Was faced with a challenging task while crafting his third album following 2011’s and 2013’s. He had to impress audiences with something new while holding on to the reason that fans have heavily praised the MC since his early mixtape days. And after trying to keep the album on lock for private listening sessions and trips to fans’ homes, the project’s out. So, how did he deliver? Off top, it’s important to note that is a concept album.
'2014 Forest Hills Drive' is a collection of introspective songs that also manage to look out at the world. It was more about the dysfunction between african americans and the differences between skin tones. Because he was a lighter tone and a “house nigga”, the darker toned blacks shunned him when in the end, cole was plottin the whole time trying to help them all out. Thats the deeper meaning behind it, not so much the slavery itself. Cole's '2014 Forest Hills Drive' J. Cole dreams bigger than most major-label rappers, but the reality doesn't quite cut it.