Aloe Blacc , born Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III, is one of the talents of the most interesting scene soul / r & b contemporary. Singer, rapper and musician, born in 1979 in Los Angeles, parents of Panamanian origin. A graduate of the University of Southern California, took his first steps in the music biz in the mid-90s as MC in the rap group Emanon , which will record several albums in the years to follow.
The debut solo
is dated 2003 with The Aloe Blacc EP , but in 2006 with the album Shine Through Aloe that engages with his first album for the long haul. The 2010 is the year of consecration: it comes out in September Good Things, released on disc Stones Throw Records, a label always attentive to quality products.
Aloe Blacc's music contains elements that cut across different genres of black music, from jazz to hip hop but they are mostly steeped in R & B and Soul.
I Need a Dollar
L'album, prodotto dal team della Truth & Soul Production (Jeff Dynamite e Leon Michels), segna una profonda maturazione per Aloe Blacc, sia musicalmente che liricalmente.
Il sound del disco ha un forte sapore retro-soul influenzato da grandi del passato come Marvin Gaye e Curtis Mayfield. A questo aggiungiamo la capacità di Aloe Blacc di scrivere lyrics profonde, con un occhio sempre attento ai problemi sociali ed alle tematiche razziali, capacità che ci porta a trovare alcune similitudini con uno storico artista quale Gil Scott-Heron.
Il primo singolo I Need a Dollar , traccia d'apertura del disco, viene scelto come intro per la serie TV della HBO How to Make in America . The other pieces of Good Things range from funky to sweet Hey Brothers Miss Fortune, a successful blend of r & b and reggae sounds. The soul in its purest essence, we capture while listening to songs like Loving You Is Killing Me and You Make Me Smile , while Femme Fatale , Aloe tried, with success in the classic Velvet Underground . Worth a mention too introspective Mama Hold My Hand , autobiographical song hued gospel.
An excellent second album for the Los Angeles artist who is a candidate with this job as one of the best albums of 2010.
tracklist
1. I Need a Dollar
2. Green Lights
3. Hey Brother
4. Miss Fortune
5. Life So Hard
6. Take Me Back
7. Femme Fatale
8. Loving You Is Killing Me
9. Good Things
10. You Make Me Smile
11. If I
12. Mama Hold My Hand
13. Politician (reprise)
Loving You Is Killing Me (live in studio)
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