![]() He briefly mentions that their profiling is a result of the media depiction of black men as criminals, or in his words: “ Only time they see us we be on the news in chains ”. Take for example the ‘Neighbours’ cut, where Cole references how his neighbours assume he and his friends are selling drugs, based solely on the fact that they are wealthy black men smoking weed, and call the police on him. ![]() However, do not expect this project to be political, rather the album makes allusions to many of the sentiments and hardships at the centrepiece of this movement (such as racial identity, and profiling) without directly mentioning them. Cole releases, this project is impeccably well-timed, with ‘Black Lives Matter’ being at the forefront of everyone’s minds and media coverage in the United States. Cole release being rarer than a shooting star), the Fayetteville rapper seems to have fleshed out this initial sentiment to create 4 Your Eyez Only.Ĭonsidering how long the stretches are between J. Two yea s later, arguably at the peak of his musical career (despite a J. Cole popped by The Letterman Show, and during a performance of his unreleased song “Be Free”, he sang “ There ain’t no gun they make that can take my soul”. With his hair grown-out and his lyricism sharp as ever, Jermaine embarks on his most conceptual project yet.īack in 2014, on the run-up to 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J.
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