Here's a face that might cause an uproar for those who have been waiting for this album since 2014 Forest Hills Drive. The album is expected to have a deep narrative focus, and Kendrick may be the one guy who can take on such a conceptual weight and help enhance Cole's vision. In any case, even those who loved 2014 Forest Hills Drive due to the absence of features would welcome a Kendrick verse on 4 Your Eyez Only. Since those remixes, there hasn't been any further evidence to point toward a joint project, and the announcement of 4 Your Eyez Only should suggest that such a project is a ways away, if it is to ever materialize. Last year, they each remixed one of each other's most famous songs for a TDE x Dreamville "Black Friday" special, which really induced hysteria among all of their fans, hoping a joint project between the two adept emcees would serve an antidote to What a Time to Be Alive. They have a brief but convincing collaborative history, as Cole produced "HiiiPower" on Kendrick's debut album, Section.80, and then enlisted the TDE rapper to guest on Born Sinner's "Forbidden Fruit" two years later.
Cole are the two most respected "rapper's rappers" in the game, praised by the OGs and idolized by the newcomers. Undoubtedly, this will be the most sought-after potential collaboration to appear on 4 Your Eyez Only.
But will it do so without any features? Will one of the most overused memes in hip-hop receive an update and achieve another year of virality? Will 4 Your Eyes Only be similar in makeup to 2014 FHD and will it achieve similar success of the now-double platinum LP? Judging by the early response, Cole's new album will go platinum - eventually, at least. There is already frenzied speculation around 4 Your Eyez Only, but Cole, much to his credit, has kept almost every detail of the project under wraps. Just like that, much of the hip-hop world is now in a state of pandemonium - realizing that one of the world's best is about to drop the follow-up to 2014 Forest Hills Drive, which most consider to be his best work. Out of nowhere, the album appeared on iTunes today, with a planned release date of Dec. As we should've suspected, though, he's been busy prepping his fourth album, 4 Your Eyez Only. Cole could've been nearing retirement for all we knew. With his level of productivity this year, J.
Cole can do it with or without features, but here are 5 artists who would be exciting additions to his recently announced album "4 Your Eyez Only."