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

[winb83]

Holy shyt

 

[thaKEAF]

Is there time for this to be nominated for the Grammies? Cause this shyt is 2014's GKMC to me. Like..I'm gonna make a playlist with the best of both albums mixed.

But.....and this is weird to admit....

This album only has maybe....3 songs that I don't even think about repeating when I'm playing. With GKMC, its almost half the album. Thats just me though. Most albums I only keep 2-3 songs. So that's a dope ass average. But this shyt.....I can absolutely fukk with every track the long way. I'd bump this shyt no matter who I'm with or where I am. Like, its just been on shuffle and repeat all.

"Terrible reason not to go."

Goddamn. That line right there is so fukking PERFECT. That just played while I'm typing this. I first listened to this album, and thought "St. Tropez is a song I really don't fukk with that much."

But. Yo. I fukk with it heavy now. Its an amazing song. As are most of these. i'm critical of Cole. A lot. I know his albums haven't been great. Born Sinner was good. But not FNL good. This will have near FNL longevity for me. I can feel it. There are at least a few cuts on here that I know I'll never get tired of.

Way too late in the year for Grammies

 

[Bay Area]

I think we are seeing a modern day Tupac being born before our eyes.

 

[Paper Boi]

why we pretending like cole aint the realest out though? (this coming from someone who thinks that kendrick is the best rapper of our era, but he been corrupted much like biggie)



cole is like a pre-death row pac as mentioned above.

 

[diggy]

Listened to some of the album for the 1st time yesterday and its definitely a breath of fresh air for me based on my current rotation, impressed.

 

[scorpino]

J Cole is to young cats what Nas was to us 30+ heads. I like this album but it's not on some oh my god this is a classic. Had cole come out in the late 90s he would've been Talib Kweli status. Not that there's anything wrong with that. He just wouldn't be mentioned with the likes of Jay and Nas.

 

[MaccabeanRebel]

J Cole is to young cats what Nas was to us 30+ heads. I like this album but it's not on some oh my god this is a classic. Had cole come out in the late 90s he would've been Talib Kweli status. Not that there's anything wrong with that. He just wouldn't be mentioned with the likes of Jay and Nas.

If cole came out in the late 90's he wouldn't even have been Kweli status, we would have been canibus..

 

[GetInTheTruck]

Is this shyt really dope? Cole is boring to me, What's the vibe on the album like.

 

[freetroit]

Is this shyt really dope? Cole is boring to me, What's the vibe on the album like.

The album reminds me of commons second album and kanyes
Late registration. Its dope and cohesive... Masterfully executed

 

[nomoreneveragain]

No Role Modelz sounds like it written by Coli Posters

 

[Blackking]

Put the movement on your back brehs...


Then put ur personal label on every song so at least the rec label can't rape you too much brehs.

Have ur shyt sell out w o a single and still spit some conscious shyt in the middle of the most ignorant moment in music. ​

 

[Pool_Shark]

I gave born sinner a listen early. Cole was all over the place just dumping out a bunch of nonsense for the most part. Compared to this where almost every line has meaning or adds to the song. I was skipping the intro for a minute cause I liked Jan 28th so much but he says some real shyt on there.

Free my dawgs, you're free to go
Block gets hot, the streets is cold
Free to love, to each his own
Free from bills, free from pills
You roll it loud, the speakers blow
Life get hard, you ease your soul
It cleanse ya mind, learn to fly
Then reach the stars, you take your time
And look behind and said, "Look where I came
Look how far I done came"

 

[InstantKlassik]

I gave born sinner a listen early. Cole was all over the place just dumping out a bunch of nonsense for the most part. Compared to this where almost every line has meaning or adds to the song. I was skipping the intro for a minute cause I liked Jan 28th so much but he says some real shyt on there.

Free my dawgs, you're free to go
Block gets hot, the streets is cold
Free to love, to each his own
Free from bills, free from pills
You roll it loud, the speakers blow
Life get hard, you ease your soul
It cleanse ya mind, learn to fly
Then reach the stars, you take your time
And look behind and said, "Look where I came
Look how far I done came"

Really? I have to listen to the Intro before I listen to Jan 28th everytime, it serves as like an Interlude to Jan 28th in my eyes, shyt is too good, that saxophone

 

[Dre Space Age]

Listened to the whole album during my workout today. This shyt better than his last two albums. It's rare when you see an artist outshine his first two. This reminds me of the greats from the 90s.

 

[FatherSimp]

The outro is the funniest shyt ever when you high as hell

Jonah Hill my nikka