That lack of representation can lead to potentially catastrophic misunderstandings. These are people that never get to be heard, by the world or even by each other. And you see a rapper who’s considered one of the biggest in the game, just listening. I felt like it would be mad powerful for black people to see black people talking to each other. Cole spoke about the documentary with The New York Times saying:
Cole also previewed new music in the documentary.
Entertainment Weekly reported, 'The documentary promises to illustrate how their struggles over viable housing, voting laws for felons, integration, and more mirror the frustrations felt across the nation.' The documentary included security camera footage of a SWAT raid that took place on Maat Cole's North Carolina home studio, which served as inspiration for the track ' Neighbors'. Incorporating music from the album 4 Your Eyez Only, Cole captured stories of residents in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Atlanta, Georgia, Ferguson, Missouri, his father's hometown, Jonesboro, Arkansas and his hometown, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
