2014 Forest Hills Drive is a hip-hop album by artist J. Cole. The album itself is not just an album that talks about whatever, this is an album that discusses an almost life story of coming together as a man and his dealings with fame and fortune. The album discusses many other things as well as social issues in our everyday life, and him losing his virginity as well. 2014 Forest Hills Drive flow of this album is at an all-time high the way it starts from the first song “January 28th”, which is J. Cole’s birthday. The way he presents the song is like a prequel to the whole album, kind of reminding everyone who he is before he takes us down a journey of his early years and later on. “The real is back, the ville is back”,(Cole). This song doesn’t really tell a story point blank it is more of like just a reminder of who he is and what he will deliver. Then the next song “Wet Dreamz” tells a great story of him losing his virginity and the struggle of having to be a pro with the girl he is with, “I wrote back and said, ‘Of course I had sex before,’ knowin I was frontin, I said, ‘I’m like a pro baby knowin I was stuntin,”,(Cole). The flow is of the song is good from him meeting the …show more content…
“G.O.M.D” which stands for (Get Off My Dick), is really for the people that always be getting on his nerves in Hollywood and “No Role Modelz” is him having the feeling the only females that are are out there are reality tv girls or strippers. He then tells the story of him meeting a girl but she got a kid in the song “Hello” and him not really feeling that because he can barely take care of himself. The last two songs are kind of a combination of motivation and thanks for what he has become with “Apparently” and “Love Yourz”. The first song is him thanking his mama for always believing in him. And “Love Yourz” is a song that makes you want to count your blessings and be thankful for the people in your
One Tree Hill is an American television show filled with drama, romance, murder, mayhem, and milestones. The storyline follows the lives of two-half brothers, Lucas and Nathan Scott who both share a father named Dan. From birth, Dan Scott tried to keep the two sons drifted apart from each other. As the series progress, Lucas and Nathan rekindle their relationship. This season series is about small town kids who navigate their way through life. As the story goes on, this show proves to be more than just a teen melodrama. Teeming with extended life lessons and the importance of gender roles, One Tree Hill becomes a hit TV series.
This is a very emotional song because it is a tribute to the late Paul Walker. It is especially emotional if you have seen the movies or are a fan of Paul. However it is still evocative even if you have never seen Paul Walker before because of how the video is formatted. The director uses cars as an rhetorical tool in the video because Paul was most known for his role in the Fast and Furious series, and he was killed in a car crash because he was speeding. The cars in the video help remind us that he died doing what he loved and that even though he left this world to early he was most likely enjoying himself in the moments before his death.
There is a misconception regarding rap music content about how it predominantly focuses on the topics of drugs, sex and money. Various people do not understand that rap music is a valuable method of expressing one’s emotions and thoughts. The lyrics in rap music are able to strongly represent a broader story of someone’s story. Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise is a story of what it was like as an African-American male to grow up in the ghettos. Through his lyrics, Coolio explains the real-life problems of living in Compton, his hometown. His music describes how immense the amount violence inner city violence that occurred and what he had to become in order to fit into that society. The point of this song was to show those who had not experienced what he had gone through some insight. Coolio mentions how his deviant actions have affected his relationship with his mother. He attempts to justify that murder and violence were the only way to survive on the streets he lived in. The song devises numerous associations to the situation of class, socialization and the conflict subculture. In his
There are lots of songs that influence his fan; his songs influence the way you think and the way you look at the society. In his song “No church in the wild” he talks about how he formed his own belief and how he controls it, just like god controls it but he gives out permissions that god doesn’t give out. He says “ It’s something that a teacher can’t teach when we die the money we can’t keep but we probably spend it all cause the pain ain’t cheap: Preach” he says that because how this doesn’t assimilate to any regular religion in real life it’s something that can’t be taught or preached. There are also lots of other songs that are talks about him and how he looks at the world, and how he sees the society.
Cole’s producer, Elite, tells the real story of what Neighbors is all about. J. Cole rented out a house in the woods outside of a rich white suburb in North Carolina, his birthplace, where artists and producers apart of his team “Dreamville” went to record. Neighbors of the house became suspicious believing that since many black people were in and out that it was some sort of drug operation. Eventually one neighbor told law enforcement that he knew people in the house were growing and selling marijuana. In response the police started a huge investigation costing upwards of a million dollars. SWAT team eventually raided the studio believing they would find massive amounts of drugs, but they were simply greeted with recording
They are painting a lifestyle of drinking, drugs, gangs and thugs as the life that people should pursue, especially the young black man. Indeed, these songs, while catchy and often played, are so negative
In the very beginning of the song he starts by denying the fact that he wasn’t born a star. “1995, fall night, October 8th, most people would say a star was born but nah, that's when I was born. And I wasn't born a star, nigga I wasn't born on top” (1-3). He sets the mood for the song to be relaxed and calm. He starts to recall his childhood when he has to walk places because his mother didn’t own a vehicle. “I remember walking cold from school when
J. Cole has always written songs with powerful messages. From the “Lost Ones” to “Crooked Smile”, for the younger audience and grown audience to examine their own lives. There has not been an artist to write like Cole since Tupac. To understand J. Cole you would have to know his background. Born in Frankfurt, Germany and relocated to Fayetteville, North Carolina. His father served in the army and his mother German. At the age of twelve Cole started rapping and at fifteen he took more seriously till he was later signed to Jay Z’s label Roc-Nation. Since being signed to Roc-Nation Cole has dropped two Mixtapes and released three successful albums that have gone platinum. The song “Be free” was released in Mid-August of 2014. “Be free” was
While examining his lyrics further, the first eye opener is "I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bullshit." (Fiasco) In this instance, Fiasco was talking about the Vietnam war. It came with great controversy since many Americans believe this fight was pointless, as it came with no gain to the U.S. This civil war came with a great cost, accordingly "economists report the Vietnam War cost the U.S. $111 billion during war time, which calculates to $738 billion by 2011 standards." (Tucker) With such a costly war, only
“Gangsta’s Paradise” is a satirical song about gang life written and performed by Artis Leon Ivey Jr., or better known as Coolio. In this hit song from the 90s, Coolio reflects on the struggle of growing up in an environment heavily influenced by gangs as was commonplace in neighborhoods of poverty at the time as well as today. He highlights the regret one can have with the decisions they make in their life. The topic of death in this song emphasizes the magnitude certain decisions possess. In conclusion, “Gangsta’s Paradise” is really an ironic title because the song is not referring to a paradise, but rather it illustrates to the sadistic truth of the street life.
Cole’s musical idols, which greatly influenced his musical style. His style captures the attention from younger generations and the adolescent population, whom also came from an uneasy childhood and along the way lost motivation. “I 'm here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don 't follow what you 've been told you 're supposed to do.” (Music times, 2014) Through this message, J. Cole constantly portrays to be an ambition seeking activist. He hopes to project hope in those who are struggling by sharing his life challenges and voicing how he overcame
From time to time, the reader hears of a red light in the house of 124 Bluestone Road. Sethe is haunted by a life changing choice she made in her past. Her daughter's infant ghost haunts the house that Sethe and her daughter, Denver occupy. Sethe cannot move forward in her life because of a choice she made many years ago, which was to kill her baby girl. This decision was based upon the fact that Sethe did not want her daughter to be taken back into slavery. Sethe tries to repress the past, but cannot with this ghost haunting her. Paul D. proceeds to enters Sethe's life again, and as a result he causes more negative memories to resurface. He brings back the memories of Sweet Home, the plantation where they were slaves together. Sethe recalls Sweet Home and states, "Comes back whether we want it to or not" (Morrison 16). This statement reflects the meaning that no matter how hard someone tries, memories cannot be repressed forever, they will resurface at some point whether the person wants them to or not. When Paul D. arrives at her house, the memories from Sweet Home resurface, which in this instances is a very deconstructive matte...
Look him up on genius’s YouTube channel. There he explains his songs word for word verse by verse. He tells what the song means to him and what kind of messages he was trying to get from it. When he goes on genius he tells what he was trying to say in his songs. One of his best videos is The Incredible True Story.
He embarks on the road of trials and difficulties when he’s in Sweden. He is again faced with the issue of career vs. family, seeing Hailie as the platonic ideal Archetype he goes through the difficulties of abandoning his children and he hurt his wife shown by Hailie saying “You lied to me dad and now you made mommy sad… But baby wait”. It shows Eminem gaining inspiration from Hailie because he now fully realises the consequences of his actions. Furthermore, she talks about her mother who is not present throughout the video showing the lack of mother archetype making Eminem’s quest to become a better father more important. Additionally, within her monologue she references Slim Shady again when she says, “they keep screaming your name, and it’s the one you can’t go to sleep. Just take another pill yeah bet you, you will, you rap about it, yeah word keep keep it real” Showing now he has truly hit rock bottom as he has fully become Slim shown by Hailie saying “Yeah word keep keep it real” as Slim has become his reality. The show ends and he goes backstage where he sees in the mirror, Hailie and Kim dressed in all white, this is representative of the blessing archetype shown by their white clothes and importance in his life. Here Eminem realises that he needs to be there for his kids. Understanding he has hit rock bottom he realises his only way to overcome his
“Lonely” is one of those songs you need when you just went though a break up. It 's the sad or negative part of love. He has so many emotions in this song like, regret, sadness, and compassion. I picked this song because I think it shows a great part of love, the part when you realize what you had but not that thing is gone. A lot of people take love for granted and don 't realize what other do for them until those people leave. It shows how selfish love can be at time’s. This is one of the worst things about love is having your heart broken into a million pieces. One of the most painful things I have ever experienced. The song is very popular though because