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Uh-huh, this one had to come down the pipe. Sometimes, when a label seeks to cash in on one of its artists -- or former artists -- they put something together that might be needed but is wholly unexpected. What's more, they get it right. That's the case with Cee Lo Green's Closet Freak: The Best of Cee Lo Green the Soul Machine. It's the exception rather than the rule of best-of compilations: the contents are so fine there's no quibbling about what is here, which makes what may be left off easier to bear. Those not familiar with Cee Lo until they heard him fronting Gnarls Barkley on the smash single "Crazy," (Gnarls Barkley is a two-man project involving Cee Lo and producer Danger Mouse -- Brian Burton) from their creative and wacky debut album St. Elsewhere (the pop album of 2006), will be delighted by the material here. There are a total of three cuts from his days with the Atlanta rap group Goodie Mob, and generous selections from his two solo albums Cee Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, and Cee Lo Green...Is the Soul Machine. It's not the same by a long shot, but the root elements of that sound are all here. Cee Lo is eternally funky: he can sing, rap, and produce; that is in full evidence on this generous set of 17 cuts. His unmistakable voice can be heard on Goodie Mob 's "Free," "Soul Food," and "Cell Therapy." But it's on the solo material, from "Gettin' Grown," the title track, "I'll Be Around" (with Timbaland), the completely insane "Childz Play," (with Ludacris) and the acid-drenched psychedelic funk of "Under the Influence" (with Follow Me), that are a few of the standouts on this weighty slab of the good stuff. Whether this is a further introduction, or you've been with the Bald tattoed one for a decade, this is the way a best-of gets done. Pure pleasure for freaky people.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Bassy Bob Brockman, Mixing Engineer - Bernasky Wall, Recording Engineer - Cee-Lo Green, Background Vocal - Cee-Lo Green, Vocal - Dean Gant, Keyboards - Ed Rasso, Mixing Engineer - Goodie MoB, Performer - Organized Noize, Mixing Engineer - Organized Noize, Producer - Organized Noize, Programmer - Patrick Brown, Composer - Patrick Brown, Lyricist - Preston Crump, Acoustic Bass - Ray Murray, Composer - Ray Murray, Lyricist - Rico Wade, Composer - Rico Wade, Lyricist - The Family Tree, Background Vocal - Thomas Callaway, Composer - Thomas Callaway, Lyricist - Tim Harrigan, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Cee-Lo, Background Vocal - Cee-Lo, Performer - Eddie Wright, Guitar - Eric Stamile, Misc. Prod. - Eric Stamile, Mixing Engineer - Eric Stamile, Programmer - Gaelle Addison, 2nd Engineer - Gaelle Addison, Misc. Prod. - Gaelle Addison, Programmer - Jimmy Young, Congas - Joey Huffman, Recording Engineer - Kebbi Williams, Saxophone - Kirkland Underwater, Background Vocal - Mike Berry, Trumpet - Russell Gunn, Trumpet - Thomas Callaway, Composer - Thomas Callaway, Lyricist - Thomas Callaway, Producer - Tim Pitchford, Trombone - Tony Tarchione, Engineer
(P) 2001 Arista Records LLC
Cee-Lo Featuring Timbaland, Performer - Javier Valverde, 2nd Engineer - Jimmy Douglass, Mixing Engineer - Senator Jimmy D, Recording Engineer - Thomas Callaway, Composer - Thomas Callaway, Lyricist - Tim Mosley, Composer - Tim Mosley, Lyricist - Timbaland, Background Vocal - Timbaland, Mixing Engineer - Timbaland, Performer - Timbaland, Producer - Timbaland, Programmer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
Andrew Coleman, Recording Engineer - Brian Frye, Recording Engineer - Cee-Lo Featuring Pharrell, Performer - Chad Hugo, Composer - Chad Hugo, Lyricist - Chris Carmouche, 2nd Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer - John Horesco IV, 2nd Engineer - Ken Ford, Strings - Pharrell Williams, Composer - Pharrell Williams, Lyricist - Phil Tan, Mixing Engineer - The Neptunes, Producer - Thomas Callaway, Composer - Thomas Callaway, Lyricist - Tori Alamaze, Background Vocal - Warren Bletcher, 2nd Engineer
(P) 2004 Arista Records LLC
Atlanta Choir, Background Vocal - Brian Remlick, Mixing Engineer - Ced Keys Williams, Keyboards - Cee-Lo, Background Vocal - Cee-Lo, Performer - Charles Pettaway, Bass - Jason Rome, Engineer - T. Callaway, Composer - T. Callaway, Lyricist - T. Callaway, Producer
(P) 2002 Arista Records LLC
Cee-Lo, Background Vocal - Cee-Lo, Performer - Eric Stamile, Misc. Prod. - Eric Stamile, Mixing Engineer - Eric Stamile, Programmer - Gaelle Addison, 2nd Engineer - Gaelle Addison, Misc. Prod. - Gaelle Addison, Programmer - Joey Huffman, Engineer - Thomas Callaway, Composer - Thomas Callaway, Lyricist - Thomas Callaway, Producer
(P) 2002 Arista Records LLC
Ben H. Allen, Acoustic Bass - Ben H. Allen, Mixing Engineer - Ben H. Allen, Recording Engineer - Cee-Lo Featuring Chazzie & Sir Cognac the Conversation, Performer - Chris Martin, Composer - Chris Martin, Lyricist - DJ Premier, Producer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer - Thomas Callaway, Composer - Thomas Callaway, Drum Programmer - Thomas Callaway, Lyricist - Warren Bletcher, 2nd Engineer
(P) 2004 Arista Records LLC
Brian Frye, Recording Engineer - Cee-Lo, Performer - Charles Pettaway, Guitar - Eric Stamile, Producer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer - Thomas Callaway, Composer - Thomas Callaway, Lyricist - Thomas Callaway, Producer - Warren Bletcher, 2nd Engineer
(P) 2004 Arista Records LLC
Ben H. Allen, Recording Engineer - Cee-Lo, Performer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer - Locksmif, Recording Engineer - Mark Mays, Drums - Russell Gunn, Horns - Thomas Callaway, Composer - Thomas Callaway, Lyricist - Thomas Callaway, Producer - Warren Bletcher, 2nd Engineer
(P) 2004 Arista Records LLC
Brian Remlick, Mixing Engineer - Cee-Lo, Background Vocal - Cee-Lo, Performer - Jason Rome, Engineer - Mike Berry, Trumpet - T. Callaway, Composer - T. Callaway, Lyricist - T. Callaway, Producer - Tim Pitchford, Trombone
(P) 2006 Arista Records LLC
Cee-Lo, Background Vocal - Cee-Lo, Performer - Eric Stamile, Misc. Prod. - Eric Stamile, Mixing Engineer - Eric Stamile, Programmer - Gaelle Addison, 2nd Engineer - Gaelle Addison, Misc. Prod. - Gaelle Addison, Programmer - Joey Huffman, Engineer - Kebbi Williams, Saxophone - Russell Gunn, Trumpet - Stephanie "Ditty" Pickett, Background Vocal - T. Callaway, Composer - T. Callaway, Lyricist - T. Callaway, Producer
(P) 2002 Arista Records LLC
Cee-Lo Featuring Ludacris, Performer - Christopher Bridges, Composer - Christopher Bridges, Lyricist - John Frye, Mixing Engineer - Mike Hartnett, Guitar - Organized Noize, Drum Programmer - Organized Noize, Producer - Organized Noize, Programmer - Patrick Brown, Composer - Patrick Brown, Lyricist - Ray Murray, Composer - Ray Murray, Lyricist - Rico Wade, Composer - Rico Wade, Lyricist - Sean "Shyboy" Davis, Recording Engineer - Shorty B, Acoustic Bass - Thomas Callaway, Composer - Thomas Callaway, Lyricist - Warren Bletcher, 2nd Engineer
(P) 2004 Arista Records LLC
Brian Frye, Recording Engineer - Ced Keys Williams, Keyboards - Cee-Lo, Performer - Chris Carmouche, 2nd Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer - Leon Douglas III, Composer - Leon Douglas III, Lyricist - Locksmif, Producer - Locksmif, Recording Engineer - Thomas Callaway, Composer - Thomas Callaway, Lyricist - Warren Bletcher, 2nd Engineer
(P) 2004 Arista Records LLC
Cee-Lo, Background Vocal - Cee-Lo, Performer - Eric Stamile, Mixing Engineer - Gaelle Addison, 2nd Engineer - Joey Huffman, Engineer - Joey Huffman, Piano - T. Callaway, Composer - T. Callaway, Lyricist - T. Callaway, Producer
(P) 2002 Arista Records LLC
Ben H. Allen, Recording Engineer - Cee-Lo Featuring Jazze Pha & T.I., Performer - Clifford Harris, Composer - Clifford Harris, Lyricist - Jazze Phá, Background Vocal - Jazze Phá, Producer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer - Phalon Alexander, Composer - Phalon Alexander, Lyricist - Thomas Callaway, Composer - Thomas Callaway, Lyricist - Warren Bletcher, 2nd Engineer
(P) 2004 Arista Records LLC
4.0, Background Vocal - Andre Tarber, 2nd Engineer - Bernasky Wall, Recording Engineer - Big Gipp, Vocal - Brandon Bennett, Composer - Brandon Bennett, Lyricist - Cameron Gipp, Composer - Cameron Gipp, Lyricist - Cee-Lo, Vocal - Goodie MoB, Background Vocal - Goodie MoB, Performer - John Frye, 2nd Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer - Khujo, Vocal - Neal H. Pogue, Mixing Engineer - Neal H. Pogue, Recording Engineer - Organized Noize, Producer - Organized Noize Productions, Inc., Drum Programmer - Organized Noize Productions, Inc., Mixing Engineer - Organized Noize Productions, Inc., Programmer - Patrick Brown, Composer - Patrick Brown, Lyricist - Preston Crump, Acoustic Bass - Ray Murray, Composer - Ray Murray, Lyricist - Rico Wade, Composer - Rico Wade, Lyricist - Robert Barnett, Composer - Robert Barnett, Lyricist - Sleepy Brown, Background Vocal - T-Mo, Vocal - Thomas Callaway, Composer - Thomas Callaway, Lyricist - Willie Knighton, Composer - Willie Knighton, Lyricist
(P) 1995 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Antonio "LA" Reid, Executive Producer - Cameron Gipp, Composer - Cameron Gipp, Lyricist - Goodie MoB, Performer - Organized Noize, Composer - Organized Noize, Lyricist - Organized Noize, Producer - R. Barnett, Composer - R. Barnett, Lyricist - T. Burton, Composer - T. Burton, Lyricist - Willie Knighton, Composer - Willie Knighton, Lyricist
(P) 1995 LaFace Records LLC
Album review
Uh-huh, this one had to come down the pipe. Sometimes, when a label seeks to cash in on one of its artists -- or former artists -- they put something together that might be needed but is wholly unexpected. What's more, they get it right. That's the case with Cee Lo Green's Closet Freak: The Best of Cee Lo Green the Soul Machine. It's the exception rather than the rule of best-of compilations: the contents are so fine there's no quibbling about what is here, which makes what may be left off easier to bear. Those not familiar with Cee Lo until they heard him fronting Gnarls Barkley on the smash single "Crazy," (Gnarls Barkley is a two-man project involving Cee Lo and producer Danger Mouse -- Brian Burton) from their creative and wacky debut album St. Elsewhere (the pop album of 2006), will be delighted by the material here. There are a total of three cuts from his days with the Atlanta rap group Goodie Mob, and generous selections from his two solo albums Cee Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, and Cee Lo Green...Is the Soul Machine. It's not the same by a long shot, but the root elements of that sound are all here. Cee Lo is eternally funky: he can sing, rap, and produce; that is in full evidence on this generous set of 17 cuts. His unmistakable voice can be heard on Goodie Mob 's "Free," "Soul Food," and "Cell Therapy." But it's on the solo material, from "Gettin' Grown," the title track, "I'll Be Around" (with Timbaland), the completely insane "Childz Play," (with Ludacris) and the acid-drenched psychedelic funk of "Under the Influence" (with Follow Me), that are a few of the standouts on this weighty slab of the good stuff. Whether this is a further introduction, or you've been with the Bald tattoed one for a decade, this is the way a best-of gets done. Pure pleasure for freaky people.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:51
- Main artists: Cee-Lo
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Arista - Legacy
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
(P) 1995 LaFace Records LLC, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006 Arista Records LLC
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