Goodie Mob
Goodie Mob is one of the premiere hip hop acts to come out of the Dirty South. Based out of Atlanta, Goodie Mob's debut, Soul Food (1995) was critically acclaimed, along with OutKast's Southernplayalisticadillacmuzak, put Atlanta on the hip hop map.
The follow-up was Still Standing, which expanded Goodie Mob's considerable fanbase just as the Dirty South broke into the mainstream with OutKast's Stankonia. World Party (1999) is their latest release.
Group member Cee-Lo has since embarked on a solo career, releasing the critically acclaimed album "Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections" in 2002, to limited commercial success. The album explored many new frontiers for hip hop, with elements of soul, jazz and pop combined with Cee-Lo's signature vocal style, positive messages and constantly changing delivery. His 2003 single "I'll Be Around" (featuring megastar producer and fellow Southerner Timbaland) was a much more commercially successful song, but still maintained his idiosyncratic style.
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