I think Cee-Lo's next project should be...

That's too bad, Cee-Lo has nice voice, but as a singer he's not even close to Curtis or anyone. And I really like some of his more adventurous beats on the previous solo albums (like "Microhard" or "Glockappella" or "Selling Soul"), can't imagine an Isaac Hayes pastiche working that well for him.

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watching that video with the sound off is distressing.
Dangermouse's Sparklehorse album is ugh.

loving fuck you a lot

This stuff is a bit of a pity. He's still a better rapper than singer, and needs darkness, hardness and spareness to shine. Guess I just miss Organoize...

If can allow a strange comparison that maybe isn't really so strange, he reminds me a bit of Harry Nilsson (both seem like friendly child-like dudes, working within a retro genre that they treat with both reverence and whimsicality, both write novelty songs (Shakey Mo upthread)) Lots of little similarities I see amidst the the obvious differences, like I could see Cee-Lo writing an album for children, too, ala "The Point!"

this song is a banger

fuck you is a total novelty single. hes def not an albums artist. im not even sure he works as a solo artist either. regretting ever thinking he should have gone solo when he was in goodie mob now. as a singer he has a nice tone, a certain gravelly-ness, but his range (both as a singer and melodically) is a bit too limited for him to really pull off a lot of the stuff that he wants. people just seem to have bought into the 'hes a real soul voice' thing cos of gnarls.

I wouldn't say his "not an album artist", IMO both of his previous solo albums worked quite nicely, and his self-produced beats have always been interesting, at the least. But I think on those records he knew his strengths and weaknesses, he was still rapping and didn't try to come across as a "pure singer" or anything. I agree that it's kinda sad if the Gnarls stuff convinced him he should become a latter day Baby Huey or something, because quite clearly that's beyond his capabilities.

"his" = "he's"

https://soundcloud.com/ceelo_tvontheradio/sets/cee-lo-green-tv-on-the-radio

Hmm. Opening sounds like Sly Stone on Dick Cavett's show. fwiw