The Come Up
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| Released | May 4, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 65:25 | |||
| Label | By Any Means Management | |||
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The Come Up is the debut mixtape by rapper J. Cole released on May 4, 2007, hosted by DJ OnPoint. The mixtape has been downloaded and streamed over 500,000 times, while being viewed over 1,800,000 times on mixtape site DatPiff.
Background
J. Cole self-produced 12 out of the 21 tracks on the mixtape, including his debut single, called "Simba", for which Cole shot his first music video. 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 are written by J. Cole except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro" | Jermaine Cole | J. Cole | 0:54 |
| 2. | "Simba" | Cole | Cole | 3:23 |
| 3. | "I'm the Man" | Cole | Large Professor | 2:56 |
| 4. | "School Daze" | Cole | Cole | 3:52 |
| 5. | "Dollar and a Dream" | Cole | Just Blaze | 4:36 |
| 6. | "Throw It Up" | Cole | Cole | 3:38 |
| 7. | "Quote Me" | Cole | Salaam Remi | 2:25 |
| 8. | "College Boy" | Cole | Kanye West | 5:04 |
| 9. | "Split You Up" | Cole | Cole | 3:12 |
| 10. | "Plain" (skit) | Cole | Cole | 1:30 |
| 11. | "The Come Up" | Cole | Kanye West | 2:11 |
| 12. | "Mighty Crazy" | Cole | Mathematics | 1:22 |
| 13. | "Dead Presidents" | Cole | Ski | 3:09 |
| 14. | "Lil' Ghetto Nigga" | Cole | Cole | 3:10 |
| 15. | "Homecoming" | Cole | Kanye West | 1:56 |
| 16. | "Carolina On My Mind" (featuring Deacon) | Cole | Cole | 3:41 |
| 17. | "Can't Cry" | Cole | Cole | 4:15 |
| 18. | "Goin' Off" | Cole | Cole | 2:49 |
| 19. | "Rags to Riches (At the Beep)" | Cole | Cole | 4:48 |
| 20. | "Get It" (Bonus Track) | Cole | Cole | 3:37 |
| 21. | "I Do My Thing" | Nervous Reck | Cole | 2:42 |
| Total length: | 65:25 | |||
- 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.
