Albert Daniels (born January 3rd, 1983), or better known by his stage name Albe Back and AL BE BACK is a rapper and actor from The Bronx, New York.[1] In his teenage years he lived with and “was raised by” rap legend Big Pun, who he was a distant relative of. He lived with Big Pun up until Big Pun’s unfortunate demise in 2000.[2]
Having a vast background in poetry as well as hip-hop, Daniels made connections with many of hip hop’s biggest names. In 2015, Daniels became the Creative Director for Beats by Dre and worked the “Straight Out Of...” campaign, wrote the copy of Beats Pill voice over, and worked the campaign tied to Taylor Swift. His success in the role garnered the team 3 Cannes Lions Awards (the most prestigious award in marketing/advertising). That same year Daniels performed in the BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher as a featured lyricist. As a solo artist, Daniels went on to create three albums: Hi (????), Raphael De La Ghetto (????), and The ALBum (2015).[3]
History (w/ Kanye West)[]
In 2002, he first met his now longtime friend, Kanye West on the set of the video shoot for “Two Words” featuring Mos Def and made a brief visual cameo in the Netflix first-look trailer for JEEN-YUHS. Years later, Daniels presented a song to Ye, entitled “Good Night”, that West later added to his album, Graduation (2007). Daniels was a featured rapper on the track along with Mos Def and gained him both writer and producer credits. Since then, Daniels has continued to work with Ye as a writer on both Donda (2021) as well as Donda 2 (2022). Daniels also joined Ye during his Donda tours in San Francisco, Atlanta, Miami and Chicago.[3]
Collaborations[]
Kanye West[]
- Graduation (2007)
- Good Night (feat. Mos Def & Al Be Back)
- Donda (2021)
- 24 (feat. Sunday Service Choir, Albe Back & Kaity)
Unreleased[]
- Graduation (2007)
- Donda (Mercedes-Benz sessions) (2021)
- 24 (feat. KayCyy, Albe Back, Kaity & Sunday Service Choir)
- Tell The Vision (Albe Back Reference) (feat. Pop Smoke)
- Jonah (Albe Back Reference) (feat. Vory)
- Never Abandon Your Family (Albe Back Reference)
- Jail (Albe Back Reference)
- Donda 2 (2022)
- Doves (Albe Back Reference)
- Evangelica (Albe Back Reference)
- Free Hoover (Albe Back Reference) (feat. Juss)
- God Put Me There (Albe Back Reference)
- ??? (Albe Back Reference)
- Broken Road (Albe Back Reference) (feat. Don Toliver)
- Pluck Flowers (Albe Back Reference)
- Fuck Flowers (Albe Back Reference)
- Lift Me Up (Albe Back Reference)
- Louie Bags (Albe Back & Kaity Reference)
- Mr. Miyagi (Albe Back Reference) (feat. Future)
- Pablo (Albe Back & Kaity Reference) (feat. Future)
- Too Easy (Albe Back Reference)
- We Did It Kid (Rhymefest & Albe Back Reference)
- Candyland (Albe Back Reference)
Albe Back[]
- Apple Z (2022)
- Dying Near A Charger (2023)
- Concussion (feat. Fivio Foreign & Kanye West)
- Israel (feat. Kanye West)
- Trinity (2024)
- Trinity 205 (feat. Kanye West)
Other Artists[]
- Fivio Foreign - Concussion (feat. Kanye West) (prod. Albe Back & AyoAA)