![]() Despite the obvious connection between the sample used and the lyrical content of this particular track - which is a blatant refusal at becoming a slave to the music industry - there is a dichotomy in the storytelling of this song. It is sampled from Branford Marsalis’ “Berta, Berta,” a slave work-song taken from August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson play. However, it is the sample on “G.O.M.D” that rings the loudest. Production-wise, Cole incorporates a variety of live instruments alongside an array of homage-paying samples such as 2Pac, Mobb Deep and The Notorious B.I.G. One rather obvious attribute to 2014 Forest Hills Drive is its instrumentation. Because, as he questions on the album, “don’t nobody sing about it no more?”. However, this album surpasses its predecessors as one of his most selfish exertions yet seeing him candidly give the middle finger to the current state of rap music by creating a project that preaches about love, happiness and truth as opposed to unlocking the cheat code to attain a quick hit through fat synth basslines on a bed of monophonic melodies. ![]() ![]() The 13-track project finds Jermaine taking a step back from the boardroom and instead into his Fayetteville, North Carolina bedroom to make a body of work guaranteed to leave admirers of The Warm Up and Friday Night Lights pleasantly surprised by what they hear.Īlbeit, the marketing strategy for this album saw him take the Shia Labeouf route and become an anti-celebrity: taking multiple trips to meet fans across the country, buying out a cinema to enjoy a Chris Rock film with supporters, and giving various fans the opportunity to hear his LP in advance by arriving on their doorstep. ![]()
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