Whereas J Cole has had a reasonably powerful 2024 all issues thought of, a minimum of he’ll shut it out on a really excessive observe. On December 9, his industrial and significant masterpiece 2014 Forest Hills Drive will flip ten years outdated, and new physicals with bonus tracks emerged to have fun. However along with that, the Dreamville boss will host a one-night-only live performance celebrating the album at Madison Sq. Backyard on December 16. Presale tickets go dwell on Monday (December 2) with sure unclear entry, and normal tickets will drop on Wednesday (December 4 ) at 10AM EST by way of this hyperlink.
However J. Cole’s late 2024 celebrations do not cease there. He additionally launched the Inevitable audio collection with Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad – his supervisor and label cofounder – and Scott Lazer. It goes over the North Carolina native’s total discography piece by piece, accommodates some previews and snippets of unreleased materials, and narrates a variety of Cole’s reflections and classes all through the totally different factors of his profession. It has been a really compelling expertise to date, and we are able to solely think about what’s going to pop up as soon as we get into the large blockbuster LPs like 2014 Forest Hills Drive.
J Cole Declares One-Evening-Solely 2014 Forest Hills Drive Present
What’s extra is that one among J. Cole followers’ favourite issues about this new Inevitable program is how they expanded it as a multi-media enterprise. Not solely do you get these tales about his legendary profession, however his crew additionally dropped his outdated mixtapes on streaming companies. The most recent one to lastly hit DSPs was Friday Evening Lights, which for a lot of is the head of traditional Jermaine. Though many listeners as a substitute give attention to the Kendrick Lamar and Drake rap beef plus some disappointing singles, this late-year run exhibits that individuals nonetheless care about his craft.
Lastly, this MSG announcement additionally comes off the heels of Dreamville Fest 2025’s reveal. Though we do not know the lineup but, we are able to count on J. Cole and lots of extra wonderful skills to captivate Raleigh for its fifth anniversary. Contemplating how notable this yr’s occasion was, ensure you get your ticket. Or, should you’re fortunate, you possibly can snag a stub for this 2014 Forest Hills Drive anniversary present.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a employees author for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH whereas finishing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington College in the summertime of 2022.
Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop information protection, resembling his evaluation for Dangerous Bunny’s hometown live performance in 2024. However extra particularly, he digs for the deeper facet of hip-hop conversations, whether or not that’s the “demise” of the style in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the various shifting elements of the Younger Thug and YSL RICO case.
Past participating and breaking information protection, Gabriel makes essentially the most out of his live performance obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s additionally developed a powerful editorial voice by way of album evaluations, think-pieces, and interviews with a number of the style’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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