Avicii - Wake Me Up (Andry J bootleg remix)

Singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc’s affecting voice, perceptive lyrics, and dapper sartorial flair are already familiar to music lovers in Europe. In 2010, his international Top 10, platinum-selling single “I Need A Dollar” surged across the continent, ringing out from the streets of Paris to the soul clubs of London, combining social consciousness with irresistible pop. Throughout 2011, Blacc and his touring band, The Grand Scheme, hit the road in support of Blacc’s second solo album and international breakthrough Good Things; turning in memorable sets at iconic festivals like Montreux Jazz in Switzerland and Glastonbury in the UK. Blacc performed “I Need A Dollar” on the French TV programs Taratata and Le Grand Journal, as well as the influential British music show Later…with Jools Holland; spurring the track to become the de facto anthem to the post-Great Recession recovery. “Everyone has a relationship with money and can understand the experience of needing a dollar,” Blacc says of the song’s appeal. “I'm really interested in creating music that can influence positive social change,” he adds.Years ago, there were those who made this look easy: Marvin Gaye, Gil Scott-Heron, Sly Stone, Bob Marley, and Stevie Wonder, to name a few, and their influence is readily apparent on the retro soul stylings of Good Things. So is the hip hop that Blacc took to almost as soon as he could walk. “I was a B-boy at age four,” he says. “The neighborhood crew nicknamed me ‘Little Rock.’ Eventually I started experimenting with rhyme, and by age nine I was writing my own rap lyrics on a small pocket note pad.” Licensed around the world, Good Thingswas certified gold in the UK, France, Germany, and Australia, among other countries. Two additional singles, “Loving You Is Killing Me” and “Green Lights,” became European hits as well, leading to interest from Simon Fuller’s XIX Entertainment, with whom Blacc signed a management deal. Last year, he landed a recording contract with Interscope Records.Listen song here:YouTube