![]() ![]() Touching on the trials and tribulations of street life and fantasies of escaping the harsh realities of extreme poverty and violence, Cole digs deep, pulling out his most private thoughts on changing his circumstances, as illustrated on the slow, jazz-infused “Ville Mentality”. On his concise new album, 4 Your Eyez Only, a 10-track reprieve from the recent trend of ridiculously bloated hip-hop releases, Cole paints a narrative from the perspective of an entirely different person, a formula he adheres to for the majority of the project. The 31-year-old Frankfurt, Germany-born, North Carolina-based artist often comes heralded as one of his generation’s most prolific lyricists, and more times than not he delivers. ![]() Cole presumably felt to craft a powerful follow-up to 2014’s double platinum Forest Hills Drive must have been palatable.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |