![]() ![]() Cole released his second mixtape The Warm Up on June 15, 2009. ![]() Cole was contacted by American rapper Jay Z and subsequently signed to his record label Roc Nation. ![]() The Come Up, his debut mixtape, was released on May 4, 2007, to positive reception. Cole first took up rapping in his teens, collaborating with the local Fayetteville hip hop duo Bomm Sheltuh. Cole has released six studio albums, one live album, three compilation albums, two extended plays, three mixtapes, 56 singles (including 22 as a featured artist), two promotional singles and twenty one music videos. "You was inspired by the world allow the world to be inspired by your shit, and to use your shit.American rapper J. Happy to pay for his samples, Cole addresses the artists he's been inspired by and sampled: Perhaps most importantly Cole makes reference to the state of sampling in 2014, and we get the impression he'd have liked to drop this album much earlier in the year but clearances caused some delays. ![]() Admitting that he didn't hand in his thank you's in time to go to print with the CD, this final track acts as a credits section to the album and it's really very refreshing to hear a rapper on Cole's level talking so candidly in the context of a major label album. The track abruptly climaxes and wraps with the most euphoric moment of the LP, as if the school lunch bell has rung he bursts to life and begins running through his shout outs for the album. Rounding off the album with a lush studio production bumping 70's horns, gospel vocals and Cole singing and rapping his way right through to the end. Melodic piano loops and boom-bap drums float around with distorted vocal shouts from Long Red again with production coming from Illmind, Cardiak and Critical backing up Cole on one of the standouts from the whole album as he summarises the ground covered so far and stresses the unimportance of money and his focus on happiness. 12) Love Yourz (samples 'Long Red' by Mountain) ![]()
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