This album is strong musically, lyrically, and vocally.

The song sequencing is perfect.

How often do U get a new album, and your favorite track is the last one? When was "The Last Time"?

The album is "dark" and haunting, through the use of particular string and choir parts, but at the same time, a lot of "fun". There is some serious genre blending here as well.

Post if U dig it, if U will...

G.

The thing that is most impressive to me is that the duo is so effortless and uncontrived in the process of make genre-bending music. It ain't hip-hop, but it ain't pop or soul music either. It's Gnarls Barkley.

We talk down contemporary hip-hop on this board regularly. And rightfully so. But Gnarls Barkley represents hip-hop's cutting edge. OutKast and Kanye West are recognized by the mass audiences, and Common has recently received his due from the music world, but cats like Danger Mouse, Cee-Lo, Madlib, MF Doom, and the late J Dilla are working together, separately, and interchangeably to create new sounds and new angles for hip-hop, picking up from where De La, ATCQ, Digable Planets, and the Fugees/Lauryn left off the previous decade.

Hip-hop ain't completely dead because, thankfully, it ain't quite what it used to be.

I still have failed to listen to one of their songs...

"Transformer" ain't long enough. That's my only gripe.

And co-sign to everything namepeace said.

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By the way, sorry if this is old, but did anybody hear the original piece of music that was sampled for "Crazy"? It was called, "Nel Cimitero Di Tuscon" and was composed by the Reverberi brothers for the 1968 film, "Perarati La Bara!" . they were both students of Ennio Morricone's style of film scoring, actually it sounds like one of his themes...

I don't think I'm allowed to post the entire mp3 here, but
check here for the "Listen" link to the tune:

http://hype.non-standard....ack/165876



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[Edited 10/12/06 10:08am]

Went to the wikipedia to find info about them...Gonna check i for sure!

Also found this:

The WIRED CD:

A free compilation of Beasty Boys, Danger Mouse, David Byrne and others:

http://creativecommons.org/wired/

namepeace said:

Ditto, right-on, co-sign, double that.
It does kind of remind me of the Prince Paul days of hip-hop in it's approach.

paligap said:

Oh that's deep.
I was wondering where all of the Italian musicians and writers that R credited on nearly every song came from.
[Edited 10/12/06 9:57am]

thanks....that Thievery Corporation song has sort of a go-go vibe to it

It's a good album

Giovanni777 said:

Agree....I like it too, but was afraid to admit to it earlier.....afraid tA would laugh at me....

This album deserves every form of recognition it gets. Absolutely one of the best of the year

paligap said:

right on Paligap

Serious said:

Question: Is that Vanessa Daou in your avi?

namepeace said:

What a great, heartening comment. I've slept BIGTIME on hip hop in recent years, and I have only heard GB's singles. But you just sold another album for them. I'll have to pick one up this weekend.

My dad bought this CD /

I like the fact that all the tracks on this album are short.

I love it. I'm know on a mission to find everything either of them have done.

MendesCity said:

For Cee-Lo, try Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections. His follow-up, the Soul Machine, fell flat IMHO.

Lammastide said:

Until a couple of years ago, I felt the same way. JerseyKRS put me on to Madvillainy and my faith in hip-hop was restored.

Sample JayLib's Champion Sound and J Dilla's Donuts and The Shining for size as well. You can sample those on either iTunes or Amazon, I think.

namepeace said:

Cee-Lo has a best of coming out on the 31st

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/203404

http://angryape.com/news/...t-of-album

Later
[Edited 10/13/06 8:57am]

paligap said:

MendesCity said:

The Mouse and the Mask is the best album featuring Danger Mouse IMO. I'd get that one next if I were you.

I just got the album and Im loving it
Gone Daddy Gone is my favorite track! I just gotta dance to it

thekidsgirl said:

This Gnarles Barkley CD is excellent!

Im curious to know how this CD went over on the r&b charts. I know a lot of people that say that its not "street" enough for them...whatever zombies..

I like Cee Lo's first solo record better. Gnarles Barkley is a fun album, but some of it sounds like it should be the soundtrack to a holloween hunted theme park for kids.

Meloh9 said:

Surely to goodness you don't mean "Boogie Monster"

CinisterCee said:

Speakin' of "Boogie Monster", is anyone here down with "The Boogie Monsters", or even better yet, "Stepchild"?

If so, please raise your hand.

G.