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Dec 09, 2014 Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole on AllMusic - 2014 - Named after the address of his childhood home in. 2014 Forest Hills Drive. Released in 2014.
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Cole – Forest Hills Drive: Live from Fayetteville, NC (Album) Zip Download. J Cole decided to release a live rendition of his 2014 Forest Hills Drive album. The album includes 13 tracks recorded live from Cole’s sold-out show at Crown Coliseum in his hometown of Fayetteville, N.C. J.Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive Zip Download. Cole’s third studio album.On November 14, J. Cole shocked the rap world with the announcement that his third solo album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, would be hitting stores before the end of 2014. Listen to 2014 Forest Hills Drive now. Listen to 2014 Forest Hills Drive in full in the Spotify app. Play on Spotify ℗ 2014 Roc Nation LLC.
Named after the address of his childhood home in North Carolina, J. Cole's third studio effort was released with no supporting singles, and there are no featured artists, either, because 2014 Forest Hills Drive is one of those personal, conceptual, and 'heavy' albums. Most importantly, it's admirable bordering on excellent, sure to inspire returning fans to herald it as a classic even if it doesn't woo the skeptical, casually wandering out of its intro with two smooth and soulful numbers that are so free, they're just shy of being clumsy. Key cut 'January 28th' puts gut-wrenching hard truths of the Pusha-T type ('What's the price for a black man's life?/I check the toe tag, not one zero in sight') next to wobbly wordplay that could have been lifted off some old Digable Planets LP ('Flow is bananas/Here, peel this back'), while 'Wet Dreamz' finds J. Cole the producer offering a beat that's rather Alchemist or 9th Wonder inspired, and then slathering it in plush strings for a perfect single on an album that refuses singles. Later, 'No Role Modelz' mixes a tribute to the late actor James Avery ('Rest in peace Uncle Phil'), with a bubbling beat that's a variation on cloud-rap (co-produced by Phonix Beats and Cole), and a snarky, snappy set of put downs that are like an elevated Fergie ('I don't want no bitch from reality shows/Out of touch with reality hos'), but all these flights of fancy fly freely since the album lacks an anchor. 2014 Forest Hills Drive comes off as a great, experimental, and advancing mixtape, but it's insider to a fault, as slight as that fault might be. [2014 Forest Hills Drive was also released in a clean version.]
| Title/Composer | Performer | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:09 | |
| 2 | 4:02 | |
| 3 | 4:00 | |
| 4 | William 'Willie B.' Brown / Johnny Burke / J. Cole / James Van Heusen | 4:24 |
| 5 | 4:29 | |
| 6 | 4:49 | |
| 7 | 4:17 | |
| 8 | 5:01 | |
| 9 | 4:52 | |
| 10 | 3:39 | |
| 11 | 4:53 | |
| 12 | 3:33 | |
| 13 | 14:35 |
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blue highlight denotes track pick2014: Just as a lackluster year in hip-hop was coming to an end, North Carolina rapper J. Cole surprised everyone by dropping one the best albums of his career thus far, his third studio LP 2014 Forest Hills Drive.
The name of the album comes from Cole's childhood home in Fayetteville, N.C., that was foreclosed on while the rapper was away in New York for college. Much of the album's subject matter recounts Cole's adolescence, him moving from a small town to a big city to pursue his dreams and him dealing with the perks and pitfalls of the music industry. Though Jermaine controlled much of the production himself, the Dreamville boss employed the likes of Illmind, Vinylz, Phonix Beats and Willie B to help.
With only three weeks of prior notice, no marketing, no features and no singles to hype the release, Forest Hills debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, moving 353,000 copies in the first week. J. Cole's overwhelming success with his bare-bones approach to releasing the album is what inspired other artists to switch up their marketing and album promo in subsequent years.
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The album was met with rave reviews from critics. Though it spawned commercial singles like 'Apparently,' 'Wet Dreamz,' and 'No Role Modelz,' fans and critics commended Cole for his production and crazy lyricism on even the deep cuts. Though it was dropped just as fourth quarter was coming to a close, the album ended up on many of music's Best of 2014 lists.
'J. Cole has finally shored up those tiny but aggravating cracks, and crafted both his most compelling and consistent studio album to date,' wrote XXL when awarding the album an 'XL' rating. 'Hip-hop fans can be some of the most difficult to satisfy, and while there is no atrocious songs on 2014 Forest Hills Drive, this album reinforces the faith that Cole is a superstar.'
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The album won Cole plenty of awards, was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 58th Annual Grammys and sent the rapper on a stadium tour for the majority of 2015.
Two years later, thanks to his steadfast fanbase, 2014 Forest Hills Drive is certified double platinum by the RIAA.
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Exactly two years later, the illusive Jermaine dropped his fourth studio album, 4 Your Eyez Only, on Dec. 9, 2016. He followed generally the same formula of no features, no singles and little promo prior to dropping the project. Having since been certified platinum and reaching number 1 on the Billboard 200, the follow-up album certainly lived up to the precedence set by 2014 Forest Hills Drive, and laid the groundwork for Cole's successful KOD album, which was released in April of this year.
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