Nneka - New Artist from Nigeria - Music with a Message

This is an artist I stumbled upon earlier this year. I downloaded one of her mixtapes and really enjoyed the mix of musical influences. Check out her videos below: The Uncomfortable Truth, Who Is Nneka?, and Heartbeat for which Nas appears on the remix. Visit her website to find out more about her: http://www.nnekaworld.com/

Video for Heartbeat




Who Is Nneka?




The Uncomfortable Truth

Guru Speaks on Hip Hop Artists Becoming Slaves To Music Labels

The internet has largely taken away an artist's need to sign with a major label. In this video one of Jay-Z's producers goes into detail about how rappers often become slaves to record companies when they sign the contracts many young talented artists yearn for.

Jay-Z Sits Down with Warren Buffett and Steve Forbes (52 min. Video)

Dope conversation between Warren Buffett, Jay-Z, and Steve Forbes. Video after the jump.

Hip Hop In The Classroom (cont'd from The Seed)

If you look at hip hop on it's face (radio, BET and MTV) it doesn't look like there is much intellect in our hip hop artists. This is not because there are no intelligent hip hop artists it has more to do with what is presented to us. If you know the history of hip hop or choose to dig a little deeper you'll soon see there are plenty intelligent hip hop artists that create complex concepts and quality songs. In my article I mentioned 9th Wonder and a few other artists. The 9th Wonder video shows the depth of hip hop, specifically Nas' classic album Illmatic. The other videos are (in order)Public Enemy's Fight The Power, OutKast's Git Up Git Out, and Goodie Mob's Beautiful Skin. Please enjoy and be sure to leave your thoughts in the comment section. Peace.

9th Wonder


Public Enemy


OutKast


Goodie Mob