No one it seems - she's been mentioned just four times on ILM, all of which derive from a nomination in last year's album poll. But I heard 'Heartbeat' the other day and liked it a lot, it's got an almost drum-and-bass thing going on. Nice to see what Lagos looks like in the video too. Anyone?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 3 September 2009 21:07 (seventeen years ago)
Were all those mentions from me?
I love both of her albums, but the first one probably a little bit more. "Heartbeat" is my favorite song of hers, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0HuCOFkAp8
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 September 2009 21:33 (seventeen years ago)
They were indeed. I see that Heartbeat first came out in 2008 - she seems to be getting some kind of relaunch here at the moment.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 3 September 2009 21:40 (seventeen years ago)
I think both of her albums were slapped into one package for a UK label or something.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 September 2009 22:14 (seventeen years ago)
Heartbeat is killer.
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 3 September 2009 22:16 (seventeen years ago)
Yep.
(lol @ who got there first games)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 September 2009 22:20 (seventeen years ago)
(though I've since gone back to preferring her first record)
That comparison to the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - is it only down to the sleeve?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 3 September 2009 22:23 (seventeen years ago)
Yeah, the similarities are superficial at best, but it evokes the same kind of mood (for me at least).
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 September 2009 22:26 (seventeen years ago)
Check out "The Uncomfortable Truth" from her first album... it's a little more Lauryn Hill-ish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHoQFWF3bEg
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 September 2009 22:28 (seventeen years ago)
Also, I want this t-shirt
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/23260647/Nneka++photo+by+herv_ALL.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 September 2009 22:48 (seventeen years ago)
Great album - they played this remix at least three times throughout the night at Stink Like Sock in Cambridge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CygpAztxMs
― dog latin, Thursday, 24 September 2009 20:24 (seventeen years ago)
i think this is a better quality version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5302jQ85Iqw&feature=related
Concrete Jungle, a comp of her two (?) previous albums, is streaming at MSN this week. The fast ones sound pretty good! The jury's still out on whether I'm into her, though.
― dr. phil, Thursday, 4 February 2010 19:57 (sixteen years ago)
K'Naan seems like a more operative comparison than Lauryn Hill. Both politically outspoken, from troubled African countries, who have songs explicitly namechecking Africa as a whole. And they each have some reggae influences and a song with loud guitars. (I don't have a tracklisting in front of me.) So far I prefer K'Naan's '09 album, but I may prefer this to Miseducation. The highs aren't as high, but there's not as much meandering (though there is still a little meandering).
― dr. phil, Thursday, 4 February 2010 20:21 (sixteen years ago)
I like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijZhK9WoFok
― one boob is free with one (daavid), Thursday, 4 February 2010 20:24 (sixteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6FJ1Cv4AgA
― meisenfek, Friday, 9 April 2010 07:51 (sixteen years ago)
(didnt fit the Dance Music for Gay Saunas thread)
― meisenfek, Friday, 9 April 2010 07:54 (sixteen years ago)
damn, "heartbeat" is kinda brilliant
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 07:54 (fifteen years ago)
I still want this shirt
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 07:58 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCH1IlOfDTM
― absinthe of malithe (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 07:59 (fifteen years ago)
Close, but not quite.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 08:00 (fifteen years ago)
love the new album muchly
― Mordy, Monday, 19 March 2012 03:47 (fourteen years ago)
http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/nneka%20soul%20is%20heavy.jpg?1330355033
― Mordy, Monday, 19 March 2012 03:49 (fourteen years ago)
This is a total jam, remix is pretty sweet too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxHtclUAyLo
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Sunday, 1 April 2012 12:00 (fourteen years ago)
Yes, that remix is fucking amazing. Will give the album a go.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Sunday, 1 April 2012 12:04 (fourteen years ago)
The album is great!
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 20 April 2012 14:26 (fourteen years ago)
She's got a new track on spotify today, "My Love, My Love" and it's the most...i dunno..."commercial culture ready" thing she's released yet? I like it tho.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 19:47 (eleven years ago)
There's also this from last month:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o13RCkeoaQA
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 19:50 (eleven years ago)