Aloe Blacc

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Performing at the San Jose Stage Company at 10:15 PM. 

“Perhaps the first feel-good R&B/hip-hop album of the year.” – BET.com

“Aloe Blacc makes the kind of sophisticated R&B that is much missing in today’s landscpae.  Smart, soulful, humorous, sexy – it has the flavor of Mos Def’s Black on Both Sides, elementally and spiritually.” URB

So. Cal native Aloe Blacc began his recording career as an MC back in 1995, when he joined up with hip-hop producer Exile to form the mainstay indie rap group, Emanon. A few years later, Aloe would “stow away” on a Lootpack European tour and become fast friends with Oh No – a relationship which led to many fruitful collaborations as a solo artist.

These days, Aloe Blacc has evolved into a true Renaissance man – dubbed “the indie R. Kelly” by online retailer Turntable Lab. Recordings like his Latin cover of John Legend’s “Ordinary People” prove that – not only can this multi-instrumentalist produce, rap and sing – but he can flip it in Spanish, too. With an amazingly broad set of influences ranging widely from the acoustic guitar stylings of folk artist Cat Stevens, to the soul-stirring sounds of the Negro Spirituals, Aloe prides himself on the spectrum of his musical roots. His sound often forays into the digital R&B realm, but always grooves with a tinge of Latin and the pulse of hip-hop.