Artists of the Year

Artist of the Year: an artist who I was feeling. this does not mean they broke through or dropped an album this year. it just means i was rockin harder to their music than anyone else's. an artist of the year can be a contemporary pop star or a blues singer from the 20s.

disclaimer > So I know I named B.o.B. as my artist of the year earlier on, but I jumped the gun. I had concert afterglow: when you go to a realllllly really good show, and you think the artist is more amazing than they actually are, but then you calm down and put it in perspective. However, B.o.B. is great, and made the cut this year. here are the top 5 artists who kept me jamming throughout 2008...

#1 - NNEKA


Born in Nigeria and based in Germany, Nneka is a stylistically diverse, politically inclined English-language neo-soul singer reminiscent of Erykah Badu. Born Nneka Egbuna in Warri, Nigeria, in 1981, she immigrated at age 19 to Hamburg, Germany, with plans to study anthropology. Influenced by the towering legacies of Fela Kuti and Bob Marley as well as by contemporary urban American artists such as Mos Def and Lauryn Hill, she also pursued a career in music upon arriving in Germany. In time she met and began working closely with DJ Farhot and made her recording debut in 2005 with The Uncomfortable Truth, an introductory five-song EP followed later in the year by the full-length album Victim of Truth. The album spawned a series of singles ("The Uncomfortable Truth," "Beautiful," "God of Mercy," "Africans") and set the stage for her follow-up album, No Longer at Ease (2008), and its lead single, "Heartbeat," which became her first single to break into the German Top 50. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide




this is the first song i heard by her that had me hooked, "Heartbeat"


click >>> Nneka's Myspace page!

#2 - Digable Planets


#3 - B.o.B.

#4 - Stevie Wonder

#5 - Beyoncé
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Honorable Mentions: Van Hunt, Solange