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

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