#J COLE NEIGHBORS THINK IM SELLIG DOPE VIDEO HOW TO#
We have talked about regret, about guilt after an overdose death, and about how to find self-forgiveness when we are grieving. We have talked about the shoulda, woulda, couldas. We have talked about it from a lot of different angles around here. Musically smooth, strong bars in points, will be amazing live but it wouldn’t surprise me one single bit if Cole was currently making a, pardon the rudeness, proper album for us all to relate to.Guilt.
I’s almost a 30 minute long letter from Cole himself. There’s no aux cord in the whip tracks, there’s no text your boy ASAP to tell him how fire it is tracks, it’s an intimate, subdued album designed to be enjoyed on your own in a certain, reflective mood. The album had it’s purpose and feels like something Cole HAD to do, I can’t imagine he had too much fun making it to be honest, there was a clear message he wanted to get across and he did. To wrap up, first impressions are solid if unspectacular, no songs really stand out, there’s not a single radio hit on there and in no way does it match up to 2014 Forest Hills Drive, but then again I don’t think it was designed to do so. For 8 minutes long, that is a solid track. Oh my god it’s 8 minutes long but I only noticed that at 5:40 so that’s a good sign. Okay okay, this last song is helping the rest of the album make sense but that’s not a saving grace by any means. Ahhhh I get it, this is for his daughter to listen back to when she’s grown to understand what Cole is like, amazing. Another one for his daughter, “4 Your Eyez Only” may be a direct reference to his daughter. This last offering is probably the closest to conventional Cole so far, whatever that may be. Cute as it is, I’m kinda bored, maybe this is purely one for the fathers amongst us to enjoy. Cole continues to talk about being a father, sounds like his daughter really changed his life. This is some real shit he’s rapping though. Wow, shots at Santa Claus & Black Friday, nobody is safe. Could this be about his baby momma? Did someone just say Daddy? Ohhhhh it’s about his child. Wait, I heard this “catch me I’ve fallen in love” on “She’s Mine Pt. if folding your clothes and pouring almond milk onto your cereal is enough for you to love me, then shout me ladies, I can fuck with that.
Not sure how it fits the album though, feels completely random? He goes on to say it’s the simple things. Almond milk? The vegans round the world will love this. He’s expressing his love to a female by saying “I want to fold clothes for you”. Ooooooh bass baby, this would sound mad on the right sound system. A lot of conscious talk again, I feel like the young American will definitely connect to this more than us British. “Neighbors”ĭRUMMMS! I THINK THE NEIGHBOURS THINK I’M SELLING DOPE! AHHH YEAHHH, HARDDDD! Flowssssss. Wow, them tears in the background are subtle but powerful. Another long ass outro. Clear favourite by a country mile so far, I’d go as far as to say it’s the only one I want to start again. More philosophical stuff but as long as he’s rapping like this it’s cool. Yup, can fuck with this, some drums and 808’s. These live shows with a band will be CRAZY. very nice though, voice sounds like some slurred drunken voicemail.
Cole starts to rap, bars for a female again. 4 tracks in and this all feels like an “Intro”, has the album even started yet? 5. The “Heeeeheeee” chorus has kinda grown on me actually. If you didn’t catch that, NEVER throw dirt on Cole’s name. Yeahhhh, nice start, sounds bluesy, feel to pour a glass. Cole’s singing sounds a lot better on this quickly followed by a bridge with some craaazy bass. On first impressions, this is average at best, feels quite half hearted and that “GOMD” style hook is bloody awful. This is feeling like some sort of prequel at the moment. I kinda want to turn this off and put Bryson Tiller’s “Exchange” on which I never thought I’d ever say. Seems like he’s talking to a female? Nice. I was half programmed to start singing Tiller if Cole’s voice hadn’t echoedout. Ah second part is cold, very personal, Cole loves talking about Forbidden Fruit’s don’t he? 3. Right, I’m nodding my head, this beat sounds like it started as some crazy “Fire Squad” shit and then was totally stripped and suffocated. This sounds dark, if it starts this dark God knows what’s next.