aloe blacc

http://www.imeem.com/whodereitsme/music/DVxFohHQ/aloe_blacc_blind_world/

aloe blacc

thought this would be a west coast hoo-bangin cali dude like 40 glocc

-- and what, Sunday, August 26, 2007 3:44 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark Link

false advertising in rap names

cant check link cuz im at work but is this new material? or are you talking about his album from last year or '06 or whenever it was

its off of http://www.stonesthrow.com/nowagain/nowagainresounds/

i had just heard some neo-souly ish from dude didnt realize he could spit

i got a free copy of this, and it was kinda cool. a mix of sa-ra and some live latin elements (even raps in convincing spanish)

http://www.stonesthrow.com/records/covers/aloeblacc_shine200.jpg

^^^i have that album, its pretty good but i havent come back to it a lot ... not saying thats necessarily cuz of quality, more out of my laziness

anyone hear the new album?

Yup, NPR was streaming it for a couple weeks, I played it twice. Not bad, not thrilling. Peaks on the first track (which I understand is now the theme song for some TV show I've not seen yet).

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129889026

This track is pretty great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6oYX1D-0w

yeah that song is amazing

I liked his first album better -- it wasn't a straightforward of a '60s Stax/Motown blue-eyed soul throwback, had a bit more of the "Stones Throw vibe" whereas this new one may as well be on [insert random record label here].

it wasn't as straightforward...

daptone isn't really that random

My yoga teacher has been playing "I Need a Dollar" in class for the last few months, and I had no idea until now that it was contemporary!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/as-aloe-blacc-gets-noticed-with-lift-your-spirit-he-stays-true-to-his-roots/2014/03/10/cc65d50e-a866-11e3-8d62-419db477a0e6_story.html

Freelancer Sarah Godfrey says in part:

Anyone who doesn’t yet know that Blacc is the future of soul music will come to that realization soon: He’s the unsung creative force behind Swedish EDM producer Avicii’s 2013 monster hit “Wake Me Up”; his platinum single “The Man” can be heard in a Beats by Dre commercial; and he has served as a mentor on the NBC singing competition show “The Voice.” Blacc, formerly signed to legendary underground label Stones Throw, releases his first major-label studio album, “Lift Your Spirit,” this week. He calls its sound “folk soul,” and of his many sonic experiments over the years, his artful blend of these two styles seems to be what will finally launch him from underground favorite to commercial success.

"future of soul music"

"underground favorite"

That "future" line clearly stands out (and because of the ol' Springsteen one, is hard to take seriously). I haven't heard this yet

Finally listened to this--it's uneven. I like his Bill Withers like vocals, but the melodies aren't varied enough and too often the rhythms are kinda predictable, but other cuts do work. I need to listen to it some more

eww people here liked "I Need A Dollar"?

That Im the man song is the worst.

the absolute worst

so bad

Hey folks, its his "breakout year"

2014 is different, that it is the breakout year for black artists such as Beyonce, Aloe Blacc and Pharrell. But in each case, these artists have broken out despite pop radio, not because of it. Aloe Blacc used television commercial licensing, Pharrell dominated YouTube and Europe, and Beyonce won the PR and marketing wars, all creating their own hits and buzz.

http://www.soultracks.com/cr-whitewash

leaving out Some may counter this argument by pointing out that from the beginning of that quote strikes me as esp dishonest

The link is there and I figured everyone reads that other thread too, but ok, point taken

What other thread

Itunes, Billboard, and the marginalization of black music and black audiences in America

wow some dude, I think you are literally the first person I have ever seen state a dislike of "I Need a Dollar"

Good Things is a dope album btw

Aloe Blacc

That Im the man song is the worst.

― Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, March 18, 2014 6:09 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the absolute worst

― The Greta Gerwig In The Sky (some dude), Tuesday, March 18, 2014 6:11 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so bad

― Spottie, Tuesday, March

"The Man" is at the the number 8 slot in the Billboard hot 100 this week

…and it's the number 1 in the UK this week...

this guy is horrible

that avicii song is just, the worst thing I am aware of hearing in the past ~5 years, just, a shit-heap of different kinds of mediocrity offered up as one abysmal, pandering package to awful people

i love "wake me up" and i think "i'm the man" is pretty good as well

he should be shot for taking part, unless he was actually forced to take part at gunpoint, in which case he should have chosen to be shot rather than taking part

I pretty much did a 180 on "Wake Me Up". Kinda love it now, mostly due to Aloe Blacc. "The Man" is just whatever. I feel no type of way about it.

it's hard for me to separate my tolerance of "the man" with the little bit of the elton john melody he snips, which is perfect on its own

ehh yeah, that's the best part of it, which isn't saying a lot

it's pretty admirably bizarre that one of the biggest pop hits in recent memory is a country song made by a Swedish EDM producer, a former Stones Throw rapper and the guitarist from Incubus. almost makes me want to like "Wake Me Up," but i don't.

ha, I didn't even know about Incubus dude's involvement, didn't their guitarist used to be in the Roots?

nah, their bassist, different guy.

Aloe Blacc

― Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 20:02 (3 weeks ago) Permalink

a great companion post to this classic:

magoo.

― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, June 19, 2013 6:18 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I kind of don't want to start thinking about why canks posting the word magoo is something I remember

i'm glad cankles/Hungry4Ass is around to marvel at the strange names people give their public personas

aloh blacc

really enjoying hearing tracy chapman on the radio again