There is debate that this song was created before Tiller released the song in 2015 and the producers stole the track from the Eyez sessions. If you do your Googles, you’ll see that there is some backstory to this confusion. On the first listen, I was wondering why is there a remix of B ryson Tiller’s “Exchange” on this album. Produced by Vinlyz, Boi-1da, Velous, Ron Gilmore, & J. It’s that sort of thinkin’ that been keepin’ the bottom and hanged They tellin’ sell dope, rap or go to NBA, in that order I know nobody meant to live forever anyway My one wish in this bitch make it quick if the Lord take me To die a young legend or live a long life unfulfilledĬause they only feel you after you gone, or I’ve been toldĪnd now I’m caught between bein’ heard and gettin’ oldĭamn, death creepin’ in my thoughts lately
This is the first but not the last time I will say that the final verse or line of the song delivers the message of the song, leads into the next song, and furthers the concept of the project to the listener: Have you ever heard the screams when the body hit the floor?įlashbacks to the pain, wakin’ up, cold sweats
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Have you ever served a fiend with a pocket full of I can tell you things that you probably shouldn’t know Screamin’, dollar and a dream with my closet lookin’ brokeĪnd my nigga’s lookin’ clean, gettin’ caught up with that dope Now I was barely seventeen with a pocket full of hope ColeĪs a fan that has been listening since The Warm-Up, this is a different story of his youth that I never knew: Barely over the two-minute mark, there is not enough time to fully grasp what we are about to hear from this album, but I’m interested. There’s an ominous feeling that death has either happened or is going to happen in this narrative: “Bells gettin’ louder, louder, I see the rain pouring down”. As much as I love uptempo/double time flow barrage of bars for intros, I like this subtle approach. We start off again with more singing than rapping and another unanswered question like we did for the intro of 2014 Forest Hills Drive ( “Ain’t no way to live, do I wanna die?”). Let’s see if the Dreamville leader will solidify his reign at the top of artistic integrity or if his last album was a fluke. We have ten tracks that make up the fourth album of Fayetteville’s favorite. Here we are a week later and the two teasers are nowhere near the tracklisting. Oh, Wale got mentioned too and he put out a response track? That’s nice, where’s the album? Listening to 4 Your Eyez Only in its entirety was my only concern.
Both are great tracks from what I’ve been seeing on my timeline, but I haven’t checked them out because I just want to hear the full album. A “lil” rapper, presumably, Lil’ Uzi Vert or Lil’ Yachty, received criticism on “Everybody Dies,” accusing them of gaining acclaim from (white) publications instead of Hip-Hop fans which will make them only be around for two months. “False Prophets” was believed to be about a former hero of Cole’s that is now being exposed as everything he was against in the beginning of his career, everyone assumed he was talking about Kanye West as he is in the midst of a breakdown. “False Prophets” and “Everybody Dies” caused a stir online as people speculated who he was talking to on each track. This time, we were rewarded two visuals and a making of documentary entitled, Eyez. Cole announced the release date for his next project with less than a month for promotion. In similar fashion to his last release, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Pusha T, SZA, Run The Jewels, and Childish Gambino were the last voices I was anticipating to hear, but the Carolina blue-clad Santa emerged again with an unexpected gift. I really thought we were going to end 2016 without hearing from Jermaine Cole.