J. Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only [OUT NOW]

Started by Mikey, Dec 1, 2016, in Hall of Fame Add to Reading List

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. Groovy Tony
    Posts: 9,325
    Likes: 13,243
    Joined: Jun 14, 2015

    Groovy Tony Grandma's baby Eddie Kane

    Dec 13, 2016
    "f--- this album s--- hey mama look what God made....she's mine"
    :lebcry::kdotcry::jordanlaff:
     
    May 3, 2025
  2. boyz n the suburbs
    Posts: 11,580
    Likes: 18,083
    Joined: Jul 7, 2015
    Location: Canada

    boyz n the suburbs In my city, I'm a young God

    Dec 13, 2016
    Wet Dreamz is objectively top three songs, any genre of all time.
     
    2
    Ordinary Joel and Uncle Luke like this.
    2
    Ordinary Joel and Uncle Luke like this.
    May 3, 2025
  3. FrenchKick
    Posts: 912
    Likes: 1,775
    Joined: Dec 25, 2014

    Dec 13, 2016
    I'm #teamnodaughter but it touches my soul like anybody did, make me contemplate life like this
    [​IMG]
     
    2
    Ordinary Joel and Groovy Tony like this.
    2
    Ordinary Joel and Groovy Tony like this.
    May 3, 2025
  4. NewLegend
    Posts: 388
    Likes: 878
    Joined: Jan 22, 2015

    Dec 13, 2016
    I know people are entitled to their opinion, but I honestly don't get how some people dont like this album. If I remove the nostalgia feeling from his mixtapes, this is Cole's best work to date. I say that because yes, FNL and TWU have amazing songs, but as great as those mixtapes are: they are just not cohesive all the way through and honestly they are kind of too long (which is cool because they are just mixtapes).
     
    May 3, 2025
  5. Kold
    Posts: 2,219
    Likes: 6,768
    Joined: Dec 23, 2014

    Dec 13, 2016
    The only thing wrong with really wrong with Fantano is how he harps/lingers on certain little detials to a fault. He did the same thing with the came "fast like 911 in White Neighborhoods," where he expected some social commentary when its just a simple metaphor. With this album he seemed to be calling certain lines filler. With the Deja Vu intro (put your finger in the sky) I feel him 100% but when he went in on the "before my very eyes, should come as no surprise" line on For whom the bells tolls as just "filler" it was just too much. That line is fine especially in the context of the whole project having premonition vibes but to each his own.
     
    May 3, 2025
  6. Nav Bhatia
    Posts: 5,871
    Likes: 16,065
    Joined: Dec 2, 2014

    Nav Bhatia Bitch, be humble

    Dec 13, 2016
    Ye that was my only problem with the review. Leaves out good moments on the album to amplify some of the "low" moments
     
    May 3, 2025
  7. NewLegend
    Posts: 388
    Likes: 878
    Joined: Jan 22, 2015

    Dec 13, 2016
    Kind of interested to know what deadendhiphop thinks about it. I know beezy a big Cole fan, wonder what his take will be on the album since it's different from anything Cole has done in the past and he experimented on this album.
     
    1
    Ordinary Joel likes this.
    1
    Ordinary Joel likes this.
    May 3, 2025
  8. GKBS
    Posts: 1,729
    Likes: 3,839
    Joined: Dec 23, 2014

    Dec 13, 2016
    And he likes short projects too. This is why I f--- with DEHH more than Fantano because they sit with an album for at least 5 days before giving a review. I really only watch for Mykc but at least when he doesn't like something, it doesn't seem like a personal vendetta. And gives credit to good things on albums even if it's not for him. I only really look forward to them and Big Quint.
     
    May 3, 2025
  9. NewLegend
    Posts: 388
    Likes: 878
    Joined: Jan 22, 2015

    Dec 13, 2016
    Yeah DEHH reviews are dope because even if there is something they don't like about an album they constructively criticize it and also reinforce what they liked about the album. Plus it's 4 different points of view with them, so it isn't just one person's opinion.
     
    May 3, 2025
  10. Lost Batarang
    Posts: 553
    Likes: 1,138
    Joined: Dec 27, 2014

    Lost Batarang KB24 - KD35 - PG13

    Dec 13, 2016
    That Fantano dude has one of the most punchable faces across the internet. His mustache only makes it worse :jordanlaff:
     
    May 3, 2025
  11. Spartan23R
    Posts: 1,421
    Likes: 3,025
    Joined: Dec 23, 2014

    Spartan23R Set of horns and a halo

    Dec 13, 2016
    I bought the Audio-Technica ATH-M50X today, and this album is even better lol. Can hear the background vocals and sounds so much clearer. That last verse on change is even better now when you hear all the background voices
     
    May 3, 2025
  12. Nav Bhatia
    Posts: 5,871
    Likes: 16,065
    Joined: Dec 2, 2014

    Nav Bhatia Bitch, be humble

    Dec 13, 2016
    Cole needs a project where he's not tryna do a concept. Just make a playlist of ur best s---
     
    May 3, 2025
  13. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Posts: 19,389
    Likes: 56,879
    Joined: Dec 14, 2015

    Dec 13, 2016
    need another FNL/the comeup
     
    May 3, 2025
  14. Nav Bhatia
    Posts: 5,871
    Likes: 16,065
    Joined: Dec 2, 2014

    Nav Bhatia Bitch, be humble

    Dec 13, 2016
    That one track at 25:15 of the documentsry so fire. They spent like 2-3 mins on the making of that track and it's not on the album??
     
    May 3, 2025
  15. Poohdini
    Posts: 13,809
    Likes: 24,317
    Joined: Feb 15, 2011

    Poohdini MVP MVP

    Dec 13, 2016
    I'm sure he saved a few tracks that he'll have Kenny hop on for the collab.
     
    May 3, 2025
  16. Pazuzu
    Posts: 8,397
    Likes: 17,209
    Joined: Dec 23, 2014

    Dec 13, 2016
    Cole has progressed sonically and showcased his storytelling abilities. The evolution is clear on 4YEO.

    Album 5 would be really dope if it contained all hits and bangers that are still lyrical. FHD on roids...and no singing unless it's from an r&b singer. A self-titled album would even be fitting. Or a title that doesn't relate to a concept.
     
    May 3, 2025
  17. Spartan23R
    Posts: 1,421
    Likes: 3,025
    Joined: Dec 23, 2014

    Spartan23R Set of horns and a halo

    Dec 13, 2016
    I thought that would be the last track on the album lol, think it got cut and will be locked in his vault
     
    May 3, 2025
  18. Mike Tyson
    Posts: 20,023
    Likes: 63,071
    Joined: Feb 15, 2011

    Mike Tyson big cuntry's alias

    Dec 13, 2016
    i hate fantano, but this is the first review where he's actually been right.

    good project, one of cole's best, but still far from a great one.
     
    May 3, 2025
  19. Pazuzu
    Posts: 8,397
    Likes: 17,209
    Joined: Dec 23, 2014

    Dec 13, 2016
    Cole did say a few months back that it's his last show for awhile. I have a feeling there is another project to come in 2017. He'll tour a few months after that most likely. All he could really add to his set in terms of getting the crowd hype is Immortal, Deja Vu, and Neighbors. Project 5 confirmed hits and bangers.
     
    May 3, 2025
  20. Pazuzu
    Posts: 8,397
    Likes: 17,209
    Joined: Dec 23, 2014

    Dec 13, 2016
    In other news I make my coaching debut tonight. Not expecting much really. Just as long as they hustle and have good sportsmanship then it's all good. Two 9th graders that would've helped the JV team are strictly playing varsity :/ so I'm left with a crew of misfits. f--- it, we'll do our best!!:emoji_basketball::emoji_basketball::emoji_basketball::emoji_basketball::emoji_basketball::emoji_basketball::emoji_basketball::emoji_basketball::emoji_basketball::emoji_basketball::emoji_basketball::emoji_basketball::emoji_basketball::emoji_basketball::emoji_basketball:
     
    May 3, 2025
Live Thread
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.