Nneka (singer)
Nneka Lucia Egbuna (born 24 December 1980) is a Nigerian hip hop/soul singer, songwriter and actress. She sings in both Igbo and English.
Music career
Since 2003, Nneka has been working closely with the hip hop beatmaker DJ Farhot, a producer living in Hamburg. As a young singer she first gained public attention in 2004 while performing as an opening act for dancehall reggae star Sean Paul at Hamburg Stadtpark. After much acclaim, Nneka was given a green light to record her first album.
After releasing her debut EP The Uncomfortable Truth with the music label Yo Mama's Recording Company, she performed on her first tour with Patrice Bart-Williams in April 2005, playing shows in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
She finished recording her first album in the autumn of 2005. Entitled Victim of Truth, it was released not only in Germany but also in England, France, Netherlands, Nigeria and Japan. Garnering rave reviews from the media, the UK's Sunday Times later declared it “the year’s most criminally overlooked album”, comparing it favourably to 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'.
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- Soul Is Heavy released: 2012
- Concrete Jungle released: 2010
- The Madness (Onye-Ala) released: 2009
- iTunes Live: Berlin Festival - EP released: 2008
- No Longer at Ease released: 2008
- Victim of Truth released: 2005
The Madness (Onye-Ala)
Released 2009- Can You Hear? (intro)
- Let the Madness Begin (J.Period Exclusive)
- Wake Up World (interlude)
- Wake Up Africa (J.Period remix)
- The Uncomfortable Truth
- Untainted Love (interlude)
- Spread Love (Brooklyn to Zion) (J.Period remix)
- Human Rights (interlude)
- Changes (J.Period remix)
- Conscious Lyrics (interlude)
- Gypsy/Infamous (J.Period Exclusive)
- Hip Hop Comes From Africa (interlude)
- Walking (J.Period remix)
- In Transit (interlude)
- Show Love (J.Period remix)
- For the Good of Humanity (interlude)
- God of Mercy (J.Period remix)
- Suffri (Nigerian in Berlin remix)
- Perseverance Is Character (interlude)
- Strength/Kangpe (J.Period Dubplate)
- Heartbeat (J.Period remix)
- In the Heart of Man (J.Period Exclusive)
- Symptoms of My Madness (Outtro)
- Mind vs. Heart (J.Period Dubplate)
- Changes 2 (J.Period Dubplate)
- Walking 2 (J.Period Dubplate)
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Changes
by: NnekaEverything changes,
remember when humans had to live in cages
and now we own our own stages
time, yes age turns our pages (2x)
Looking out of my window, chilling warm relaxing my speed
Watching the people right back down on the streets
Asking myself how I feel as I see d living passing me
Everybody in his own but on the whole Life is still the same
Happy Family a boy loves a girl a mother breastfeeding her child
A taxidriver has just lost his job
And still it is not a matter of this world being
People manifest within themselves
Chorus:
Everything changes,
remember when humans had to live in cages
And now we own our own stages
Time, yes age turns our pages
A mother gives birth to her baby,
in that moment sche feels it ist her one and only property
She’d hold on it
She’ll do anything to protect it from insecurity
Just like seeds develope into flowers
And children develope into adults
Love can turn into hate and the truth u see could be deceit
Consequences do not arise without a cause
Causes could make u win or loose
Chorus 2x
What u make outta it is what u become
Some happy some are lonesome
Changes, changes always comes
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