J. Cole is treating fans to another rerelease, this time for his third studio album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, which will come with bonus unreleased tracks.
On Friday, Cole announced he's celebrating the 10th anniversary of his critically acclaimed third album with a special rerelease on physical formats. The reissue will also come with several additional songs from that era that fans haven't heard yet.
"2014 Forest Hills Drive 10 year anniversary approaching. Vinyl/cd's available with unreleased songs that nearly made the album," he tweeted along with a link to his online store.
There are two different versions of the 2014 Forest Hills Drive rerelease. The first is a "10 Year Anniversary Edition," which includes a blue-colored version of the original cover and four new songs: "Home Soon," "Die Together," "Judgement Day" and "Winter Wonderland." The second is an "Alternate Cover" edition that comes with new artwork as well as several more bonus tracks, including "Keep Heaven Dancing," "Miles," "Black Man In Hollywood," and "Obviously."
Only 2,014 copies of the "Alternate Cover" vinyl are available to honor the groundbreaking album's title. The 2014 Forest Hill Drive reissue is dropping on Dec. 6, right before the album's 10-year anniversary on Dec. 9.
Cole's manager and longtime friend, Ibrahim Hamad, spoke about the reissue on his X page and showed fans that the "Alternate Cover” edition had already been sold out. He also revealed 2014 Forest Hills Drive was initially supposed to be a double-disc album.
"2014 Forest Hills Drive (10 Year Anniversary) Vinyls & CDs available now. We threw in some joints y'all never heard before from the making of that album too. Can't believe we never put these songs out . Tap in. http://Inevitable.live/shop," Hamad tweeted. "When yall get to the FHD episodes of ‘Inevitable’ yall get to hear how that alternate Cover was gonna be the actual cover and til we convinced Cole. Yall also hear about how FHD was once a double album so the bonus songs on the Vinyls were potential album songs at one point."
Cole's announcement comes alongside news that he will be performing the album in full at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 16 to celebrate its anniversary.
"2014 Forest Hills Drive 10 Year Anniversary show. One Night Only @ Madison Square Garden on 12/16. Can't wait to see y'all and to see the whole album Live again. What song yall wanna see the most? For me it's 03 Adolescence for sureeeee," Hamad tweeted.
