The Cool Cafe

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The Cool Cafe: Cool Tape Vol. 1
CoolCafeSmith.jpg
Mixtape by
ReleasedOctober 1, 2012
Genre Hip hop
Length71:22
Label Self-released
Producer
  • AcE
  • AzZi
  • Chaos
  • Josiah Bell
  • Max Gendron
  • MK
  • OmArr
  • T.Coles
  • Teo
  • The Stuyvesants
Jaden Smith chronology
The Cool Cafe: Cool Tape Vol. 1
(2012)
CTV2
(2014)

The Cool Cafe (full name: The Cool Cafe: Cool Tape Vol. 1) is the debut mixtape by American rapper Jaden Smith. It was released as a free download on DatPiff on October 1, 2012. [1] [2] The mixtape is a part of Smith's Cool Tape series which was followed up by CTV2 , The Sunset Tapes: A Cool Tape Story , and CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 . Since its release, the mixtape has been downloaded over 100,000 times on DatPiff. [2]

Contents

Background

The mixtape focuses on Jaden's skate lifestyle, his clothing/lifestyle brand MSFTSRep and supposedly some songs feature references of his former relationship with Vanessa Hudgens' younger sister, Stella Hudgens. [2]

Promotion

The mixtape was promoted through various music videos with, "Pumped Up Kicks (Like Me)" (A remix to Pumped Up Kicks), was released on August 6, 2012. [3] The music video was directed by Mike Vargas. [4] [5]

The mixtape's second music video, "The Coolest", was released on September 24, 2012. [6] The music video was directed by Mike Vargas. [7] [8]

The mixtape's third music video, "Find You Somewhere", was released on September 17, 2012, and features vocals from AcE and Willow Smith. [9] The music video was directed by Jada Pinkett Smith. [10]

The mixtape's fourth music video, "Hello", was released on March 26, 2013, and was directed by Moises Arias. [11] [12]

Track listing

Credits adapted from DatPiff. [2]

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Hello"The Stuyvesant2:51
2."Know Why" 3:25
3."Down" (featuring OmArr and T.Coles)
  • OmArr
  • MK
4:15
4."Cries" 4:01
5."Party on Venus"
  • OmArr
  • Josiah Bell
4:05
6."Pharaohs" 2:36
7."Chase the Sun" (featuring Josiah Bell)
  • Josiah Bell
  • OmArr
4:05
8."The Coolest"The Stuyvesants2:57
9."MSFTS Anthem"
  • Chaos
  • OmArr
4:19
10."Can't See Tomorrow" (featuring OmArr)
  • MK
  • OmArr
  • Max Gendron
3:08
11."Jus' Not Ready" (featuring T.Coles)
  • OmArr
  • MK
4:00
12."First Time" (featuring T.Coles)
  • OmArr
  • MK
4:40
13."Find You Somewhere" (featuring Ace and Willow Smith)AcE5:37
14."Cruze"AzZi4:09
15."Pumped Up Kicks (Like Me)" 3:02
16."Underwater-Too Much" (featuring OmArr and Josiah Bell)
  • Teo
  • OmArr
7:27
17."Outro"The Stuyvesants1:15
18."Starry Room" (hidden bonus track) 5:31

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