![]() ![]() ![]() It's about how the people you love view you how you may want to impress them, but might not be able to. It's simple, confident, assured…Eyez is about trying to be a good man, even though circumstances don't permit you to. “4 Your Eyez Only is ten tracks, no features and perfect ingredients. The album was supported by two singles: "Deja Vu" and "Neighbors". The album also debuted at number one on Billboard's Canadian Albums Chart. On January 12, 2017, 4 Your Eyez Only was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, and was certified platinum on April 7, 2017. It had the third-largest weekly sales for an album in 2016. 4 Your Eyez Only debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 363,000 copies in its first week (492,000 with additional album-equivalent units) earning Cole his fourth consecutive number-one album in the country. The album received generally positive reviews from critics, some of whom called it Cole's best album to date. 4 Your Eyez Only was released exactly two years after Cole's previous studio album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive. Promoting the release, Cole released a one-hour documentary (by the same name) on Apon HBO, featuring music from the album. 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. "J.4 Your Eyez Only is the fourth studio album by American rapper J.^ "22ND ANNUAL NAMIC VISION AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED" (PDF).Cole's HBO Documentary Brings Black Perseverance to the Forefront". Cole: 4 Your Eyez Only - a Dreamville film". Cole announces exclusive 4 Your Eyez Only screening". Cole Announces New HBO Documentary 4 Your Eyez Only". Cole, the Platinum Rap Dissident, Steps Back From the Spotlight". Cole Previews New Music in '4 Your Eyez Only' Documentary on HBO". Cole's Home Studio That Inspired "Neighbors "". Cole's HBO Documentary '4 Your Eyez Only '". ![]() Writing for Billboard, J'na Jefferson praised the film saying it "brings black perseverance to the forefront". On the film was uploaded on Dreamville's YouTube channel. The documentary was exclusively screened at the Troxy in London on April 19, 2017. he documentary aired Apon HBO and HBO Now. Cole: 4 Your Eyez Only, following Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming in 2016. On MaHBO announced their second documentary with Cole titled, J. ![]() That lack of representation can lead to potentially catastrophic misunderstandings. These are people that never get to be heard, by the world or even by each other. And you see a rapper who’s considered one of the biggest in the game, just listening. I felt like it would be mad powerful for black people to see black people talking to each other. Cole spoke about the documentary with The New York Times saying: Cole also previewed new music in the documentary. Entertainment Weekly reported, "The documentary promises to illustrate how their struggles over viable housing, voting laws for felons, integration, and more mirror the frustrations felt across the nation." The documentary included security camera footage of a SWAT raid that took place on Maat Cole's North Carolina home studio, which served as inspiration for the track " Neighbors". Incorporating music from the album 4 Your Eyez Only, Cole captured stories of residents in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Atlanta, Georgia, Ferguson, Missouri, his father's hometown, Jonesboro, Arkansas and his hometown, Fayetteville, North Carolina. ![]()
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