Truly Yours (EP)

Truly Yours
EP by J. Cole
Released	February 12, 2013
Recorded	2012-13 ("Stay" in 2009)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	16:41
Label	Dreamville
Producer	J. Cole No I.D. Lauryn Hill Che Guevara

Truly Yours 2
EP by J. Cole
Released	April 30, 2013
Recorded	2012-13
Genre	Hip hop
Length	22:65
Label	Dreamville
Producer	J. Cole Canei Finch Jake One Ron Gilmore
J. Cole chronology
Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011) Truly Yours (2013) Born Sinner (2013)

Truly Yours and Truly Yours 2 are the first and second extended plays by American hip hop artist J. Cole. They were released digitally for free download and stream on February 12 and April 30 of 2013. The series consists of songs that Cole knew would not make the cutlist for Born Sinner. Truly Yours 2 features guest appearances from Young Jeezy, 2 Chainz and Bas. The free EP was released as a trilogy, with the third being released as the deluxe edition of Born Sinner.^[1] Both projects has over 500,000 downloads on mixtape site DatPiff.^[2]

Track listing

Truly Yours[3]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Can I Holla At Ya"	Lauryn Hill Che Guevara	4:22
2.	"Crunch Time"	J. Cole	3:34
3.	"Rise Above"	J. Cole	2:29
4.	"Tears for ODB"	J. Cole	3:53
5.	"Stay" (2009)	No I.D.	3:03
Total length:			16:41

Truly Yours 2[4]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Cole Summer"	J. Cole	4:51
2.	"Kenny Lofton" (featuring Young Jeezy)	Canei Finch	5:19
3.	"Chris Tucker" (featuring 2 Chainz)	J. Cole Canei Finch	3:03
4.	"Head Bussa"	J. Cole	3:22
5.	"Cousins" (featuring Bas)	J. Cole Ron Gilmore	3:43
6.	"3 Wishes"	Jake One	3:27
Total length:			22:65

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 brought 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]
• "Cousins" was also featured on Bas' mixtape, "Quarter Water Raised Me Vol. II".^[6]

Sample credits

• "Can I Holla At Ya" interpolates and contains samples of "To Zion" by Lauryn Hill.^[7]
• "Crunch Time" contains samples of "Muchies for Your Love" by Bootsy Collins.^[8]
• "Rise Above" contains samples of "Rise Above" by Dirty Projectors.^[9]
• "Stay" contains samples of "Seven Steps to Nowhere" by L.A. Carnival.^[10]
• "Cole Summer" interpolates "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G. and samples "Nothing Even Matters" by Lauryn Hill.^[11]
• "Kenny Lofton" samples "Hurt" by The Manhattans.^[12]
• "Chris Tucker" interpolates "Niggas in Paris" by Jay Z and Kanye West.^[13]
• "Head Bussa" samples "Interlude4U" by Trey Songz.^[14]

References

1. J. Cole (June 5, 2013). "Deluxe album includes Truly Yours 3". Twitter. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
2. "Celebrated Mixtapes @ DatPiff.". DatPiff. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
3. Smith, Trevor (February 12, 2013). "J. Cole - Truly Yours EP [New Mixtape]". hotnewhiphop. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
4. Goddard, Kevin (April 30, 2016). "J. Cole - Truly Yours 2 [New Mixtape]". hotnewhiphop. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
5. Lilah, Rose (February 22, 2013). "J. Cole Recalls Losing "Stay" To Nas & "Tears Of Joy" To Rick Ross". hotnewhiphop. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
6. B. Dot (May 22, 2013). "NEW MIXTAPE: BAS QUARTER WATER RAISED ME VOL. II". Rap Radar. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
7. "J. Cole - Can I Holla At Ya Lyrics - Genius". Genius. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
8. "J. Cole - Crunch Time Lyrics - Genius". Genius. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
9. "Rise Above - J. Cole on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
10. "Stay - J. Cole on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
11. "J. Cole - Cole Summer - Genius". Genius. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
12. "Kenny Lofton - J. Cole on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
13. "J. Cole - Chris Tucker Lyrics - Genius". Genius. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
14. "J. Cole - Head Bussa Lyrics - Genius". Genius. Retrieved August 31, 2016.