Nov 17, 2014 News Added Nov 17, 2014 J. Cole has just announced a new album he is dropping on December 9th. On his facebook he states this album is very special to him, and that no singles will be released, just the album. Submitted By Callum Source hasitleaked.com 2014 Forest Hills Drive Added Nov 17,.
- 2014 Forest Hills Drive is a decent album selling itself as great. It wraps itself in the garments of a classic, but you can see that the tailoring is off. Cole – Forest Hills Drive: Live from Fayetteville, NC (Album) Zip Download. J Cole decided to release a live rendition of his 2014Forest Hills Drive album.
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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 |
