Albums J. Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only (Discussion Thread)

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Dissapointed in this, not bad but avg as fukk.

 

[wingstop]

I love how this album has exposed the hypebeast fans. nikkas talking bout how it's boring and all that other dumb shyt. nikka put out a joint with real shyt based on the current climate of the country and all these cocksuckas can say is "I can't turn up to this". Glad to know u only hopped on the cole wagon about 2-3 years ago and had no clue about his rise in the game and the music he made way back. I hate you nikkas with a passion. False Prophets.

who the fukk listens to j cole to turn up?

J cole stans have been running with this narrative for his whole career and always make up excuses as to why people don't like his albums

 

[B!tchuoffendingme]

And that's just my opinion. At the end of the day, if you only respect his music if he can get you lit then you're the problem. Go elsewhere for that type of energy. I'm glad the nikka made this album. It's necessary in this climate. It's relevant. It's not just dope music for the sake of being dope, the nikka is speaking on real life, what ppl are going through right and what he is also going through. It's a more mature cole than his last effort and the avg fan today isn't going to feel it because they want that easy popcorn turn up shyt that they can run to social media and quote under pictures.

It really doesn't matter if listeners like that don't like the music. People like me who appreciate growth and creativity fukk with it. I'll continue to listen to the album then come to a conclusion as to where it stands in his discography and with the rest of the really good rap shyt released all year. Fans of cookie cutter rap can fall back.

fukk is you talmbout nikka? Hes projected to sell 500k first week, quit bytching like ya mans is getting a bum rap.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I'm pretty clear in what I'm saying.

This album has the same vibe/sound as FHD. How you figure this is him stepping away from what he usually does when sonically this sounds like his last album?

FHD has a heavy jazz influence?

Well shyt that's news to me

 

[B!tchuoffendingme]

These Cole stans really have pieced together some asinine theory that this is some The Cool level concept album when this pretty much the same shyt hes been rapping about since he came out what the fukk

I dont think every song is part of this elaborate concept, I think its loosely strung through the whole album.
For example, I didnt see how Neighbors fit into that "third person" POV concept,that track is autobiographical and full of lines that refer to his own background.
No coincidence that that the best song on the whole album is the one thats actually about him.

 

[10:31]

Dissapointed in this, not bad but avg as fukk.

@Ronnie Lott hey holmes remember our talk last week

I conceded to your point on semantics.. with that said

His mixtapes >>>>>>

He's 1-3 on albums son....


I gave this record a full spin on the phone and in my car.... it's meh average or slightly above it.. It's def not seeing 2014s effort

Wale is a better artist than J. Cole

6/10

 

[MarcP]

I like the concept for this but I don't listen to concepts, I listen to music and the music on this is drab and a chore to listen to straight through.

 

[JAY?]

I dont think every song is part of this elaborate concept, I think its loosely strung through the whole album.
For example, I didnt see how Neighbors fit into that "third person" POV concept,that track is autobiographical and full of lines that refer to his own background.
No coincidence that that the best song on the whole album is the one thats actually about him.

I've only listened to the album as background. nothing but the title track stuck out, but I think on Neighbors, the 'perspective' is talking about cole

 

[Fortunate Lee]

First real dud Cole dropped. There is no fukkin "life" in this one. Dude needs to create music without this corny bs.

 

[GoldenGlove]

I agree with everything you said. Now check out my music in my sig and lmk what you think of my rough drafts/demos

Bet.

The songs sound like they have potential. For demos/unmixed stuff it was cool. Wasn't feeling the singing on 'The One' tho.

 

[H. Selassie]

@ all the fake-deep championing that I see on social media whenever Cole drops a project. His music is a go-to for instathots when they want to feel intellectual. Same for Wale and Kendrick to a lesser degree.

Cole isn't complex enough for these hoes to be frontin like they are listening to to some next level shyt.

 

[GoldenGlove]

And that's just my opinion. At the end of the day, if you only respect his music if he can get you lit then you're the problem. Go elsewhere for that type of energy. I'm glad the nikka made this album. It's necessary in this climate. It's relevant. It's not just dope music for the sake of being dope, the nikka is speaking on real life, what ppl are going through right and what he is also going through. It's a more mature cole than his last effort and the avg fan today isn't going to feel it because they want that easy popcorn turn up shyt that they can run to social media and quote under pictures.

It really doesn't matter if listeners like that don't like the music. People like me who appreciate growth and creativity fukk with it. I'll continue to listen to the album then come to a conclusion as to where it stands in his discography and with the rest of the really good rap shyt released all year. Fans of cookie cutter rap can fall back.

This post reeks of pretentiousness


There have been heavier records than this album pertaining to the climate of America that have released just last month that I would say are better than this.

Common's Black America Again
Tribe's album

They are both speaking real shyt right? And I believe Tribe's album did well in terms of sales, so the notion that fans are only looking for 'easy popcorn turn up' shyt is false.

For Cole to be in this lane of deep/conscious hiphop and have all these die hard fans... it's interesting how his music isn't superior to other releases in the same lane.

Now the argument for this album's "greatness" will be because it's a conceptual record. In terms of conceptual records that dropped this year, I have it behind Coloring Book and Mick Jenkins The Healing Component.

Am I lying?

 

[MeachTheMonster]

This post reeks of pretentiousness


There have been heavier records than this album pertaining to the climate of America that have released just last month that I would say are better than this.

Common's Black America Again
Tribe's album

They are both speaking real shyt right? And I believe Tribe's album did well in terms of sales, so the notion that fans are only looking for 'easy popcorn turn up' shyt is false.

For Cole to be in this lane of deep/conscious hiphop and have all these die hard fans... it's interesting how his music isn't superior to other releases in the same lane.

Now the argument for this album's "greatness" will be because it's a conceptual record. In terms of conceptual records that dropped this year, I have it behind Coloring Book and Mick Jenkins The Healing Component.

Am I lying?

Spend hella posts hating on some new hot shyt brehs

 

[GoldenGlove]

Spend hella posts hating on some new hot shyt brehs

Meach, you should read before replying

If you did, you'd realize that I don't even "hate" this album. I said that I like it more than FHD.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Meach, you should read before replying

If you did, you'd realize that I don't even "hate" this album. I said that I like it more than FHD.

I see you feverishly quoting people telling them why their opinion is wrong.

Presenting your opinion as fact, and being factually incorrect in your assessments.

Sound like a hater to me