Cee-Lo - Closet Freak: The Best Of Cee-Lo Green The Soul Machine *

Artist:

Green, Cee-Lo

UPC:

886970184922

Description:

It`s a shame that it took the commercial mega-success of Gnarls Barkley for the listening public to realize the extraordinarily unique talents of Cee-lo Green, since the artist had been turning out ceaselessly inventive, genre-bending, yet eminently listenable work since his days with Goodie Mob in the mid 1990s. CLOSET FREAK: THE BEST OF CEE-LO GREEN THE SOUL MACHINE includes two classic Goodie Mob tracks as bonuses, but otherwise culls from his two dazzlingly eclectic solo releases.
Mixing hip-hop, gospel, funk, and deep soul, Cee-lo has a musical sensibility that ranges far and free, reaching for the outer limits while staying firmly grounded in the groove. Equally adept at churchified wailing, razor-sharp raps, and wordplay that veers from surreal to socially incisive, the man is clearly a worthy inheritor of George Clinton`s inspired boundary-smashing freakazoid mantel. "Closet Freak," "I`ll Be Around," and "The Art of Noise" are standouts, but all 17 tunes are worth hearing, especially for those who slept on his solo work when it was originally released.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Free
2. Closet Freak
3. I`ll Be Around
4. Art of Noise, The
5. Young Man
6. Gettin` Grown
7. Evening News
8. I Am Selling Soul
9. Living Again
10. A Thug`s Concern / One For The Road
11. Bass Head Jazz
12. Childzplay
13. Sometimes
14. Under Tha Influence
15. One, The
16. Soul Food
17. Cell Therapy

Album Information

Release Date:

10/31/2006

Type:

Performer

Genre:

R&B

Subgenre:

Southern Rap

Label:

Legacy

Original Release Year:

2006

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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