features, was released with little to no warning in December and looks to once again debut at number 1 on the Billboard 200 in its first week. With Jermaine Cole’s 4th album 4 Your Eyez Only, he follows the “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” mentality. Cole album is like this year’s presidential election: No matter which side you took, the other one had a bunch of radical supporters screaming how wrong you were. There isn’t much in between and the only consensus on his music is that there isn’t one. He’s either God’s gift to Hip Hop or an overrated, boring artist whose music puts you to sleep. The Fayetteville rapper’s success is something no one can debate, but the quality of his music is something people will go to their grave fighting about. One of Hip Hop’s finest examples of this is J. The result of this? People now fight over their opinions and take any opposition to them as more of a personal attack against their character, than ever before. If you have a disagreement and that disagreement is centered on a statistic or a historical date or even how something is spelled, you’ll never leave the argument without someone saying “I told you so”. J.It got me thinking in the smartphone era, where almost everyone walks around with access to the internet’s plethora of information in their pockets, the open-ended argument has died. Cole Throwing Shots At Kanye West, Drake On ‘4 Your Eyez Only’?Įverything We Know About J.
Cole opts for a more spoken word style as he dedicates the song to his wife and a newborn child.
Cole fans love the rapper and part two of “She’s Mine” is exactly why. While Cole has rapped about almost getting into dealing drugs, “Immortal” details what would have happened if he actually did. Cole didn’t live the street life rappers like Jay Z and 50 Cent rap about but Cole still finds a way to tell these stories through the eyes of others. Cole switches it up and shows how doing household chores and the daily, boring relationship stuff is how he wants to prove his love. While many hip-hop love songs are usually the same, J. Cole is actually rapping about folding clothes. Cole haters would make fun of the rapper for, this song would be it.
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