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. The album also serves as Dreamville's president Ibrahim Hamad first executive producer credit for a Cole album. The album was Cole's first release with Interscope-his previous albums were released by Columbia. It was released on December 9, 2016, by Dreamville Records, Roc Nation and Interscope Records. Cole so far and he didn’t bother to address any of the controversy and let people contemplate until it died out.Ībout 4 Your Eyez Only is the fourth studio album by American rapper J. 4 Your Eyez Only remains the most controversial album of J. By January 2017, the album was certified Gold, and was certified Platinum by April. Cole didn’t get a Grammy nomination, but got nominations from Billboard and BET. The album had its first single, “Déjà vu”, released Thirty-one days after the release the album yet, the album sold three hundred and sixty three thousand (363,000) copies on the first week, making it his fourth consecutive number-one album in the United States.
Like the 2014 Forest Hill Drive, the album didn’t enjoy any marketing listening party, social media hype, interviews and the whole nine yards. That was discombobulating for a lot of fans as regards the status of his career, only for him release a pre-order on iTunes on December 9th, 2016. The second time was at an October concert in 2016 where he announced that that particular performance would be his last for a while. How the fuck do I look when I brag to you 'bout some diamond? Said all that I could say now I play with thoughts of retirement”. The first being on DJ Khalid’s Major Key, released in July of 2016, he featured on a track titled “Jermaine’s Interlude”, he hinted at retirement with the lines “Niggas murkin' each other in murky water, Ias try and swim. Cole had earlier hinted at retirements on two occasions. The drama before the release of the album was something else J. It turns out that the entire 4 Your Eyez Only was a memoir for his young daughter to remember him by. Cole’s storytelling was also evident in this album and it was at its best in this album, as he told a story all the way from the situations surrounding the community and circumstances James was raised in, to selling crack, all the way to him falling in love to him becoming a father, then passing away. A Dreamville source, according to genius confirmed that the storyline in the entire album was a true story and that James (not his real name), the name of the character in the album was a real person and that he changed in the name for the sake of privacy. This time, he kept the track list to just 10 songs and touched topics ranging from racial discrimination, mass incarceration, love, fatherhood, depression, and Gang Violence that is common in the African American Community.
Cole returns after a 2-year break since his 2014 Forest Hill Drive album with another and his second Solo, feature-less album. The "4 Your Eyez Only Tour” follows Cole’s 2015 "Forest Hills Drive Tour," which was the highest-selling hip-hop tour of that year, after which Cole embarked on an international festival run in 2016.J. Each of its ten tracks has notched a place on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in December. The North Carolina-bred Cole is touring in support of his fourth album, the Platinum-certified 4 Your Eyez Only, which debuted at No.
Telstra Thanks is bringing an exciting 48-hour pre-sale just for Telstra customers from midday Friday, February 24 until midday Monday, February 27.įor more information on how to purchase, visit: /music. Tickets for shows in Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth go on sale at midday (local time) Tuesday, February 28. The “4 Your Eyez Only” Tour kicks off in South Carolina with a run of thirteen small, intimate shows before going into Live Nation arenas in North America and the U.K., along with a mix of arena and theatre dates in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Cole announces today that he will hit the road for a 57-city world tour.