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'''Aloe Blacc''' |
'''Aloe Blacc''' is an [[United States of America|American]] [[soul music|soul]] [[singer]], rapper, and musician. His first album, entitled ''[[Shine Through]]'', was released by [[Stones Throw Records]] in 2006. |
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Aloe Blacc is an American soul singer, rapper, and musician. His first album, entitled Shine Through, was released by Stones Throw Records in 2006.
Career
He began his career in 1995 as an MC in an indie rap group called Emanon. By the end of the 1990s, Blacc was a "stowaway" on a Lootpack tour in Europe.
His music contains elements of jazz, R&B, soul, and hip hop.
In 2010 Epic Records A&R Jo Charrington confirmed that Blacc had signed with Epic for the UK and Ireland.[1]
He recorded a cover version of the John Legend song "Ordinary People" in Spanish entitled "Gente Ordinaria".
His song "I Need a Dollar" is the intro song for the HBO show How to Make It in America, and was featured as the iTunes Single of the Week. His album titled "Good Things" was released on September 30, 2010.[2]
Discography
Solo
- The Aloe Blacc EP (2003)
- Shine Through (2006)
- Good Things (2010)
Emanon (Aloe Blacc & Exile)
- "Stretch Marx" (1995) cassette
- "Imaginary Friends" (1996) cassette
- "PSI, Outside looking in" (1997)
- "Dawns Second Coming" (1998) cassette
- "Acid 9" (1998)
- "Mc's Like Me" (1999)
- Anon & On (2002)
- The Waiting Room (2004)
Bee (Aloe Blacc & Cradle)
- Open Your Mind (2009)
References
- ^ "Interview with Jo Charrington". HitQuarters. 29 Nov 2010. Retrieved 02 Dec 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Amazon.com: Good Things: Aloe Blacc: Music