The Warm Up

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The Warm Up
Elite
  • J. Cole
  • Kanye West
  • Ski Beatz
  • Syience
    • Butch
    J. Cole chronology
    The Come Up
    (2007)     		The Warm Up
    (2009)     		Friday Night Lights
    (2010)
    Singles from The Warm Up
    1. "Lights Please"
      Released: November 24, 2009
    Professional ratings
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    Complex
    		(favorable)[2]
    Rap Reviews(8/10) [3]
    XXL(favorable)[4]

    The Warm Up is the second official mixtape from

    Elite, and Syience. The mixtape has been viewed over 3,100,000 times, streamed over 451,000 times, and downloaded over 700,000 times on DatPiff. The mixtape went Double Platinum on DatPiff
    .

    Background

    In November, the single "

    JAY Z. In December 2008, J. Cole dropped the mixtape "The Warm Up To The Warm Up".[5] This mixtape was released as promotion for "The Warm Up". It included many songs that would make the final cut such as “Grown Simba”, “Dollar And A Dream II”, "'Til Infinity" and the original version of “In The Morning” - a song that would later be remixed and included on Friday Night Lights. Then, in January 2009, Cole released the promotional single "I Got It".[6]

    Reception

    J. Cole was famously signed to Roc Nation after Jay-Z heard the track "Lights Please" prior to the release of the mixtape. [7] In August 2010 J. Cole, was awarded the UMA Male Artist of the Year thanks to his heralded The Warm Up mixtape. He was awarded the first ever Sucker Free Summit Who's Got Next in 2010 because of the mixtape.[8] On June 26, 2013 J. Cole announced that he would be re-releasing The Warm Up and Friday Night Lights for retail sale, in order to give them the push they deserved.[9]

    In his review for MSN Music, music critic Robert Christgau gave the mixtape a two-star honorable mention,[1] indicating a "likable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well enjoy."[10] He cited "World Is Empty" and "Get Away" as highlights and quipped, "He's so talented you can hear how much he wants it, so talented you wince every time he shoots himself in the foot, e.g. 'Put some chains on my niggaz like I own slaves'".[1]

    Track listing

    All tracks are written by J. Cole

    No.TitleProducer(s)Length
    1."Intro (The Warm Up)"
    Lee Fields & The Expressions)
    		Cole3:22
    18."Til' Infinity"A-Plus2:11
    19."The Badness" (featuring Omen)Cole2:37
    20."Hold It Down"Cole4:17
    21."Last Call"West7:32
    22."Losing My Balance" (Bonus Track)Cole4:16
    Total length:1:09:46

    Sample credits

    References

    1. ^ a b c Christgau, Robert (July 2, 2013). "Odds and Ends 031". MSN Music. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
    2. Complex. Complex Media. June 16, 2009. Archived
      from the original on June 26, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
    3. ^ Stern, Guido (August 11, 2009). "J. Cole's The Warm Up". Rap Reviews. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
    4. ^ "REVIEW: J. Cole, The Warm Up". XXL. Harris Publications. June 23, 2009. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
    5. ^ "J. Cole – (The Warm up To) the Warm up: Mixtape Sampler | 2DOPEBOYZ". Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
    6. ^ "J. Cole – I Got It (Prod. J. Cole) | 2DOPEBOYZ". Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
    7. ^ "J. Cole – (The Warm up To) the Warm up Mixtape Sampler | the Official". Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
    8. ^ "The 'Who's Got Next Award' Goes to J. Cole | Video | MTV". MTV. Archived from the original on 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
    9. ^ "News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity". MTV News. Archived from the original on 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
    10. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "CG 90s: Key to Icons". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2013.

    External links

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