2/28/2019 0 Comments 4 Your Eyez Only Download AlbumTo coincide with the album, J. Cole also released a 40-minute documentary last week called “Eyez,” that takes us through the recording process of the album and features two songs not on the album, “Everybody Dies” & “False Prophets,” the latter of which takes shots at Drake & Kanye West. Out now on iTunes, download the album via StreetHipHop Music (below), and peep the documentary as well. Cole – For Whom the Bell Tolls 2. Cole – Immortal 3. Cole – Deja Vu 4. Cole – Ville Mentality 5. Cole – She Mine Pt. Cole – Change 7. Cole – Neighbors 8. Cole – Foldin Clothes 9. Listen to Cole's fourth studio album. Cole has released his brand new album ‘4 Your Eyez Only’. Almost two years since his last LP, the Fayetteville rapper is back with another deeply. TY Bello & Tope Alabi – The Spirit of Life (Album) Download Sess – The PRBLM Instrumental Mixtape (Vol. 3) (Album) Download Falz – Moral Instruction (Album) Download. Cole – She Mine Pt. Cole – 4 Your Eyez Only. • • • • • The amount of pressure presumably felt to craft a powerful follow-up to 2014’s double platinum Forest Hills Drive must have been palatable. The 31-year-old Frankfurt, Germany-born, North Carolina-based artist often comes heralded as one of his generation’s most prolific lyricists, and more times than not he delivers. On his concise new album, 4 Your Eyez Only, a 10-track reprieve from the recent trend of ridiculously bloated hip-hop releases, Cole paints a narrative from the perspective of an entirely different person, a formula he adheres to for the majority of the project. Touching on the trials and tribulations of street life and fantasies of escaping the harsh realities of extreme poverty and violence, Cole digs deep, pulling out his most private thoughts on changing his circumstances, as illustrated on the slow, jazz-infused “Ville Mentality”. Midway through the song, a young child begins to speak about her father being murdered, a glimpse into what his character has experienced firsthand. It shines a spotlight on the inescapable reality of what so many innocent children witness in the midst of gang violence and the long-lasting impact it can have on their psyches. Album standout “Neighbors” is as close as it gets to a more autobiographical tone. It references an incident in March 2016, when Cole’s Dreamville home studio was raided by a SWAT team on a baseless suspicion that drugs were being sold out of his home. Racial profiling apparently played a huge role in the incident. 4 Your Eyez Only ReviewIn an interview with Complex, producer Elite explained, “There was a huge investigation, like a million-dollar investigation. They flew helicopters over, sent an entire SWAT team armed with weapons, broke down the door, and searched the whole house.” Cole’s neighbors had reportedly told authorities that drugs were being made and sold in the building, which explains the hint of defiance in the hook. “I guess the neighbors think I’m sellin’ dope/ Sellin’ dope, sellin’ dope, sellin’ dope/ Mother fucker I am,” the hook repeats, a verbal middle finger to those who judged him. While there are countless references to the grittiness of a hustler’s lifestyle, there are also several tender moments peppered throughout the project, including “She’s Mine Pt. 1”, its sequel, “She’s Mine Pt. 2”, and “Foldin Clothes”, the latter a valiant attempt at using the act of doing laundry as a metaphor for love. When it was first released, social media had a field day with it and repeatedly mocked Cole for being “corny.” However, here it comes across as genuine, and the thick, bass-heavy beat easily moves the track along.
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