Aloe Blacc
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| Aloe Blacc | |
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Blacc at Festival Mundial in Tilburg on 19 June 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III |
| Born | 1979 |
| Origin | Orange County, California, United States |
| Genres | Soul, R&B, jazz, hip hop |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Stones Throw Records, Goontrax |
| Associated acts | Emanon, Exile, Lena Meyer-Landrut |
| Website | Aloe Blacc.com |
Aloe Blacc (born Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III[1]) is an American soul singer, rapper and musician.
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[edit] Early career and Shine Through (1995-2009)
Blacc was born in Orange County, California to Panamaian parents.[2] He began his music career in 1995 as a rapper in the hip hop duo Emanon with producer Exile.
By the late 1990s, Blacc was part of the duo Stowaway on a Lootpack tour in Europe. The duo released six albums. This led to Blacc working with the French Jazz group Jazz Liberatorz. He released an album at the end of the 1990s.[3]
In 2003, Blacc signed with Stones Throw Records and began a solo career. On July 11, 2006, he released his first LP album, Shine Through, on CD, vinyl record and online (on the Stones Throw website).
He then toured across Europe and the U.S. with Emanon, while working on his second solo album.
In 2009, Blacc collaborated with the Japanese hip hop producer Cradle. They called themselves Bee, and released the album Open Your Mind on GoonTrax records.
[edit] Mainstream success and Good Things (2010-present)
In 2010, Blacc released his second album, Good Things, on Stones Throw records. The album was produced by Jeff Dynamite and Leon Michels for Truth & Soul Productions.
Blacc was signed by Matthew Larkin for the charity album Red Hot + Rio 2, a follow-up to the 1996 Red Hot + Rio. Proceeds from the sales were donated to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV and related health and social issues. In 2011, Kenneth Bager used Aloe Blacc on "The Sound of Swing, Pt. 2 (Oh Na Na)" co-written by Thomas Troelsen.[4]
In summer 2011, Blacc performed on the main stages at major festivals such as Glastonbury and The Falls Festival in Australia. "I Need a Dollar" is the opening title track on the HBO series, How To Make It In America.
[edit] Television appearances
| Year | Show |
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| 2010 | Later... with Jools Holland |
| 2010 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon |
| 2011 | Conan |
| 2011 | The Graham Norton Show[5] |
| 2011 | Strictly Come Dancing |
| 2011/2012 | Hootenanny |
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| US R&B [6] |
US Heat [6] |
AUS [7] |
AUT [8] |
BEL (FL) [9] |
BEL (WL) [10] |
NL [11] |
NZ [12] |
FRA [13] |
SWI [14] |
IRE [15] |
UK [16] |
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| Shine Through |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Good Things |
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41 | 10 | 22 | 36 | 5 | 30 | 39 | 21 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 8 | |
| "—" denotes albums that did not chart or were not released | ||||||||||||||
[edit] Extended plays
| Title | EP details |
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| The Aloe Blacc EP[19] | |
| The Aloe Blacc EP 2: Me and My Music[20] |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [7] |
BEL (FL) [21] |
GER [22] |
AUT [23] |
DEN [24] |
SWI [25] |
FRA [26] |
NL [27] |
NZ [28] |
IRE [15] |
UK [29] |
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| 2010 | "I Need a Dollar" | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 52 | 53 | 20 | 2 | 2 | Good Things |
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| 2011 | "Loving You Is Killing Me" | — | 12 | 12 | 8 | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Green Lights" | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 130 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification. | |||||||||||||||
[edit] With Emanon
[edit] With Cradle
- Bee - Open Your Mind (2009)
[edit] References
- ^ Liston, Enjoli (5 May 2011). "Aloe Blacc, Scala, London". The Independent (London: INM). ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/aloe-blacc-scala-london-2278978.html. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ Aloe Blacc x LA Stereo interview. LA Stereo. July 16, 2010.
- ^ Laidlow, Benn. Aloe Blacc: Good Things. The Music Network. November 11, 2011.
- ^ "The Sound of Swing, Pt. 2". http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/city-lounge-cool-tempo-new/id429618586. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Episode 7". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011ktfl. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/#/album/aloe-blacc/good-things/1473999
- ^ a b "australian-charts.com - Discography Aloe Blacc". Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
- ^ http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=Good+Things&cat=a
- ^ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=Good+Things&cat=a
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Things_%28Aloe_Blacc_album%29#cite_note-5
- ^ http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=Good+Things&cat=a
- ^ http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=Good+Things&cat=a
- ^ http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=Good+Things&cat=a
- ^ http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=Good+Things&cat=a
- ^ a b http://irma.ie/aucharts.asp
- ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=50215
- ^ http://aloeblacc.com/post/5197137418/good-thing-gold-record-france-05-04-11
- ^ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Aloe-Blacc-The-Aloe-Blacc-EP/release/1352299
- ^ http://board.rapmusic.com/battle-video-archives/801853-new-cd-wax-aloe-blacc-emanon.html
- ^ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=s
- ^ http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Blacc%2CAloe/I+Need+A+Dollar+%282-track%29/single
- ^ http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=I+Need+A+Dollar&cat=s
- ^ http://www.danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=I+Need+A+Dollar&cat=s
- ^ http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=I+Need+A+Dollar&cat=s
- ^ http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=i+need+a+dollar&cat=s
- ^ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=s
- ^ http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=I+Need+A+Dollar&cat=s
- ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/singles-chart/
- ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50
- ^ http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2010
- ^ http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch
- ^ http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Nielsen_week3411.pdf
- ^ http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp
- ^ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx
[edit] External links
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- (fr) Interview with Aloe Blacc on Soulrnb.com
- NPR interview from February 2011
- Aloe Blacc - Radio 1Xtra Live Lounge
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