The Man - Music
The Man by Aloe Blacc
Aloe Blacc
Artist Biography For Aloe Blacc
Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III Born 1979 In Orange County California Better Known By The Stage Name Aloe Blacc Is An American Soul Singer Rapper And Musician. He 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. Aloe Released His Debut Solo Album Shine Through On Stonethrow Records In 2006 And Followed This Up In 2010 With Good Things. He Has Also Collaborated With The Cradle Orchestra Under The Name Bee And They Released The Project Open Your Mind In 2009. His Song "I Need A Dollar" Is The Intro Song For The HBO Show How To Make It In America. The I Need A Dollar Songfacts Reports That After This Retro Soul Track Hit The Charts Throughout Continental Europe Blacc Signed With Major Label Epic Records For The UK And Ireland Release Of The Record. 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.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: The Man
Aloe-Blacc - Lift Your Spirit
"The Man" Is A Song By American Vocalist Aloe Blacc. First Included On His EP Wake Me Up The Song Was Later Released As The Second Single From His Third Studio Album 2014's Lift Your Spirit On Interscope Records. Blacc Co-Wrote The Track With Sam Barsh Daniel Seeff And Its Producer DJ Khalil And Alex Finkin Elton John And Bernie Taupin Received Songwriting Credits As Well Due To The Song's Interpolation Of The Line "You Can Tell Everybody" From John's 1970 Single "Your Song". The Song Is Blacc's Most Successful Single As A Solo Artist To Date It Sold 2.5 Million Copies In The United States As Of December 2014 Peaking At Number Eight On The Billboard Hot 100. Outside The United States "The Man" Topped The Charts In The United Kingdom And Peaked Within The Top Ten Of The Charts In Australia New Zealand The Republic Of Ireland And Sweden. On January 22 2014 A Remix Of "The Man" Featuring American Rapper Kid Ink Was Released. A Lyric Video To Accompany The Release Of "The Man" Was First Released To YouTube On January 10 2014. The Song's Official Music Video Followed On March 3 2014. The Video Takes Place In The 1960s And 1970s And Gives Tribute To Figures And Events Significant To African American Culture During That Era. The Song Was Featured In The End Credits Of The 2014 Film Brick Mansions. This Song Was Also Famously Used In A Video On TikTok That Featured NBA Player Patrick Beverley Celebrating After Defeating The Los Angeles Clippers In The 2022 NBA Play-In. In December 2013 "The Man" Was Used As The Soundtrack For A Series Of Beats By Dre Commercials Promoting The Company's "Hear What You Want" Campaign Which Featured Several Notable Sports Personalities Including NFL Players Richard Sherman Of The Seattle Seahawks And Colin Kaepernick Of The San Francisco 49ers NBA Player Kevin Garnett Of The Brooklyn Nets And Chelsea FC Football Player Cesc Fabregas Wearing Beats Headphones To Block Out The Sound Of Heckling From Disgruntled Fans. The Song Was Used Extensively At The 2014 NFL Draft Being Played 108 Times Over The Course Of The Three-Day Event. MLB Also Used The Song For Its Ads For The 2014 MLB All-Star Game. The Ad Shows Different Highlights And Celebrations Of Possible All-Stars For 2014.
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Biography - Aloe Blacc
Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III Born 1979 In Orange County California Better Known By The Stage Name Aloe Blacc Is An American Soul Singer Rapper And Musician. He 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. Aloe Released His Debut Solo Album Shine Through On Stonethrow Records In 2006 And Followed This Up In 2010 With Good Things. He Has Also Collaborated With The Cradle Orchestra Under The Name Bee And They Released The Project Open Your Mind In 2009. His Song "I Need A Dollar" Is The Intro Song For The HBO Show How To Make It In America. The I Need A Dollar Songfacts Reports That After This Retro Soul Track Hit The Charts Throughout Continental Europe Blacc Signed With Major Label Epic Records For The UK And Ireland Release Of The Record. 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.
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"The Man" is a song by American vocalist Aloe Blacc. First included on his EP Wake Me Up, the song was later released as the second single from his third studio album, 2014's Lift Your Spirit, on Interscope Records. Blacc co-wrote the track with Sam Barsh, Daniel Seeff, and its producer DJ Khalil and Alex Finkin; Elton John and Bernie Taupin received songwriting credits as well, due to the song's interpolation of the line "You can tell everybody" from John's 1970 single "Your Song".
The song is Blacc's most successful single as a solo artist to date; it sold 2.5 million copies in the United States as of December 2014, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside the United States, "The Man" topped the charts in the United Kingdom and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, and Sweden. On January 22, 2014, a remix of "The Man" featuring American rapper Kid Ink was released.
A lyric video to accompany the release of "The Man" was first released to YouTube on January 10, 2014. The song's official music video followed on March 3, 2014. The video takes place in the 1960s and 1970s and gives tribute to figures and events significant to African American culture during that era.
The song was featured in the end credits of the 2014 film Brick Mansions. This song was also famously used in a video on TikTok that featured NBA player Patrick Beverley celebrating after defeating the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2022 NBA Play-In.
In December 2013, "The Man" was used as the soundtrack for a series of Beats by Dre commercials promoting the company's "Hear What You Want" campaign, which featured several notable sports personalities, including NFL players Richard Sherman of the Seattle Seahawks and Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers, NBA player Kevin Garnett of the Brooklyn Nets, and Chelsea FC football player Cesc Fabregas, wearing Beats headphones to block out the sound of heckling from disgruntled fans.
The song was used extensively at the 2014 NFL Draft, being played 108 times over the course of the three-day event. MLB also used the song for its ads for the 2014 MLB All-Star Game. The ad shows different highlights and celebrations of possible All-Stars for 2014. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.