Newcomer (Rapper) of the Year: J.Cole
Jermaine Cole a.k.a J.Cole, a.k.a newcomer of the year, If you haven’t heard the come up or the warm up (easily the mixtape of the year) where the hell have you been?!?! I kid you not when I say that J.Cole has all the elements to become one of Hip-Hops greats. Whilst everyone runs about complaining that hip-hop has lost its way, too caught up in the glamorous side of life and forgetting where it came from, Mr Cole, for me at least has breathed some life into the game.
Hailing from North Carolina, Cole moved to New York to pursue his rap career. In 2007, he put out his first mixtape “The Come Up” and was soon signed up by Jay-Z after he had heard his song Lights Please. In 2009 he followed this up with “The Warm” up, which is probably the mixtape of the year, and he also featured on Jigga’s “Blueprint 3” & Wale’s “Attention Deficit”.
His debut album is expected to come out early 2010, if his mixtape is anything to go by, rap music can breathe easy, a new prince can be crowned.
Some of my favourite songs:
Lights Please:
I Get Up:
Welcome:
Interview with J.Cole http://www.complex.com/blogs/2009/04/30/j-cole-talks-roc-nation-meeting-jay-z-the-warm-up-mixtape/
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