Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III, also known as Aloe Blacc, is a thirty-eight year old, African American musician who falls within the genres of soul, funk, contemporary R&B, and hip-hop music. Blacc began his solo career with the release of his first solo album Shine through in 2003. He signed with Stone Throw Records six years later. His next two albums, Good Things and Lift Your Spirit, are what launched Blacc to where his is currently in his music career in 2017. In his album Lift Your Spirit, there is a song titles “Wake Me Up” that was released in the year 2013. A rhetorical analysis of “Wake me Up” reveals Aloes successful efforts to appeal to ({ethos pathos and logos}) through his use of powerful visual imagery in order to raise awareness for the Dream Project for immigrants in 2013.
The music video begins with the camera panning out from the eye of a young woman, while an …show more content…
Tall buildings are a symbol for areas that are economically stable and can provide jobs. A bunch of silhouettes are shown standing on the edge of a rode, holding tools, and waving down cars which are actions that reference how immigrants come to the United States to seek jobs in nations that are economically stable. These methods depicts how immigrants who are seeking jobs and are not able to apply for them must wave down citizens on the side of the road with their tools ready to work, because they are not legal citizens. The group of men are then seen working while another man is watching over them. The group of men appear to be Hispanic or mexican, while the man who is supervising them appears to be a caucasian American. The group of men are wearing jeans, plain shirts, and rugged hats, however the other man is wearing a formal construction worker jumpsuits and a blue construction helmet. The men take a break and one man takes out a small photo from his wallet of a woman and an
The music video begins with the camera panning out from the eye of a young woman, while an …show more content…
Tall buildings are a symbol for areas that are economically stable and can provide jobs. A bunch of silhouettes are shown standing on the edge of a rode, holding tools, and waving down cars which are actions that reference how immigrants come to the United States to seek jobs in nations that are economically stable. These methods depicts how immigrants who are seeking jobs and are not able to apply for them must wave down citizens on the side of the road with their tools ready to work, because they are not legal citizens. The group of men are then seen working while another man is watching over them. The group of men appear to be Hispanic or mexican, while the man who is supervising them appears to be a caucasian American. The group of men are wearing jeans, plain shirts, and rugged hats, however the other man is wearing a formal construction worker jumpsuits and a blue construction helmet. The men take a break and one man takes out a small photo from his wallet of a woman and an