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J. Cole is one of the best rappers in the world and this album shows why he is the best.
J Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive album on CD – The third studio album by American hip hop recording artist J. Cole, the title is the address of J.Cole's childhood home where he grew up with his mother.
The Complex cover star said he'd forgo any radio singles, and now we see he's making another bold move by not including any features. He'll be rolling solo for all of the 13 tracks.
Review
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. David Jeffries – Allmusic.com
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