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Who is Nneka?

praxis83 — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:24:31 +0000

Toast is the resident logistician for LxNxM and according to the stats y’all are showing us more love – I just want to say we appreciate each one of you. This creative endeavor has brought our crew closer, and our ideas have only start to take root…

Keeping the love going, I have been mesmerized by the next level soulstress Nneka. We mentioned Nneka a few months back vis-à-vis a collaborative mixtape she dropped with tastemaker J.Period titled The Madness (Onye-Ala).

Nneka has experienced a much deserved rise to global status since then. The Nigerian-German/Nigeria- raised singer has landed a song “Viva Africa” on LISTEN UP! the official FIFA 2010 World Cup soundtrack, she also just joined Nas and Damian Marley on the Distant Relatives tour – making me regret missing their Seattle stop even more.

There is something higher about Nneka’s music. An anthropologist by training, she resonates her human experience to the listener with poetic clarity – in my humble opinion she is definitely channeling something the world needs in her music. Check out Nneka’s official site to cop her first U.S. release, Concrete Jungle and learn more about this visionary artist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ktGxKDp4s

strong will continue

krieg — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:45:47 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xvySQFML_g

the supposed first single from the nas/damian marley collab project distant relatives, supposedly dropping march 16 2010. apparently the same day they drop this, they push the release date back to april 20 2010. make your weed jokes in the comments. download.

National Geographic X Distant Relatives

tang — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:02:32 +0000

As some of you LxNxM readers might already know, Nas and Damian Marley have been working on a highly anticipated album titled Distant Relatives. Not surprisingly, while working on the yet-to-be-released album, the two artists had some great conversations about life, music and history. The stories and ideas they exchanged eventually grew into a shared vision of a project much bigger than just an album: a documentary film and series of events set to examine the complex history and often under-appreciated relationship between reggae and hip-hop. Sounds like a great idea, right?

Thankfully for us the National Geographic Society thought it was a good idea too, and last night they hosted Nas and Damian Marley’s first event, a panel discussion, also titled Distant Relatives, at the Grosvenor Auditorium in Washington D.C. The event, sponsored by VTech, was moderated by Sway, of Wake up Show and MTV News fame, and included the likes of such living legends as Kool Herc, Rakim, Big Youth, and Kool DJ Red Alert (who just happens to follow our blog on twitter), among others.

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Big ups to National Geographic for putting on hip hop and reggae history and culture! And, of course, much respect and thanks to Damian and Nas for organizing this amazing event.

Distant Relatives

tang — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:13:24 +0000

I’m not gonna lie. I’m excited. I know that these dudes are way overexposed, but they do make some good music from time to time. And who would deny that the Nas/Damian collabo on the Jamrock album was filthy? Not I.

No release date has been made public, but here’s a leaked possible tracklist:

01 Intro (Something New) (prod. Damian Marley)
02 As We Enter (prod. Damian Marley) download snippet here
03 Revolutionary (prod. Damian Marley)
04 Count Your Blessings (prod. Damian & Stephen Marley)
05 Belief is Key (prod. Damian Marley)
06 Africa Must Wake Up f. K’naan (prod. Nas, Damian & Stephen Marley)
07 Black Horizon f. K’naan (prod. Damian Marley)
08 Only the Strong (prod. Damian & Stephen Marley)
09 Our Generation f. Joss Stone & Stevie Wonder (prod. Damian Marley)
10 Empowerment (prod. Stephen Marley)
11 AID (prod. K’naan & Nas)
12 Let’s End It (Poverty) f. K’naan (prod. 9th Wonder & Damian Marley)
13 The Earth f. Bob Marley (prod. Salaam Remix, Damian & Stephen Marley)
14 Black Man’s Paper f. Erykah Badu (prod. Afry) [UK Bonus]
15 Weed On f. Snoop Dogg (prod. Damian Marley) [iTunes Bonus]