Aloe Blacc
Good Things
Hip HopRB 'good things' sees aloe blacc unite with the backing band best known as the expressions or el michels affair powered by plinking piano a tumbledown bassline and pristine horns 'i need a dollar' is flavoured with funk informed by hip hop and dripping with vintage cool in short it's a major tune and a hint at 'good thing's sound best described as bill wither's darkest moments with a splash of bobby womack whimsy and a pinch of gnarls barkley the album is packed with highlights the feelgood 'green lights' the emotive ballad 'so hard' and the compelling and atmospheric 'take me back' which has already found favour with thom yorke
Tracklist
1. I Need A Dollar
2. Green Lights
3. Hey Brother
4. Miss Fortune
5. Life s So Hard
6. Take Me Back
7. Femme Fatale
8. Loving You Is Killing Me
9. Good Things
10. You Make Me Smile
11. If I
12. Mama Hold My Hand
13. Politician (Reprise)