Released on 4/20, KOD is Cole’s extended rumination on addiction, among other vices. His latest album, KOD, fashions the rapper’s moralistic contempt-which has long figured into his music-into a feature-length treatise. “That shit these rappers kick is nothing like real life / You made a milli off of serving hard white? Yeah, right / My mama tell you what addiction to that pipe feel like / Stupid niggas!” More than any other song, “Breakdown”-an otherwise late and inconspicuous track on the rapper’s worst album-prefigured Cole’s current direction. “Breakdown” is a spiteful record, though Cole reserves no spite for his mother instead, he rants against the culture that mythologizes her consumption. In one of Cole’s very best songs, “Breakdown,” from the North Carolina rapper’s 2011 debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, he describes a childhood wrecked by his father’s absence and his mother’s abandon.
He’s reluctant to discuss her struggles in interviews, but he’s expounded rather passionately in his music. Cole is ready for the next step in his life. That is also why love (seemingly above simply sex) takes on a new role. The songwriter is as sharp as ever, without taking himself so seriously. Perhaps that is why “Immortal” feels to be subversive at its heart, even if the verses understand the youth mentality. He brings them with him on 4 Your Eyez Only. Jermaine has survived, while many of his peers have not. Cole looks at his abilities and agrees that he is selling dope, even if he probably needs to find more understanding neighbors for a successful, self-employed Black man in 2016.Ĭole’s fourth album focuses on life points. Reconsidering the suburban assumption, J. However, even then he is believed to be “selling dope.” Some of the most grabbing production on the album uses a Screw chorus, as Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Rocky also do frequently.
The MC states that he keeps a home away from the lights and posturing, driving simple cars instead of posing. The North Carolina artist who has lived in New York City for much of his career chronicles the racism and judgement he feels at home. “Neighbors” follows the Dreamville founder home. The idea of living forever despite such dangerous situations is examined in 2016 stakes and terms. The song tiptoes through a nightmare, while also finding the courage to live in treacherous circumstances. This is as close to Gangsta Rap as the Roc Nation star can get. Cole’s Eyez Documentary Gives The First Taste Of Music From His New Album (Video)įor listeners seeking Jermaine’s introspection, “Immortal” is highly charged up. For those a bit earlier in those stages, “Deja Vu” is another trademark J. From almond milk in the cereal to Netflix and napping, this record may be a bonding fit for Cole’s extensive female and male audiences. The MC/producer’s song celebrates the mundane time spent with his partner. In the second, the song finds a typical self-involved young man, and prioritizes purpose quite differently. Cole speaks from a place in the first, of finding the ultimate partner. 2” are mature, openhearted takes on love and fatherhood. Cole’s life is, and where his thoughts on current events are. This feat is also true of Cole’s double-platinum #1 2014 Forest Hills Drive, released two years ago today.Īpproaching his 32nd birthday next month, 4 Your Eyez… is an interesting report from where J. The 10-track, 44 minute effort features no guest verses. Cole released his fourth album, 4 Your Eyez Only.
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