4 Your Eyez Only
by J. Cole

4 Your Eyez Only by J. Cole
Year: 2016
Release date: 2016-12-09
Overall rank: 7,002nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 132 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2016 (118th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,351st)
Award Best albums of all time (7,002nd)

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J. Cole bestography

4 Your Eyez Only is ranked 2nd best out of 16 albums by J. Cole on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by J. Cole is 2014 Forest Hills Drive which is ranked number 1641 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,029.

J. Cole album bestography « Higher ranked (1,641st)
2014 Forest Hills Drive
This album (7,002nd)
4 Your Eyez Only
Lower ranked (7,002nd) »
4 Your Eyez Only

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4 Your Eyez Only track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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4 Your Eyez Only rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,002nd | 2010s rank: 1,351st | 2016 rank: 118th
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2026 ExTeaSeaTop 97 Music Albums of 201664/972
2026PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of 201645/1003
2025 travelfulTop 100 Music Albums of 201696/1000
2025jackqTop 16 Music Albums of 20167/163
2025 DavyTop 71 Music Albums of 201661/711
2025AlienCinemaTop 99 Music Albums of 201695/990
2025jackqTop 96 Music Albums of the 2010s40/9612
2025HyggevinylTop 58 Music Albums of 201649/581
2025Bjartmar03Top 22 Music Albums of 201611/223
2025SUPERJEFF6Top 100 Albums According to Keegan's Twitter Followers54/100 -
2025Bjartmar03Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s39/10012
2024dougcummingsTop 43 Music Albums of 201634/431
2024miglTop 27 Music Albums of 201623/271
2024 srogers900Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s85/1003
2024 srogers900Best Hip-Hop/Rap Albums 101-20095/100 -
2024 srogers900Best Albums Ever 201-30097/100 -
2023 soupliptonTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s74/1005
2023Musiclovah69Top 64 Greatest Music Albums53/6414
2023 soupliptonTop 10 Music Albums of 20166/103
2023 srogers900Top 53 Music Albums of 201612/534
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 46
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 182
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4 Your Eyez Only ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 132 votes)
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02/12/2026 17:37 daCritic  Ratings distribution  4,43773/100
 
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02/07/2026 15:42 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,02764/100
 
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10/29/2025 13:47 jackq  Ratings distribution  38886/100
 
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08/19/2025 11:17 Bjartmar03  Ratings distribution  65659/100
 
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01/05/2025 21:30 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,33149/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.5/100, a mean average of 68.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.

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80/100
From 12/09/2020 16:17 | #262400
Most of it is amazing, some of it makes me snore.
quite good and some nice ideas in there nonetheless
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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45/100
From 05/23/2018 01:49 | #215457
Could not stand this album and never finished it. No track stood out. Coming from a J Cole fan that appreciated him a lot more when he dropped mixtapes.
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85/100
From 01/17/2017 17:52 | #183024
This album has an interesting concept and some pretty meaningful songs I just wish the wordplay & lyrics were stronger.
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75/100
From 12/28/2016 17:46 | #181147
Nice album, a little uneventful but really nice easy sounds. And it's more about the story anyway.
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55/100
From 12/12/2016 15:18 | #179944
Couldn't get through it the first time I listened, but eventually listened to the whole thing through a couple of times over. It's very boring with some incredibly lazy hooks. Not awful, but not good either.
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65/100
From 12/10/2016 12:48 | #179845
Album is boring, no innovation, no risks, no advancement as an artist, nothing amazing, avg af, comfort zone music

Eh atleast he made most of his dedicated fans happy. So, props for that
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Rating:  
80/100
From 12/09/2016 19:37 | #179820
I liked this album, nothing that will leave a profound impact on me, but nice to listen to.
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75/100
From 12/09/2016 08:18 | #179800
Really nice album. Its not a super exciting album but is great for background music or just chilling in the afternoon. Theres some great string and piano arrangements.
Favourites: Shes mine Pt1/Pt2, Vile Mentality, Neighbours, From whom the bell tolls
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