The Links: Aloe Blacc

On his upcoming album, Good Things, Aloe Blacc sounds just like his biography: a So-Cal hip-hop era man with some soul sense.

You can check out the work at NPR now — and all week — before it drops on the 28th. (The accompanying article does well enough with the full bio if you want; repeating it ’d just crowd the sound.)

Stones Throw is also doling out a download of “You Make Me Smile,” a track off the album, for free (right-click and then “Save Link As…”).

There seems to be a wide range of musical stylings on the album, but little range of the man’s supremely smooth voice. Check “Hey Brother” in the stream to see how relentlessly he sticks with the mid-range vocals.

(Photo: Stones Throw)