'4 Your Eyez Only' is J Cole's best album.

[Harry B]

If mixtapes count, FNL and TWU 1. and 2.

 

[Ron_Mexico]

I prefer born sinner but forest hills drive is clearly his best album.

The warm up may be his best overall project

My favorite cole project, The Warm Up. Still bang this song till this day

 

[ThaEruditious]

Neighbors

I even love Foldin Clothes

Oh and FHD is his best album

 

[cartierhoe]

Weird way to spell Forest Hills Drive...

 

[winb83]

I like KOD, Forest Hills Dr, and Born Sinner better. KOD is My personal favorite from him.

 

[NV-ME]

the truly yours series is his best balance of work, imo. he was becoming more conscious, but still had that ratchet edge. best of both worlds. kenny lofton, stay, crunchtime.

btw, still wish he pressed up that letterman performance. watched it last week. still goosebumps.

 

[CrimsonTider]

the truly yours series is his best balance of work, imo. he was becoming more conscious, but still had that ratchet edge. best of both worlds. kenny lofton, stay, crunchtime.

btw, still wish he pressed up that letterman performance. watched it last week. still goosebumps.

That’s why Born Sinner is so good. It was the perfect mix Of conscious and fun

there’s no fun on 4YEO it’s just blah

 

[aSniperJones]

Can’t call it, but it’s far from garbage! Middling at the very least, but even that’s a reach when you actually understand the relevance of the title track ‘4 Your Eyez Only’ to the entire composition. Cole is essential rapping an entire album with lyrics penned by his homie that ultimately meets his demise. This is an incredible feat; the level of introspect is astonishing.

If you listen to ’4 Your Eyez Only’ [album] as a letter from a dead friend, the album is better appreciated and understood.

As 4YEO album ages and years pass I think a lot of people will share a similar sentiment as the OP.

 

[HiiiPower]

Can’t call it, but it’s far from garbage! Middling at the very least, but even that’s a reach when you actually understand the relevance of the title track ‘4 Your Eyez Only’ to the entire composition. Cole is essential rapping an entire album with lyrics penned by his homie that ultimately meets his demise. This is an incredible feat; the level of introspect is astonishing.

If you listen to ’4 Your Eyez Only’ [album] as a letter from a dead friend, the album is better appreciated and understood.

As 4YEO album ages and years past I think a lot of people will share a similar sentiment as the OP.

Breh, we all understood the concept, it just wasn’t very good

 

[HollywoodP]

ran this back while Bbqing...classic. nikkas in here are trippin. His most cohesive album overall. The loosies he dropped around this time were fire too.

 

[GeeEffKay]

FHD quite easily. But his mixtapes have always been leagues above pretty much all his albums.

 

[Sad Bunny]

My favorite J Cole album is born Sinner

 

[Freedman]

Title track is flames love the beat.

 

[x-factor7]

I need to revisit it, because I consistently have FHD, Born Sinner and KOD in rotation. I tried giving it a few chances when it came out and never went back to it, and just thought "Cole is allowed to have a wack album "

 

[Metal Face]

whole discog mid