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2014 forest hills drive starts out quite slow. Clearly doing hardest to sound like jazz rap and I would probably say it succeeds. Beats and samples are appropriate. Fit the mood. And so, does the flow. Influences of Christianity in lyrics are heard as early as on second track “January 28th". Also, the racism topic comes up in the track too, although briefly. It all comes with J. Cole praising himself, yet that confidence disappears on “Wet Dreamz” (third track), which is the only track with comedic elements in it. (While tracks “January 28th" and “Wet Dreamz” may have been a little unnecessary, they provide characterization to J. Cole on this album. Although viewing album whole as a story of success and...