Work Out - J. Cole - MP3 instrumental karaoke

After taking the rap world by storm with the critically acclaimed mixtapes The Come Up (2007), The Warm Up (2009), and Friday Night Lights (2010), American rapper J. Cole was ready to take the next step towards hip-hop stardom. Released on June 15, 2011, which coincided with the second anniversary of The Warm Up, "Work Out" was the third single from his highly anticipated studio debut, Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011). It was written and produced by J. Cole, who built the track around a sample of Kanye West's "The New Workout Plan." Additionally, the song's outro interpolates Paula Abdul's 1988 hit "Straight Up." Even though "Work Out" enjoyed great popularity on the charts (it reached Number 1 on Billboard's Rhythmic chart and Number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100), it was initially dismissed as too mainstream by the rapper's fanbase and even by legendary MC Nas, an event that inspired J. Cole's 2013 single "Let Nas Down."