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Aloe Blacc (born Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III in 1979) is an American soul singer, rapper, and musician. He is a first generation African-American with parents born in Panama

Early career and Shine Through (1995-2009)

Blacc first began his music career in 1995 as a rapper with producer Exile in the hip hop duo Emanon. By the end of the 1990s, Blacc was a "Stowaway" on a Lootpack tour in Europe. The duo released six albums in total. This also led to Blacc working with the French Jazz group Jazz Liberatorz.

In 2003, he signed with Stones Throw Records and started a solo career. He released his debut EP in the same year. He then released a debut album, entitled Shine Through on July 11, 2006. It was released on CD, Vinyl record and online (on the Stones Throw website).

He later went on to tour across Europe and the U.S. with Emanon. During this time, he also worked on his second solo album, "Good Things".

In 2009, collaborating with Japanese Hip Hop Producer Cradle, calling themselves Bee, he released the album "Open Your Mind" on GoonTrax records.

Mainstream success and Good Things (2010-present)

'Good Things' was originally released on Stones Throw records in the fall of 2010. It was produced by Jeff Dynamite and Leon Michels for TRUTH & SOUL Productions.

In 2010, Blacc signed a recording contract with Epic Records for the UK and Ireland. His album "Good Things" was released there later in the year, as was his single, "I Need A Dollar".

He also recorded a cover version of the John Legend song "Ordinary People" in Spanish titled "Gente Ordinaria". Blacc then went on to write the song "At All" for Lena Meyer-Landrut's album Good News after meeting the German singer backstage at a TV show.

His song "I Need a Dollar" is used for the intro song for the HBO show How to Make It in America, and was featured as the iTunes Single of the Week. Blacc has performed the song live on many television shows such as Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Later... with Jools Holland, Conan and The Graham Norton Show. "I Need a Dollar" is also one of the featured songs in EA Sports' 2011 boxing game, Fight Night Champion. In April 2011, the song was also featured in a commercial for Boost Mobile cellular phone services.

His single "I Need A Dollar" was widely successful across Europe reaching top ten in many countries including the UK. Following the success of "I Need a Dollar" his album, Good Things started to receive attention and charted in many European countries. The album also managed to chart in the US, at number ten on the Top Heatseekers chart and forty-one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The second single from the album,"Loving You Is Killing Me" was released on the 7 March 2011 and peaked at eight in Austria and top forty in 3 other counties.

He is also set to release his ninth album with his American hip-hop duo Emanon titled "Bird's Eye View" in 2011.

On 25 April 2011, he performed on the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge and played 3 songs. He played the hits "I Need a Dollar" and "Loving You Is Killing Me" and also covered the Jay-Z song "99 Problems".

Also in 2011, he collaborated with Alice Smith on the track "Baby", and Clare Moreno on the track "Nascimento (Rebirth)-Scene II", for the Red Hot Organization's most recent charitable album "Red Hot + Rio 2". The album is a follow-up to the 1996 "Red Hot + Rio". Proceeds from the sales will be donated to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV and related health and social issues.

In 2011, Kenneth Bager featured Aloe Blacc on "The Sound of Swing, Pt. 2 (Oh Na Na)" co-written by Thomas Troelsen.

Television appearances

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

With Emanon

With Cradle

• Bee - Open Your Mind (2009)

References

1. Liston, Enjoli (5 May 2011). "Aloe Blacc, Scala, London". The Independent. London: INM. ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
2. "Aloe Blacc x LA Stereo interview".
3. "Interview with Jo Charrington". HitQuarters. 29 Nov 2010. Retrieved 02 Dec 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
4. ^ "Episode 7". BBC. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
5. "The Sound of Swing, Pt. 2". Retrieved 3 August 2011.
6. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/album/aloe-blacc/good-things/1473999
7. ^ "australian-charts.com - Discography Aloe Blacc". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
8. http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=Good+Things&cat=a
9. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=Good+Things&cat=a
10. http://en.wikipedia.org/Good_Things_%28Aloe_Blacc_album%29#cite_note-5
11. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=Good+Things&cat=a
12. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=Good+Things&cat=a
13. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=Good+Things&cat=a
14. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=Good+Things&cat=a
15. ^ http://irma.ie/aucharts.asp
16. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=50215
17. http://aloeblacc.com/post/5197137418/good-thing-gold-record-france-05-04-11
18. http://www.discogs.com/Aloe-Blacc-The-Aloe-Blacc-EP/release/1352299
19. http://board.rapmusic.com/battle-video-archives/801853-new-cd-wax-aloe-blacc-emanon.html
20. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=s
21. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Blacc%2CAloe/I+Need+A+Dollar+%282-track%29/single
22. http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=I+Need+A+Dollar&cat=s
23. http://www.danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=I+Need+A+Dollar&cat=s
24. http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=I+Need+A+Dollar&cat=s
25. http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=i+need+a+dollar&cat=s
26. http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=s
27. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Aloe+Blacc&titel=I+Need+A+Dollar&cat=s
28. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/singles-chart/
29. http://www.billboard.com/#/song/aloe-blacc/i-need-a-dollar/21168186
30. http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2010
31. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch

External links

• Aloe Blacc
• Aloe Blacc Official Merchandise Store
• Aloe Blacc at Stones Throw Records
• RBMA Radio On Demand - Melbourne Marvels - Aloe Blacc (Stones Throw)
• Short Film on Aloe Blacc
• NPR interview from October 2010
• (fr) Interview with Aloe Blacc on Soulrnb.com
• NPR interview from February 2011

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• 1979 births
• Living people
• American soul singers
• African American singer-songwriters
• Musicians from California
• University of Southern California alumni
• Stones Throw Records artists