The Rundown: Aloe Blacc, Lift Your Spirit

A track-by-track look at the soul rebel's third album.

Centric Award: Aloe Blacc – “The Man” - Aloe Blacc redefined soul with his hit hit single "The Man" and latest album Lift Your Spirit, earning him a nomination for the Centric Award.(Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for IWC )
"Ticking Bomb" - Crafted with a spaghetti western guitar, this track is about the ills of the world that threaten our very existence.  (Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Soho House)
"Red Velvet Seat" - This tune, once again, takes listeners back to '60s love balladry, replete with swaying church piano. "In my red velvet seat," Blacc sings to his lady, "you can sit next to me." (Photo: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for NCLR)
Time to Shine - Aloe Blacc, whose new song, "The Man," has been featured everywhere, visits the Kiss FM Studios in London.  (Photo: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)"Lift Your Spirit" - For the listeners who've supported his non-conformist brand of R&B, Aloe reinstitues a spirited boom-bap for this joyous cut, on which he gives it up to the fans.  (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NCLR)

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"Ticking Bomb" - Crafted with a spaghetti western guitar, this track is about the ills of the world that threaten our very existence.  (Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Soho House)

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