Showing posts with label How To Make It In America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label How To Make It In America. Show all posts

April 25, 2011

How Come Nobody Told Me Bout: Aloe Blacc

I'm gonna give myself, and therefore, yourselves a:
This dude Aloe Blacc is ON  POINT. I heard his song remixed for the "How To Make It In America" theme song and for a Boost Mobile Ad. He sounds like Bill Withers a little. But his voice and music are refreshing in a Soul/R&B world which is too preoccupied with "showing you my sex room" and other over-sexualized foolishness. There's other stuff to sing about. I think Aloe Blacc can fill the void like John Legend did a few years back. Here's the "I Need A Dollar" Song/Video:

Here's another favorite of mine. "You Make Me Smile"
Check out his stuff. Don't sleep.