Leaving Home EP

Leaving Home EP
EP by T. Mills
Released	January 13, 2012
Recorded	2011
Genre	Minimal pop alternative hip hop synthpop
Label	Columbia
Producer	Sir Nolan Jerrod Bettis Colin Munroe The Futuristics FultonYard Jai-Dig The Stereotypes
T. Mills chronology
Ready, Fire, Aim (2010) Leaving Home EP (2011) All I Wanna Do (2014)
Singles from Leaving Home EP
"Vans On" Released: December 12, 2011

Leaving Home EP is the major label debut EP by American rapper T. Mills. The EP was released for retail sale on January 13, 2012, by Columbia Records. The production was handled by Omen, Colin Munroe, and The Stereotypes among others. Leaving Home EP was supported by the lead single "Vans On" and a promotional single "The Boom".

Background

In 2011, T. Mills signed a deal to Columbia Records and began working on his debut album. During a 7-month process of recording around 140 songs, which he narrowed down to 10. Since then, he has decided rather than releasing the album, he would release a free project to the fans, which is titled Leaving Home.^[1] On July 22, 2011, T. Mills released Leaving Home serving as a mixtape, with no guest appearances and it features the production from Noel Zancalla, Omen, AudioBlack, The Futuristics, Colin Munroe and Phonix.^[2]

On December 6, 2011, Mills announced he will be releasing the project, which it features amongst five-tracks from the Leaving Home mixtape (known as the EP) under Columbia Records on December 13, 2011. The EP features the lead single "Vans On", which was released on December 12, 2011, and a new song titled "The Boom".^[3][4][5] He performed at Los Angeles's The Roxy for the Leaving Home EP release show on December 15, 2011,^[6] however, the EPs retail release has been pushed back bout a month, and released on January 13, 2012,^[7][8] and it was released for free for a short time starting on December 19, 2011.^[9] The production was handled by Sir Nolan, The Stereotypes, Colin Munroe and The Futuristics, among others.^[3][6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Vans On"	Travis Mills Omen AudioBlack Carlos Coleman	Sir Nolan Jerrod Bettis	2:58
2.	"Leaving Home"	Mills Colin Munroe	Munroe	4:02
3.	"The Boom"	Mills Jonathan Yip Jeremy Reeves Ray Romulus Mike Hamilton Malcom McDaniel	The Stereotypes	3:25
4.	"LA It Down"	Mills Osjai Darrin Diggy	FultonYard Jai-Dig	3:32
5.	"Can't Take Ur Eyes Off Me"	Mills Alex Schwartz Joe Khajadourian	The Futuristics	3:47
6.	"Hollywood"	Mills Munroe	Munroe	3:43

References

1. Mixtape Daily Fire Starter: T. Mills | News Video | MTV
2. T. Mills Follow @ilovetmills   (2011-07-22). "T. Mills - Leaving Home - Mixtape Listen and Download". Djbooth.net. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
3. Horowitz, Steven J. (2011-12-06). "T. Mills Announces "Leaving Home" EP, Due December 13th | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
4. T. Mills Leaving Home EP (2012-02-21). "T. Mills Leaving Home EP | YRB Magazine | Lifestyle Fashion Music Art Culture". YRB Magazine. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
5. "T. Mills: ‘The Boom’ Song Finds Him Looking for Booty". Theboombox.com. 2011-12-06. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
6. "T. Mills to Release "Leaving Home" EP on Dec. 13 @ARTISTdirect". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
7. "iTunes - Music - Leaving Home - EP by T. Mills". Itunes.apple.com. 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
8. https://play.google.com/store/music/album/T_Mills_Leaving_Home_EP?id=Bjcslqp4jywh63bat23arauatru&hl=en
9. "Introducing: T. Mills Reveals Details Of 'Leaving Home' EP & UK Shows". Stereoboard. 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2013-09-06.