Be Your Own Dad (BYOD): J Cole's Homecoming Concert

Monday, January 11, 2016

J Cole's Homecoming Concert

This past weekend I know #Dreamville fans everywhere were glued to their television sets or monitor screens. J.Cole (whose real name is Jermaine Lamar Cole) released an hour long performance from his 2014 Forest Hills Drive Tour known as "Homecoming." This specific performance was in his hometown of Fayetteville, NC. where he performed the full track list off of his Grammy nominated album 2014 Forest Hills Drive. J.Cole not only received a Grammy nomination for best rap album, but the project also is the first album in 25 years to go platinum without any features! If you're not too familiar with the Rap game than you must understand that we live in a time where artist collaborate more on songs in order to make it a hit record compared to putting the song out on their own. And Cole was able to put out a whole project with only his work on the songs. So to go platinum without any features is very impressive!

In the documentary "Homecoming" Cole performs his complete show with over 50,000 fans screaming, crying, and singing along. All while he has snippets in between his songs of him traveling back to his hometown and describing life in Fayetteville. If you aren't to familiar with who J.Cole is than be prepared to be amazed. 2014 Forest Hills Drive takes the listener in a time chamber traveling back to Cole's teenage days where he began to contemplate about selling weed and losing his virginity. The album then explains his progression in the industry and finally making it to Hollywood. Cole shares that the end result isn't what he expected and realized love and caring for one another is all you need in life. If you haven't had a chance to experience a J.Cole concert than you are in luck.