J. Cole has dropped his much-anticipated album, 4 Your Eyez Only, and at its release, he's proven just how much anticipation — nay, need — there was for it. People are saying the rapper single-handedly "saved" the disparaging, embarrassing, distressing year that was 2016.
J. Cole saved 2016
J. Cole just saved the whole year of 2016
Of course, Cole's album came at a moment when people are both reflecting on the year, and anxious about the state of affairs and what next year will bring.
2016 was a big fat L until J. Cole dropped this album. 4 Your Eyez Only saved 2016. 😩
When that new J. Cole 🔥 drops just in time for the holidays and saves 2016..👍🏽
And it's being treated like an oxygen tank for 2016.
The only W 2016 took was this J.Cole album.. #4YourEyezOnly
"2016 is such a trash year tbh" J Cole:
J.Cole just saved 2016 with a last minute buzzer beater #4YourEyezOnly
Fans and listeners are thanking the rapper — out of both appreciation and, well, desperation.
Dear J. Cole, Honestly, we Your Cole World fans would like to say Thank You. 2016 might have just been saved. Sincerely, Us #4YourEyezOnly
Thank you, J.Cole 😭😭😭😭
2016 was an excruciatingly horrible year but the music was amazing. Thank you J. Cole for closing out the year with 🔥
Everyone say thank you to j cole for giving us a Christmas miracle in this nightmare of 2016.
Jermaine also offered other forms of support and solace.
"I wanna fold clothes for you" -J. Cole, 2016
...Which people also treated like church.
I SAID I WANNA FOLD CLOTHES FOR YOU
I WANNA FOLD CLOTHES FOR YOU I WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD
"i wanna fold clothes for you" > "i love you"
Dear Mr. J Cole, You can fold clothes for me, Thank you. Yours sincerely, Nicholas Whitehouse
While the album didn't have everyone praising the ground J. Cole walks on...
J Cole at the beginning of 2016 vs J Cole at the end of 2016
...For people who needed it, it apparently was the therapy 2016 needed.
eh what do I know, j cole fucking saved humanity from sinking into a dark abyss