J. Cole celebrates another accomplishment with Roc Nation announcing that 2014 Forest Hills Drive has been certified double platinum.
The label posted the achievement of 2 million sales units on Instagram yesterday (October 19) and yes, J. Cole did it with no features. So far the milestone hasn’t been added to the RIAA’s official website.
2014 Forest Hills Drive features the platinum songs “No Role Modelz” and “Wet Dreams” and first went platinum as an album in September of last year.
The North Carolina MC created a live album from his tour in support of the project. His only musical output since then was an appearance on DJ Khaled’s Major Key album with “Jermaine’s Interlude.”
Cole announced earlier this month that he won’t be performing live “for a very long time” after his set at The Meadows in New York.
Whether that means he’s going to work on a new album, we can only speculate.
It a great album and artists like him deserve it because he puts out great music good look for j cole
j cole is the best man plus he is matured unlike your favourite rappers
@Burgers
What if J Cole is my favorite artist ?
Then he hasn’t matured yet
still a shitty album though
Kill yoself
Was hands down j Coles worst album, but it was still like an 8.5/10
That’s twice as much as that old ass b!tch camel Jay Z gonna sell next time
Fake ass platinum. Platinum off streams loool GTFOH.
Shout out J.Cole !! GooD to see some ppl still like real music. You don’t have to be a sell out to sell records
he definitely did sell out and has talked about it on record multiple times.. but yea ok. I still like J. Cole a lot and think he’s a great artist but don’t spread lies
kendrick cant even go double platinum he isnt even on coles level much less drakes. Light skins for the win.
stop the hate
Just my opinion, but I’d rather see my content that’s a little more…hard hitting. I don’t mind some rugged trap, some street shit. We all have our personal taste – don’t hate. J Cole is okay, but it’s all white people at his concerts. This guy sells because his white demographic actually buys because they also buy Taylor Swift.
You just went full retard, never go full retard.
Double platinum… because streams are counted as well. As long as it’s not actually 2 mil albums SOLD, it doesn’t mean anything. Even to the artists… fuck spotify, btw. I buy albums if I like em.
One crucial info has been missing from the article: Cole first went Platinum WITHOUT streams [being included as a criteria by RIAA]! Yes, he actually SOLD that much (as opposed to the 99% of those who got their plaques after the February of 2016). That’s Forest Hill Drive’s real significance in hip-hop history (the last LP that achieved this before RIAA’s switch to easy mode), aside from the no features aspect.
Daym, I only come here for the comments. Funny shit
Its a masterpiece i still listen to that album i been bumpin it in my car the last few days
amennnnn. cole settin the bar high bro