4 your eyez only is the fourth studio album by american rapper j 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 The album's central theme, immortality through memory, is reinforced in lines like real ones don't die, emphasizing that james lives on through his story 4 your eyez only is a powerful tribute to life, legacy, and love.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2016 cd release of 4 your eyez only on discogs. During the making of 4 your eyez only, j Cole experienced firsthand some of the racism and social unease that would fuel his fourth studio album The rapper had begun work on 4 your eyez only by renting a house in an affluent neighborhood in north carolina, where he holed up in order to write and record tracks. The swat experience, recounted on neighbors, the best song from cole's fourth album, 4 your eyez only, is a grim perversion of those dreams, and it anchors a record that wrestles with the. 4 your eyez only is an incredible conceptual and introspective album, offering a deeply personal look into cole's life
Album review many volumes of history and sociology have been written about the violence, drug abuse and poverty in america's inner cities And with his fourth studio album, 4 your eyez only, rapper j Cole paints a poignant, often exceedingly profane fictional portrait of one man's ultimately failed attempt to break those patterns Though rappers generally aren't known for concept albums.
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