When Jay-Z makes moves, the entire world pays attention. That’s why the masses stopped wearing throwbacks, relaxed on the rims and bling and even started paying attention to a bespectacled kid from Chi-Town. So when word got out that Hov finally signed someone to his newly-minted Live Nation imprint Roc Nation whose last name wasn’t Bleek, we weren’t surprised when the entire rap world started scrambling to find out who Jay’s new mentee was. By now, we’re sure you’ve seen the newest member of the (new) Roc in a handful of online videos, but if not, allow us to introduce you to Jermaine Cole aka J. Cole. Being the first artist signed to the best rapper alive’s label would be daunting to even the illest of rappers, but J. Cole, a dude who figures himself a mash up of his influences (’Pac, Canibus and Nas), doesn’t seem too worried—he’s been waiting for this kind of attention since he was 12. While putting the finishing touches on his next mixtape, “The Warm Up”—scheduled to drop at the end of May—and touring with Wale, we sat down with the 24-year-old Fayetteville, North Carolina native and St. John’s University graduate to talk about what got him into rap, meeting Jay-Z and where he sees himself in the rap game. It’s the Roc, you bastards. Pay attention!

Via Complex.com (<- Click to read the interview)

Links to download Mixtapes after the jump.

J. Cole – The Come Up (Mixtape)

Tracklist
1.Intro
2.Simba
3.I’m The Man
4.School Daze
5.Dolla & A Dream
6.Throw It Up
7.Quote Me
8.College Boy
9.Split You Up
10.Plain
11.The Come Up
12.Mighty Crazy
13.Dead Presidents
14.Lil Ghetto Nigga
15.Homecoming
16.Carolina On My Mind (feat. Deacon)
17.Can’t Cry
18.Goin Off
19.Rags To Riches (At The Beep)
20.Get It (Bonus)
21.I Do My Thing (Bonus)

J. Cole – (The Warm Up To) The Warm Up: Mixtape Sampler

Tracklist
1.Grown Simba
2.Serenade
3.Til Infinity
4.Dollar and A Dream II
5.Just to Get By
6.I Get Up
7.Royal Flush
8.Song for the Ville
9.Really Mean It
10.In The Morning
11.Show Me Somethin
12.I’m Comin
13.*Bonus

Thanks to Elite & 2dopeboyz for the links.

Check out some videos of J Cole here.