J. Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only album flac

4 Your Eyez Only serves as a message to Cole’s newborn daughter, and recounts memories for the daughter of a childhood friend. This person is most likely James McMillian, J. a friend who Cole speaks of throughout the album. His last verse reveals the whole album is actually about his friend’s life and not his own, though Cole’s life has parallels like falling in love and having a child.

4 Your Eyez Only is the fourth studio album by American rapper J. Cole. It was released on December 9, 2016, by Dreamville Records, Roc Nation and Interscope Records. The album was Cole's first release with Interscope-his previous albums were released by Columbia Records. 4 Your Eyez Only was released exactly two years after Cole's previous studio album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive.

4 Your Eyez Only is the fourth studio album by J. The project would be officially released December 9, 2016-the two-year anniversary of the release of Cole’s multi-platinum album 2014 Forest Hills Drive. The album’s title references the classic rap album All Eyez On Me by 2Pac. Both albums mark each respective artists' fourth studio album. The album tells the story of Cole’s slain friend given the pseudonym James McMillian Jr, as he goes from selling crack, to falling in love and starting a family. 4 Your Eyez Only was released exactly two years after Cole's previous studio album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive

Cole's back with the least hip-hop album of his increasingly historic hip-hop career. 10. "4 Your Eyez Only". I have to say, I'm already a fan of the shorter length. This entire project is very muted, it sounds like the audio version of the sweatpants uniform Cole's been rocking lately

New J. Cole album "4 Your Eyez Only" is the North Carolina MC's first LP in two years. J. Cole has released his much-anticipated 4 Your Eyez Only album. 4 Your Eyez Only is made up of 10 tracks and does not include the two previously released False Prophets or Everybody Dies, which were laden with subliminal disses. The tracklist shows no features, which would give Cole the opportunity to have back-to-back platinum albums with no features

The title track of 4 Your Eyez Only serves as a message to both J. Cole's newborn little girl and Nina the daughter of a deceased childhood friend, whom the rapper calls James McMillian, Jr. But Daddy had dreams once, my eyes had a gleam once Innocence disappeared by the age of eight years My Pops shot up - drug-related - mama addicted So Granny raised me in projects where thugs was hanging. The title also recalls the North Carolina rapper's hero Tupac Shakur's 1996 album All Eyez on Me. Cole has referenced his idolization of the late legend on several occasions to the extent of comparing him to Jesus on Born Sinner's "Let Nas Down. After the release of 4 Your Eyez Only, there was speculation that the whole album connects to Cole's late friend, and throughout the record he's telling Nina her father's story. Complex asked Dreamville in house producer, Elite, about the theory.

With 4 Your Eyez Only, J. Cole deserves consideration for tugging at the heartstrings of listeners with raw human emotion but still leaves open the door to reach a musical zenith. This is an album about J. Cole, an album where he's the center, the star, the whole point. One's interest in 4 Your Eyez Only hinges on how interesting one finds him, and on how much one appreciates his pure technique.