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

actually i'd be real happy with another Dungeon Family album

no one here suggested he should do a folky superbowl ad for coca cola about online avatars, did they?
http://creativity-online.com/work/view.php?seed=4232baac

*headinhands.jpg*

Common forced him to step his game up.

He could do something from the grime subgenre known as dubstep.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 12 June 2006 12:20 (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm

he should make some music in the rap genre

I'd be down with that, especially if he did it as a member of the group Goddie Mob.

yeah World Party 2 is what the game's been missing

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cL9FoHnMQo8/SO_brH_V8oI/AAAAAAAAEpY/vX-xJgKahoE/s200/Now_46.jpg

I have this subjectively compiled and fairly incomplete list of great (according to me) albums from 2000-2007. I'm working on 2008 and compiling 2009 as well. I'm wondering what, if anything, I should do with it. Make a tumblr and write dumb words? Sample clipz and album art? Infographs? Gigantic torrent?

pointless nostalgia vs compulsion to create meaning out of music addiction

the list was created for this thread and Brainwasher's reply pretty much sums it up

wtf why did i post this here haha

are you cee-lo

jesus fuckin' wept:

Check out some behind-the-scenes vignettes from the video shoot for “Open Happiness,” the track recorded by Cee-Lo Green, Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, Brendan Urie from Panic at the Disco, Travis McCoy from Gym Class Heroes, and Janelle Monae.

Directed by Alan Ferguson, the video will premiere this THURSDAY MORNING (JULY 16) on MTV. The song, produced by Butch Walker (who co-wrote the song with Cee-Lo Green) and Polow Da Don,has been featured in Coca-Cola’s “Happiness Factory” commercials. Full details on the song are in the attached press release.

Feel free to post!

Visit www.myspace.com/openhappiness for more info.

STREAMING LINKS:

JANELLE MONAE AS JANE PRESTIGE: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid13847362001?bctid=28981531001

PATRICK STUMP AND HIS THOUGHTS ON ORANGES: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid13847362001?bctid=28981533001

BRENDAN URIE AS THE REPORTER: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid13847362001?bctid=28981822001

TRAVIS MCCOY JUMPING ROPE: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid13847362001?bctid=28986620001

CEE-LO AND THE REAL ZEBRA: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid13847362001?bctid=28981540001

THE MAGIC OF THE GREEN SCREEN: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid13847362001?bctid=28990233001

RIP big homie

good god, he used to be such an awesome rapper.

worrd

If it's any consolation he's almost certainly ridiculously rich.

yeah i guess....I still remember seeing the video for Cell Therapy and being like who is this weird fat dude?

come home Cee-Lo Green

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX4QBNxieAc

the real answer to this thread question is obv STAPLETONE

....something non musical. i dont want to hear him anymore. i remember when he was in goodie mob and i used to think 'he should do an all singing album!' but after hearing the messes of his solo albums and the gnarls one, i now know i shouldnt have been granted my wish.

The act's name acts as a double backcronym. As explained on the track "Fighting" on Soul Food, Goodie Mob means "the GOOD DIE Mostly Over Bullshit". It is also a conscious homage and reference to the experimental UK collective The Goodies, whose release (Do The) Funky Gibbon had acquired cult status in Atlanta when the members were growing up. MC Bill Oddie has also been referenced in certain songs.

gramatically poor acronymn. shd have been gooddie mob. possible goodiemobS.

eh, I like Green's solo albums and gnarls stuff quite a lot (tho' not quite as much at g-mob); it's just this kind of straight up cash in that irks me.

theres prob a good best of to be made from cee los solo material but his albums alone and with gnarls have been so patchy.

I think Both of Cee-Lo's solo albums were pretty ace! And there [i]is[i] a best of of his solo material, if you want to get just one record. The Gnarls Barkley albums were kinda disappointing though, at least after a brilliant single like Crazy. I think Cee-Lo should go back to doing self-produced solo material, as he's clearly better producing himself than Danger Mosue is.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:apfyxq8rldde

I would recommend getting the solo albums instead of this comp though, as it veers towards the more poppy stuff and leaves out some of the more mindblowing stuff on the albums, such as "Glockappella", "Microhard", and "Big Ole Words".

so here's what that sounds like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTk5dRytUI8
it's pretty horrendous but not quite as utterly nauseating as i feared.

it is kind of nice to see janelle monae getting this kind of gigantic exposure, she's incredible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAV0XrbEwNc

So any thoughts on the new single? I'm not sure if I'm all for the super retro sound, I liked the way he did some retro things with 00s rap beats on his previous solo album, but "Fuck You" is still pretty damn catchy. Now that he'd gotten rid of Danger Mouse, I have some pretty high expectations for the new album, "The Soul Machine" was one of my favourite records of the previous decade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3qCK88aRJk

Hmm, apparently this tune's on the new album too, doesn't sound quite as good. The chorus especially shows his limits as a singer. I'd say releasing a full retro soul album wouldn't be the best move for him, as his vocal chops aren't quite up for it. The half-rap/half-singing stuff on the previous two solo albums was better suited for his particular talent.

yeah music is pretty much straight Isaac Hayes (maybe a little Curtis Mayfield too?). pretty funny though. increasingly he seems like a novelty singles guy to me, altho I really like his first two records a lot. I never gave a shit about Dangermouse.

Funny, but I don't know if it would stand up to repeated listening. Would be a great song for someone to do as their audition on X Factor though.

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