Get on Board: Cee Lo Green
Follow the Goodie Mob member's soulful ride to the top.
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Cee Lo Green - In 1991, Cee Lo and fellow Atlanta rappers Khujo, T-Mo and Big Gipp joined forces to form the Goodie Mob. Goodie Mob (short for Good Die Mostly Over Bullshit) would go on to play a pioneering role in the development of Southern rap along with friends and frequent collaborators OutKast. In 1994, Goodie Mob introduced themselves to the world by appearing on OutKast’s debut album Southernplayalisticcadillacmuzik. Both groups were part of the Atlanta rap collective The Dungeon Family also includes the production team Organized Noize. Cee-Lo’s distinct voice and socially conscious rhymes made him stand out on tracks like “Git Up, Git Out” and suggested he may have star potential. (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)
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Cee Lo Green - Delivering on the hype they had built up from their work with OutKast, Cee Lo and the Goodie Mob released their debut album, Soul Food, in 1995 to critical acclaim. Peaking at No. 45 on the Billboard 200 and launching three hit singles (“Cell Therapy,” “Soul Food” and “Dirty South”) the album went certified gold and established the group as an influential voice of the emerging dirty South sound. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Cee Lo Green - In 1999, guitar legend Carlos Santana invited Cee Lo to contribute to his wildly successful album Supernatural as a singer and songwriter. Cee Lo performed vocals on "Do You Like the Way” with Lauryn Hill for the album, showing that he was capable of finding his place in mainstream music as a solo artist. Cee Lo earned another notable back-up vocal and songwriting credit on TLC’s “Waterfalls” in 1995. (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)
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Cee Lo Green - Cee Lo released his solo debut, Cee Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, in 2002. Featuring songs like the soul throwback “Closet Freak,” Cee Lo took his sound even further left as he tried to create a sound all his own. Aiming to prove that he was no longer just a rapper, Cee Lo crooned and wailed over funk tunes and jazz riffs as he shaped the hybrid sound that would later become his trademark.(Photo: PA PHOTOS /LANDOV)
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Cee Lo Green - Cee Lo spent much of his time between albums collecting songwriting credits in the industry. In 2005 he penned “Don’t Cha,” a girl power-themed pop song for the Pussycat Dolls. The song, which featured Busta Rhymes, would go on to be the Dolls’s breakout hit and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The success of “Don’t Cha” came on the heels of his second solo album Cee Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine, which like his debut, received critical praise. (Photo: Robb D. Cohen/ Retna ltd)
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