The Come Up

The Come Up Mixtape Vol. 1

Mixtape by J. Cole

Released

May 4, 2007

Genre

Hip hop

Length

65:25

Label

Dreamville Records, By Any Means Management

J. Cole chronology

The Come Up
(2007)

The Warm Up
(2009)

Singles from The Come Up

"Simba"
Released: 2007

The Come Up Mixtape Vol. 1 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.^[1]^[2]

Background

J. Cole self-produced 14 out of the 21 tracks on the mixtape, including his debut single, "Simba", which Cole shot his first music video for. The mixtape also features samples from Kanye West, Nas, Jay-Z, Ghostface Killah, and more, while including guest features 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	J. Cole	3:23
3.	"I'm The Man"	Cole	Large Professor	2:56
4.	"School Daze"	Cole	Kanye West	3:52
5.	"Dollar and a Dream"	Cole	Just Blaze	4:36
6.	"Throw it Up"	Cole	J. Cole	3:38
7.	"Quote Me"	Cole	Salaam Remi	2:25
8.	"College Boy"	Cole	J. Cole	5:04
9.	"Split You Up"	Cole	J. Cole	3:12
10.	"Plain" (Skit)	Cole	J. 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	J. Cole	3:10
15.	"Homecoming"	Cole	Kanye West	1:56
16.	"Carolina on My Mind" (featuring Deacon)	Cole	J. Cole	3:41
17.	"Can't Cry"	Cole	J. Cole	4:15
18.	"Goin' Off"	Cole	J. Cole	2:49
19.	"Rags to Riches (At the Beep)"	Cole	J. Cole	4:48
20.	"Get It" (Bonus)	Cole	J. Cole	3:37
21.	"I Do My Thing" (featuring Nervous Reck) (Bonus)	Cole	J. Cole	2:42
Total length:				65:25

Sample credits

"I'm the Man" samples "You're da Man" by Nas.
"School Daze" 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

External links

J. Cole

J. Cole

Discography Production discography

Studio albums	Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011) Born Sinner (2013) 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)

Live albums	Forest Hills Drive: Live (2016)

Mixtapes	The Come Up (2007) The Warm Up (2009) Friday Night Lights (2010)

Singles	"Who Dat" "Work Out" "Can't Get Enough" "Nobody's Perfect" "Miss America" "Power Trip" "Crooked Smile" "Forbidden Fruit" "She Knows" "Apparently" "G.O.M.D." "Wet Dreamz" "No Role Modelz" "Love Yourz"

Featured singles	"All I Want Is You" "A Star Is Born" "Feel Love" "Trouble" "Only Wanna Give It to You" "Party" (Remix) "This Time" "Planes" "No Sleeep" (Remix)

Other songs	"In the Morning" "I'm On 2.0" "Let Nas Down"

Related articles	Dreamville Records Jay-Z Roc Nation

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