Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
I don't know, maybe I'm getting caught up in the hype, but holy crap, this is a great cd.
Danger Mouse, he of the (in)famous Grey Album plus also part of the revamped Gorillaz cast, teams up with rapper Cee-lo for this genre-bending tour-de-force. And yes, I know that "genre-bending" is an over-used term. Danger Mouse calls it "psychadelic soul," which might be good enough, if you can figure out what that means.
What it really is is some great, soul-influenced pop that somehow sounds fresh and familiar at the same time.
Comments
One week later and I can still say that this is a great cd, but yeah, maybe overhyped a bit. I rescind the "holy crap" part.
Posted by: ken | July 29, 2006 7:30 PM
no need for retractions: the pitch-perfect production (this coming from somebody typically indifferent to hip hop under the best of circumstances) & reflective lyrics make the cd entirely worthy of the holy crap label... imo, @ least.
Posted by: harm | August 12, 2006 9:57 PM