As Cole did with his previous album, 2014 Forest Hill Drive, he begins 4 Your Eyez Only with a melodic, slow-jammed introduction. Unlike “Intro,” though, “For Whom The Bell Tolls” touches on feelings of hopelessness and having nowhere to go. At one point, James (whose perspective this album’s story is told from) even contemplates suicide: “Ain’t no way to live, do I wanna die?” The title references Ernest Hemingway’s 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American engaged in guerrilla warfare during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamite, he i… read more
As Cole did with his previous album, 2014 Forest Hill Drive, he begins 4 Your Eyez Only with a melodic, slow-jammed introduction. Unlike “Intro,” tho… read more
As Cole did with his previous album, 2014 Forest Hill Drive, he begins 4 Your Eyez Only with a melodic, slow-jammed introduction. Unlike “Intro,” though, “For Whom The Bell Tolls” touche… read more
Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985), better known by his stage name J. Cole, is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole posted songs on various internet forums at the age of 14 under the name "Blaza", but later switched to the name "Therapist". Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up, in early 2007 in which he also founded his record label Dreamville with label president Ibrahim Hamad. Intent on further… read more
Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985), better known by his stage name J. Cole, is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Raised in Faye… read more
Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985), better known by his stage name J. Cole, is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole posted songs on… read more