20 min

Aloe Blacc WFPK's First Cut

    • Music Commentary

Did you know?



- The first record Aloe fell in love with as a child was "Double Dutch Bus" by Frankie Smith, which he and his sister would listen to on a Fisher Price record player.

- Aloe's first group, the hip hop duo Emanon, took its name from a Dizzy Gillespie song.

- Aloe got his first record deal as a vocalist by singing Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" over a hip hop instrumental.



If you answered NO to any of these questions, then you've got a lot to learn from this episode of WFPKs The First Cut!

Did you know?



- The first record Aloe fell in love with as a child was "Double Dutch Bus" by Frankie Smith, which he and his sister would listen to on a Fisher Price record player.

- Aloe's first group, the hip hop duo Emanon, took its name from a Dizzy Gillespie song.

- Aloe got his first record deal as a vocalist by singing Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" over a hip hop instrumental.



If you answered NO to any of these questions, then you've got a lot to learn from this episode of WFPKs The First Cut!

20 min