Rocker Reacts to "4 Your Eyez Only"
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This is my first time listen and reaction to the album "4 Your Eyez Only" by J Cole. Enjoy!
0:00:00 - Opening Thoughts
0:04:50 - For Whom the Bell Tolls
0:07:30 - Immortal
0:15:15 - Deja Vu
0:21:55 - Ville Mentality
0:26:55 - She's Mine, Pt. 1
0:33:05 - Change
0:42:20 - Neighbors
0:50:00 - Foldin Clothes
0:59:00 - She's Mine, Pt. 2
01:04:40 - 4 Your Eyez Only
01:13:00 - Closing Thoughts - เพลง
Imagine you’re dad says “I can’t wait for the jid x Metro Boom project”
Imagine your dad-
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@@CycleOfJudges fucking OW lmao🥲
My 66 year old Dad heard that Kendrick won a Pulitzer prize for one of his album and requested that I play Kendrick in the car. Never thought I'd see the day. He actually likes Kendrick now 😂
Man, that last verse on 4 Your Eyez Only always gets me as well. What a beautiful track & album
ALWAYS
Yup, I've been having the same experience with additional listens. That last line is always a tearjerker.
@@bobthepoppop hey bob love your work will you be doing j cole the off-season album? it's really great, it came out after this one and he dropped a new album last week might delete later and he has another the fall-off is this yr as well i think.
this is cole’s best album i’ve never cried as hard to an album as this its whole concept is so touching as he’s honouring his dead best friend and telling the story to his friend’s daughter. 4yeo is his best song and i’ve cried so hard to it and i still do each time it comes on its perfect.
It really is great. I'm enjoying it quite a bit
@@bobthepoppop nice, also changes is a top 3-5 cole song oat
"head game stronger than a few Excedrin"
Bob: I still think this is his baby daughter
AAAAYOOO
Appreciate you being vulnerable during these album reviews as always!
❤️
bob being confused on if she’s mine pt. 1 was killing me bruh😭 “head game stronger than a few excedrin” was right there
lol
LMFAOOOOOOO WATCHING IT NOW LOOOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT
Love this album, I also love that in a way even though he is telling the story of his friend, most of it mirrors his own life as if to say that could have been him if things were just a little different. Now he's happily married with his own kids and just seeing him at Dreamvillefest this past weekend and how far he's come just reignited my love and appreciation for him
Also pls don't make us wait another year for KOD 🙏🏾 also a concept album I think you will enjoy
If J Cole drops a final album this year, I'll definitely be on that one, so I highly doubt it'll be another year 👍
for a nine-minute track. it doesn't feel like nine minutes at all. I always listen through. every time. one of my favorite Jcole songs ever
Totally agree... that song just blows right on by
The last verse gets me everytime, a true masterpiece
In case nobody has said yet, the neighbors music video is security camera footage of the actual raid that took place!
4 your eyez only is j Cole’s greatest song. Storytelling at its absolute peak.
Great track
Im so glad you liked Folding Clothes because many people shit on it saying its his worst song and whatever. I really like the sound of it and the concept is also very real. I hope one day I can realte to it as you do. The Album in general is brilliant. Great video as always!
Folding clothes will always be a chore, but who you fold them for will eventually (hopefully) be some of the best people in your life
J Cole's not my favorite artist but this is by far his best album. Especially when you listen to it again after knowing the whole story there's something about it that is deeply emotional, intimate and powerful in a way that is completely unique to who J Cole is as an artist. This album isn't perfect but it's crazy underrated and people don't respect him nearly enough for what he accomplished with this album especially with the last song.
well said fellow dog
I agree with everything you said except I think this album is arguably not top 3 for j cole
100% agree. This was so close to masterpiece level. He fucked up including shes mine and ville mentality.
@@josechamu240 i love vile mentality just not she’s mine . But to rate Cole albums is pretty hard . His 1st official album is my least favorite. But born sinner , FHD2014 , 4 your eyes , kod & the off season are all hard to judge . Born sinner has a lot of hits ,for your eyes & kod has amazing concepts & versatility. Fhd & off season has great rapping.
@@josechamu240 ville mentality and shes mine are some of the best songs. folding clothes isnt bad but can go
I knew that last bar was gonna get him lol
Changes by J Cole is my favorite song he ever made and one of my favorite hip hop songs in general. Great message, great flow, great production.
By far his best song. 2face is up there for me too
Definetly his best song
Change And Love Yourz for me
The closing of the album had me sobbing and I’m not even a father.
Cole’s lyricism is great because it’s very simple but impactful at the same time. With Kendrick you have to work to unpack the layers of his messages but with Cole it’s a lot more easier to grasp and digestible. This not a knock to any of them (they’re my 2 favorites to listen to) but just an appreciation for coles lyricism that goes under the radar since it’s not complex like kendrick, or flashy and cool like JID
Yup and the thing with cole is that he can rap both ways as he showed on Johnny Ps Caddy
yep. also the black friday song with the 2 of them slaps hard. Bob give it a listen in your spare time pls
You should also watch the documentary about this album
Yeah, I do enjoy that Cole makes it easier to process what's being said so that it can soak in a little easier. Complex can be fun, but it can sometimes bury the point of the song.
@@TommyGyoI was also thinking of exactly this song when I read this comment
Omg yes Bob people absolutely hate foldin clothes and they call it “corny” and bad and everything I’m glad you called that out 😂. I like the song personally it’s wholesome and sure it’s “corny” but I think that’s what makes the song charming idk.
I believe some people say it because a know critic said it.
@@f.miller801I know im a year late but is that known critic Anthony Fantano? I absolutely despise him and his chat.
Like how bro thought it was about his daughter being born and then immediately after the head game line was dropped and I was like nope dat ain’t it
I like how the line about the reverend threw him off, and not the line about her head game
Same thing I was thinking 😭
It’s so beautiful to see how Cole has improved and grown as an artist, especially seeing the growth from Born sinner to FHD to 4YEO and they’re all arguably just as good
This album still so underrated. I get so nostalgic listing to it
4YEO... One of the best tracks & outros of all time, so emotional
The juxtaposition between For Whom The Bell Tolls and Immortal is great, when the beat for Immortal comes in you know immediately that this is a very different project from 2014.
This album got quite a bit of hate when it came out for being "slow" and "boring", but in my opinion this is J. Cole's best ALBUM, and in retrospect I think people appreciate it more now. And I highlight the word ALBUM because his 2 mixtapes "The Warm Up" and "Friday Night Lights" are really his most phenomenal projects. They're basically albums. You definitely need to check those out as well.
And you should check out more Ari Lennox too since you liked her voice so much. She is J. Cole's artist and from my hometown of Washington D.C. Very good R&B singer.
I can understand people saying it's slow/boring, but I love the slower tone of the album and how it pairs with the overall theme
Just when I hopped on TH-cam wondering what on earth I should watch, along comes Bob right on time with my favourite J. Cole album. Thank you, can’t wait to get into this🙏🏾
Also you not being sure if She’s Mine pt1 being about a girlfriend or a daughter, he said her HEAD GAME is strong. It’s definitely about his lady, but I had a great laugh
lol I definitely missed the 'head game' part
omg he finally did it my life is complete thank bob 👍
change is my favorite song musically for sure, great flow to make it sound like he’s just another instrument with the amazing instrumental and ari’s great vocals. and btw not sure if you remembered but she is a part of his record label dreamville and is on JIDs forever story on the track “Can’t make you change”. Great reaction ❤
Change is so soothing but heartbreaking at the same time
It’s an homage to Tupac as well which makes the sentimentality of the record golden
knowing how songs from parent’s perspectives fuck with your heart strings im assuming you’ll like it. (If you do end up liking the album, you should watch the documentary he made along with it)
Change is one of my favorite songs ever, excited to check this video out!
Making the birds fly is a term for selling coke. Birds is slang for cocaine and fly is obviously a metaphor for moving cocaine and it "flying off the shelves"
its very common to see young men from gentrified neighborhoods to put their friend's picture on a t-shirt. it is seen when the friend is killed by police, gang violence or other unexpected circumstances that wouldnt otherwise happen in the projects
This is one of my favorite reactions you’ve done. Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous album and every way you responded to it brought back my memories of listening to this at midnight in my bed the night it dropped when I was 15 thinking about growing up and how I hoped I would mature
Thank you so much, I really appreciate that ❤️
It’s honestly tough for me to hear 4 your eyez only because of how deep it is and how real it is. It’s sad and amazing at the same time. Truly a masterpiece
4YEO (along with FHD, Friday Night Lights, Warm Up, and KOD) is the reason people consider Cole a GOAT.
You mentioned comparing him to JID and Kendrick but you gotta understand rap is not just about complex metaphors, crazy lyricism and insane flows. Although it’s obviously impressive, some of the greatest rappers (like Pac) music lives forever because of their ability to make the listener FEEL something. You cried at the end of this album. As much as I love Kendrick and JID and the “lyrical miracle” rappers, I have never once cried or even came close to crying to their music. It’s very impressive but it doesn’t make me FEEL anything the way Cole does.
Complex bars and intricate flows is not the only form of great writing.
I agree
UNDERRATED ALBUM, LISTENED TO IT TODAY
This is why music is the greatest. Brings so many people from different walks of life together.
"Ability to make them birds fly" off Changes is a reference to killing cause white pigeons are usually released at peoples funerals to signify someone leaving the earth spiritually
wow, never thought of that meaning! damn. i think it might be a triple entendre because you could also think of it as birds flying away from gunshots and as cocaine packs (birds) "flying" off the shelves
@@undyingdefect yeah thats so wild, even if it was not intentional! definitely one of my favorite songs of all time because of the writing.
KOD is such a great album with so much substance. Plz give us that reaction😭😭
1985, Window Pain and Once An Addict will be interesting reactions for sure
One of the things I’m not sure that was said by anyone, is that for the neighbors music video or the video that plays behind the song on his channel is the actual footage of the house getting raided
I've been requesting this for months, so I'm thrilled that you're doing it at this time.
Pleaso also do KOD, i really think he puts so much of himself out there in that album.❤❤
4YEO is one of the best rap songs ever made
That last line of the album tears me up every damn time
Every time
@16:33 "Deja Vu" - I recognize Bob is still fresh into hip hop, but the flow he switches to in the chorus is 2Pac's flow. Even the way he exaggerates his vowels in the words. Deja Vu, as in the cadence is eerily similar to 2Pac. "Put two fingers in the sky if you wanna."
I need to listen to more Pac. I've only done the one album (Me Against the World)
@@bobthepoppop Heeeyyy! Yes! Can't wait until you do more! The old-head Westcoast rap fans catch it quick, so don't feel bad. In "Deja Vu" J. Cole even doubled the vocals with a filter like Pac as well. Cole is a big Pac fan. He even makes fun of himself (I believe in his "Born Sinner" song) about the irony of signing with Jay-Z, but as a teenager he was like "fuck Jigga, fuck the east coast" in support of Pac🤣😂
We use to pray for times like this🏆🗣💯
The closing track always makes me cry, it's so emotional.
amazing reaction, great analysis, humor, everything. fun watching this with you
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Cant wait to watch this I can’t wait to see how you interpret and break down some of the lyrics love this album so much
Changes and 4YEO are some of my favorite tracks of all time, and although J Cole hasn’t really caught my ear in the past few albums, I really like this one.
It’s been a while since I listened to it as a whole, I’ll do that, there are some tracks I really don’t remember.
Great one Bob!
loved your closing thoughts. much love man
bob u are a real one, u are a legend, we love sideways bob
just to get some suggestions into your brain, i think u would love some of my favorite rap albums:
1999 - joey bada$$
alfredo - freddie gibbs & the alchemist
some rap songs - earl sweatshirt
the next step - people under the stairs *
modal soul - nujabes
aethiopes - billy woods
Great reaction! I think this is one of the greatest albums of all time. The title track is an amazing song and it’s great that you’re making content for other people who might not dive into this type of music and give them thorough breakdowns of lines and your perspective.
loved this reaction bob, was right there with you at the end
:)
idc what people say about foldin clothes, that beat is nasty
keep running bob, love to hear the progress about it!
you have some insane insight and wisdom. Got a lot of respect for you and your opinions as a younger dude myself. Thanks for having the courage to upload these.
What a reaction Bob. This is one of my favorite Bob reaction videos without a doubt.
❤️
you really dont know how long ive been waiting for your reaction to 4yeo, thank you def made my night bob
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J cole - neighbors
Afroman - "HOLD MY BEER"
the last line on 4 your eyez only makes me cry almost every time. something about it man.
My English teacher in 11th grade had our class do dissections of some Cole songs at random. I was assigned Change, I was blown at first listen. What a great song, takes me back man.
I was waiting for this one!
For your next reaction, you should do either 1999 or 2000 by Joey Badass. Joey was 17 when he released 1999 and it’s regarded as one of the best debuts ever, 2000 is a very strong album as well, more of a matured sound to it
If you prefer a song to do before an album, Paper Trails and Christ Conscious are strong options
It’s so overdue bro I think he’s the only reactor who will do the lyrics justice
1999 has been requested for so long, I really need to get to it
@@bobthepoppop get to it asap bro, you’ll love it, and hopefully from that you’ll eventually get to his homie Capital STEEZ too
Bob if you wanna go into joey you should do all amerikkkan badass. Really talks about errors in America's society,racism and how he coped with it,so you ll love it😂😂.It also has some amazing tracks.Some of his best
I absolutely love the emotional reactions this guy brings, amazing show
That Danny brown impression was perfect 😂
I always thought 4Youreyez had a deeper theme/story than forest hills drive
Although Forest Hills Drive is one of my fav albums and I go back to it way more than 4youreyez, I think this one is my personal fav of his, it’s pretty special and definitely more of a conceptual one in coles catalog.
9:34 Can't lie...I was *shocked* you didn't know this. I had to remind myself you're still learning.
It's very common in the hood to put someone on a t-shirt. its also often used as a diss when rappers beef , threatening to put the ops on a t-shirt
Yooooooo i was just thinking about how I really wanted you to give this album a spin
Another great reaction pops, hope you and your family have a good holiday.
An artist I think you should react to is A$AP Rocky. He released his chart-topping albums 'Long.Live.A$AP' and 'At.Long.Last.A$AP.'
He is known for a very atmospheric/euphoric sound and I really think you would like him!
This is easily J. Cole's best project and I feel like it's hardly discussed when J. Cole is brought up. it's truly a work of art. Great reaction.
Been waiting for bob to react to 4 your eyes only for so long, one of my favorite rap songs ever and I think it’s the best story telling song other than maybe da art of storytelling pt 1.
Not the biggest fan of this album but 4 Your Eyez Only as a song is pure perfection. My mind was blown the first time I heard it and that beat is so peaceful.
That final line always makes me tear up man, such a beautiful but bittersweet song
Bob so real for instantly knowing that Foldin clothes pissed a lot of people off lmaooo
This album dropped when I was 15 and I didn’t like it at all I would slander it a lot, now I’m 22 and love pretty much the whole thing definitely his most mature album. I always liked Neighbors and Deja Vu tho, don’t understand how younger me didn’t like Immortal that song is hard as hell
it happens to me too..i dropped every song upon first listen during it's release except deja vu because the beat dope.. i guess we are just gettin wiser listening to wise people.. yeah..
Response to timestamp 9:43. In the modern/urban culture. When your loved ones die it is a type of custom to get their picture on a shirt so you can wear it around. This is in a sense the highest designer you can wear in that moment. Especially at like the funeral for said person.
I've only done this for my peers that. Some people do this for their elder relatives as well. To each their own.
Tears hit every time at the end of “Changes”
Best reaction channel ever.
Man that last song always gets to me. Beautiful record!
Dude neighbors has been one of my favorite Cole songs for years and your breakdown made me see it differently
"plus the head game stronger than a few Excedrin" did not make it obvious that he was talking about his girlfriend? xD
If you didn’t know there’s footage of the raid on j coles house on TH-cam
Upon release of the album my 1st listen was just a feeling of being underwhelmed. Coming after my absolute favorite in 'forest hills drive'. And a coworker who I introduce to Cole listened to it and we talked about it and he loved it...then he started explaining why he did and I didn't was simple he 'was a father'.but going back to it now and putting myself in a perspective of having a child and the possible emotions one could feel along with my experiences without a father...the last track '4 your eyez only' just broke me..finally understanding this album it truly is an underappreciated album from his catalog
Sideways Bob! Yes!
Damn, I was just listening to the album. Haven't watched the review yet but I know you're going to love it
Bob you should watch J. Cole’s performance on David Letterman of a song called “Be Free”
That performance gets to me every time
I think I've seen it actually. I remember it being very moving (and Letterman appearing annoyed, or at least that was my impression)
My favorite thing about J. Cole is that he has the talent of showing us the perspectives of people we normally wouldn’t relate to and it gives us empathy. He does that so well.
this album continues to grow on me and it has become my favorite from him
Bob I gotta say I’m proud of you for giving this album a chance, I think this entire album. Change in particular is one of the most underrated tracks in his entire discography.
I missed this album when it released; this video inspired me to go give it a listen. Thanks for that Bob :) And yes, Folding Clothes was relentlessly shat on back then lol
This one’s a masterpiece🙏🏽
Hey Bob what you said in folding clothes really hit me, help me put into words how I been feeling. Not in a romantic relationship context but I live at a house with some friends I've known for forever and it's so similar. Enjoying doing stuff for them, just to make there lives a little easier, you said what I've been trying to put into words.
There's something special about making someone else's life a little easier, even if it's just in a subtle way.
Great reaction I just found your channel really enjoy your commentary
I’m glad your running that sound amazing
Thank you for doing this album, it’s one of my all time favorites. It’s cool to watch Cole’s progression through his career going from the materialistic young dude going for the glitz and glam to realizing none of that stuff matters. Some of his albums people aren’t a fan of and that’s fine, I don’t think he makes music to be hits. I feel like he’s elevated his purpose to being a real human, relaying lessons and perspectives that people need to hear.
On a separate note, thank you for your in depth reviews. I like how long and thoughtful you are, and it’s cool to see you work through your thought process on your journey through an album. Keep up the great work, much love.
Neighbors will always be one of my favorite Cole tracks
J Cole really got an album for every vibe