“It’s family and fuckin’ music,” he says of his priorities. He avoids social media and doesn’t read the news on the internet. He mentions YG and Drake’s “Who Do You Love” having that effect on him. Interestingly enough, what gets Cole focused to complete his songs is hearing other people’s work.
That intention has been there and that purpose has been there.” 11. He wants to use his platform and opportunity now to say “the realest shit I’ve ever said.” He adds, “In case next time that shit down here, when I got to the top of the mountain, this is what the fuck I’ma say. In speaking about the difficulties of finishing 4 Your Eyez Only, Cole brings up the reality where rappers are at the top of the ladder, but seemingly fall down a few rungs when their next album isn’t as well-received. But yeah, that’s nothing new,” Cole adds.Ĭole gets taught a lesson in composition and musical theory, disagreeing that there shouldn’t always be an explanation on how music is formed. Like if he was black, he woulda been got shot…quickly,” Ib says. “That’s the other thing, he killed a husband and wife and started eating this dude’s face, and they just detained him. The report Ib read stated that Austin Harrouff was deemed a good kid by the sheriff and was detained by police, hypothesizing if that same situation happened to a black man, it would go down differently. Police brutality and race relations are on his mind.ĭuring some downtime, Ib and Cole have a conversation about the 19-year-old Florida teen who murdered a couple and began eating parts of a man’s face. In between recording sessions, Cole still makes time to play basketball. Cole never misses an opportunity to ball. One of Cole's collaborators showed a scene from the Japanese version of the film that featured a soothing melody. Disney’s 'The Jungle Book' was a source of inspiration. “Everybody Dies” also flips a loop from A Tribe Called Quest’s “Lyrics to Go.” 6. He samples A Tribe Called Quest in one of the two new songs. In a Fayvetteville State University jersey, Cole rides around in his hometown on a back of a truck calling out the rap game at large in a clip for “Everybody Dies”: “Clap back at the fake deep rappers/the OG gatekeep rappers/the would you take a break please rappers?/A bunch of words and they ain’t saying shit – I hate these rappers/Especially the amateur, eight-week rappers/Lil whatever, just another shortbus rapper/Fake drug dealers turned tour bus trappers/Napoleon complex, you this tall rappers/Get exposed standing next to 6’ 4” rappers/The streets don’t fuck with you, you Pitchfork rappers/Chosen by the white man, you hipster rappers/I reload the clip, and I hit more rappers/Straight shittin’ on these piss poor rappers, I’m back.” 5. Cole has a lot to say about fake rappers. While discussing the idea of releasing a single for an album after a long hiatus, Cole and his manager Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad reveal song titles for 4 Your Eyez Only: “Swing My Way,” Immortal,” “Real Ni**as,” “Neighbors,” “Interlude,” and “Everybody Dies” are all possible titles. There were a lot of different song titles in the mix. Cole writes his lyrics with a pen and a notepad.Ī rare sighting from MCs these days. Cole recorded at Electric Lady Studios.Ĭole held sessions for 4 Your Eyez Only at the historic New York studio, where artists such asJimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Erykah Badu, and D’Angelo have recorded.Ģ. Here are 14 things we learned from Eyez, and if you haven’t watched the doc yet, you can do so here. The beauty of Eyez is that we are all experiencing this moment of Cole’s life and enjoying his company together, which further supports his mission of putting his family, friends, and fans first.
In Eyez, we learn that Cole in addition to rapping and producing, Cole has taken on an executive role by guiding engineers and various musicians (violinist, organist, trumpeter, and more).
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So far, the rollout began in earnest on Thursday night, when Cole shared a new documentary on Tidal, titled Eyez.ĭirected by Scott Lazer and edited by Roberta Spitz, Eyez extends the idea from Cole’s Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming documentary series on HBO in giving fans an intimate look at what goes on during the recording process of an album. Cole fans were pleasantly surprised to hear the announcement that 4 Your Eyez Only, the rapper’s fourth studio album, would be releasing next week, on Dec.
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