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10 Songs, 44 Minutes
EDITORS’ NOTES
4 Your Eyez Only plunges deep into J. Cole’s soul. You can clearly hear it in his voice—pleading, testifying, on the verge of cracking. At center stage with no featured guests, the North Carolina rapper speaks out on social ills, black lives, and doing the right thing in a world of wrong. The music is settled, filled with jazz touches and strings, allowing the words to become the focus. “Neighbors” and “Change” examine imbalances and tension affecting communities of color. “Foldin Clothes” shows that even benign acts can be a source of joy. The two-part suite “She’s Mine” may be the most important songs he’s written, as Cole finds himself overcome by a strange feeling: hope.
EDITORS’ NOTES
4 Your Eyez Only plunges deep into J. Cole’s soul. You can clearly hear it in his voice—pleading, testifying, on the verge of cracking. At center stage with no featured guests, the North Carolina rapper speaks out on social ills, black lives, and doing the right thing in a world of wrong. The music is settled, filled with jazz touches and strings, allowing the words to become the focus. “Neighbors” and “Change” examine imbalances and tension affecting communities of color. “Foldin Clothes” shows that even benign acts can be a source of joy. The two-part suite “She’s Mine” may be the most important songs he’s written, as Cole finds himself overcome by a strange feeling: hope.
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- 10 Songs, 44 Minutes
- Released: Dec 9, 2016
- ℗ 2016 Dreamville, Inc., under exclusive license to Roc Nation Records
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| 'Neighbors' | ||||
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| Single by J. Cole | ||||
| from the album 4 Your Eyez Only | ||||
| Released | April 25, 2017 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
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| Length | 3:36 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Jermaine Cole | |||
| Producer(s) | J. Cole | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| 'Neighbors' on YouTube | ||||
'Neighbors' is a song by American rapper J. Cole, released on December 9, 2016, recorded for his fourth studio album, 4 Your Eyez Only.[1] It was released on April 25, 2017, as the second single off the album.[2]
Background[edit]
The song was recorded at the Sheltuh in North Carolina and Electric Lady Studios, and was produced and written by J. Cole himself. During an interview with Complex on December 9, 2016, Dreamville in-house producer, Elite explained the incident which occurred a few months prior that inspired the story in the track, 'Neighbors', saying,[3]
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| “ | Basically Cole rented out a house in North Carolina. It’s not for him; it’s like a safe haven/creative workspace for all the Dreamville artists and producers. We call it the Sheltuh, and a lot of the album was recorded there. It’s basically a studio in a basement, in the woods. It’s also in the suburbs of a pretty wealthy neighborhood in North Carolina. So you have, predominately, African-Americans coming in and out of this house. Ubers coming, and every once in awhile you’ll see a group of us outside on the porch smoking weed. So the neighbors started getting real paranoid. Apparently what happened was, we were all in Austin, Texas, for SXSW; thankfully no one was in the house when this went down. One of the neighbors told the police we were growing weed or selling drugs out of this house. And there was a huge investigation, like a million-dollar investigation. They flew helicopters over, sent an entire SWAT team armed with weapons, broke down the door and searched the whole house. Thankfully nobody was in the house. Our engineer Juro “Mez” Davis had just stepped out for lunch and he came back and saw the SWAT team busting down the door. They go downstairs and all they see is a studio, and obviously they felt stupid. It’s just crazy ironic because out of anybody, they picked the wrong person. J. Cole is the last person to do anything like that. He’s out here doing extremely positive things for the community and for young artists. Because of obvious racism from the neighbors, the police were called and a raid took place.[4] | ” |
The song's instrumental was derived from a slowed-down, reversed sample of Cole's 2013 single, 'Forbidden Fruit' which features Kendrick Lamar. 'Forbidden Fruit' contains a sample of the song 'Mystic Brew' by American Jazz musician Ronnie Foster. Cole revealed this during shows on his 4 Your Eyez Only World Tour, performing 'Forbidden Fruit', then having the instrumental played in reverse as he transitioned into a performance of 'Neighbors'.[5]
Chart performance[edit]
Upon its first week of release, 'Neighbors' debuted at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at number 8 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[6]
Music video[edit]
The music video of the song was released on May 1, 2017. Cole used the footage of the incident from the closed-circuit television of his house as the video. The video only plays the first verse of the song.[7]
Charts[edit]
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8] | 17 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] | 96 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[10] | 54 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[11] | 13 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[12] | 8 |
| US Rhythmic (Billboard)[13] | 33 |
Certifications[edit]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI)[14] | Silver | 200,000 |
*sales figures based on certification alone | ||
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References[edit]
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- ^'4 Your Eyez Only by J. Cole on iTunes'. iTunes. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ^'Top 40 Rhythmic Future Releases'. All Access. Access Music Group. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ^Ortiz, Edwin (December 9, 2016). 'Here Are the Full Credits for J. Cole's '4 Your Eyez Only' Album'. Complex. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^Ortiz, Edwin (December 10, 2016). ''The Album Is Largely From a Perspective That Isn't J. Cole's': Producer Elite on '4 Your Eyez Only''. Complex. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
- ^http://www.xxlmag.com/video/2017/07/j-cole-neighbors-beat-forbidden-fruit-backwards/
- ^http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7633042/hot-100-deja-vu-j-cole-maroon-5-dont-wanna-know
- ^'J. Cole - Neighbors'. VEVO. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
- ^'J. Cole Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)'. Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ^'Swisscharts.com – J. Cole – Neighbors'. Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ^'Official Singles Chart Top 100'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ^'J. Cole Chart History (Hot 100)'. Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
- ^'J. Cole Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)'. Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
- ^'J. Cole Chart History (Rhythmic)'. Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ^'British single certifications – J Cole – Neighbors'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 5 April 2019.Select singles in the Format field.Select Silver in the Certification field.Type Neighbors in the 'Search BPI Awards' field and then press Enter.