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J. Cole releases his mixtape "The Warm Up" on streaming, which is his second mixtape and the leading factor in him being signed to Roc Nation , which significantly is home to “Lights Please” , the song that convinced Jay-Z to sign him. It is also the first basketball-themed project in his early discography.

Fayetteville, NC emcee and Dreamville founder J. Cole shares his suprise album "Might Delete Later" , that features 12 tracks with guest appearances by Ari Lennox , Young Dro , Gucci Mane , Cam'Ron , Bas , Cee Central , Daylyt , and Ab-Soul .  Production is handled by The Alchemist , Al Hug , ATL Jacob , AzizTheShake , Cedric Brown , Charlie Heat , Conductor Williams , Daoud , Daylyt , DZL , Elyas , FNZ , Ibrahim Hamad , J. Cole , Kujibeats , Mike WiLL Made-It , Pluss , Steve Bilodeau , T-Minus , and WU10 .