OKAYPLAYER??? Yes!

Dude/dudette, I first must admit I google myself and everything I'm involved with like a million times a day...And at times I get tired of the same stuff coming up but seek and you shall find, right? Indeed! So like...I found the hottttttttest shiza ever! The Up-Bringing 2.0 was mentioned in the OKAYPLAYER blogs yesterday!!! The Blogarhythms section. I'll copy and paste what dude said and provide the URL to where you can see for yourself. Anyone that's into hip-hop should know how tough it is to get love on OKAYPLAYER....Remember 'Get Em High' off The College Dropout? Talib said shorty "Always got something to say like a OKAYPLAYER hater." Well, there was no hate....Its all love dogggggg!

Here's the text: "If paying for records just isn't for you though you might be interested in The Up-Bringing 2.0 the new digi-release from New Haven, Connecticut-born, Bay Area-raised, Atlanta, Georgia-based 19-year-old named J.Nolan, which he's giving away as a free download! It's not even a mixtape, but a 21-track collection of all original tracks composed in collaboration between him and his cousin, beatmaker Young B Da Producer. The young upstart, a student of the Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco school of Rap, still has a lot of growing to do, but The Up-Bringing reveals him as a confident, creative kid who has a ton of potential. Admittedly it's refreshing to hear a young artist with such a straightforward take on Hip-Hop rather than latching on to whatever the hot underground trends or commercial fads are. Young B made him a stack of sample-based beats, many of which put an original spin on familiar records and grooves that have already been famously sampled, and J.Nolan poured words all over them until he had more than an album's worth of songs dealing with the life, love, fears, hopes and fantasies of an authentic teenager who dreams of being a rapper. He realized his dreams on his own terms, and didn't have to Soulja Boy himself in the process.

J.Nolan The Up-Bringing 2.0 (Download)


J.Nolan is Cool


http://blogs.okayplayer.com/blogarhythms/2008/12/11/shuffle-songs-vol-5-%E2%80%94-rappity-rap-edition/
Be sure to scroll down a bit until you see it!!!