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2014 Forest Hills Drive is the third studio album by American rapper J. Cole. It was released on December 9, 2014, by ByStorm Entertainment, Columbia Records, Dreamville Records and Roc Nation.
Recording sessions took place over the whole year, while the production on the album was primarily handled by Cole himself, along with several others such as Illmind, Vinylz, Phonix Beats and Willie B. It was announced three weeks before its release and had very little marketing, with no singles or promotion taking place prior to its release. The album was supported by four singles: "Apparently", "Wet Dreamz", "No Role Modelz" and "Love Yourz".
2014 Forest Hills Drive received generally positive reviews from critics who admired its ambitious concept, production and lyrics. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 353,000 copies in its first week. As of September 2015, the album has sold one million copies in the United States. The album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in May 2019.
The album won Album of the Year at the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards, and Top Rap Album at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. It was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2016 Grammy Awards. The single "Apparently" was nominated for Best Rap Performance at the 2016 Grammy Awards.
Background
The album's title is the address of a home in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where Cole lived from his early youth, until 2003. Cole lived at the property with his mother, his brother and his stepfather, and was the location where Cole wrote some of his earliest songs, and decided to pursue a career as a musician.[2]
In 2014, Cole bought the house, and was the first home he had purchased.[3] The album's title is used to recount Cole's upbringing, and the transition from leaving North Carolina to New York; it battles with the transitions that were taken in order to find his success and fame within the music industry. Cole soon put the home up for an "extremely cheap" renting price, in the hope that any struggling residents could use it to progress their lives, without having to worry about frequent moving, an experience Cole underwent due to frequent financial struggles.[4]
Recording and production
On August 15, 2014, Cole released the song "Be Free", as a response to the
Release and promotion
On November 16, 2014, Cole released a
On December 15, 2015, Cole announced a mini-documentary
Singles
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The album's second single, "Wet Dreamz", was released to rhythmic contemporary radio on April 14, 2015.[41] On April 21, the music video was released for "Wet Dreamz".[42] The song has since peaked at number 61 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[37] On June 16, 2016, "Wet Dreamz" was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[43]
The album's third single, "
Cole released the live music video for "Love Yourz" on January 28, 2016, the music video was filmed during his Forest Hills Drive Tour,[33] and on February 27, 2016, "Love Yourz" was released as the album's fourth and final single.[48] The song was included in Sprite's "Obey Your Verse" campaign in 2016 where 16 lyrics from 2Pac, Missy Eliiot and Cole were emblazoned on Sprite soda cans and bottles.[49] The song won Impact Track at the 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards.[50] "Love Yourz" charted at number 34 on the US Twitter Top Tracks on February 13, 2016.[51] The song has since peaked at number 25 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay.[52]
Other songs
On December 5, 2014, Cole released a music video for the song "Intro".[53] On December 13, 2014, rapper Waka Flocka Flame released a freestyle over the song "Fire Squad".[54] On March 23, 2015, a music video was released for "G.O.M.D.".[55] On November 27, 2015, in celebration of Black Friday, Cole and rapper Kendrick Lamar released two separate tracks, both titled "Black Friday".[56][57] Lamar remixed Cole's "A Tale of 2 Citiez",[58] while Cole remixed Lamar's single "Alright" from his studio album To Pimp a Butterfly.[59] Rappers Styles P and Juicy J also released freestyles over "A Tale of 2 Citiez".[60][61]
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Complex | [65] |
Exclaim! | 8/10[66] |
Los Angeles Times | [67] |
The Observer | [68] |
Pitchfork | 6.9/10[69] |
Rolling Stone | [70] |
Spin | 6/10[71] |
USA Today | [72] |
XXL | 4/5[73] |
2014 Forest Hills Drive was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 67, based on 17 reviews.[63] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.5 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[62]
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Rankings
Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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Associated Press | Associated Press' top albums of 2014 | 2
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Billboard | The 10 Best Rap Albums of 2014 | 3
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The Boombox
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10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2014 | 4
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Complex
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The 50 Best Albums of 2014 | 4
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Cuepoint
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My Favorite Hip-Hop Albums of 2014 | 9
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HotNewHipHop | Hottest Albums of 2014 | 2
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Rolling Stone | The 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time | 132
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Industry awards
Year | Ceremony | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | American Music Awards | Best Rap/Hip Hop Album
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Nominated | |
BET Hip Hop Awards | Album of the Year | Won | ||
Billboard Music Awards | Top Rap Album | Won | ||
2016 | Grammy Awards | Best Rap Album | Nominated |
Commercial performance
2014 Forest Hills Drive debuted at number one on the US
In 2015, 2014 Forest Hills Drive was ranked as the eighth most popular album of the year on the Billboard 200.[97]
Track listing
Credits adapted from Tidal.[98]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Intro" | Jermaine Cole | 2:09 | |
2. | "January 28th" |
| 4:02 | |
3. | "Wet Dreamz" |
| Cole | 3:59 |
4. | "03' Adolescence" | Willie B | 4:24 | |
5. | "A Tale of 2 Citiez" | Vinylz | 4:29 | |
6. | "Fire Squad" |
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| 4:48 |
7. | "St. Tropez" |
| Cole | 4:17 |
8. | "G.O.M.D." |
| Cole | 5:01 |
9. | "No Role Modelz" |
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| 4:52 |
10. | "Hello" |
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| 3:39 |
11. | "Apparently" |
| Cole | 4:53 |
12. | "Love Yourz" |
| Illmind | 3:31 |
13. | "Note to Self" |
| 14:35 | |
Total length: | 64:39 |
Notes
- ^[a] signifies a co-producer
- ^[b] signifies an additional producer
- "January 28th" contains additional vocals by Kaye Fox
- "A Tale of 2 Citiez" contains additional background vocals by Kaye Fox, T.S. Rose Desandies, and Yolanda Renee
- "St. Tropez" contains additional background vocals by T.S. Rose Desandies
- "No Role Modelz" contains additional background vocals by Kaye Fox
- "Hello" contains additional background vocals by Kaye Fox
- "Note to Self" contains additional vocals by T.S. Rose Desandies and Yolanda Renee
Sample credits
- "January 28th" contains a sample of "Sky Restaurant", written by Yumi Arai and Kunihiko Murai, and performed by Hi-Fi Set.
- "Wet Dreamz" contains a sample of "Mariya", written by Charles Simmons and performed by Family Circle; and a sample of "Impeach the President", written by The Honey Drippers.
- "03' Adolescence" contains a sample of "Here's That Rainy Day", written by Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heuse, and performed by Sonia Rosa and Yuji Ono.
- "Fire Squad" contains a sample of "Heart Breaker", written by Mark Farner and performed by Aguaturbia.
- "St. Tropez" contains a sample of "That's All Right With Me", written by Mayfield Small and performed by Esther Phillips; and a sample of "Sister Sanctified", performed by Stanley Turrentine and Milt Jackson; and contains an interpolation of "Hollywood", written by Andre Fischer and Dave Wolinski, and performed by Rufus and Chaka Khan.
- "G.O.M.D." embodies a portion of "Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins; and a sample of "Berta, Berta", written by Delroy Andrews and performed by Branford Marsalis.
- "No Role Modelz" contains a sample of "Don't Save Her", written by Marvin Whitemon, Paul Beauregard, Jordan Houston, Tenina Stevens, Earl Stevens, Dannell Stevens and Brandt Jones, and performed by Project Pat.
- "Apparently" contains a sample of "La Morte Dell'ermina", written and performed by Filippo Trecca; and a sample of "CB#5", written and performed by Carlos Bess.
Personnel
Credits for 2014 Forest Hills Drive adapted from AllMusic.[99]
- Jermaine Cole – primary artist, producer
- Mark Pitts – executive producer
- Ramon Ibanga, Jr. – producer
- Anderson Hernandez – producer
- William "Willie B" Brown – producer
- Pop Wansel – producer
- Darius Barnes – producer
- Ronald Gilmore – additional production, bass, keyboards, producer
- J Proof – producer
- Juro "Mez" Davis – engineer, mixing
- Nate Jones – bass
- David Linaburg – guitar
- Nate Alford – engineer
- Travis Antoine – trumpet
- Anthony Blasko – photography
- Felton Brown – art direction, graphic design
- James Casey – saxophone
- Chargaux – strings
- Jeremy Cimino – assistant engineer
- Damone Coleman – sampling
- T.S. Rose Desandies – vocals (background)
- DJ Dahi – beats
- Dreamville Records – executive producer
- Kaye Fox – vocals (background)
- Jeff Gitelman – guitar
- Justin Thomas Kay – art direction, graphic design
- Sean Kellett – assistant engineer
- Raphael Lee – string engineer
- Nuno Malo – strings
- Jack Mason – horn engineer
- Carl McCormick – instrumentation
- Nervous Reck – sampling
- Calvin Price – instrumentation
- Yolanda Renee – vocals (background)
- Roc Nation – executive producer
- James Rodgers – trombone (bass)
- Adam Rodney – creative director
- Team Titans – additional production
- Andre "Dré Charles" Thomas – additional production
- Timothy "Nick Paradise" Thomas – additional production
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[137] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada)[138] | Gold | 40,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[139] | 2× Platinum | 40,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[140] | Platinum | 300,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[96] | 5× Platinum | 5,000,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Label(s) | Format(s) | Ref. |
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Australia | December 9, 2014 | [141] | ||
Canada | [142] | |||
Germany | [143] | |||
Ireland | [144] | |||
Japan | [145] | |||
New Zealand | [146] | |||
United Kingdom | [147] | |||
United States | [148] |
See also
- J. Cole: Road to Homecoming
- Forest Hills Drive: Live
- 2014 in hip hop music
- List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2014
- List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2014
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Further reading
- Pizzo, Mike "DJ" (2015). "How Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole Rebooted Conscious Rap". Cuepoint.
External links
- 2014 Forest Hills Drive at Discogs (list of releases)