The Come Up

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.^[1][2]

The Come Up
Mixtape by J. Cole
Released	May 4, 2007
Genre	Hip hop
Length	65:25
Label	By Any Means Management
Producer	J. Cole Large Professor Kanye West Just Blaze Salaam Remi Mathematics Ski Beatz
J. Cole chronology
The Come Up (2007) The Warm Up (2009)
Singles from The Come Up
"Simba" Released: 2007

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.^[3][4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
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

All tracks are 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.

References

1. "J. Cole - The Come Up". Amazon.
2. "J. Cole - The Come Up". DatPiff.
3. Album Review: J. Cole's “The Come Up” - Grapevine Magazine
4. Freeload: J. Cole, “Heartache” + The Come Up Mixtape « The FADER

External links

• J. Cole
• The Come Up