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

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this album is terrible. I don't know how yall listen to this dude.. I like some of his tracks in the past but he has not evolved at all. He needs better production and needs to figure out if wants to be conscious or ignorant rapper cause he sucks at both right now.
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i'll revist it it today and report back. all i can recall off the top of my head is the 2nd half got real preachy. should prob note i'm not a christian or anything which might be why it's annoying to me. not tryna alienate any fans of it. the production was on point but as a non-christian the lyrics were just annoying and i feel like you could reach broader appeal with those beats and non-preachy bs.


second half of this album gets real "singy" but it aint drake singing. i've heard people say cole is just as preachy and you might be right, but i don't hate on a man preaching positivity as opposed to religion.

this is easily in the top 3 albums this year for me btw (minus wet dreams which i've since deleted). prob #2 after cilvia demo just off how much i've been playing.
 
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i'll revist it it today and report back. all i can recall off the top of my head is the 2nd half got real preachy. should prob note i'm not a christian or anything which might be why it's annoying to me. not tryna alienate any fans of it. the production was on point but as a non-christian the lyrics were just annoying and i feel like you could reach broader appeal with those beats and non-preachy bs.


second half of this album gets real "singy" but it aint drake singing. i've heard people say cole is just as preachy and you might be right, but i don't hate on a man preaching positivity as opposed to religion.

this is easily in the top 3 albums this year for me btw (minus wet dreams which i've since deleted). prob #2 after cilvia demo just off how much i've been playing.
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Not really sure how to feel about this. Album doesn't seem to have any commercial tracks on it. This is one of those albums an artist makes when they're just sick of being criticized for making mainstream music. I mean its not a bad album at all but I'll have to listen a bit more to reach a verdict. I'd say at the moment I prefer the better songs of Born Sinner to this. This album is consistent but at the same time there isn't a track I gravitate towards but I kinda like "Apparently".
 

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Not really sure how to feel about this. Album doesn't seem to have any commercial tracks on it. This is one of those albums an artist makes when they're just sick of being criticized for making mainstream music. I mean its not a bad album at all but I'll have to listen a bit more to reach a verdict. I'd say at the moment I prefer the better songs of Born Sinner to this. This album is consistent but at the same time there isn't a track I gravitate towards but I kinda like "Apparently".
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On my iPod Nano with limited space I have
January 28th
No Role Modelz
Apparently
G.O.M.D
St. Tropes
A Tale of 2 Cities
03' Adolescence
The Galaxy S5 has the whole album on it.
 
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