J. Cole discography

J. Cole discography
J. Cole discography
Studio albums	1
Singles	3
Music videos	6
Mixtapes	3

The discography of J. Cole, an American rapper, consists of one studio album, three mixtapes, and three singles. J. Cole was the 14th solo male artist to have a debut album arrive at number one on the Billboard 200.^[1]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions					Sales
Title	Album details	US	US R&B	US Rap	CAN	UK	Sales
Cole World: The Sideline Story	Release date: September 27, 2011 Label: Roc Nation, Columbia, Sony Music Entertainment Format: CD, digital download	1	1	1	4	25	US: 272,000^[2]
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Free EPs

Any Given Sunday #1 (2011)
Any Given Sunday #2 (2011)
Any Given Sunday #5 (2011)

Mixtapes

List of albums, with selected details
Title	Album details
The Come Up^[3]	Released: 2007 Format: CD, Free download Label: By Any Means Management
The Warm Up^[4]	Released: 2009 Format: CD, Free download Label: Roc Nation
Friday Night Lights ^[5]	Released: 2010 Format: CD, Free download Label: Roc Nation
TBA (with Kendrick Lamar)^[6]	Released: Format: Label:

Singles

List of singles by title, year and peak chart positions, and album
Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
Title	Year	U.S. ^[7]	U.S. R&B ^[8]	U.S. Rap	Album
"Who Dat"	2010	93	32	19	Cole World: The Sideline Story
"Work Out"	2011	48	20	11
"Can't Get Enough" (featuring Trey Songz)	2011	103	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification.

Other charted songs

List of non-single songs, with selected chart positions
Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
Title	Year	U.S.	U.S. R&B ^[9]	U.S. Rap	Album
"A Star Is Born" (Jay-Z featuring J. Cole)	2009	—	91	—	The Blueprint 3
"In the Morning" (featuring Drake)	2011	117	57	—	Friday Night Lights and Cole World: The Sideline Story
"Mr. Nice Watch" (featuring Jay-Z)	2011	119	87	—	Cole World: The Sideline Story
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification.

Featured singles

List of singles by title, year and peak chart positions, and album
Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
Title	Year	U.S.	U.S. R&B	U.S. Rap	Album
"Just Begun" (Reflection Eternal featuring J. Cole, Mos Def & Jay Electronica)	2010	—	—	—	Revolutions per Minute
"All I Want Is You" (Miguel featuring J. Cole)	2010	58	7	—	All I Want Is You
"Feel Love" (Sean Garrett featuring J. Cole)	2011	—	49	—	Courtesy Of
"Bad Girls Club" (Wale featuring J. Cole)		—	—	—	Ambition
"Trouble" (Bei Maejor featuring J. Cole)		—	50	—	TBA
"Only Wanna Give It to You" (Elle Varner featuring J. Cole)		—	48	—	Perfectly Imperfect
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification.

Guest Appearances

List of songs with guest appearances by J. Cole
Title	Year	Album	Artist(s)
"Rather Be with You (Vagina Is for Lovers)"	2009	Back to the Feature	Wale, Curren$y
"A Star Is Born"		The Blueprint 3	Jay-Z
"Beautiful Bliss"		Attention Deficit	Wale, Melanie Fiona
"Gladiators"	2010	May 25th	B.o.B
"Still the Hottest"		The Network 2	Young Chris
"Just Begun"		Revolutions per Minute	Reflection Eternal, Jay Electronica, Mos Def
"Look in the Mirror" (Remix)			Yo Gotti, Wale, Wiz Khalifa
"Looking for Trouble"		G.O.O.D. Fridays	Kanye West, Pusha T, Big Sean, CyHi Da Prynce
"All I Want Is You"		All I Want Is You	Miguel
"Buyou"		No Boys Allowed	Keri Hilson
"Feel Love"	2011	Courtesy Of	Sean Garrett
"Leave Me Alone"		By Any Means	Kevin Cossom
"S&M" (Remix)			Rihanna
"Champion" (Remix)			Chipmunk, Chris Brown
"Relaxation"		Higher Learning Vol. 2^[10]	Fashawn, Omen
"Nothing for the Radio"		Higher Learning Vol. 2^[10]	Fashawn
"Never Holdin' Me Back"		Let the Drummer Get Wicked	Travis Barker
"Trouble"			Bei Maejor
"Killers"		The Glorification of Gangster^[11]	Alex Haldi
"Let it Go"		LP3020^[12]	StartYourOwnRebellion
"Fitted Cap"		Self Made Vol. 1	Wale, Rick Ross, Meek Mill
"Pity"		In the Meanwhile	Voli, Omen
"Undercover"		Third Power	DJ Drama, Chris Brown
"Bad Girls Club"		Ambition	Wale
"Only Wanna Give It To You"		Perfectly Imperfect	Elle Varner

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title	Year	Director(s)
"Simba"	2009	BB Gun
"Who Dat"	2010	BB Gun
"In the Morning" (with Drake)	2011	TBD
"Work Out"		Clifton Bell
"Can't Get Enough" (with Trey Songz)		Clifton Bell
"Daddy's Little Girl"		Axel Laramée

Featured music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title	Year	Director(s)
"All I Want Is You" (Miguel featuring J. Cole)	2010	Alex Moore
"Feel Love" (Sean Garrett featuring J. Cole)	2011	TAJ Stansberry
"Trouble" (Bei Maejor featuring J. Cole)		Declan Whitebloom
"Only Wanna Give It to You" (Elle Varner featuring J. Cole)		Orson Whales

Songwriter credits

List of songs written or co-written by J. Cole
Title	Year	Album	Artist(s)
"Coming Home" (with S. Carter, A. Grant, S. Grey)	2010	Last Train to Paris	Diddy-Dirty Money
"Drug Test" (with J. Taylor, A. Young, C. Broadus, K. Abdul-Rahman, D. Tannenbaum, S. Jordan, S. Benton, K. Lamar, E. Hayes, B. Honeycutt)	2011	The R.E.D. Album	Game

Producer credits

J. Cole - The Come Up

01. "Intro"
02. "Simba"
06. "Throw It Up"
08. "College Boy"
09. "Split You Up"
10. "Plain"
12. "Mighty Crazy"
14. "Lil' Ghetto Nigga"
16. "Carolina On My Mind" (featuring Deacon)
17. "Can't Cry"
- Sample Credit: Millie Jackson - "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right"
18. "Goin' Off"
- Sample Credit: The Controllers - "If Tomorrow Never Comes"
19. "Rags to Riches (At the Beep)"
- Sample Credit: Roy Ayers - "Everybody Loves the Sunshine"
20. "Get It"
21. "I Do My Thing" (featuring Nervous Reck)

J. Cole - The Warm Up

01. "Intro"
02. "Welcome"
04. "Grown Simba"
06. "Lights Please"
- Sample Credit: Dexter Wansel - "Theme From the Planets"
08. "I Get Up"
09. "World Is Empty"
- Sample Credit: The Supremes - "My World Is Empty Without You"
10. "Dreams" (featuring Brandon Hines)
- Sample Credit: Hank Crawford - "Wildflower"
11. "Royal Flush"
12. "Dollar and a Dream II"
13. "Water Break" (Interlude)
15. "Get Away"
- Sample Credit: Billy Stewart - "Cross My Heart"
17. "Ladies" (featuring Lee Fields & The Expressions)
- Sample Credit: Lee Fields & The Expressions - "Ladies"
19. "The Badness" (featuring Omen)
20. "Hold It Down"
22. "Losing My Balance" (Bonus Track)
- Sample Credit: Sara Tavares - "Balance"

Young Chris - The Network 2

09. "Still the Hottest" (featuring J. Cole)

J. Cole - Friday Night Lights

01. "Intro"
02. "Too Deep for the Intro"
- Sample Credit: Erykah Badu - "Didn't Cha Know?"
03. "Before I'm Gone"
05. "You Got It" (featuring Wale)
- Sample Credit: Janelle Monáe - "Neon Valley Street"
07. "Enchanted" (co-produced with Omen) (featuring Omen)
08. "Blow Up"
- Sample Credit: Focus - "Hocus Pocus"
09. "Higher"
12. "The Autograph"
- Sample Credit: The Class-Set - "Julie"
14. "Cost Me a Lot"
- Sample Credit: Billie Holiday - "My Man"
15. "Premeditated Murder"
16. "Home for the Holidays"
17. "Love Me Not"
- Sample Credit: Stevie Wonder - "My Cherie Amour"
18. "See World" (co-produced with Elite)
- Sample Credit: Earl Klugh - "Living Inside Your Love"
19. "Farewell"
- Sample Credit: OutKast - "So Fresh, So Clean"

DJ Whoo Kid - XXL 10 Freshman for ’10″

07. "Who's World is This" (performed by J. Cole)

Voli - Glass Doors

02. "Sunrise" (featuring Elite) (co-produced with Voli)

Fashawn - Higher Learning Vol. 2

04. "Relaxation" (featuring J. Cole & Omen)
08. "Nothing for the Radio" (featuring J. Cole)
18. "Big Dreams"

XV - Zero Heroes

04. "Smallville"
- Sample Credit: Smashing Pumpkins - "To Forgive"

Kendrick Lamar - Section.80

16. "HiiiPoWeR"
- Sample Credit: Pharoahe Monch - "Simon Says"^[13]

XV

"Watch Me Go"

Alex Haldi - The Glorification of Gangster

05. "Killers" (performed by J. Cole)

J. Cole - Any Given Sunday #1 (FreEP)

01. "Like a Star"
04. "How High"
- Sample Credit: J.O.B Orquestra - "Govinda"^[14]
05. "Unabomber"

J. Cole - Any Given Sunday #2 (FreEP)

01. "Bring Em’ In"
02. "Roll Call"

Voli - In the Meanwhile

18. "Midnight" (Bonus Track)

J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story

01. "Intro"
02. "Dollar and a Dream III" (co-produced with The University)
- Sample Credit: Yoko Shimomura - "Darkness of the Unknown"
04. "Lights Please"
- Sample Credit: Dexter Wansel - "Theme From the Planets"
05. "Interlude"
06. "Sideline Story"
07. "Mr. Nice Watch" (featuring Jay-Z)
08. "Cole World"
10. "Lost Ones"
11. "Nobody's Perfect" (featuring Missy Elliot)
- Sample Credit: Curtis Mayfield - "Think"
13. "Rise and Shine"
- Sample Credit: Greg Dykes and The Synanon Choir - "Arise, Shine"
14. "God's Gift"
- Sample Credit: Milton Nascimento - "Francisco"
15. "Breakdown"
- Sample Credit: Eero Koivistoinen - "Bells"
16. "Work Out"
- Sample Credit: Kanye West - "The New Workout Plan"
17. "Who Dat"
- Sample Credit: New Hope - "Godofallofus"
18. "Daddy's Little Girl"

Wale - Ambition

"Bad Girls Club" (featuring J. Cole)

References

^ Cole's 'World' Album Headed for No. 1 on Billboard 200
^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.17202/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-10-9-2011
^ "The Come Up free download and stream". Download A Mixtape (DAM).
^ VoodooChild. "J. Cole - ''The Warm Up''". Thatsthatish.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
^ "Friday Night Lights free download and stream". Download A Mixtape (DAM).
^ "Kendrick Lamar Says J. Cole Collabo Mixtape is Gonna "Shock The World"". Xxlmag.Com. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
^ Landman, Gabriella (2010-06-22). "J. Cole Has 'That Flame' in New 'Who Dat' Video". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs?order=gainer
^ "Top 100 Music Hits, Top 100 Music Charts, Top 100 Songs & The Hot 100". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
^ Fashawn’s Higher Learning 2 Mixtape Drops Today XXLMag.com
^ Name (required) (2011-05-12). "DOPE PROJECT ALERT: The Glorification Of Gangster Art Exhibit « LIFE Pulse Blog". Lifepulseblog.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
^ StartYourOwnRebellion – Let It Go f. J. Cole 2DopeBoyz.com
^ Kendrick Lamar's HiiiPoWeR sample of Pharoahe Monch's Simon Says WhoSampled
^ J. Cole's How High sample of J.O.B Orquestra's Govinda WhoSampled

[1] Cole's 'World' Album Headed for No. 1 on Billboard 200

[2] ttp://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.17202/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-10-9-2011

[3] "The Come Up free download and stream". Download A Mixtape (DAM).

[4] VoodooChild. "J. Cole - ''The Warm Up''". Thatsthatish.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.

[5] "Friday Night Lights free download and stream". Download A Mixtape (DAM).

[6] "Kendrick Lamar Says J. Cole Collabo Mixtape is Gonna "Shock The World"". Xxlmag.Com. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2011-09-27.

[7] Landman, Gabriella (2010-06-22). "J. Cole Has 'That Flame' in New 'Who Dat' Video". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-07-13.

[8] ttp://www.billboard.com/#/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs?order=gainer

[9] "Top 100 Music Hits, Top 100 Music Charts, Top 100 Songs & The Hot 100". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.

[10] Fashawn’s Higher Learning 2 Mixtape Drops Today XXLMag.com

[11] Name (required) (2011-05-12). "DOPE PROJECT ALERT: The Glorification Of Gangster Art Exhibit « LIFE Pulse Blog". Lifepulseblog.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.

[12] StartYourOwnRebellion – Let It Go f. J. Cole 2DopeBoyz.com

[13] Kendrick Lamar's HiiiPoWeR sample of Pharoahe Monch's Simon Says WhoSampled

[14] J. Cole's How High sample of J.O.B Orquestra's Govinda WhoSampled

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v t e J. Cole
Discography Production discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011) Born Sinner (2013) 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014) 4 Your Eyez Only (2016) KOD (2018) The Off-Season (2021)
Live albums	Forest Hills Drive: Live (2016)
Compilations	Revenge of the Dreamers (2014) Revenge of the Dreamers II (2015) Revenge of the Dreamers III (2019) D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape (2022)
Soundtrack albums	Creed III: The Soundtrack
EPs	Truly Yours (2013) Truly Yours 2 (2013) Lewis Street (2020)
Mixtapes	The Come Up (2007) The Warm Up (2009) Friday Night Lights (2010) Might Delete Later (2024)
Singles	"Lights Please" "Who Dat" "Work Out" "Can't Get Enough" "Nobody's Perfect" "Miss America" "Power Trip" "Crooked Smile" "Forbidden Fruit" "She Knows" "Apparently" "Wet Dreamz" "No Role Modelz" "Love Yourz" "Everybody Dies" "False Prophets" "Deja Vu" "High for Hours" "Neighbors" "KOD" "ATM" "Album of the Year (Freestyle)" "Tribe" "Off Deez" "Middle Child" "Shea Butter Baby" "Snow on tha Bluff" "The Climb Back" "Lion King on Ice" "Interlude" "My Life" "The Jackie" "Your Heart" "London" "Procrastination (Broke)" "On the Street" "The Secret Recipe" "H.Y.B." "Grippy"
Featured singles	"Just Begun" "All I Want Is You" "A Star Is Born" "Feel Love" "Trouble" "Only Wanna Give It to You" "Party (Remix)" "I'm On 2.0" "This Time" "Planez" "No Sleeep (Remix)" "A Lot" "The London" "Down Bad" "Poke It Out" "Johnny P's Caddy" "Scared Money" "90 Proof "All My Life" "There I Go" "First Person Shooter" "Ruby Rosary" "Blow for Blow"
Other songs	"In the Morning" "Let Nas Down" "A Tale of 2 Citiez" "Fire Squad" "G.O.M.D." "Immortal" "Change" "Photograph" "Motiv8" "Kevin's Heart" "1985" "Under the Sun" "Sacrifices" "95 South" "Amari" "Pride Is the Devil" "Stick" "Evil Ways" "Pricey" "Crocodile Tearz" "Ready '24" "Huntin' Wabbitz" "7 Minute Drill" "Red Leather"
Concert tours	4 Your Eyez Only World Tour The Off-Season Tour
Films	J. Cole: Road to Homecoming Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming Eyez J. Cole: 4 Your Eyez Only Dreamville Presents: Revenge Applying Pressure: The Off-Season Documentary
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