The Warm Up

The Warm Up
The Warm Up
Mixtape by J. Cole
Released	June 15, 2009
Recorded	2007–2009
Genre	Conscious hip hop; jazz rap;
Length	69:46
Label	Roc Nation; Dreamville;
Producer	A-Plus; Elite; J. Cole; Kanye West; Ski Beatz; Syience; Butch
J. Cole chronology
Singles from The Warm Up
	"Lights Please"; Released: November 24, 2009;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Robert Christgau	^[1]
Complex	(favorable)^[2]
Rap Reviews	(8/10) ^[3]
XXL	(favorable)^[4]

The Warm Up is the second official mixtape from Fayetteville, North Carolina rapper J. Cole. It was released on June 15, 2009. J. Cole produced the majority of the mixtape with help 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.

^ Cite error: The named reference Christgau was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Album of the Week: J. Cole's The Warm Up". Complex. Complex Media. June 16, 2009. Archived from the original on June 26, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
^ 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.
^ "REVIEW: J. Cole, The Warm Up". XXL. Harris Publications. June 23, 2009. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2010.

[Christgau-1] Cite error: The named reference Christgau was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Complex-2] "Album of the Week: J. Cole's The Warm Up". Complex. Complex Media. June 16, 2009. Archived from the original on June 26, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2010.

[RapReviews-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.

[XXL-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.

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