“10-Year Anniversary” performance of 2014 Forest Hills Drive at Madison Square Garden.
Taking to X this week, Dreamville co-founder Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad invited fans to come out on Friday (December 13) for an intimate rehearsal show ahead of the big concert at MSG on Monday (December 16).
“Whoever in NYC, Cole wants to do a small intimate rehearsal show tomorrow night and we want to get some real fans in there,” he wrote. “It’s gonna be a private free show so it’s first come first serve. Text REHEARSAL to this number for that info 910-335-4033. Much Love.”
J. Cole is also reserving a symbolically appropriate 2,014 tickets that will be sold at just $1 each. Those tickets will be available for sale on the day of the show at a time and place that will be announced that day.
In addition to the show, Cole is commemorating the anniversary by releasing digitally eight bonus songs from the album’s sessions that were previously available only on vinyl and CD,
The “10 Year Anniversary Edition” of 2014 Forest Hills Drive, with all the bonus cuts, is available only on Cole’s Inevitable webstore — the same place his career-recapping audio series Inevitable can be found.
“Forest Hills Drive was a double album at one point in time during the finishing process,” he wrote. “This anniversary edition contains 8 of the songs that were included in that version.”
He’s also doing a physical reissue, which is available in two variants. A “10 Year Anniversary Edition” includes a blue-hued version of the original cover and four additional songs: “Home Soon,” “Die Together,” “Judgement Day” and “Winter Wonderland.”
An “Alternate Cover” edition features brand new artwork as well as a different batch of bonus tracks: “Keep Heaven Dancing,” “Miles,” “Black Man In Hollywood” and “Obviously.”
