| Albert Daniels | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Albert Daniels |
| Born | January 8, 1983 |
| Origin | Bronx, New York, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | Actor, artist, producer, poet, and rapper |
| Associated acts | DMC, Kanye West, KRS-One, MC-Lyte, T.I., Naledge, Macy Gray, Fabolous, Maino, Abiodun Oyewole |
| Website | twitter.com/albeback |
Albert Daniels (born January 8, 1983 in Bronx, New York), also known as Albe Back, often stylized ALBe. Back, is an actor, artist, producer, poet, and rapper.
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Daniels was born and raised in Bronx, New York and is of Black and Puerto Rican descent.
In 2006 Daniels was in the Chris Robinson directed film ATL[1] alongside T.I.. Daniels played the role of “Brooklyn”, a New York transplant and one of Rashad's (played by T.I.) closest friends. Robinson had known Daniels since he was a young production assistant on his music video shoots in New York.
According to Chris Robinson "When he was a production assistant on music video shoots in New York, he was this annoying kid who was always getting fired because he was so inquisitive and obnoxious. But I always thought he had something. Eight years later, I ran into him in New York at a poetry reading and knew he was perfect. But he had to audition and he didn’t have any money to get to Atlanta, so he went out and hustled money doing poetry in the subways, got on the bus and came down. He was amazing and he got the part. He deserved it."[2]
Daniels also played himself in SP!T,[3] a Rotimi Rainwater film about the world of spoken word and four poets and their attempt to make it to a national slam competition. SP!T explores the connection between spoken word and Hip Hop. In the film Daniels gives viewers his perspective on soul searching in the world of poetry, and finding solace and refuge in a place called the Nuyorican Poets Café.[4]
As a poet and musician, Daniels is known as Albe Back. In 2006, he was featured on episode 8 of Season 5 of Def Poetry[1].
In 2008 Albe Back was featured in XXL Magazine's "FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS '08" in "Al Be Back: For My People".[5] In the same year he also released his mixtape Love You More which he collaborated with artists such as Naledge, and 88 Keys. Love You More also features the hit single "Mira Mira" in which Albe collaborated with rapper Fabolous.
In 2009, he released his album Hi. for free download. The album featured guest appearances from KRS-One, MC Lyte, and the track "Goodnight", which had been featured on Kanye West's Graduation album. Albe Back, along with Mos Def lay vocals on the track.
In 2010, Albe Back released his mixtape Back 2 Dope which was executive produced by Jared Lee Gosselin and features rapper Maino, DMC, Macy Gray, and Albe's dad and co-founder of The Last Poets, Abiodun Oyewole.
Hi.[6] (2009)
Love You More (2008)
Back 2 Dope (2010)
Beginning in 2010, Albe Back began filming an online series of shorts called The One Minute Show[7] in collaboration with Creative Control TV. After the first season, Albe Back and his multimedia company JusBe,[8] began to manage and produce the shorts in which he interviews people in a minute or less. His shorts have highlighted people such as Bridget Barkan, Stalley, Angie Martinez, Dame Dash, and Ski Beatz.
MTV News Mixtape Mondays[9] (2008)
Cameo in Alicia Keys' "Teenage Love Affair" Music Video[10]
Cameo in T.I.'s "What You Know" Music Video
Cameo in Ludacris' "Celebrity Chick" Music Video