{"id":88617,"date":"2022-08-17T15:29:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T14:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/?p=88617"},"modified":"2022-08-17T16:10:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:10:25","slug":"ribbon-in-the-sky-is-the-contemporary-and-laid-back-summer-heater-from-prodigious-bronx-rapper-high-nelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/2022\/08\/ribbon-in-the-sky-is-the-contemporary-and-laid-back-summer-heater-from-prodigious-bronx-rapper-high-nelson\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ribbon In The Sky&#8217; (R.I.T.S) is the contemporary and laid back summer heater from prodigious Bronx rapper High Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RAL4p_Pp95g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>High Nelson continues his prodigious rise in 2022 with his third release \u2018Ribbon In The Sky\u2019, a contemporary and laid back summer heater which shows Nelson aspose the same matter of fact and grown lyrics that he\u2019s become well known for.<\/p>\n<p>Talking on his influences, in his own words, Nelson explains \u201cMy upbringing plays a part in the constant push and pull between right and wrong. There are many contradictions in the way I was raised by my family and the way I learned to survive outside of my household in the Bronx; these concepts live within my music.\u201d Being raised in the Bronx no doubt influenced High Nelson\u2019s sound. His New York state of mind combined with rich Caribbean roots have organically fused together to create a perfect mesh of raw and authentic rap style, with a touch of easy going swagger.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-88620\" src=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC05148ribbon-in-the-sky.jpeg\" alt=\"High Nelson\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC05148ribbon-in-the-sky.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC05148ribbon-in-the-sky-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC05148ribbon-in-the-sky-520x520.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC05148ribbon-in-the-sky-53x53.jpeg 53w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC05148ribbon-in-the-sky-125x125.jpeg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Ribbon\u2019 shows High Nelson in his element, rapping effortlessly over an eclectic and beautifully produced instrumental. The artist provides a fresh viewpoint, rapping grown bars about making the correct decision in life, show Nelson as a man who has learnt from his past mistakes, matured from them and is intent on giving solid advice to a younger generation of listeners.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cMusic is my therapist, my musical journal. Previously discarded thoughts become soundtracks to my life, utilising life\u2019s positive and negative experiences along with the emotions they evoke\u201d<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>With \u2018Ribbon In The Sky\u2019\u2019 being the third major release from High Nelson, the exciting follow up to his other impressive 2022 singles \u2018Sunday\u2019 and \u2018Young Blood\u2019, the fledgling rapper provides yet another impressive example of his ever increasing talent.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0AU0oW8gOGDAEHRc1F8cI1?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with High Nelson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/high__nelson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7f5nf2Ihb2svbLlrnIzfFs?si=VV9SsPiqQHKYg0WEnpqZwg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High Nelson continues his prodigious rise in 2022 with his third release \u2018Ribbon In The Sky\u2019, a contemporary and laid back summer heater which shows Nelson aspose the same matter of fact and grown lyrics that he\u2019s become well known for. Talking on his influences, in his own words, Nelson explains \u201cMy upbringing plays a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,1],"tags":[5611,190,632,11339],"class_list":{"0":"post-88617","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blogs-and-events","8":"category-music","9":"tag-music-blog","10":"tag-new-music","11":"tag-new-video","12":"tag-ribbon-in-the-sky"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC05148ribbon-in-the-sky-1.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88617"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88637,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88617\/revisions\/88637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}