Despite the gravity of his subjects (and his sobering delivery), Cole-like his occasional collaborator Kendrick Lamar-is the rare artist who's managed to reconcile the conscious with the commercial, balancing his conceptual side with giant singles like вЂњWork OutвЂќ, вЂњDeja VuвЂќ and вЂњATMвЂќ. ColeвЂ™s 4 Your Eyez Only documentary aired on HBO, but it wasnвЂ™t a concert film despite sharing the title of his most recent LP.Rather, it served as a visual essay on the album.

ColeвЂ™s since gone on to release a string of ambitious, increasingly confident albums, often meditating on single subjects at length: 2018вЂ™s KOD, for example, offered a sustained look at addiction, while several songs on 2016вЂ™s 4 Your Eyez Only were written from the perspective of a friend killed in his early twenties after leaving the drug game-a composite of people Cole knew from childhood. Cole surprised us all last week with the announcement of his new album 4 Your Eyez Only, and now itвЂ™s finally here Going with his signature featureless approach, the 10-track album finds Jermaine addressing issues like social injustices in America, Black Lives Matter movement, and the responsibility of fatherhood on the song SheвЂ™s. Jay dismissed him initially, but circled back a year or so later on the strength of ColeвЂ™s mixtapes, making him the first signee to the Roc Nation label. JohnвЂ™s University, graduating magna cum laude while making beats on the side, at one point waiting outside JAY-ZвЂ™s studio for three hours to give him a CD. The album was Cole's first release with Interscopehis previous albums were released by Columbia Records. Cole will be releasing his fourth studio album, 4 Your Eyez Only, next week, the rapper releases a new 40-minute documentary titled Eyez. Cole.It was released on December 9, 2016, by Dreamville Records, Roc Nation and Interscope Records. A North Carolina native (born in Frankfurt, West Germany, in 1985), Cole moved to New York City on scholarship to St. 4 Your Eyez Only is the fourth studio album by American rapper J. He takes on capital-T topics with an earnestness-and moral imperative-that most rappers seem to avoid. Cole emerged in the 2010s as a kind of torchbearer for serious hip-hop. Cole Directed by Scott Lazer /falseprophets '4 Your Eyez Only' by J. Raised on 2Pac, Biggie, Nas and JAY-Z, J.

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