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And yet, here I wait, eagerly awaiting the next hit single from Cee-Lo’s former Goodie Mob cohort Big Gipp.
What the critics are saying:
Rolling Stone: [Cee-Lo’s] a self-proclaimed lady-killer who’s roughly as tall as a mini-refrigerator and as broad as a Hummer. He wears pink suits. He put a song called “Fuck You” in the Top 20. He is, in other words, an original: a showman with a penchant for scrambling a variety of sounds.
NME: As anyone with access to YouTube will know, it appears that all he needed was a soulful voice and repeated swearing set to a jaunty tune. The resulting ‘Fuck You’ to an ex-girlfriend and her new lover is a kiss-off song in the best tradition; and the biggest pop hit the South’s had since Outkast’s ‘Hey Ya!’.
Entertainment Weekly: Lady Killer both honors and tweaks the tropes of vintage songcraft with hefty doses of sweet Motown/Stax
boogie (”It’s OK,” ”Satisfied”), a smattering of Curtis Mayfield superfly (”I Want You,” ”Bright Lights Bigger City”), and imaginary theme songs for James Bond (”Love Gun,” ”Bodies”).
Spin: Throughout The Lady Killer, he hits his target cut after butt-shaking cut: no diversions, no filler — just rhythm and Day-Glo blues quintessence. More than ever, Green is the surreal deal.
The Lady Killer is out now via Elektra.
