Dec 3, 2014 Thanks for the heads up lol. Cant wait to listen to this im expecting that old cole sound with more growth as a artist and lyricist. As much as i like cole i always say he should use more of other peoples beats (I.E. Elite) hoping this productions makes me disregard that ideology. I hope were pass the days of lines like these "U think your the s--- boy, But you cant out fart me" Dolla & a Dream 3
Dec 3, 2014 Ill give my thoughts later on the album. Im expecting this to finally be his best studio album and challenge FNL...
Dec 3, 2014 Finished my first listen. My favorites are Wet Dreamz, Fire Squad, No Role Modelz, Hello, and Love Yourz
Dec 3, 2014 disappointed 1. Too much singing 2. Too much happy-go-lucky songs 3. Short tracklist. First track and last irrelevant - especially the last one. Remember when people were like "OMG There's a 14 minute track. COLE MUST GO IN". Then it turns out it's just cole shouting nonsense. Which leaves only what like 11 tracks? 4. Cole used to be good at making deep/story telling songs. But he seems to use them up in his initial mixtapes. Songs on Forest Gump Drive sounds like leftovers - or that he can't come up with new ways to story tell them properly. It's kinda weird, look at Sideline Story - interestingly the stand out songs are girl songs - Can't Get Enough even Work Out was good club song. Songs like never told and breakdown were very average. Same as songs on FD. 5. He tries too hard to be this socially-aware rapper, like he's the only one who recognizes the struggle. But he executes the album way too average. It's really nothing special. 6. Not sure about production, but Cole's drums, beats have a similar signature to them and it's okay but to be refreshing he really needs an out of the box producer. 7. His raps. Wayyyyy too dumbed down. What happend to the Cole that used to rhyme complex multis?
Dec 3, 2014 this is actually a positive. cole is not a consistent writer so the song structure on these songs work in his favor for the most part.
Dec 3, 2014 1. Too much singing I love Cole's singing 2. Too much happy-go-lucky songs I like feeling happy 3. Short tracklist. First track and last irrelevant - especially the last one. Remember when people were like "OMG There's a 14 minute track. COLE MUST GO IN". Then it turns out it's just cole shouting nonsense. Which leaves only what like 11 tracks? Were going to get truly yours 4/revenge of the dreamers 2 soooooooooooooooo. And that n----- shouted me out in the credits!! 4. Cole used to be good at making deep/story telling songs. But he seems to use them up in his initial mixtapes. Songs on Forest Gump Drive sounds like leftovers - or that he can't come up with new ways to story tell them properly. It's kinda weird, look at Sideline Story - interestingly the stand out songs are girl songs - Can't Get Enough even Work Out was good club song. Songs like never told and breakdown were very average. Same as songs on FD. Yeah Idk, take a dab and listen to the words and you will definitely hear some great story telling. Wet Dreamz, A tale of 2 citiez, Fire squad, No Role Modelz just to start.. 5. He tries too hard to be this socially-aware rapper, like he's the only one who recognizes the struggle. But he executes the album way too average. It's really nothing special. 6. Not sure about production, but Cole's drums, beats have a similar signature to them and it's okay but to be refreshing he really needs an out of the box producer. This production is A1. Some of the craziest beats Ive heard in a while. GOMD 7. His raps. Wayyyyy too dumbed down. What happend to the Cole that used to rhyme complex multis?
Dec 3, 2014 Idk he posted the pic on instagram with Truly yours 4 on his itunes. And then you know Cole, he always releases EPs around his albums like EverygivenSundays and truly yours series
Dec 3, 2014 Wasn't really close to sounding like FNL to me. Still a great album nonetheless. Definitely his best.
Dec 3, 2014 On first listen i would say the album is very polished and has the potential to stand the test of time. Only time will tell. Favorite tracks on first listen Jan 28, 03 Adolescence, Fire Squad, G.O.M.D, Apparently
Dec 3, 2014 I'm never listening to that outro again lol. He should done a story like Last Call instead of 8 hours of credits.
Dec 3, 2014 Waiting to listen to this till my new headphones come in, want to hear it in high quality first.
Dec 3, 2014 Nahhh b, that s--- was actually entertaining and the beat was chill k--- yourself if you don't got no role modelz in your top 3
