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Released
  
May 4, 2007

The Come Up(2007)
  
The Warm Up(2009)

Release date
  
4 May 2007

Genre
  
Hip hop music

Length
  
65:25

Artist
  
J. Cole

Label
  
Modulor

The Come Up hwimgdatpiffcomm20421dbJColeTheComeUpMix

Similar
  
J Cole albums, Hip hop music albums

The Come Up is the first mixtape from North Carolina rapper J. Cole released on May 4, 2007, hosted by DJ OnPoint. The mixtape has been downloaded and streamed over 300,000 times, while being viewed over 1,274,000 times on mixtape site DatPiff.

Contents

J cole intro the come up mixtape


Background

J. Cole self-produced 14 out of the 21 tracks on the mixtape, including his debut single, called "Simba", which Cole shot his first music video for it. The mixtape also features the samples from American rappers such as Kanye West, Nas, Jay-Z and Ghostface Killah, among others, while the tape includes guest appearances from Deacon and Nervous Reck.

Track listing

All tracks written by J. Cole except where noted.

Sample credits
  • "I'm the Man" samples "You're da Man" by Nas.
  • "School Dayz" samples "Ghetto" by Smitty featuring Scarface, Kanye West, and John Legend.
  • "Dollar and a Dream" samples "Mom Praying" by Beanie Sigel featuring Scarface.
  • "Quote Me" samples "Where Y'all At" by Nas.
  • "College Boy" samples "Came Back for You" by Lil' Kim.
  • "The Come Up" samples "Grammy Family" by Consequence featuring DJ Khaled, Kanye West, and John Legend.
  • "Mighty Crazy" samples "Mighty Healthy" by Ghostface Killah.
  • "Dead Presidents" samples "Dead Presidents" by Jay-Z.
  • "Homecoming" samples "My Way Home" by Kanye West featuring Common.
  • "Carolina On My Mind" samples "We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue" by Curtis Mayfield.
  • "Can't Cry" samples "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" by Millie Jackson.
  • "Goin' Off" samples "If Tomorrow Never Comes" by The Controllers.
  • "Rags to Riches" samples "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" by Roy Ayers.

    • Songs

    1Intro0:54
    2Simba2:36
    3I'm the Man2:59

    References

    The Come Up Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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