The opening track “For Whom The Bell Tolls” shows this man struggling to come to terms that this is the life he is leaving. Having to deal with drug dealers and gang bangers all the time. This friend who is referred to as James is struggling with the life he is leading in the hood. The first half of this record and the overall story that this album is telling is told from the perspective of one of J Cole’s friends who is now deceased. Mostly what I like about this record is the idea of him rapping from the first person point of view of somebody else other than him. Maybe I need to go back and listen to that record again but I found more in this album than I did in his 2014 effort. Well I do like this album better than Forest Hill Drive. I did however hear that J Cole was dropping an album this year and I decided I would give him a second chance to impress me and win me over. I saw talent in him for sure but other than that I didn’t fall head over heels for his music the way a lot of other people did. My first exposure to his work was 2014 Forest Hill Drive, an album that was almost universally loved by his fan base. My initial impression of him wasn’t that strong one way or another. North Carolina hip hop artist, has been dropping mixtapes since 2007.
J Cole is back with his 4 th studio album titled 4 Your Eyez Only.
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