Archive for the ‘cee-lo’ tag
If there is a linear, uniting factor in what makes a song fit into the Last Night’s Mixtape pantheon, it might potentially be summarized in a single word: bass. Whether it’s fast or slow, dubbed down or grimed out, it’s almost always there. Let us celebrate bass.
And let us celebrate the man who kicks off his hit song with by laying down a bass ultimatum: “Said I don’t know anything about bass music? Man I am am bass music. And bass music is me!” The man is Kilo Ali, mid/late nineties ATL rep, and purveyor of bouncy high hats from before the South was dirty. The song that earned the above introduction is the title track off his 1997 album Organized Bass. If you recognize the raspy sing-rapper on that track, that would be gnarly gentleman Cee-Lo Green the soul machine. An excellent showing by one of the South’s finest mid-nineties representatives.
Needless to say, the album cracks. It’s Official (sic) like Massachusetes (sic). Tang and I will be DJing at Grey Gallery next weekend, and Kilo Ali is going to get some playing time. Too good not to, dammit.
A few years ago, I was at this reggae store in Miami, just looking around, when I heard this raspy melodic voice talking to the clerk. The dude was looking through the mixtape catalog with his back turned to me, and I was just thinking about how I wanted to check their mixtape selection too. I wasn’t really paying much attention, but when I heard that voice and realized that it was Cee-Lo, I was starstruck (I’m a big dork like that). Still, I introduced myself and gave him props and thanks for the music. He was hella humble and gave off this really cool vibe . I’ve only dug his music more since that interaction.
I was listening to Outkast’s classic Aquemeni the other day – specifically the track “Liberation,” which is still my jam of all jams – and it got me thinking about Cee-Lo and how I hadn’t heard anything new from him in a while. I decided to google his name, and I found some new music to my delight. Read the rest of this entry »
