― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 12 June 2006 11:20 (eighteen years ago) link
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
― microsoft and I decided to do some t-shirts (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 1 February 2009 00:18 (fifteen years ago) link
*headinhands.jpg*
― The Reverend, Sunday, 1 February 2009 00:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Common forced him to step his game up.
― Dear Tacos, how are you? I am fine. The weather is nice. I miss yo (Oilyrags), Sunday, 1 February 2009 00:31 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics), Sunday, 1 February 2009 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link
he should make some music in the rap genre
― The eMo City Don (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Sunday, 1 February 2009 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd be down with that, especially if he did it as a member of the group Goddie Mob.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 1 February 2009 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah World Party 2 is what the game's been missing
― The eMo City Don (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Sunday, 1 February 2009 01:08 (fifteen years ago) link
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 Macallan 18 Year, Thursday, 14 May 2009 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link
the list was created for this thread and Brainwasher's reply pretty much sums it up
― The Macallan 18 Year, Thursday, 14 May 2009 17:12 (fifteen years ago) link
wtf why did i post this here haha
are you cee-lo
― dad a, Thursday, 14 May 2009 17:17 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Why? I forget what biologists have suggested. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:43 (fifteen years ago) link
RIP big homie
― trayce ongz (The Reverend), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:49 (fifteen years ago) link
good god, he used to be such an awesome rapper.
― mazeltov cocktail (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
worrd
― trayce ongz (The Reverend), Monday, 13 July 2009 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
If it's any consolation he's almost certainly ridiculously rich.
― Why? I forget what biologists have suggested. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 July 2009 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i guess....I still remember seeing the video for Cell Therapy and being like who is this weird fat dude?
― mazeltov cocktail (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 13 July 2009 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
come home Cee-Lo Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX4QBNxieAc
― mazeltov cocktail (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 13 July 2009 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
the real answer to this thread question is obv STAPLETONE
― It's got a whole identity in the dick (jjjusten), Monday, 13 July 2009 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link
....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.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 13:13 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― The Sorrows of Young Jeezy (jim), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 13:20 (fifteen years ago) link
gramatically poor acronymn. shd have been gooddie mob. possible goodiemobS.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 13:26 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Why? I forget what biologists have suggested. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 13:47 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 13:51 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 13:56 (fifteen years ago) link
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".
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 14:05 (fifteen years ago) link
so here's what that sounds like:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTk5dRytUI8it's pretty horrendous but not quite as utterly nauseating as i feared.
― ⇑⇑⇓⇓⇐⇒⇐⇒ΛΒΒΛŠΤΛΓΤ (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 July 2009 18:04 (fifteen years ago) link
it is kind of nice to see janelle monae getting this kind of gigantic exposure, she's incredible
― guitar hero sparklehorse (nickalicious), Friday, 17 July 2009 20:24 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Friday, 20 August 2010 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Friday, 20 August 2010 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― glitter hands! glitter hands! razzle! dazzle! (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 August 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Friday, 20 August 2010 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Friday, 20 August 2010 17:25 (fourteen years ago) link
(x-post)
watching that video with the sound off is distressing.Dangermouse's Sparklehorse album is ugh.
― this isn't STRAWBERRY 0_o it's RAWBERRY (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 August 2010 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
loving fuck you a lot
― first time ~fruity swag~ poster (zorn_bond.mp3), Friday, 20 August 2010 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
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...
― paulhw, Friday, 20 August 2010 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
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!"
― Cunga, Saturday, 21 August 2010 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link
this song is a banger
― be my anchor baby (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 21 August 2010 02:53 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 23 August 2010 10:36 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 August 2010 11:05 (fourteen years ago) link
"his" = "he's"
https://soundcloud.com/ceelo_tvontheradio/sets/cee-lo-green-tv-on-the-radio
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 24 January 2015 22:37 (nine years ago) link
Hmm. Opening sounds like Sly Stone on Dick Cavett's show. fwiw
― jaywbabcock, Sunday, 25 January 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link