Anodyne
Sunday, May 21, 2006
 

Danger Mouse + Cee-Lo = Gnarls Barkley

Stax vibe + string section + male falsetto + chunky beats = Top Ten summer playlist at Main and Broadway!

Nitsuh Abebe @ Pitchfork:

"After the sound of a film projector whirring to life and a little hip-hop fanfare, this album starts with 'Go Go Gadget Gospel' glee: soul horns kicking, hand-clapping breakbeats with the speed and stutter of jungle, and Cee-Lo Green shouting, 'I'm free' like he's up in church. It's the most exciting thing I've heard this year. At the tail end of the disc, there's 'The Last Time,' where the beat splits the difference between disco-era funk and roller-skating jam, and Cee-Lo sings like he borrowed some time-traveling platform shoes from the Delfonics' closet and wound up on mid-1970s Soul Train. You shouldn't fixate on those details-- I may be exaggerating-- but the main thing about those two tracks are [sic] that they sound awfully fresh. Play this when people are over and they'll almost certainly ask the question: 'So who is this, anyway?'"
- posted by cjb @ 9:36 AM


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