J. Cole's New Album, "2014 Forest Hills Drive" Dropping Dec 9th

[JDSTAYWITIT]

another nigga whos mixtapes exceed his albums in regards to quality.... hope he gets it together this go around

 

[R.D.]

Born Sinner was dope

Fall back youngin

Respect the Gawd

 

[JDSTAYWITIT]

 

[MR.CJ]

Personally I think he's going to drop a mixtape or EP like FNL. The video showcases him returning to his roots. I think that means we'll get an album more like his first 2 albums with very little to no features - save for his Dreamville cohorts and maaaybe 1 high profile artist he happens to be cool wit (Drake ?).

At the same time tho, we live in a singles driven market now. If he DOES indeed drop an album I don't think it'll be for sales, he'll do what Macklemore did w/ The Heist and just and market the video singles as major records. So we'll prolly get a video for every song. He practically said it @6:50 of the vid that album sales success don't mean anything to him & isn't a barometer of success in his career. This could be the start of something innovative b/c that's MUCH easier to do for an artist like Cole who may not craft major hit records like Lil Wayne or Young Thug but can drop songs a group of people can relate to (just like Macklemore did w/ Thrift Shop, Can't Nobody Hold Us, Same Love, etc. cuz he didn't have a machine behind him so it had to be done like that). Macklemore sold fuck all in the first week but his album went on to go nearly 2x platinum & won 7 grammies. Then afterwards later next year he'll push a full album with the RocNation machine behind him along with that same grind. It makes sense to do that considering RocNation is more of an independent label than it is a major and Cole could really benefit especially given the way he markets himself. Logic did the same thing which is why he was able to sell 70k in the first week w/ virtually NO mainstream support or singles.

Labels can't make a lot of money selling records b/c of all the marketing that goes in. J.Cole is already a brand name, too so it'd be a lot easier for him to do what Macklemore did but more successfully. Plus doing it like this he doesn't get stuck in the label cycle of 5 months marketing then on to album #2. He can market this one album for as long as he can (The Heist dropped 2 years ago btw). That's really really clever if that's what Cole has in mind, which is what I think he's going for....

Its over

 

[BoogaSuga]

Great news.

Ill believe it when i see it tho.

Seems too soon to be dropping out nowhere.

 

[BoogaSuga]

Whatever happened to the Cole/Kendrick album they both talked about for a couple years?

They even said they had like 10 tracks recorded already and everything

 

[BobOblah]

 

[BobOblah]

I'd be lying if I said that I still bump Cole World or Born Sinner often. I do still play the mixtapes. From watching that video and the way he's releasing this I'm getting a different vibe from the first 2 albums. Maybe he can give us something reminiscent of the mixtape days.

 

[t_m_a_c_f_a_n73088]

As disappointing as cole has been post FNL I'm hype. I love these random album releases. Makes me feel like i used to feel when going to buy an album before niggas dropped 8 singles, 2 mixtapes and pushed there album back 20 times before dropping their shit.

 

[t_m_a_c_f_a_n73088]

Great news.

Ill believe it when i see it tho.

Seems too soon to be dropping out nowhere.

What do you mean you'll believe it when you see it. Nigga he aint say this on the breakfast club there's an iTunes pre - order

 

[DNB1]

insta cop...

 

[BoogaSuga]

Great news.

Ill believe it when i see it tho.

Seems too soon to be dropping out nowhere.

What do you mean you'll believe it when you see it. Nigga he aint say this on the breakfast club there's an iTunes pre - order

Still dont mean it can't be pushed back.

I never preorder shit anyways. If i die tomorrow Jcole owes my dead ass $9.99

 

[texas409]

I was thinking last week damn where Cole been at? Its time.

 

[dwade206]

So he's doing the Beyonce/no marketing strategy?

 

[MasterJayN100]

cant wait for the new album

 

[MrCrookedLetter]

Wale was right

 

[Nah Son]

So Cole dropping the album with no singles

While Fifty still doin the opposite

 

[S2J]

 

[S2J]

His last album got exactly 1 listen from me, and that wasnt on purpose it just...didnt move me to listen again.

 

[S2J]

Good some more falling the sleep music

Yo its comedy when hood mfers write shyt how they hear it. i.e. minus well

All his life, this hood booger been thinkin people say 'im bout to fall the sleep'