Elsewhere remains unchallenged as my favorite album of the year. So, six months later and rapidly approaching the end of 2006, St. Elsewhere a classic quality that appears to predict its own future reputation. Their album titles are references to film (The Odd Couple) and television (St. This combination of energy, innovation, and production gives St. Their name is a rhyme parody of former NBA star Charles Barkley. As the album's producer, Danger Mouse provides a highly stylized sound that maintains an equal level of modesty. The remainder of the album exists in various combinations and dissections of the previous descriptions. Green happily embraces with his equally enthusiastic contribution. The second single, "Smiley Faces," bounces around with a classic Motown quality that Mr. "Crazy," the duo's first and most successful single, is driven by Cee-Lo 's soaring vocal performance and incorporates a sample from an old spaghetti Western. Elsewhere is consistently whimsical, playfully innovative, and impressively varied.
The resulting album is nothing less than thirty-seven minutes of pure joy. Elsewhere Lyrics by Gnarls Barkley from the St. Danger Mouse, a DJ/producer from Baltimore, was best known for his Jay Z/Beatles mash-up masterpiece (has anyone coined the term "mash-terpiece"?) The Grey Album as well as his work with MF Doom. After leaving the group in 1999, he released two flamboyantly experimental solo albums. In the 90's, Cee-Lo was one-fourth of the Atlanta hip-hop group Goodie Mob. Just in case you have been living under a rock for the past half-year, Gnarls Barkley is the result of a collaboration between Cee-Lo Green and Danger Mouse. It would be safe to say that Gnarls Barkley single-handedly reinvigorated my faith in modern mainstream music. It has been praised by critics, certified platinum, and can easily be found on the iPods of frat-boys and sorority girls - although they probably didn't pay for it. Elsewhere that hasn't already been ejaculated from the unnecessarily verbose ink-members of numerous self-indulgent online music critics? Yes, it's the best album of the year it rests securely in the top-ten for this decade.
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