2014 Forest Hills Drive is the third studio album by J. Cole. The preceding album was Born Sinner which went platinum along with 2014 Forest Hills Drive. He made the album to his own liking and the label respected that. So when he made the album this is his vision, without being tainted by anyone else's influence other than his friends. If you draw your attention to the album art to your right you see that he is sitting on top of a building. That building is 2014 Forest Hills Drive, the house he grew up in. So this album is essentially from what I see his life story up to this point in time. The album Born Sinner seemed to be a darker time in his life so many expected 2014 Forest Hills Drive to go back to his old style of funny, witty, introspective, and tracks which he had on Friday Night Lights, The Warm Up, and The Come Up. But more on those later. An interesting thing about this album is that he doesn't really mention him graduating to Saint John's University almost at all. I believe the reasoning behind this is that he is trying to make more relatable music. Because, not every rapper has even gone to college much less graduate. So 2014 Forest Hills Drive is essentially his life minus college. I divide this album into essentially 3 parts. The first six tracks are J. Cole's coming of age. The next three are his sellout, depressed, upset, love struggles part of the album. While the last 4 are looking forward to the future. So without further ado, I will be trying to get the coming of age part done. Stay tuned for more. I'll leave y'all with some memes, that will hopefully make sense in the future.
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