This is also when we first hear Cole paint the picture as the album slowly begins to take form. With a strong arrangement of live bass, strings and background vocals provided by Kay Foxx, the follow-up to For Whom the Bell Tolls, I mmortal is a change of pace to the slow-paced intro. From the word and flow structure, you can hear the direct influence of one of the great MC’s of our time. Cole channels his inner Tupac on the track Immortal. The title references Ernest Hemingway’s 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. Got nowhere to go, put away my pride, Tired of feeling low even when I’m high, Ain’t no way to live, do I wanna die? I don’t know.”įoregoing any catchy hooks and the sound of now, Cole encapsulates his struggles of hopelessness and his feelings of being lost in the world as he looks to God for answers behind a calm jazz-type of beat. He raps, “Bells getting loud, ain’t nowhere to hide The intro track titled For Whom the Bell Tolls, deals with Cole contemplating life and looking to a higher calling for answers. Eyez is actually the evolution and manifestation of all of Cole’s career artistic labor. From the first listen through, it may have seemed as if we were getting the same artist who carried the same messages of hope and disparity. Cole dropped the documentary Eyez, fans were eager to see if the Dreamville artist could deliver once again after his last project 2014 Forest Hills Drive famously went double platinum with no features. As highly anticipated as the project became after J. 4 Your Eyez Only has now had a week to marinate in the minds of listeners and serenade in thoughts of doubters. After keeping fans anxiously waiting for two years and proclaiming to the world that he is having thoughts of retirement, Fayetteville’s native son has returned to the spotlight to reclaim his crown.
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