Aloe Blacc's 'The Man': From Dr. Dre reject to iTunes chart-topper

Those glued to either this week's "American Idol" auditions or Sunday's NFL playoffs have probably been humming Aloe Blacc's new aspirational jam, "The Man." The song has been blanketing the TV airwaves through a prominent Beats by Dre commercial featuring San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, and is best identified by the clever appropriation of a short phrase from Elton John's "Your Song."

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