Leaving Home EP

Leaving Home EP
EP by T. Mills
Released January 13, 2012
Recorded 2011
Genre Minimal, alternative hip hop, synthpop
Label Columbia Records
Producer Omen, AudioBlack, Jai-Dig, Neal Pogue, J Hawk, Colin Munroe, The Stereotypes
T. Mills chronology

Ready, Fire, Aim
(2010)		 Leaving Home EP
(2011)		 All I Wanna Do
(2014)
Singles from Leaving Home EP
  1. "Vans On"
    Released: December 12, 2011

Leaving Home EP is the major label debut EP by American rapper T. Mills. The EP was released for retail sale on January 13, 2012 by Columbia Records. Record production was handled by Omen, AudioBlack, Colin Munroe, and The Stereotypes among others. Leaving Home EP was supported by the lead single "Vans On" and a promotional single "The Boom".

Background

In 2011, T. Mills signed a deal with Columbia Records and began working on his debut album. During a 7-month process of recording around 140 songs, which he narrowed down to 10. From there he decided rather than release an album, he would release a free project to the fans, which will be titled Leaving Home.[1] On July 22, 2011, T. Mills released Leaving Home as a mixtape with no guest appearances, and it features the production from Noel Zancalla, Omen, AudioBlack, The Futuristics, Colin Munroe and Phonix.[2]

On December 6, 2011, Mills announced he will be releasing a five tracks from the Leaving Home mixtape as a EP under Columbia Records on December 13, 2011. The EP features the lead single "Vans On", which was released on December 12, 2011 and a new song "The Boom".[3][4][5] He performed at Los Angeles's The Roxy for the Leaving Home EP release show on December 15, 2011.[6] However the EPs retail release was pushed back a month, and released on January 13, 2012,[7][8] but, it was released for free for a short time starting on December 19, 2011.[9] Production was handled by J Hawk, Omen, The Stereotypes, AudioBlack, Colin Munroe and Neal Pogue, among others.[3][6]

Track listing

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Vans On"  Omen 2:58
2. "Leaving Home"  Neal Pogue 4:02
3. "The Boom"  The Stereotypes 3:25
4. "LA It Down"  Jai-Dig 3:32
5. "Can't Take Ur Eyes Off Me"    3:47
6. "Hollywood"  Colin Munroe 3:43

References

  1. ↑ Mixtape Daily Fire Starter: T. Mills | News Video | MTV
  2. ↑ T. Mills Follow @ilovetmills   (2011-07-22). "T. Mills - Leaving Home - Mixtape Listen and Download". Djbooth.net. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Horowitz, Steven J. (2011-12-06). "T. Mills Announces "Leaving Home" EP, Due December 13th | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  4. ↑ T. Mills Leaving Home EP (2012-02-21). "T. Mills Leaving Home EP | YRB Magazine | Lifestyle Fashion Music Art Culture". YRB Magazine. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  5. ↑ "T. Mills: ‘The Boom’ Song Finds Him Looking for Booty". Theboombox.com. 2011-12-06. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "T. Mills to Release "Leaving Home" EP on Dec. 13 @ARTISTdirect". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  7. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Leaving Home - EP by T. Mills". Itunes.apple.com. 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  8. ↑ https://play.google.com/store/music/album/T_Mills_Leaving_Home_EP?id=Bjcslqp4jywh63bat23arauatru&hl=en
  9. ↑ "Introducing: T. Mills Reveals Details Of 'Leaving Home' EP & UK Shows". Stereoboard. 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2013-09-06.