"What is life without knowing that death comes?" asks the Nigerian-German singer-songwriter Nneka Egbuna in "Mind vs. Heart." If you're going to wax philosophical on a pop record, you better be able to back it up with gravitas and some great music. Luckily, Nneka has plenty of both. She has a husky, supple voice and is equally adept at blasting out guitar anthems ("Focus") and sauntering through neosoul rave-ups. She's clearly listened to Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu, but the production on Concrete Jungle, by DJ Farhot, is both inventive and inviting. Much of the music here has been previously released in Europe and Africa, where Nneka is already a cult star. It's time the rest of us caught up with her.
(Posted: Feb 1, 2010)
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- Showin' Love
- The Uncomfortable Truth
- Mind vs. Heart
- Heartbeat
- Come With Me
- Kangpe
- Africans
- Suffri (Band Version)
- From Africa 2 U
- Walking
- Focus
- God Of Mercy
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