''The Cool Cafe'' (full name: ''The Cool Cafe: Cool Tape Vol. 1'') is the debut mixtape by American rapper

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. It was released as a

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on October 1, 2012. The mixtape is a part of Smith's Cool Tape series which was followed up by ''

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'', '' 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.

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

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' younger sister, Stella Hudgens.

Promotion

The mixtape was promoted through various music videos with, "Pumped Up Kicks (Like Me)" (A remix to

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), was released on August 6, 2012. The music video was directed by Mike Vargas. The mixtape's second music video, "The Coolest", was released on September 24, 2012. The music video was directed by Mike Vargas. The mixtape's third music video, "Find You Somewhere", was released on September 17, 2012, and features vocals from AcE and

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. The music video was directed by

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. The mixtape's fourth music video, "Hello", was released on March 26, 2013, and was directed by

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Track listing

Credits adapted from

References

2012 mixtape albums Jaden Smith albums {{2010s-hiphop-album-stub