First album review and what better artist to choose for it. The super talented singer of hit single 'Fuck You' (no, not 'forget you' the syllables are all fucking wrong so don't sing that shite) Cee-Lo Green is back with his new solo album 'The Lady Killer' and what an album it is. For those who have only just heard of him it would be worth looking at his previous works. Way back in the 90s he was part of Goodie Mob(with Outkast) who are, some say, the creators of Dirty South, as a term and a genre. He moved on to do a couple of solo efforts and then formed a two man group with DJ Danger Mouse called Gnarls Barkley. You may remember their hit single 'Crazy'. Yes this is the big bloke from Gnarls Barkley with the most amazing voice.'The Lady Killer' is absolute quality for the most obvious of reasons: It is completely different to anything else out at the moment and shits on those artists who make music suitable to be played in Mcdonald's and on X-factor. I wasn't going to name names, but absolute muppets like JLS or traitors to their original genre like Chipmunk or Tinchy Stryder; these are the people who need to study this shit hard and rediscover their talent (not JLS, talent alongside their name is a complete oxymoron). If i were to compare 'The Lady killer' to a former album to emphasise how different and revolutionary it is, i'd say Amy Whinehouse's 'Back To Black'. Though they are two very different albums, they do go back to the soulful roots of music and completely disregard the mainstream. The soulfulness of Cee-Lo's album is really brought out in tracks such as 'Bodies', a song in which he really shows off his vocal skills; and 'Fool For You' with it's slow pace is a perfect song to just cruise to. Every track on this album is top drawer stuff, my only criticism would be that i wish it had come out in the summer. Even though his album gets five stars from me, listening to this in the summer would have been absolute perfection.
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