J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (Discussion Thread) *Stream*

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didnt even realize their were no features. And i only skipped one song. I have to salute the big homie Cole :salute:.

Sounds like a 9/10 to me. Definitely his best project regardless. The first 5 songs after the intro are all captivating and Hello is the only weak song

Great, enjoyable concept to the album
Good, variety of content
Flows seamlessly
Beats, hooks, flows and rhymes are both extremely on point for the most part.
Album cover is dope

and no fukkin features...just samples :ohhh:

This is looking like a magna opus project to me. I'm very impressed. And I skipped Born Sinner because i just wasnt interested in Cole like that any more but this got me wondering if i missed out.
Felt like the hooks lacked, Cole's attempts to speed his flow are :scusthov: his flow leaves a lot to be desired. His storytelling ability isn't great, I like how he talked about Ferguson a bit should have went more in depth with that, I haven't heard a great quotable rhyme from him since like the Warm Up.

This the best production Cole ever had, GOMD and Tale of 2 Citiez were trash IMO, and Hello was corny, bland and generic.

Born Sinner is slightly better, solid 7 out of 10 album.
 

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Anybody know if he's releasing a deluxe version of this? I'm buying the physical version and want to get the most tracks
 

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Felt like the hooks lacked, Cole's attempts to speed his flow are :scusthov: his flow leaves a lot to be desired. His storytelling ability isn't great, I like how he talked about Ferguson a bit should have went more in depth with that, I haven't heard a great quotable rhyme from him since like the Warm Up.

This the best production Cole ever had, GOMD and Tale of 2 Citiez were trash IMO, and Hello was corny, bland and generic.

Born Sinner is slightly better, solid 7 out of 10 album.
Buggin. Hello was a skip after 20 secs. GOMD was just okay. But to me everything else was pretty much fire. Top 3 album to me this yr and better than any of his mixtapes or albums (except for Born Sinner which I havent played).

Warm Up and Friday Night Lights were solid but nothing amazing in retrospect to me. I think its the novelty effect that made those ones good because FNL was when a lot of people heard Cole for this first time...and Warm Up was probably when the first OGs took notice such as ppl like me who were put on by SOHH. But from a song by song standpoint...nah none of em touching this beat wise or lyrically.

I am almost certain this album right here is Cole's zenith lol based on what i've heard from him
 

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Tryin 2 Eat but my Meal don't taste right

can sum1 pASS the Mussstaaard :smugbiden:
 

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J.cole is that dude I'm gonna buy this dude deserves the support:banderas:

st. tropez though:wow:
 
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