2014 Forest Hills Drive (studio album) by J. Cole

From HoldenM 08/29/2024 19:05

J. Cole is such a dork. I love it.

Album Rating: 77.54
(1,008/13)

1.Intro. 79
2.January 28th. 78
3.Wet Dreamz. 80
4.03' Adolescence. 79
5.A Tale Of 2 Citiez. 78
6.Fire Squad. 76
7.St. Tropez. 69
8.G.O.M.D. 75
9.No Role Modelz. 93
10.Hello. 76
11.Apparently. 78
12.Love Yourz. 71
13.Note To Self. 76

From C_Krug2009 12/12/2021 01:43

It’s a good album and for the most part, it’s a solid project. Is it the best J. Cole project? I think Friday Night Lights is better but this one is up there. He was smart to make project without any feats. I personally don’t like feats, when I hear a hip hop album, I’m there to hear it all from the artist that that had that creative vision to make it, not the feats. J. Cole produced this project and I would assume is his vision for the most part. He pulled through with some great songs and just be heard!

Best j.cole record PERIOD

Gets a lot of hate, doesn't have the deepest lyrics, doesn't have the most innovative production.
But what it does it does perfectly, melodic conscious rap that sounds as good as it can possibly sound, lyrics that anyone can relate with and music that anybody can vibe to. Perfect at what it sets out to do.

2014 Forest Hills Drive starts slow but as the album progresses the tone and the production really pick up. G.O.M.D in particular has a fantastic use of sampling. Cole has some good bars but often falls into weak rhyme schemes (A Tale Of 2 Citiez). Luckly, J. Cole's enthusiasm lifts the album through its difficult parts.

First 4-5 tracks are very good but it gets a little bit less interesting as it goes towards the end. Still a great album

Double platinum with no features

Fun album musically. Would be 100/100 if he only displayed more performance talent.

From xMUSICSNOBx 04/26/2017 16:40

Enjoyable, for sure. Some really cool cuts on this. The use of orchestral instrumentation on this really gives it an emotional contrast. He is a very talented lyricist, which makes it consistently interesting to listen to. There are several tracks I could do without, they seem to serve no purpose but just to make it overlong. But other than that, a nice listen.

Best Tracks: A Tale of 2 Citiez, Fire Squad, No Role Modelz, Apparently.
Worst: Wet Dreamz, St. Tropez.