Your Eyez Only received an editor rating of 83% on HotNewHipHop, they praised the album saying, it "overcomes an ambitious concept and a couple of awkward moments to stand as J. As Cole reveals in this, the closing track, this project is meant as a parting message from Cole’s departed friend James to his daughter. Deja Vu" contains samples of " Swing My Way" written by Javalyn Hill and Michael Johnson and performed by K.

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The track was produced by Vinylz and Boi-1da, with additional production from Cole, Ron Gilmore and Velous and samples " Swing My Way" by K. Classical string duo Chargaux are credited on seven of the album's ten tracks, and were on many of the songs that got cut. For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Immortal", "Deja Vu", and "Ville Mentality" features background vocals by Kaye Foxx. Most of the recording on the album took place at the Sheltuh in North Carolina and Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The foundation for the track "For Whom the Bell Tolls" was produced by New York University student Elijah Scarlett, Dreamville president Ibrahim Hamad discovered the beat on SoundCloud in January 2016 and reached out to Scarlett.He said, "there's an extraordinary sense of calm pervading this album, one of the year's most finely drawn. Rolling Stone listed the album at number 35 on their list of the 40 best rap albums of 2016, Timmhotep Aku commented saying: "this album is more than a 10-track eulogy: It's a well-executed meditation on love, loss, fatherhood and being black in America.

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Rap-Up listed the album at number 18 on their editors' list of the 20 best rap albums of 2016, [97] while it was listed at number 5 by fans on their readers' choice list. At the end of the day, the most important thing to him and to all of us is how do we get this point that we're trying to get through and how do we make the best version of a song? All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. On September 2, 2017, Cole performed his entire 4 Your Eyez Only Tour setlist at the Budweiser Made in America Festival in Philadelphia.Most of these recordings took place from 2015 to 2016, while the production on the album was primarily handled by Cole himself, alongside several other record producers such as Vinylz, Boi-1da, Cardiak, Ron Gilmore, Frank Dukes, Chargaux and Elite, among others.

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The title track is truly a marvel of Jermaine’s but there is one huge blemish on this record and I get the sentiment but “Folding Clothes” is an awful track clunky and nearly throws off the entire album. William Sutton of PopMatters wrote a positive review, deeming the album Cole's "most mature and cohesive record to date", he commented saying: "Whilst 4 Your Eyez Only may not be full of the political rage and rhetoric of Run the Jewels or the figurehead positioning of To Pimp a Butterfly, it presents another perspective, a simpler, more grounded viewpoint. At the end of 2016, 4 Your Eyez Only appeared on a number of critics' lists ranking the year's top albums. It's not for him; it's like a safe haven/creative workspace for all the Dreamville artists and producers. rapper Kanye West, due to Cole's referencing to West's altering public perception by the media and fans; as well as Kanye's recent hospitalization.They have multiple sides, and the side that is the strongest is love — of mothers, of friends, of girlfriends, of children. Cole and I spent hours one night looking for photos for his album cover but nothing seemed to stand out.