In 4 Your Eyez Only, Cole channels the spirit and movement he found in “Be Free” and abandons any sort of the commercial aspirations or catchy hooks that comprised his previous album. Having disappeared almost entirely since his previous album, releasing two songs, over the tim, firstly Jermaine’s Interlude on DJ Khaled’s album as well as a song last November alongside Kendrick Lamar.
Cole’s evolving stance on fame primarily necessitated if Forest Hills Drive was any example, that he wasn’t a fan of it. Cole’s artistic merits while simultaneously writing nothing of worldly relevance themselves (looking at you Shea Serrano.) Then in the other corner you have sub-par mediocre writers who slander J. So it’s for that reason, before I get further into the album review, I’d like to dismiss most if not all the early reviews of the album which primarily read like one-listen write-ups, a process to which this album is not friendly. He doesn’t have the easy-going likeable of Drake nor does he have the whatever it is people like about Kendrick. Cole is difficult for most entertainment writers to cover. Cole has come full circle, though maybe not in the way that many had expected.
Now, with the release of 4 Your Eyez Only, J. Stadium bass heavy anthems like G.O.M.D and Firing Squad were there to balance the softening back-end of the album, which featured a more melodic and piano heavy movement. Cole the artist and superstar finally found a convergence. Then, it was finally with Forest Hills Drive that J. As a personal fan of Born Sinner, I loved what the work was, and it showed an evolving sense of comfort. Cole’s transition back to his roots of music. But following a lukewarm freshman studio release, we saw the beginning of J. As an introspective rapper he’s chronicled that struggle and journey, beginning with his early career mixtapes The Warm Up as well as the massively underrated Friday Night Lights. Throughout his career, J Cole has had trouble reconciling his own ambitions for stardom with a perso nal calling for storytelling as an art form.
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