Aloe Blacc

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Aloe Blacc
Aloe Blacc 2011.jpg
Blacc at Festival Mundial in Tilburg on June 19, 2011
Background information
Birth name Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III
Born (1979-01-07) January 7, 1979 (age 34)
Origin Orange County, California, U.S.
Genres Soul, R&B, jazz, hip hop
Occupations Musician
Instruments Vocals, trumpet, piano
Years active 1995–present
Labels Stones Throw Records, Goontrax
Associated acts Emanon, Exile, Lena Meyer-Landrut, Sherif
Website Aloe Blacc.com

Aloe Blacc (born Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III; January 7, 1979[1][2]) is an American soul singer, rapper and musician. He is married to Australian rapper Maya Jupiter.

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Early career and Shine Through (1995–2009)[edit]

Blacc was born in Orange County, California to Panamanian parents.[3] 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 Emanon and joined the group Lootpack on 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.[4]

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.

Mainstream success and Good Things (2010–present)[edit]

Aloe Blacc with Randal Fisher (saxophone); Chris Bautista (trumpet) live at the NSJ Festival, Rotterdam, Sunday 08 July 2012.

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. The first single "I Need a Dollar", made major chart success in over 15 countries in Europe, peaking number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and also charting in the top 20 in Australia and New Zealand. His album "Good Things" also achieved similar success and was certified Gold in the UK and France.

He later released a second single from the album, "Loving You Is Killing Me" which also attained chart success in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

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.[5]

In summer 2011, Blacc performed on the main stages at major festivals such as Glastonbury and The Falls Festival in Australia with his primary touring band The Grand Scheme. "I Need a Dollar" was the opening title track on the HBO series, How to Make It in America. In 2012 he appeared at the renowned North Sea Jazz festival in Rotterdam, Lollapalooza in Chicago, and Osheaga in Montreal.

In 2013, Blacc collaborated with Swedish DJ/Producer Avicii on a song titled "Wake Me Up" for the first single from his third album, the song is set to be released in mid-2013.

Television appearances[edit]

Year Show
2010 Later... with Jools Holland
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2011 Conan
2011 The Graham Norton Show[6]
2011 Strictly Come Dancing
2011/2012 Hootenanny with The Grand Scheme
2012 Frost Over The World[7]

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US R&B
[8]		 US Heat
[8]		 AUS
[9]		 AUT
[10]		 BEL (FL)
[11]		 BEL (WL)
[12]		 NL
[13]		 NZ
[14]		 FRA
[15]		 SWI
[16]		 IRE
[17]		 UK
[18]
Shine Through — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Good Things 41 10 22 36 5 30 39 21 19 31 12 8
"—" denotes albums that did not chart or were not released

Extended plays[edit]

Title EP details
The Aloe Blacc EP[21]
  • Released: July 12, 2003
  • Label: N/A
  • Format: CD, vinyl
The Aloe Blacc EP 2: Me and My Music[22]
  • Released: September 28, 2004
  • Label: N/A
  • Format: CD, vinyl

Singles[edit]

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)		 Album
AUS
[9]		 BEL (FL)
[23]		 GER
[24]		 AUT
[25]		 DEN
[26]		 SWI
[27]		 FRA
[28]		 NL
[29]		 NZ
[30]		 IRE
[17]		 UK
[31]
2010 "I Need a Dollar" 11 1 4 5 35 5 52 53 20 2 2 Good
Things
2011 "Loving You Is Killing Me" — 62 12 8 — 26 — — — — —
"Green Lights" — 67 — 69 — — — — — — 130
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification.

As a featured artist[edit]

List of singles as featured performer, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions
UK AUS AUT BEL
(FL)		 GER IRL NLD SWI SWI SWE
"Wake Me Up"
(Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc)		 2013 — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

With Emanon[edit]

Main article: Emanon discography

With Cradle[edit]

  • Bee – Open Your Mind (2009) LP

With The Grand Scheme[edit]

  • "Dark End Of The Street" from the Carhartt: Dark End Of The Street Compilation (2010)
  • "Green Lights Grand Scheme Remix" from the UK Sony/Epic Single Release (2011)

With Joel Van Dijk[edit]

  • "I Got The Blues" Rolling Stones Cover - Mojo: Sticky Soul Fingers Compilation (2011)
  • "Ain't No Sunshine" Bill Withers Cover - Joel Van Dijk: A Kind of Blues (2012)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Liston, Enjoli (May 5, 2011). "Aloe Blacc, Scala, London". The Independent (London: INM). ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved May 5, 2011. 
  2. ^ California Birth Index, 1905–1995
  3. ^ Aloe Blacc x LA Stereo interview. LA Stereo. July 16, 2010.
  4. ^ Laidlow, Benn. Aloe Blacc: Good Things. The Music Network. November 11, 2011.
  5. ^ "The Sound of Swing, Pt. 2". Retrieved August 3, 2011. 
  6. ^ "Episode 7". BBC. Archived from the original on May 26 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011. 
  7. ^ "Andy Murray: Mental strength and believe". Al Jareeza English. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012. 
  8. ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/artist/278702/aloe+blacc/chart
  9. ^ a b "australian-charts.com – Discography Aloe Blacc". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2011. 
  10. ^ Steffen Hung. "Aloe Blacc – Good Things". austriancharts.at. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  11. ^ "Aloe Blacc – Good Things". ultratop.be. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  12. ^ Aloe Blacc. "Good Things (Aloe Blacc album) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
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  16. ^ Steffen Hung. "Aloe Blacc – Good Things". hitparade.ch. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  17. ^ a b ">> IRMA << Irish Charts - Singles, Albums & Compilations >>". Irma.ie. April 12, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  18. ^ "ChartArchive – Aloe Blacc – Good Things". Chartstats.com. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  19. ^ "Good Things Are Golden". AloeBlacc.com. May 4, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  20. ^ a b http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx
  21. ^ "Aloe Blacc – The Aloe Blacc EP (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  22. ^ 02:06 am. "New CD & Wax from Aloe Blacc of Emanon". Board.rapmusic.com. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  23. ^ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. April 14, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  24. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  25. ^ Steffen Hung. "Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar". austriancharts.at. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  26. ^ Steffen Hung. "Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar". danishcharts.com. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  27. ^ Steffen Hung. "Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar". swisscharts.com. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  28. ^ Steffen Hung (January 29, 2011). "Les charts français". lescharts.com. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  29. ^ Steffen Hung (April 14, 2012). "Dutch charts portal". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
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  31. ^ "Official UK Singles Top 100 – 21st April 2012 | Official UK Top 40 | music charts | Official Singles Chart". Theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  32. ^ "Top 50 Singles Chart – Australian Record Industry Association". Ariacharts.com.au. April 16, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  33. ^ Steffen Hung. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  34. ^ "Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Musikindustrie.de. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 
  35. ^ http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Nielsen_week3411.pdf
  36. ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Rianz.org.nz. Retrieved April 20, 2012. 

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