This is an album written by Cole from the perspective of his close friend who died. Something like a last note to his daughter to listen to when she’s older.. Hands down my fav Cole album. Such a tear jerker
When Folding Clothes came out, the HipHopHead subreddit was going in on Cole for "who wants to hear about someone folding clothes?" But its such a love song. Imagine wanting to fold clothes with someone. Imagine that being something you enjoy doing because you like being with them so much that chores feel like a moment. This album came at a point of my life where I was so wanting to love. I genuinely miss the person I was when it came out.
Ngl DEHH gave me a great perspective on why that song exists. It's such a minor thing, and yet some insecure 'manly' men won't help their wives fold clothes because it's generally seen as emasculating.....Cole being willing to actively want to fold clothes for his S.O. shows how much he loves them and is willing to reject toxic notions of what is considered masculine for her sake. Still don't like the song, but I appreciate and admire the sentiment alot.
The song directly correlates with the first song of the album where he says you either live a fast life or a long one unfulfilled. IN folding clothes hes realized that the long life is fulfilling
Hmm, album came out I wasn’t messing w it, but this persepctive opened me to it. When it came out I was in my first relationship, 15. On weekends where I had to do laundry, we’d go together and she’d help me and make the time go by like it was nothing.
god, tell me abt it. right after writing notes for this vid, i visited my parents and they told me abt how hard it was to raise me while they were young, without much money & while getting an education. parents can be incredible, the love and motivation to make a good life for their children is so heartwarming
@@pathreacts @pathreacts i’m very late but i hope you see this. in the song immortal when he says forward with the plot one seven forty five the deeper meaning behind that is if you listen to the album in one whole track at the time 17:45 it takes you to the end of the song change where he introduces his friend james being killed… im a big cole fan so i always wanna tell people that when they listen to album
this is the first video i've seen of yours, best album review i've ever watched i think, i love your editing style, how you dont stop, just dull and soften the song while talking, how you explain what you took from the song in a calm voice over, and its obvious you read what the tracks are about after you listen instead of just giving your initial thoughts based off first listen. also great album choice :) amazing video 10/10
tbh i think this is the only genuinely good cole album, most of his other stuff to me is just meh, good songs sparkled in between but extremely inconsistent
@@pathreactsI love both records but I have friends and most of them only care about production. It’s sad cuz sometimes I feel bad for what they missin on. I’ll put on 4yeo and they say it’s ass cuz they think it’s a boring beat and too long. Many people only care about production and I hope someday that people will dig past that and see how much more there is to music
@@JuanAndOn1yy yeah as someone who was previously exclusively in the EDM scene, i love & am drawn to production as well, so i can get that. but i actively try to take a more holistic approach to music now. a lot goes into it & a lot can be appreciated!
This is genuinely one of the best reactions I've seen for any album. It felt like I was listening to the album for the first time again. This has always been one of my favorite albums oat but this reaction has showed me more things to love about it. Your emotions are so raw and genuine you can really tell how much you appreciate music.
Cole sat in the same spot for 12 hours to rewrite the story of his best friend's death for the final track. The devotion to James' legacy is unmatched, that's love
My wife was pregnant with our first child, our daughter, when this came out and to this day I can't listen to either "She's mine" without getting teary eyed
@pathreacts 100%! I dont think i ever truly appreciated the structure of an album until this one. She's mine pt.2 is filled with love and hope for the future and then the last song hits. Absolutely devastating
I was in a hospital bed, recovering from meningitis. I almost died. I woke up after 2-3 days and my GF was curled up on the couch in my room. She was the first one there. This album came out the day I woke up and when I listened to she’s mine I started crying just seeing her sleeping. That’s when I decided I was gonna marry her. That was 7 years ago. We’re married with 2 kids now. She’s mine parts 1/2 make me tear up to this day.
I personally think that the title track is one of the greatest rap songs of all time. I actually like it more than Sing About Me because you can tell he was emotional when recording some of these lines. Everything about it is a masterpiece.
Seeing someone appreciate this album for what it is... A story from the perspective of a lost friend, that tells the ups and downs, the truly terrible and absolutely magical parts of life. Seeing your genuine emotions for this album has been the best part of this video
i remember a lot of people hating on this album when it came out because it didn't have any songs you could bump to and you really had to listen, till this day its one of my favorite cole albums.
back when for your eyez came out i listened to it for the first time and didn’t understand the whole complexity of the lyrics but recently i have gone through one of the worse heartbreaks i’ve ever been in. I decided to listen to for your eyez again but this time it felt as if i had gotten wiser and as every song played i understood the emotions that were trying to be conveyed in the song. And especially the title track just really sent me like it just feels as though cole really was passionate about his friend and really brought me back although it didn’t bring me back to the best times it had me reminiscing about my childhood and my life in general, anyways i hope you enjoyed the album
this album makes me so damn sad and I cry like every time. but at the same time it makes me hopeful and grateful for what I do have and what's to come.
This album came out my senior year of highschool where I felt lost as hell. Had no idea where I was gonna go with my life and I didn't even see myself getting past highschool, listening to this album on repeat in class really made me think about what it is I'm actually even doing with my life. I still don't have anything figured out but this was definitely something that helped me past that point
man this channel got to be one of the best music reaction channels on youtube, the amount of media literacy is insane and I love how you try and analyze and interpret the albums you react too, which isn't usually the case with most youtube channels that make the same content you do, so this is a really nice change of pace and I hope you make more album reactions in the future cuz they're always so fun to come back too.
Cole wrote this album in memory of his late friend. To leave a message for his friend's daughter. Where he talks about being stuck in his unhealthy tendencies and his karma catching up to him, he's talking from his friend's perspective. Such a touching album.
There’s just something about J. Cole. His ability to emotionally resonate through lyrics, voice inflection, tone, beat selection, and just over all genuine disposition. It’s unmatched in modern rap imo.
This album is not underrated most people debate whether this album or forest hill drive is his best album so how's it underrated.. y'all be throwing the underrated word around it's hilarious
@@Chille10 "Most people" being Cole fans. From general audiences, this album isn't appreciated nearly as much as it should be. This album made the "J Cole makes sleeping music" shit more prominent. I just looked at some rankings online, and people are putting it at: 6/10, 6/8, and 6/8 for where it sits amongst his other projects.
@@curlbeats23as a Coke fan. This is my second favorite release. If you include mixtapes, Friday Night Lights will be on the top, 4YEO, The Warm Up, Born Sinner, and Truly Yours and my top 5 of Cole’s discography
Never heard of this person before but she came up on my feed. Level of respect is high and she gained a new follower. Cole is number one on my list and this album is a classic thank you for this video!
@@pathreacts please react to the call for 2014 Forest Hills Drive! I bet you'll tear up by the end too! and if you do get to it, you need to finish the outro, all 14 mins.
As an Italian usually the language barrier is strong when I listen to US rap but the first time I listened to this title track was really an eyes opening experience, I understood the song word for word and it genuinely made me cry, still a tough listen every time (in a good way obv), what an amazing track
I genuinely love watching people listen to this album for the first time. If I could go back and listen to the first time over again, that would be amazing.
One of my favorite albums ever, J. Cole really is one of those artists who changed my life. Gave a young 16 year old me a positive role model/hero to look up to in a music industry filled with so much hate
I’ll never forget when I was 24, I saw the aftermath of a shooting in New Orleans. And days after, blood still stained the steps on the corner this guy was shot and killed. And about a week before, I had been out drunk and around that same corner. Definitely shook me to wake up and not put myself in situations like that. I’m 29 now and sober, living a life I’m proud of with a great career and soon to be proposing to a woman I love dearly. Cole is an inspiration and a role model for someone like me who also has no father around. This song and album are both masterpieces. Great review!
Every time I return to this album I cry all over again, especially on the title track. Still an absolute masterpiece. Im really glad you see so much of the beauty and artistry in this album and were able to react to this one, it really resonates a lot with me as the time goes by
I cry every5ime i hear this album in full, work of art truly, got me through hard times, cole is my favorite artist, and it makes me happy to see someone discover and appreciate his work
Path, the way you let yourself be vulnerable and open... to express sincere emotion for others to see is very admirable and it warms my soul. I really appreciated the way you opened your heart to the lyrics on an emotional level.
i love your reactions because i get to read the lyrics and listen, which is something i struggle to do on my own. so when i read something my fuck ass ears wildly misinterpreted the whole song starts making more sense LMAO. also your breakdowns and community favorites help a ton. multiple perspectives breed clarity and understanding. with that being said, this is my favorite cole album. this is the one that cemented him as one of my top 10 rappers. his other projects are undoubtedly good, but just like gkmc, this is a storytelling album. i LOVE storytelling albums. i get to picture everything in my head. and i love when artists use their platforms to share what its like growing up in hoods and underprivileged communities. it really takes someone from the inside to tell the story so that people everywhere understand what it's like. it's tragic and it's terrifying and children shouldn't have to grow up with that fear but it's unfortunately its all a lot of our families can really settle for. especially nowadays this rent is brutal. but anyway, i'll shut up now. thanks for sharing this reaction, i got to enjoy some coffee and listen to good music and learn a little more than i knew. video was awesome. dig into more of his music, he's truly one of the greatest rappers of our generation. goodnight all
listening to this album as a 16 year old is something and then revisiting it at 25 is really something. This is something so wholesome a friend did for another friend and passed on his memory in a beautiful way. And truuuust me I've cried with so many of the songs so I get you, J cole really does let us feel raw emotions in this one.
IM A LIFETIME HIP HOP FAN FROM THE BOTTOM. I THINK THIS VIDEO IS DOPE TO SEE SOMEONE FROM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ORIGIN LISTEN UNDERSTAND AND PROCESS HOW REAL LIFE IS FOR SOME PEOPLE UNCONTROLLABLY. AWESOME REACTION
this is one that ages/aged fantastically. it was really slept on when it came out, a lot of people who grown into grown ass adults since this came out have come around to appreciate. some of jermaine's best
i love the emotion she shows in her reactions its very honest and its like the emotion i would show if i knew how to express them rather than bobbing my head to the music💀
J.Cole has been my favorite since I heard the Come Up in 07/08. This album is one of my favorite projects. Everytime I hear that ending of Ville Mentality I get emotional. As a dad with a daughter, the idea of that little girl “Wishing her dad was still here” is heartbreaking.
The more you listen to this album the more it'll hit you.. especially the title track .. I always gets goosebumps when the second last verse comes where he's predicting to lose his life soon
Change became one of my favorite songs of J.Cole's, not only because the topic and the instrumentals but on a more personal level. in 2020, I lost a friend named James and he was 22, so hearing that part after his passing made an emotional connection I never thought I would have
great reaction im really glad you listened to this album. its pretty often i see people call it boring and such but i think it is something very special
This album is very special to me. I listened to it a year after my older brother was murdered. It helped me grieve a lot, especially the titular song, and I still listen to that song every so often.
You are such an awesome reactor. I love how you put those community notes and put your thoughts in the background without fully pausing the music. Instantly subbed
This is my all time favorite album by my all time favorite artist. I listen to this album 2-3 times a week. I cried when I first heard and. I cry the 100,000th time. The way you described each song with such graciousness and eloquence brought even more tears to my eyes. Thank you (you gotta new sub)
i remember being in middle school and my childhood friend who I refer as my bigger brother showed me this when went to our usual road trip to Massachusettes. the ending made us both just silent the whole ride. I'm now 18 and him 21 sadly he moved to Massachusettes when I was in 7th grade. I visited in my junior year of highschool and we listened to the whole album once again as grown men. yet still we sat silent in the end.
This is the first video I have seen of yours but all I can say is this is my favorite reaction, I have how you take you heard from the song and explain it in a peaceful and passionate voice and I also love how you look at the lyrics to see what the song is about
Foldin Clothes is my favorite song from the album because it’s the one I relate to the most. Whenever I listen to it I start to yearn for the kind of love and relationship Cole sings about. To feel like your best self and loving the person who makes you feel like that forever. Making them feel cared for, safe, heard, I love that song so much
seeing this video on your raw reaction to being really introduced to J Cole is refreshing. Finally someone who really connects and appreciates the music he makes and the art of it!!!
I listened to this album when it first drop. Beautiful album and I cried. Still to this day listening to it, still makes me cry. J-Cole is one of my favorite story telling rappers.
I LOVE THIS! J.Cole is my favorite artist of all time and this album as well as his others have done so much for me in life. Cole is for the mind, Kendrick is for the soul, drake is for the confidence
amazing, path. had never given j cole a chance. this was fantastic. always grateful for your friendship, and your wisdom, and heart, mind, ears. grateful to be in it w you. ✌️❤️
I don't really even pay attention to albums and I'm definitely not a album review person but this was such a perfect album review it's got me wanting to go back to some of my favorite songs and put them in context to the albums and listen to the whole project
pls tell me u cried to this one too bc someone in the community favs said it was CORNY and then i cried again
If you want to cry listen to the og mix ( not remastered ) of ghost pop by Devon Hendrix( jpegmafia old stuff)
i cried the second time listening to the title track, when i actually listened to the lyrics and paid attention
this is def a VALID crying album
Hi path love your vids ❤
Nope, the last track got me crying like a baby
As a big J. Cole fan its wholesome seeing someone discover Eyez 7 years later.
Bro🤞
I love sseing people react to this amazing album ❤
Same! I love it 🙌🏾
HAHGAHA
This is an album written by Cole from the perspective of his close friend who died. Something like a last note to his daughter to listen to when she’s older.. Hands down my fav Cole album. Such a tear jerker
No it’s by his cousin not his close friend.
lol ok semantics guy 😂😂 at a certain age a select few close friends get the title of uncle/ cousin in my family. Must be different where your from?
@@highinside4757 yeah I have some of those in my family, this isn’t that though, if you ever listened to the album you’d know that.
@@AtlMarcusno its his best friend bot
Can’t stand people that hate on J Cole. One of the best ever easily. Such a beautiful album
There’ll always be haters, this is true in any field unfortunately 😢
when this came out i was a firm believer that this a 0 skip album still am
who hates jcole??? ive never heard anyone say they dislike jcole
@@Galaxyyy420there’s plenty of people
@@Galaxyyy420everyone has haters
When Folding Clothes came out, the HipHopHead subreddit was going in on Cole for "who wants to hear about someone folding clothes?"
But its such a love song. Imagine wanting to fold clothes with someone. Imagine that being something you enjoy doing because you like being with them so much that chores feel like a moment.
This album came at a point of my life where I was so wanting to love. I genuinely miss the person I was when it came out.
Ngl DEHH gave me a great perspective on why that song exists. It's such a minor thing, and yet some insecure 'manly' men won't help their wives fold clothes because it's generally seen as emasculating.....Cole being willing to actively want to fold clothes for his S.O. shows how much he loves them and is willing to reject toxic notions of what is considered masculine for her sake.
Still don't like the song, but I appreciate and admire the sentiment alot.
Reminds me of a powerful line in the movie Everywhere Everything All At Once “In another life I would’ve loved doing laundry and taxes with you”
Yessss
The song directly correlates with the first song of the album where he says you either live a fast life or a long one unfulfilled. IN folding clothes hes realized that the long life is fulfilling
Hmm, album came out I wasn’t messing w it, but this persepctive opened me to it. When it came out I was in my first relationship, 15. On weekends where I had to do laundry, we’d go together and she’d help me and make the time go by like it was nothing.
anthony fantano could never
what he didnt like it?
@@fernandotrochez7205he gave it a 6 or so
If anybody listens to that’s guys opinion they’re just as retarded as him
@@fernandotrochez7205 he constantly hates on j Cole
Bro he irrationally hates Drake and J. Cole if it was call to pimp your eyes it be a 10
I cried to this album, it really made me appreciate my dad
god, tell me abt it. right after writing notes for this vid, i visited my parents and they told me abt how hard it was to raise me while they were young, without much money & while getting an education. parents can be incredible, the love and motivation to make a good life for their children is so heartwarming
Kendrick songs are way better made me cry a river 😭
@@jc-zp1de no point of comparing both of them are the best in the game
I did, too. It made think about my close friend...
@@pathreacts @pathreacts i’m very late but i hope you see this. in the song immortal when he says forward with the plot one seven forty five the deeper meaning behind that is if you listen to the album in one whole track at the time 17:45 it takes you to the end of the song change where he introduces his friend james being killed… im a big cole fan so i always wanna tell people that when they listen to album
this is the first video i've seen of yours, best album review i've ever watched i think, i love your editing style, how you dont stop, just dull and soften the song while talking, how you explain what you took from the song in a calm voice over, and its obvious you read what the tracks are about after you listen instead of just giving your initial thoughts based off first listen. also great album choice :) amazing video 10/10
Wow, thank you! Warm welcome :)
@@pathreactshonestly this is really dope
@@pathreactsliterally my favorite reaction video 😭
Same here. Keep doing you!
Frr
Personal album for Cole that a lot of people didn't mess with, same as Mr Morale and The Big Steppers by Kdot
literally do not understand how people dont connect with either of these. i love them sm
tbh i think this is the only genuinely good cole album, most of his other stuff to me is just meh, good songs sparkled in between but extremely inconsistent
@@pathreactsI love both records but I have friends and most of them only care about production. It’s sad cuz sometimes I feel bad for what they missin on. I’ll put on 4yeo and they say it’s ass cuz they think it’s a boring beat and too long. Many people only care about production and I hope someday that people will dig past that and see how much more there is to music
@@JuanAndOn1yy yeah as someone who was previously exclusively in the EDM scene, i love & am drawn to production as well, so i can get that. but i actively try to take a more holistic approach to music now. a lot goes into it & a lot can be appreciated!
@@javiartemForrest hill drive???? Your crazy
I’ve listened to this album 100 times and never cried as much as I did listening with you
4YEO is one of THE greatest songs ever. “Cuz he loved you.”🥹
makes me tear up every single time🔥😭
It's not about him it's about his friend who passed away
@@johnbo3000 ?
Yesss
she skipped over that line which is crazy
This is genuinely one of the best reactions I've seen for any album. It felt like I was listening to the album for the first time again. This has always been one of my favorite albums oat but this reaction has showed me more things to love about it. Your emotions are so raw and genuine you can really tell how much you appreciate music.
Wow, thank you 🥹
2014 Forest Hill’s drive is a must listen!
Thank you Path for dropping this btw ☺️
100% can’t wait
I think that what she said in that censor at 22:31
Cole sat in the same spot for 12 hours to rewrite the story of his best friend's death for the final track. The devotion to James' legacy is unmatched, that's love
My wife was pregnant with our first child, our daughter, when this came out and to this day I can't listen to either "She's mine" without getting teary eyed
it reached you at the perfect time
@pathreacts 100%!
I dont think i ever truly appreciated the structure of an album until this one. She's mine pt.2 is filled with love and hope for the future and then the last song hits. Absolutely devastating
I was in a hospital bed, recovering from meningitis. I almost died. I woke up after 2-3 days and my GF was curled up on the couch in my room. She was the first one there. This album came out the day I woke up and when I listened to she’s mine I started crying just seeing her sleeping. That’s when I decided I was gonna marry her. That was 7 years ago. We’re married with 2 kids now. She’s mine parts 1/2 make me tear up to this day.
@erwinguerra3981 That's amazing, true love is something special! Listen to these songs when I'm in a rough spot and they help me through it
I personally think that the title track is one of the greatest rap songs of all time. I actually like it more than Sing About Me because you can tell he was emotional when recording some of these lines. Everything about it is a masterpiece.
Amazing storytelling
woah woah woah, though I agree, but comparing it to SAMIDOT is a crime
@@christianfrancisco9809 "comparing it to samidot is a crime" foh
@@christianfrancisco9809ok
lmao cap
Seeing someone appreciate this album for what it is... A story from the perspective of a lost friend, that tells the ups and downs, the truly terrible and absolutely magical parts of life. Seeing your genuine emotions for this album has been the best part of this video
i remember a lot of people hating on this album when it came out because it didn't have any songs you could bump to and you really had to listen, till this day its one of my favorite cole albums.
wym people dont bump to Foldin Clothes ???
@@pathreactslol its definitely a vibey song ngl
Aye bro, I bump at least 3 songs from this album everyday; at the gym, hooping, and especially when I’m at peace somewhere
@@troynaval4526 more power to you brother lol
@@Loued7 likewise you too 🙏🏽
back when for your eyez came out i listened to it for the first time and didn’t understand the whole complexity of the lyrics but recently i have gone through one of the worse heartbreaks i’ve ever been in. I decided to listen to for your eyez again but this time it felt as if i had gotten wiser and as every song played i understood the emotions that were trying to be conveyed in the song. And especially the title track just really sent me like it just feels as though cole really was passionate about his friend and really brought me back although it didn’t bring me back to the best times it had me reminiscing about my childhood and my life in general, anyways i hope you enjoyed the album
hands down one of the most beautiful albums of all time
this album makes me so damn sad and I cry like every time. but at the same time it makes me hopeful and grateful for what I do have and what's to come.
This album came out my senior year of highschool where I felt lost as hell. Had no idea where I was gonna go with my life and I didn't even see myself getting past highschool, listening to this album on repeat in class really made me think about what it is I'm actually even doing with my life. I still don't have anything figured out but this was definitely something that helped me past that point
thank you for sharing
same brotha
man this channel got to be one of the best music reaction channels on youtube, the amount of media literacy is insane and I love how you try and analyze and interpret the albums you react too, which isn't usually the case with most youtube channels that make the same content you do, so this is a really nice change of pace and I hope you make more album reactions in the future cuz they're always so fun to come back too.
wow 🥹 thank you for the kind words
absolutely love this album, one of his best works. overall just feels so emotional and impactful
Cole wrote this album in memory of his late friend. To leave a message for his friend's daughter. Where he talks about being stuck in his unhealthy tendencies and his karma catching up to him, he's talking from his friend's perspective. Such a touching album.
There’s just something about J. Cole. His ability to emotionally resonate through lyrics, voice inflection, tone, beat selection, and just over all genuine disposition. It’s unmatched in modern rap imo.
its real soul music
his ability to just yapp is just good
Soul music at it's finest.
@@ErikschwammkopfDefinitely not in this album, but ik what you mean lmao. He's elite at saying nonsense with a lot of emotion sometimes
This album is really underrated. A lot more mellow and chill. Also 4YEO is one of my favourite songs; it's definitely Cole's SAMIDOT.
This album is not underrated most people debate whether this album or forest hill drive is his best album so how's it underrated.. y'all be throwing the underrated word around it's hilarious
@@Chille10 "Most people" being Cole fans. From general audiences, this album isn't appreciated nearly as much as it should be. This album made the "J Cole makes sleeping music" shit more prominent.
I just looked at some rankings online, and people are putting it at: 6/10, 6/8, and 6/8 for where it sits amongst his other projects.
@@curlbeats23as a Coke fan. This is my second favorite release. If you include mixtapes, Friday Night Lights will be on the top, 4YEO, The Warm Up, Born Sinner, and Truly Yours and my top 5 of Cole’s discography
@Chille10 a bit late, but I don't think you realise how many people hate on this album. Great reaction though, I think it's his best album
Never heard of this person before but she came up on my feed. Level of respect is high and she gained a new follower. Cole is number one on my list and this album is a classic thank you for this video!
I absolutely love She's Mine Pt.1 and Pt.2. It's beautifully done and makes for a lovely story. Great reaction!
this album accompanied me during a bad time, ill appreciate this album forever
PATH, I APPRECAITE YOU DOING J COLE
are u the eric that did like 4 community favourites LOL i didnt notice when i closed submissions 😭
@@pathreacts It's not me, but I'm sure that Eric loves Cole as much as I do! 😂
@@pathreacts please react to the call for 2014 Forest Hills Drive! I bet you'll tear up by the end too! and if you do get to it, you need to finish the outro, all 14 mins.
what a breakdown of an amazing piece of art
As an Italian usually the language barrier is strong when I listen to US rap but the first time I listened to this title track was really an eyes opening experience, I understood the song word for word and it genuinely made me cry, still a tough listen every time (in a good way obv), what an amazing track
I genuinely love watching people listen to this album for the first time. If I could go back and listen to the first time over again, that would be amazing.
One of my favorite albums ever, J. Cole really is one of those artists who changed my life. Gave a young 16 year old me a positive role model/hero to look up to in a music industry filled with so much hate
13:05 you can also interpret this line "well MF I am" as him referring to him selling his music (dope music) and not actual dope (drugs).
I’ll never forget when I was 24, I saw the aftermath of a shooting in New Orleans. And days after, blood still stained the steps on the corner this guy was shot and killed. And about a week before, I had been out drunk and around that same corner. Definitely shook me to wake up and not put myself in situations like that. I’m 29 now and sober, living a life I’m proud of with a great career and soon to be proposing to a woman I love dearly. Cole is an inspiration and a role model for someone like me who also has no father around. This song and album are both masterpieces. Great review!
ONE of my fav albums by him. It's cool to see someone that understands from different POV's and your own.
Every time I return to this album I cry all over again, especially on the title track. Still an absolute masterpiece. Im really glad you see so much of the beauty and artistry in this album and were able to react to this one, it really resonates a lot with me as the time goes by
I cry every5ime i hear this album in full, work of art truly, got me through hard times, cole is my favorite artist, and it makes me happy to see someone discover and appreciate his work
Great reacting style. Unique to you. Props
Glad to see someone is touched by this album. It's worth it. I appreciate the naturalness of your reaction.
frick yeah we love j cole here !
This style of reacting is something very new to me since i dont see it often, I love it.
i've never clicked so fast to a path video! Props on this album!
Path, the way you let yourself be vulnerable and open... to express sincere emotion for others to see is very admirable and it warms my soul. I really appreciated the way you opened your heart to the lyrics on an emotional level.
PATH REACTING TO 4YEO gonna come back to this masterpiece after work ☝️💯
see u later :)
i love your reactions because i get to read the lyrics and listen, which is something i struggle to do on my own. so when i read something my fuck ass ears wildly misinterpreted the whole song starts making more sense LMAO. also your breakdowns and community favorites help a ton. multiple perspectives breed clarity and understanding.
with that being said, this is my favorite cole album. this is the one that cemented him as one of my top 10 rappers. his other projects are undoubtedly good, but just like gkmc, this is a storytelling album. i LOVE storytelling albums. i get to picture everything in my head. and i love when artists use their platforms to share what its like growing up in hoods and underprivileged communities. it really takes someone from the inside to tell the story so that people everywhere understand what it's like. it's tragic and it's terrifying and children shouldn't have to grow up with that fear but it's unfortunately its all a lot of our families can really settle for. especially nowadays this rent is brutal.
but anyway, i'll shut up now. thanks for sharing this reaction, i got to enjoy some coffee and listen to good music and learn a little more than i knew. video was awesome. dig into more of his music, he's truly one of the greatest rappers of our generation.
goodnight all
listening to this album as a 16 year old is something and then revisiting it at 25 is really something. This is something so wholesome a friend did for another friend and passed on his memory in a beautiful way. And truuuust me I've cried with so many of the songs so I get you, J cole really does let us feel raw emotions in this one.
been waiting for this one‼️🐐
this is an mazing reaction. i listened to it for the first time when i was 14. been a J cole fan ever since
to this day my personal favorite cole album. it gets me emotional every time I listen to it from front to back.
I’ve heard this album hundreds of times but seeing this review from your perspective was cool
Im so happy to see new people discover his music. The title track hits deep every single time.
It feels great to see someone falling in love with one of the top 3 albums of my life 7 years after its release ❤
One of my favorite albums from J Cole 🔥.
The truest therapy I ever had.
Thank you x
Coming from a long time J. Cole fan to see someone becoming a fan for the first time is a beautiful sight. proves real music speaks volumes!
IM A LIFETIME HIP HOP FAN FROM THE BOTTOM. I THINK THIS VIDEO IS DOPE TO SEE SOMEONE FROM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ORIGIN LISTEN UNDERSTAND AND PROCESS HOW REAL LIFE IS FOR SOME PEOPLE UNCONTROLLABLY. AWESOME REACTION
this is one that ages/aged fantastically. it was really slept on when it came out, a lot of people who grown into grown ass adults since this came out have come around to appreciate. some of jermaine's best
i love the emotion she shows in her reactions its very honest and its like the emotion i would show if i knew how to express them rather than bobbing my head to the music💀
Such an intellectual and beautiful breakdown of this album. I wish more people appreciated this album like you did!
Honestly, always been my favorite Cole album. Since it released when i was 20. Hits even harder now that im older
FINALLY A COLE REACTION this album is soooo good
9:18 I felt that 🤧 10/10 review style definitely a fan!!
This is 1000% my favorite album from him and I cry every time I re-listen to the whole thing. I’m really glad you enjoyed it!
J.Cole has been my favorite since I heard the Come Up in 07/08. This album is one of my favorite projects. Everytime I hear that ending of Ville Mentality I get emotional. As a dad with a daughter, the idea of that little girl “Wishing her dad was still here” is heartbreaking.
I love that this is a actual reaction and you give input on what you're thinking in the video
The more you listen to this album the more it'll hit you.. especially the title track .. I always gets goosebumps when the second last verse comes where he's predicting to lose his life soon
Change became one of my favorite songs of J.Cole's, not only because the topic and the instrumentals but on a more personal level. in 2020, I lost a friend named James and he was 22, so hearing that part after his passing made an emotional connection I never thought I would have
Cole is my fav rapper/artist ever and i love seeing ppl get into him thru what i think is his best album 7 years after its release
great reaction im really glad you listened to this album. its pretty often i see people call it boring and such but i think it is something very special
absolutely special. i never thought for a second that any of it was boring
Thx for reacting to this it gives me a better understanding of how great cole is
This album is very special to me. I listened to it a year after my older brother was murdered. It helped me grieve a lot, especially the titular song, and I still listen to that song every so often.
You are such an awesome reactor. I love how you put those community notes and put your thoughts in the background without fully pausing the music. Instantly subbed
This is my all time favorite album by my all time favorite artist. I listen to this album 2-3 times a week. I cried when I first heard and. I cry the 100,000th time. The way you described each song with such graciousness and eloquence brought even more tears to my eyes.
Thank you (you gotta new sub)
I have absolutely fallen in love with your reactions
i remember being in middle school and my childhood friend who I refer as my bigger brother showed me this when went to our usual road trip to Massachusettes. the ending made us both just silent the whole ride. I'm now 18 and him 21 sadly he moved to Massachusettes when I was in 7th grade. I visited in my junior year of highschool and we listened to the whole album once again as grown men. yet still we sat silent in the end.
This has been my go to “I feel like crying” album for a few years now. Appreciate the channel and especially the effort you put into the editing.
This was always one of my favorite albums but this breakdown made me realize why!!! 🥺🥺🥺❤️❤️❤️
THANK YOU PATH FOR REACTING TO JCOLE!!
This is the first video I have seen of yours but all I can say is this is my favorite reaction, I have how you take you heard from the song and explain it in a peaceful and passionate voice and I also love how you look at the lyrics to see what the song is about
Its amazing recapping and having someone else enjoy this amazing story telling my cole
Foldin Clothes is my favorite song from the album because it’s the one I relate to the most. Whenever I listen to it I start to yearn for the kind of love and relationship Cole sings about. To feel like your best self and loving the person who makes you feel like that forever. Making them feel cared for, safe, heard, I love that song so much
They way you break down the songs and your interpretation of them is insane. Dope video
Not one of his most popular albums because of how melodic and emotional it is, but it's in my top 3 Cole tapes
Just witnessed your channel and this video.. For Whom The Bell Tolls alone is an example of how impactful his lyrics can be.
Change is an underated cole track, all verses are on point + the hook is infectious
I’ve been waiting for this one, first album I eva cried too
One of my fav from cole❤
seeing this video on your raw reaction to being really introduced to J Cole is refreshing. Finally someone who really connects and appreciates the music he makes and the art of it!!!
I listened to this album when it first drop. Beautiful album and I cried. Still to this day listening to it, still makes me cry. J-Cole is one of my favorite story telling rappers.
This is arguably the most underrated album in his discography. 4 your eyez only is one of his best closing tracks imo.
Your appreciation for production >>
i personally love this album more than 2014 forest hills drive. the messages, story, and emotion capture my ears like no other j.cole album
I love how you consume music.. it’s like you don’t try to judge it.. you try to experience it
I’m so glad you decided to react to this album
One of my all time favorites 👏
I LOVE THIS! J.Cole is my favorite artist of all time and this album as well as his others have done so much for me in life. Cole is for the mind, Kendrick is for the soul, drake is for the confidence
amazing, path. had never given j cole a chance. this was fantastic. always grateful for your friendship, and your wisdom, and heart, mind, ears. grateful to be in it w you. ✌️❤️
I don't really even pay attention to albums and I'm definitely not a album review person but this was such a perfect album review it's got me wanting to go back to some of my favorite songs and put them in context to the albums and listen to the whole project
Your understanding of music is so beautiful