Nakia

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Choose Your Poison 03:57 Tools
Playing The Cards 03:51 Tools
Sex On Fire (The Voice Performance) 03:30 Tools
Forget You (The Voice Performance) 03:25 Tools
Whataya Want from Me (The Voice Performance) 00:30 Tools
Cold 05:17 Tools
Make Up With a Gun 02:41 Tools
Sex On Fire 03:31 Tools
Make Love Mine Tonight 03:22 Tools
Tight 03:35 Tools
Water to Wine 04:19 Tools
Dream Big 03:52 Tools
Whataya Want From Me 03:29 Tools
On the Bus 04:17 Tools
Elizabeth Lee 04:39 Tools
World of Love 03:47 Tools
Outta My Head 03:02 Tools
Forget You 03:26 Tools
Down In A Pinch 03:14 Tools
That's The Way God Planned It 04:10 Tools
All Over You 03:46 Tools
Sex On Fire - The Voice Performance 03:30 Tools
Yonder Wall 00:30 Tools
Pieces and Castles 03:25 Tools
There Goes the Neighborhood 03:43 Tools
Making It Up To My Baby 04:12 Tools
Whipping Post 00:30 Tools
Safe Inside 04:40 Tools
Broken Spoke 04:11 Tools
Whataya Want From Me (by Adam Lambert) 02:09 Tools
Texas Crescent Moon 04:08 Tools
When I Found You 03:54 Tools
Double Trouble 02:24 Tools
Walking On a Slant 03:43 Tools
Truly Pimpin 02:17 Tools
Creepin' Through The Fog Ft Da Grimm 03:05 Tools
Street Life Ft DJ Rem 03:25 Tools
A Day In The Hood 03:21 Tools
High Off Contact Ft DJ Rem 02:24 Tools
Sex on Fire (by Kings of Leon) 02:09 Tools
Cruzin 02:41 Tools
Satisfy 00:30 Tools
Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed 02:24 Tools
One Day 00:00 Tools
Forget You - The Voice Performance 03:25 Tools
Gimme Some Of Yours 03:25 Tools
Ain't That Lovin' You Baby 02:24 Tools
Hoodoo Party 02:24 Tools
Outro 02:26 Tools
Woman Don't Lie 02:24 Tools
I've Got To Use My Imagination 02:24 Tools
Whataya Want From Me - The Voice Performance 03:30 Tools
Go On To School 02:24 Tools
I Got Somethin' Foe Ya Ft Chuy 03:51 Tools
300 Pounds Of Joy 04:13 Tools
Closer - The Voice Performance 02:11 Tools
Sunken On The Trapeeze Floor 03:51 Tools
Red Verdun 02:07 Tools
Catalyst 03:36 Tools
Fuck'n Stein Ft Drop Top Charl 05:41 Tools
Eat A Bowl Dicks Ft Female Fon 03:27 Tools
Remember This Christmas 03:46 Tools
Whippin’ post 02:24 Tools
Take Away My Homies Ft Da Grim 03:26 Tools
J. 03:44 Tools
Bake Me A Cake Ft D The Bakerm 02:24 Tools
Fuck'n Stein Ft Drop Top Charles 05:41 Tools
Bake Me A Cake Ft D The Bakerman 02:24 Tools
One More Try 04:13 Tools
I Got Somethin' Foe Ya Ft Chuy, Da Grimm 03:51 Tools
Take Away My Homies Ft Da Grimm, Joy 03:26 Tools
I'm Ready (Live) 03:26 Tools
I Got Somethin' Foe Ya 03:27 Tools
Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon cover) 03:26 Tools
Eat A Bowl Dicks Ft Female Fonk, Da Grimm 03:27 Tools
Touch, Feel, & Lose 03:27 Tools
Nobody Does It Like My Baby 03:27 Tools
Pharmacy 03:27 Tools
Fuck'n stein 03:27 Tools
J 03:27 Tools
04 Pieces And Castles 03:25 Tools
Don't Bring Me Down 05:01 Tools
Money Mi A Pree 05:01 Tools
Closer 05:01 Tools
Nuthin' But 05:01 Tools
Lincoln Continental 05:01 Tools
Closer (feat. Tje Austin) 02:10 Tools
Creepin' Through The Fog 02:10 Tools
M.C. 03:52 Tools
California Gold 04:02 Tools
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Austin-based, Alabama-raised singer/songwriter Nakia has a heart that beats to the rhythms of Muscle Shoals soul, pumping blood infused with Stax funk to cells lined with Chicago blues grooves. His vocal talent is the kind that instantly turns listeners into fans — among them CeeLo Green, who invited Nakia to sing on his Muppets Christmas special. On his new EP, Drown in the Crimson Tide, releasing March 5 on the Something-Music label, Nakia unleashes that voice on six songs he wrote in collaboration with top-tier artists including Barry Goldberg, Bleu, Chris Seefried and Brian West. Three were co-produced by legendary keyboardist Goldberg, whose vast resume includes playing Dylan’s ’65 Newport gig and producing Percy Sledge; and guitarist Johnny Lee Schell, who’s worked with Bonnie Raitt, John Fogerty and Eric Burdon. It’s the latest chapter in a musical journey that started in earnest when Nakia moved from Chicago to Austin in 2002. After a brief stint in the Small Stars, a tongue-in-cheek lounge act fronted by Fastball’s Miles Zuniga, he formed Nakia & His Southern Cousins, got booked to perform at the 2008 Austin City Limits Festival, and wound up singing with Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings. Alejandro Escovedo heard him at a Rolling Stones tribute, which led to him singing backup on Escovedo’s Street Songs of Love album, and to a second recommendation — this time by producer Tony Visconti — for Nakia to front his own Blues band. So he formed the Blues Grifters. A YouTube video of the band led to The Voice producer Mark Burnett recruiting him for the pilot, which resulted in his relationship with CeeLo. And those are just some of the musical aspects of his career. Among Nakia’s non-musical undertakings, he worked at an Apple store, modeled, and was a cavern guide, a show rider (yes, horseback), a record label promo guy (pushing John Mayer for Aware Records) and an actual missionary in Africa. Along the way, he managed to overcome drug and alcohol addiction and growing up as a declared gay kid in the South. He gets to the core of his experiences, and how he moved beyond them and into a positive place on “Dream Big,” a bluesy mid-tempo ballad co- written with his friend Bleu. The EP’s title, Drown in the Crimson Tide, comes from a line in the song — it’s not just a reference to a certain Alabama football team. “When you grow up in that area of the world, it is really easy to get drawn into your surroundings and your environment,” Nakia explains. “If you’re not careful, you’ll get sucked into that tide and you’ll drown. My aunt told me if I ever got a chance to leave, I should. She also said that one of the hardest things in life to do is to change your lot.” Nakia has worked to do just that. In fact, as CeeLo listened to Tide, he told Nakia, “I am consistently impressed by the amount you've been able to accomplish on your own by just rubbing two pennies together.” Networking hard in L.A., Nakia made connections that resulted in several fruitful collaborations. He co-wrote the funky “Pieces and Castles” and the EP’s big soul-stirrer, the ode to his life partner, “When I Found You,” with Goldberg. “Make Up With a Gun,” a getaway tale that might be at home in a Sergio Leone or Robert Rodriguez flick, was written with Disney hitmaker Archontis. Seefried (Fitz & the Tantrums) collaborated on the groove- filled “Tight.” Juno Award winner Brian West (Nelly Furtado, K’Naan and Bono) had a hand in the closer, the party-hard R&B-funk rave-up “Walking on a Slant.” “It was really important for me to have this Otis Redding/Fabulous Thunderbirds/Doug Sahm vibe to this song,” Nakia says. “Then we added the horns, and it took it to this whole other level.” Joe Sublett and Darrell Leonard, a.k.a. the Grammy-winning Texicali Horns, are heard in various spots on the EP, half of which was recorded at Schell’s home studio. Nakia continues to work with A-list writers, including legendary Motown hit man Lamont Dozier. Turns out Nakia’s earned himself a few famous fans along the way, including Dozier and Stevie Nicks, who floored him with a red-carpet rave before he could utter his own words of devotion. Hero encounters aside, Nakia is generally regarded as a super cool, affable guy, one who makes friends as easily as he earns fans. Official Website: Nakia Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.