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| Released | February 12, 2013 | |||
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| Genre | Conscious hip hop | |||
| Length | 16:41 | |||
| Label | Dreamville | |||
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Truly Yours is the first extended play by American hip hop artist J. Cole. They were released digitally for free download and stream on February 12, 2013. The EP contains production from J. Cole, No I.D., Lauryn Hill and Che Guevara. The EP has been downloaded over 500,000 times on mixtape site DatPiff.[1]
Background[edit]
The series consists of songs that Cole knew would not make the cutlist for his second studio albumBorn Sinner. The free EP was released as a trilogy, with the third being released as the deluxe edition of Born Sinner.[2]
Critical reception[edit]
Writing for HotNewHipHop, Iva Anthony wrote a mostly positive review for Truly Yours, she said it 'achieves exactly what J. Cole set out to do: whet the appetites of his fans and as he preps to feed the masses with Born Sinner, while simultaneously reminding everyone of his position within the rap game.'[3]
Track listing[edit]
| Truly Yours[4] | ||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
| 1. | 'Can I Holla At Ya' | Jermaine Cole | 4:22 | |
| 2. | 'Crunch Time' | Cole | J. Cole | 3:34 |
| 3. | 'Rise Above' | Cole | Cole | 2:29 |
| 4. | 'Tears for ODB' | Cole | Cole | 3:53 |
| 5. | 'Stay (2009)' | Cole | No I.D. | 3:03 |
| Total length: | 16:41 | |||
- Notes
- 'Stay' was recorded in 2009. Cole revealed in an interview with MTV that the song was intended for his debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, but he never bought the beat from No I.D.. Rapper Nas eventually used the beat on his 2012 release Life Is Good in a song titled by the same name.[5]
- Sample credits
- 'Can I Holla At Ya' interpolates and contains samples of 'To Zion' by Lauryn Hill.[6]
- 'Crunch Time' contains samples of 'Muchies for Your Love' by Bootsy Collins.[7]
- 'Rise Above' contains samples of 'Rise Above' by Dirty Projectors.[8]
- 'Stay' contains samples of 'Seven Steps to Nowhere' by L.A. Carnival.[9]
References[edit]
- ^'Celebrated Mixtapes @ DatPiff'. DatPiff. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- ^J. Cole (June 5, 2013). 'Deluxe album includes Truly Yours 3'. Twitter. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- ^Anthony, Iva (February 18, 2013). 'Review: J. Cole's 'Truly Yours' EP'. HotNewHipHop. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^Smith, Trevor (February 12, 2013). 'J. Cole - Truly Yours EP [New Mixtape]'. hotnewhiphop. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- ^Lilah, Rose (February 22, 2013). 'J. Cole Recalls Losing 'Stay' To Nas & 'Tears Of Joy' To Rick Ross'. hotnewhiphop. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- ^'J. Cole - Can I Holla At Ya Lyrics - Genius'. Genius. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^'J. Cole - Crunch Time Lyrics - Genius'. Genius. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^'Rise Above - J. Cole on WhoSampled'. WhoSampled. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^'Stay - J. Cole on WhoSampled'. WhoSampled. Retrieved August 31, 2016.