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One of those outright sing-alongs is вЂњNo Role Modelz.вЂќ The track hones in on the dichotomy between men and women who grew up without role models. Cole fans that claim 2014 Forest Hills Drive is his best album to date thanks to the plethora of bangers on his heralded project. Not to mention the cleverest line on the entire album appears on this show-stopping second verse: вЂњOne thing about the men thatвЂ™s controlling the pen/That write history, they always seem to white-out they sins.вЂќ Cole breaks down the issues he sees in the current American taxation system and how it can commence a domino effect of ghettoization.

Kod had a lot of important messages but perhaps none more important than on вЂњBrackets.вЂќ The late comedian Richard Pryor intro ushers in ColeвЂ™s smooth singing and delicate opening verse while the second verse hammers home the reality of taxes. But the arena was still packed with screaming fans committed to leaving with no voice left, as requested, when he finished that epic performance.Dreamville's Omen Talks Mixed Feelings About Receiving First Grammy NominationД«elow is a list of the 20 best J. 'Therefore,' he said, 'if you don't want to hear somebody running through some real s-t for eight minutes and really give you a story. Then, he told the fans he planned to end the show with the nearly nine-minute title track that closes his new album вЂ“ because it's important вЂ“ and he wouldn't be returning after that to do more hits. He reached back to 'Forest Hills Drive' for the next batch of songs, slipping 'Power Drive' into the mix before bringing that part of the show to a crowd-pleasing climax with 'No Role Modelz.' Then, he introduced 'She's Mine,' a song about the joys of parenthood, with 'I pray everybody in this room gets to experience what this is about someday.' With 'FoldinВ Clothes,' he celebrated the simple things in life, a concept he acknowledged may not resonate as much with the 16-year-olds in attendance as it will when they get older. Why? It seems his neighbors had called to complain of 'a lot of activity, a lot of BLACK activity, blacktivity.' Then, he followed through with the early hits 'Nobody's Perfect' and 'Can't Get Enough,' both of which inspired massive singalongs.ДЄ fiery version of 'Neighbors' brought the action back to Cole's new album while setting the stage for Thursday's most compelling monologue вЂ“ about the time his white suburban neighbors brought a SWAT team crashing through his door while he was working on new music, 'doing some of the most positive stuff you could ever do in this house.' This meant audience members seated where the front rows would have been had their backs turned to the live musicians on what would have been the 'main stage,' the better to focus on Cole, who performed all but one song alone in an orange prison jumpsuit.Д¬ole opened the show with the four songs that open the album that gives the tour its name, '4 Your Eyez Only.'Д«efore returning to the album, though, he blew the dust of his first single, 'Lights Please,' choosing a woman from the audience to rap along on the video monitors on either side of the arena. MORE MUSIC: Get the Things to Do appВ | Phoenix local music newsВ | Concerts this week

The stage was set up in the middle of the venue, like a boxing ring, with all the floor seats pointed in. He's also an electrifying live performer, so that helps.

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Cole is one of hip-hop's greatest storytellers.ДЄnd it goes beyond the brilliance of his rapping to the way he engages the audience, sharing the stories behind the songs in a series of monologues that didn't slow things down at Talking Stick Resort Arena Thursday night so much as add to the momentum, advancing the plot of the concert while drawing the audience deeper into J.