Reviews (page 5 of 8)
Difficult one to rate for me. I really like and dislike his voice at the same time. It works great for singing and almost sounds like a modern day Otis Redding, but his rapping only works in some songs for me. I do like the samples here that occasionally turn up. Production is solid as well as I'm a sucker for 2000's rap and R&B and there are a few tracks I really enjoyed. But there's a few duds to so it ends up somewhere halfway.
Was in a good slump there until The Soul Machine came into station. What a fantastic album. Was really surprised on this one.
The ability of cd's to store more music made albums longer and longer. Why did no one stop this man from putting an hour of his brain farts on this album. Maybe I would have liked it better if it was shorter, but after the stupid song with his "deep lyrics" and going "woah" after them, the album started to really get on my nerves. Two stars for the music, -1 for the length.
Ceelo Green may be a divisive artist these days, but in his heyday he released some amazing albums. "The Soul Machine" mixes R&B, Soul, and Hip Hop and takes it all to the next level. It's fun, laid-back, and has that sense of humor that only Ceelo could deliver.
I like how the album is a depiction of a day and night cycle, picking up slowly then running jt back down to a more mellow slow vibe for the night. Good sound, some catchy and remembers me tunes.
HipHop and Soul don't fuse well. Plain beats, vocals getting annoying very quickly especially when he tries sprechgesang.
Eh I didn’t need over an hour of CDs lo green
Pretty good but just felt like generic early 2000’s pop.
Nice voice, boring songs.
This was fun and refreshing in that I love this genre, and we don’t get much of it on this list. That said, CeeLo’s rhymes are uninspired, his voice can be grating, and the music is dated as hell.
I started out a little iffy on his voice, but I actually got super into this as it stretched on. His voice can be an acquired taste though, and then I discovered he’s kind of a creep. Whoops. The album’s still pretty good I guess. Best song: Die Trying
Cee Lo has spunk.
01) Intro - / 02) Soul Machine - 7,5 03) The Art of Noise - 7,0 04) Living Again - 7,0 05) I'll Be Around - 7,0 06) The One - 7,5 07) My Kind of People - 7,5 08) Childz Play - 7,0 09) I Am Selling Soul - 7,0 10) All Day Love Affair - 7,0 11) Evening News - 6,5 12) Scrap Metal - 6,0 13) Glockappella - 6,0 14) When We Were Friends - 7,0 15) Sometimes - 7,5 16) Let's Stay Together - 6,5 17) Die Trying - 7,0 18) Outro - / TOTAL: 6,94 (69/100) Current ranking: 319/501
Hip hop once again. The brevity of the album summary is remarkable. Obviously there really isn't much more to say. For a rap album, the music didn't really get on my nerves. But it didn't interest me either. After 7 tracks I switched off, bored. 2/5
Pretty good.
Decent album, but felt a bit one dimensional, just so so in my book
It was ok. Not really my vibe. Had it on more as background music, but don't feel the desire to give it closer listen.
Yeah, I guess he is.
Certainly not the style of music I normally listen to, but it was a good sound.
This was an unexpectedly fun. I'm not a fan of the genre, so there's little chance I will listen to it again, but I enjoyed it!
"Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine" is a mixed bag: bizarre, freaky, fragmented, frenetic, and inconsistent readily come to mind. The album features some noteworthy songs, including "Art of Noise," "I'll Be Around," and "Living Again." However, it is marred by mostly lackluster tracks like "Childz Play," "Scrap Metal," and "Glockapella." What I find particularly puzzling is Green's vocal performance throughout the album, which often comes across as irritating, strained, and off-key, given he has shown he can do better such as on Gnarls Barkley's "St Elsewhere" or even on he own singles like "Fuck You". Additionally, I find it ironic that Green critiques the commercialization of music and the entertainment industry in "I Am Selling Soul," given the trajectory of his own career. TLDR: There are a few decent tracks, but overall, not a great album.
This is a big nothingburger. Lots of aimless 4/4 beat songs with something happening over them.
I liked the soul/hip-hop sound but I am not sure that any of the tracks really stood out to me apart from My Kind of People and that’s because I was trying to work out where I’d heard the melody before . (Eventually realised it was Pass the Dutchie.)
Not my kind of music but I could appreciate it was fun to listen to.
Nice
It was ok.
This is the ultimate "fake it 'til you make it" album. He's constantly talking about how great his music/rapping/lyrics/singing/everything is, but damn there is absolutely nothing to back it up with. Just bland neo-soul that felt like it went on for years.
What lead paint does to an mf
voice sounds like a parody but its a fun album
Fun listen! 4/5
I must say. I didn’t expect the guy from Gnarls Barkley to rap so much of his solo outing. But I think it’s his unique and colourful delivery, as well as the lush, brassy backdrops that elevate this beyond the self-aggrandizing lyrics. HL: “The Art of Noise”, “Let’s Stay Together”, “I’ll Be Around”, “The One”, “Childz Play”
This is not really my jam, but I can recognize some decent stuff on here. It's a borderline 2/3 for me. 2.4
It is okay.
Chill, generally upbeat and light-hearted. Something to play on a quiet weekend morning for a positive mood. But nothing really special.
Was pretty good until he went off into gangsta rap territory.
Wasn't this guy a one hit wonder in 2010? Why is this here? This sounds like a record someone makes to make fun of Atlanta rap. I can't believe that's really his voice and not a humorous caricature he's adopting for some purpose. It seems I should accept it--and the GarageBand-tier loops--as genuine. All Day Love Affair is good, but only because it's a funk track. The rest of it is fucking annoying.
Laughably bad for the most part, despite the fact he's an objectively good singer. There are a couple of tracks that raise it above the worst of the genre, but by and large, this is just something you want to never have to hear again. Also, it's 73 minutes long. That should be illegal and everyone involved in dragging it out that far should feel very bad indeed.
I always had some block against cee lo green cuz he seems arrogant LOL but I enjoyed the album quite a bit. His albums names don't do him any favours though... 3-3.5
I was very obsessed with Cee-Lo's first album, "Perfect Imperfections" when it came out and thought that was what I was getting today. I haven't listened to Cee-Lo in years and was excited for a trip down memory lane. This is not that album, it's the follow up album. This one is more straightforward hiphop-r&B featuring Cee-Lo's unique voice. It's more consistent in sound but, as a result, less interesting to my ears. I listened to both today and I still prefer the earlier album, "Perfect Imperfections". That debut is full of weird freaky funky hip hop similar to albums by Outkast.
It was good
Hey, I actually liked it in moments. I just think it's far too long. Good chunks of this could have been cut and this project would have been elevated to like, a four. easy
No
It's a dumb album.
Quite fun, enjoyed lots of this. Feela a bit of a strange inclusion for a list without that much hip hop, and I can't imagine it is still making anyone's top 1000 20 years on.
Not his best work … anonymous, essentially.
Does not happen often, but I literally despise this record. I cannot even explain how much I cannot stand this album. It is legitimately not a good record, and the praise it has received is a sin against music. The rhymes are silly, lazy, uninteresting, and worthless. The beats are repetitive, with hardly anything to maintain interest. Cee-Lo Green... is the Annoyance Machine. Not since Linkin Park, who is from the same era, has someone been this annoying. Everything about this record is built upon the backs of others, and it completely fails to deliver. It might be the most American thing ever.
Did y'all see that solid gold outfit he wore at that one award show? If you don't know what I'm talking about go ahead and give it a google. Why didn't anyone say Cee-3P-Lo? It was right there! Anyway- IDK why, but I feel like I'm supposed to be giving this album a haughty critique, but I like the overall vibe of this. So I'll say "Bonne Surprise" which just means "pleasantly surprised", but in French so that I can keep up my streak of being pretentious edgelord.
The album starts with a hilarious intro, and then goes into a song that's rather....blegh. I was thinking this was going to be a long hour. Then I was continually proven wrong with each passing song, very strong delivery, production, lyrics, arrangement, etc. Just an absolute masterclass
Surprisingly great. Cee Lo, I could never forget you. (This is great if you want to be in a Time Machine back to 2004 club hits, when I was 9 years young) Highlights were: Die Trying My Kind of People I’ll be around
Not for me.
This lands a somewhere between a 3 and 4 for me. Rounded up because there’s a few songs that are certified bangers.
This album has shown me that I like my hip-hop funky and soulful
-well I quite enjoy Fuck You… and CeeLo’s cover of Radiohead’s Reckoner… but tbh I was very not excited to listen to this! especially considering that god awful cover -but I ended up…. Kind of fucking with it? substantially? it’s like, guilty pleasure music. corny but his flow was genuinely so fun on a few of these tracks. thank you for the hour of entertainment Ceelo Green, and fuck your creepy rape tweets -Favorites are Living Again and Scrap Metal
The Machine broke down after about three tracks. Returning for a full refund.
# Album Name: Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine # Artist: Cee-Lo Green # Rating: 1/5 # Comments: Wow, that was awful. # Top Tunes: None. # Would I listen to it again? Hell no.
Me sorprendió gratamente, es un rap mezclado con soul y melódicas que en algunos temas se disfruta. Un aire a Fugees más actual.
Well produced, sampling is top notch, good but not great.
3.5
This was fine. Some bangers and some pretty forgettable stuff. Feels like a solid 3.
outrageous to say this guy is any kind of soul machine, but THE soul machine? get real. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
Does it make sense to say this is cloyingly Millennial? It feels like something I SHOULD like. But it’s too cloyingly Millennial.
Surprised at how much I liked this.
Fav song: Sometimes Cee Lo Green's voice is super annoying to me when he raps. I like his singing a bit more but I find him quite obnoxious. I liked all the tracks with Pharrell on em tho!
This record is strong evidence for the theory that artists who enjoy their work and have fun while performing often achieve better results. It also supports the adjacent notion that it's easier to like performers who don't take themselves too seriously. The mood is playful, borderline silly at times, but there's ample quality in quite a few tracks (e.g., "My Kind of People," "When We Were Friends"). Plus the dude's got a distinct voice and knows how to push it. On the downside, this sort of high-sheen (and not infrequently heavy-handed) production can date the music (even more than the reference to CDs and "a Blockbuster night" [early aughts version of Netflix and chill]) and he seems a little too taken with the idea of celebrity (points off for his reality talent show judgeships). And it's too long besides, though a mostly fun ride throughout, so rounding up.
Not my vibe but I’m sure others enjoy it
Wasn't worst, wasn't the best. Definitely has his own sound and sticks to it, which I respect. Well produced, but not something I would probably choose to put on. I think there are plenty of fantastic naughties albums that I would choose that are far superior than most of what this list has included in the first decade of the 2000s. This one does not belong on the list.
This isn't even in the top 1001 albums Cee-Lo Green is on! Ok, I'm exaggerating, but this feels like a totally random pick. I would have gone with Gnarls Barkley's St Elsewhere for my Cee-Lo selection.
I first became aware of Cee-Lo Green many (many) years ago when somebody shared with me an example of "kinetic typography", which turned out to be a lyrics video of Cee-Lo's "Fuck You" (the explicit version), and I enjoyed both the creative lyrics animation and the song. I'm not sure I've heard a lot else by him, though, and I'm disappointed that we didn't get his album with that on it (2010 "The Lady Killer"), as this was clearly his biggest hit, but I'm guessing that the editors had already added this 2004 album and didn't want to exchange it? I also didn't realize that he started out with Goodie Mob, so I've probably heard more with him than I realize. Either way, it seems fine as an album, and I appreciate it that it's *not* a particularly gangster-oriented hip-hop album ("Glockapella" excepted), as well as appreciating his Dirty South roots. His voice is both distinctive (and impressively fast at times) and a bit hard to take over an hour of listening to, but I enjoyed all of the other artists that appear on the album too (especially Pharrell Williams). The highlights for me were "I'll be around", "Scrap Metal", and "Die trying". Overall, though, it could probably have been about a half-hour shorter and not lost much (maybe just pull out the tracks from "The one" through "All day love affair"?).
got me bopping along--very nice though wanted even more soul
I tried really hard - but really struggled with this one. Main beef being the whiny pitch of the vocals was really effin irritating not matter how catchy or groovy the songs maybe. A struggle. Low 2.
Cee-Lo Green… Is the Soul Machine Fine, if a bit forgettable and far too long. There’s no need for this to be over an hour, particularly as there’s nothing as good as Fuck You to provide some focus I do like his voice, and the sprawling nature of the album and oddities that pop up, and there are some nice moments across it. The Neptunes produced Art of Noise is cool. All Day Love Affair is also good, the horns are very nice, but it would be even better without the little wah guitar licks. I like the theremin/spooky noises on Scrap Metal’s verses, but the chorus kind of lets it down. Glockapella starts out unpromisingly but turns into a decent track, the slowed down Funkadelic interpolation is good. It’s not unlistenable, it just needs a bit of an edit and a few more good songs to elevate it. I wouldn’t be averse to listening again but I can’t imagine I’d ever come back to it, I’d rather listen to Outkast for this kind of thing as they do it much better. On the cusp of 2 and 3, maybe a bit mean but I’ll stick on a high 2 🟢🟢 Playlist submission: All Day Love Affair
Overall, there is fun to be had, but it all feels a bit lightweight and there's no killer tracks. He flits between styles without really nailing any. It is way too long. But the lad's put in a decent effort, and offered some vague enjoyment. Still - I think a three may be overegging it, seeing as I'm unlikely to listen to any of this again.
Energetic and light hearted r&b soul soaked pop. Its lively and entertaining, but all and all so overtly 2000s cheese that I really cant give this much of a serious listen. Knowing what little of Cee Lo I do, this side of his music would give him to notoriety and success in order to segue his Gnarls Barkley sound. Which I fully appreciate way more than this.
Annoying. Distracting. Boring.
not a fan -
I thought this was really good! There were some great songs here. Other than "Crazy" and "Fuck You," I really wasn't familiar with CeeLo Green. My husband informed me that if it were him rating this, he'd pick 5 stars. I'm not that generous but I would listen to this again.
This is pretty good, it starts with some strong tracks, including the one with Pharrell. I like the southern style, there are some good funky beats on here. It's fun and happy music for the most part, the use of brass in some beats is great and makes it sound more like the soulful record the title promises (it's a rap album really to me) It's a bit long and towards the end I got bored, I don't know if the lyrics have a huge amount to say. So I'll go down the middle for a mixed bag
I thought this was total rubbish, but then in the track 'Sometimes' he says 'Sometimes a rich man won't have a dollar/And all a poor man has is greed' and then pauses, and then says 'woah' at his own mind-blowing thought
Rating: 6.5/10 Pretty good overall, not a huge fan of his voice but the production is great.
Smooth as Cee-Lo’s bald head, with some misses
He is in fact a soul machine
There's some interesting moments in this album, and also some terrible stuff. Overall album is fine. Childz Play is notably awful.
Oooh! Hasn’t he been cancelled? I loved Gnarls Barkley and obviously this is him again… and despite my reservations and cringing I thought it was a pretty fun listen. It wasn’t very soulful, bit of a misnomer but I got carried along with the beats.
His voice has a whiny, grating quality.
I had a real difficult time taking anything on this album seriously. I guess that's on me, in some regard. It's jammed-packed with arrangement ideas, there's a lot going on in here. I get the impression it was a lot of fun to make this record, there's an enthusiastic energy flowing, but it also strikes me as frivolous and I just couldn't connect.
I was not expecting to like this, but I gotta say it was pretty fun and creative. The production was on-point, and his flow was pretty great. I liked the darker turn it took later in the album. A pleasant surprise! ...And... I just learned that he sucks as a human. Fuckin' hell.
Enjoyed more as it went along.
Maybe I just had a bad morning but I just couldn't with the voice...
Meh
Nothing against Cee-Lo. I like his songs and his arrangements. But 75 or so years ago, musicians and fans started trading in complexity and technique for passion and emotion. Jump Blues, R&B, and Rock & Roll were first and foremost about communicating raw emotion and energy. Now we're fed bloops and bleeps performed by computers; totally devoid of any hint of humanity. But with Robo-Pop, we haven't gained anything interesting, musically. The computers are programmed to play the same simplistic conventions - straight 4 time, 3 major chords, and "solos" in pentatonic scale. I find it to be among the most unmoving and uninteresting "music" ever recorded.
Some good beats, big sound but for hip hop it’s mediocre. Ludacris helped give one track something worth hearing, but otherwise… no!
2,5
I've heard Cee Lo's hits but listening to the whole album clarified his art for me. It gives 70's Soul Train vibes, Prince and the Minneapolis sound gravitas, but is mostly his own damn thing. Most tracks are really groovy and soulful but Evening News and Scrap Metal have a more definitive hip-hop feel with aggressive beats and grit.
Sometimes you wonder why an album even exists. This is one of those. I find this utterly boring hip-hop and fail to understand why anyone would ever play this. I'm a positive guy though and I always look for a saving grace so did a bit of reading about Cee-Lo and this album. Maybe the lyrics are really good? Nope, they then to be quite banal and mostly about himself ("We gon' start this shit off tonight", "I am the living proof of a God somewhere" etc). Maybe this album created new trends? In 1978 possibly, not in 2004. Maybe Cee-lo is a really nice guy? Ahem, let's say he won't get an extra point from me for that. So I really can't see any reason to bump this to a 2. This was a hard listen.
It's cool that he experimented with new genres, he's the best in his element, just saying.
Usually I'm all about weird. But something about Cee Lo just lands with a thud for me. Maybe I'm just not the target audience. Fuck You (from his Lady Killer album in 2010) is on my deserted island playlist, but this album honestly just feels okay.
1.5
dragged on for a while and songs didn’t really stand out, had that one song that i knew but that’s about it
It's a lot of hiphop for a soul album. Not great
I expected this to be better :(
Couldn't tell if this was a hip-hop, pop, soul or funk album. Didn't get into it at all
I listened to this for maybe 15 minutes, which is maybe 15 minutes longer than it deserves. I don't know much about CLG, or how he 'became a musician' - but this record stinks of some dude that has loads of money, loads of connections and no material talent. I imagine plenty of other people realised that too, which is why he started recording under the Knarles Barkley name instead? Oh also he enjoys abusing women.
Peak mid 2000s dross. The exact sort of thing I couldn't be arsed with even when I was 6. I'll give it that there's a couple decent beats here and there, but they're mostly lost in a needlessly 65 minute album that feels like it's never going to end. CeeLo Green's voice is grating right from the start let alone having to listen to it for over an hour A 1 is probably a bit harsh but I've not given one yet and I need to signify somehow that this is the worst thing I've heard to this point. I did not need to listen to this before I die Highlight: All Day Love Affair
The opening skit with his weird kid didn’t give me high hopes for this album. It actually wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be, there were some decent beats and clever lyrics. This album is another example of less is more, especially when your voice is uh Cee-Lo’s voice. It’s fine for a couple tracks but an hour of it is way too much for me, far too pitchy for the soulful sound he was looking for. I don’t know man, not for me. Also, terrible cover art. Is that supposed to be Biggie in his glasses? 2 stars
Gear: Moondrop Variations Artwork: 😎🪞🌥️ Production: 😐🙂👌 Music: 🎤✨🙄 Rating: 🐼(🐼)/5
i don’t care i’m not listening to any more of this shit
Did not think I would like this as much as I did. Every song is a banger and the album flows exceptionally well. It may be slightly long, but I absolutely loved this album
never actually listened to cee lo green before but heard of them, this album was quite enjoyable
he kinda looks like my grandpa except younger, balder, and also is a rapist its a silly 2000s party rap album. i like it but you def don't need to hear before you die.
its trashy, sounds like trash, and is just not good at all, noone needed to hear this in the year of our lord 2025. NNN
Really long and pretty boring. Fun track names though.
decent album, idk why its got such a low rating
Unexpectedly enjoyed this. Ceelo has soul elements but also a few 90s style rap tracks
Didn't really hold my attention. His voice is great but over the length of the album it gets tiring, and the songs didn't really do anything for me. Some of the production is really nice though, but just as much of it sounds dated. Fave song: The art of noise Least fave song: childz play Would I listen again: doubt it
It was alright. DNF. Too long.
Ok. Rap heavy for me
Wanted this to be better than it was. The amount of talent associated with this album is crazy, but the album is rather mediocre. No great singles, and nothing really dynamic going on. 2/5 Won’t listen again
Kinda not my thing
3/5
A throwback to the time when everything was produced by timbaland and pharrell
I found myself bored and underwhelmed by this album, though I fully admit at some point my attention wandered. I didn't hear much creativity, and the lyrics were lackluster. However, a song at the end of the album gave me pause because it showed CeeLo Green's potential. "Die Trying" had a great groove, amazing lyrics and harmonies--and it wasn't even a single. Really, this was only CeeLo's second album--"Fuck You" is released six years later! Greatness was yet to come. To be fair, his voice is the saving grace here. His vocals contain such a soulful quality. And I noticed some electronic sounds snuck into this album, too.
Cee Lo has such a fascinating voice, and on an album that feels very mid overall, that very voice is the standout. Once again, I feel like the inclusion here is more about music history than music quality. This neo-soul sound was not particularly pervasive during this early 2000s period. Compared to the music of the time, this is a bit of a unique standout. That said, a more developed and "must listen" feature from Cee Lo, in my opinion, would be his follow-up album, "The Lady Killer"; that album was his actual breakthrough and more of a must-listen. I don't think this album is bad, but it wasn't great either; I really started to lose interest as the album went on. I wouldn't consider it a must-listen. 2.5 stars.
On paper, you’d think being a hip-hop head would help me get into this album. A Cee-Lo Green solo album! You know– Goodie Mob, Outkast affiliates, Danger Mouse, multi-talented genre-flip-flopper, Southern hip-hop. And production by The Neptunes, Timbo, DJ Premier, Organized Noise, and even Jazze Pha?! If you told me these things theoretically, I’d assume I’d be very into it, especially since Southern rap is my favorite subgenre of hip-hop. But I took one look at this and saw a 73 minute runtime, 18 tracks, the feature list, and that cover art, and I knew immediately that this would be a bumpy ride even before I hit play. For the most part, nothing here is bad. It’s just painfully average and/or less than. Cee-Lo may be able to genre flip from hip-hop to soul to gospel, but whatever he’s doing, he’s always doing it with commendable mediocrity. He’s a B+ student across the board, and that’s when he’s giving it his all. Unfortunately, he’s not giving it his all here, and that’s because 18 tracks is a lot to ask out of an artist. I’d say most of these songs are fine as a baseline, but very, very few stand out as anything particularly special. That might be because of the production. Sure, …Is the Soul Machine may seem like it has a list of heavy-hitting super producers, but the beats feel second-tier, almost like loose beats they didn’t know what else to do with, so they gave them to their good friend Cee-Lo so he could at least say he had XYZ producing his album. Now, they’re still good beats– these producers rarely miss, especially back in 2004 at their respective peaks– but they are not the best beats any of them made in 2004, that’s for fucking sure. Still, they’re good enough to keep this record’s head about water. That said, to say this is filled with super-producers is a bit of a misnomer. Of the 16 actual songs on this thing, Cee-Lo produces 6 himself, while people without Wikipedia pages like Traxx and Locsmif produce another 3. In practice, more than half of this record is produced by mid-tier producers. And then there’s the features, who are mostly only names you *might* know if you’re an extreme hip-hop nerd. The two features who probably cost Cee-Lo anything (Ludacris and T.I.) bring some of the worst performances of their whole careers, and this is the era when they both were blowing up!! In fact, “Childz Play” might be one of the worst hip-hop songs I’ve had to listen to during this project. That’s how much that song sucks. But otherwise, …Is the Soul Machine is fine. It’s a quintessential example of a mediocre hip-hop record. It suffers mostly from bloat, which can weigh mediocrity down to the point where it becomes intolerable to listen to. But this record also suffers from its supposed ambition. I can tell just from the genre-hopping and ever-so-slightly experimental choices, Cee-Lo thought he was making his version of The Love Below, which has its own inexcusable issues, but at least you have to commend Andre 3000 for not only trying but for even being able to try. Cee-Lo can’t even make an attempt. No matter how many phone calls he makes to his friends and connections, no matter how many genres he tries on, no matter how many songs he adds to his album to showcase his range, he remains a B+ student. The inevitable result is not a painful listen, but rather a forgettable one. Nothing special. I’d rather have the Gnarls Barkley record or even the “Fuck You” album on here if I had to pick, but I’d prefer nothing at all.
Maybe if CeeLo had been able to maintain the reputation he had in the mid-late 00s, this list placement would make sense. But dude’s a rapist and his rep plummeted appropriately. Listening to it now, I don’t know why anyone would choose this over OutKast, Andre 3000, Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae, Big Boi, Killer Mike, you know, the keystones of Southern soulful hip-hop.
Very unique voice with a pretty unique style that just doesn’t really do it for me. 5/10
No.
In which Cee-Lo tries to make OutKast’s Andre 3000-led project …The Love Below - by which I mean it’s a genre-hopping scattershot pop and soul adjacent album by a musician with his roots in the southern rap game. Where Andre’s effort is experimental, boundary-pushing and full of charm, Cee-Lo’s has moments of greatness peppered with poor pastiches and homages, cringy lyrics, and missed shots that aren’t really bold enough to give credit for. Soul Food by Goodie Mob or St Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley would be much more fitting Cee-Lo inclusions - though leaving him off the list entirely wouldn’t be a terrible idea either
This provided virtually zero benefit to my life.
I think it's fun and all but couldn't get really into it. I think I prefer his Gnarls stuff. This album also reeks of early 2000s R&B; not a bad thing but some music is very stuck in its current time period. 7/10.
Cee Lo Green can rap far better than I expected, first song was the best showcase of this. Early doors I thought this would be an unexpectedly great album. As it went on it became increasingly generic, from ludacris onwards I think. Music and lyrics were fairly forgettable. Failed to live up to early billing, 2.5.
I struggled with this - it seems really kitsch and dated. My Kind of People is awful. I hate the sampling for Childz Play, but it has by far the best lyrics on the album. I Am Selling Soul makes him sound like a door-to-door salesman, the delivery is weird. His voice is too high for rapping, he sounds daft. The soul/funk elements are pretty crummy. I appreciate Gnarls Barkley, and his The Lady Killer album is a really decent effort, plenty of bangers, so he is a better singer than rapper. A disjointed review, like the album. Nope.
Dunno about this, sometimes he has quite good flow, but there's just something missing. Is his claim that he is the soul machine ironic, as don't think there was much soul here. The stuff he did with danger mouse was good, don't think this was anywhere close though 2.5 probably
We tell our children, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. By track 9 or 10 of mediocre, fake tough guy nonsense, someone should’ve stopped this man. Someone put his recording equipment more than six inches away from him, so he can ever reach them again.
Never realized how awful and annoying his voice is
1+ Stars (3/15)
Fun times
CeeLo Green...Is The Soul Machine. Then why no soul CeeLo? There's the occasional soul beat or hint of soul but nothing that could be classed as out and out soul. I think maybe All Day Love Affair comes the closest? It's kinda fun in parts but the only other song I really liked was Childz Play and that's 'cause I like Ludacris. This is like so many R&B rap albums of the time but not one of the better ones. There's no doubt he has a a voice for soul but he just doesn't use it for that genre on this album and he's not really a rapper either. Also, how and why is this album 1hr 5 mins long?!
i felt pretty silly listening to this while sitting hunched over my desk doing work cos this is obviously meant to be listened to at a fun outdoor party in the summer. but it was enjoyable anyway. though a bit overlong, i found a lot of the second half album fairly emotionally engaging in a way that surprised me—”scrap metal” was an evil diss track while “when we were friends” was really lucid and moving…i’m sorry cee lo i was unfamiliar with your game…
This was cool but it was way too long for me. There were a lot of really great songs that I think would've stood out to me more in a different context because it was just a bit too hard to stay tuned in, but there was definitely a lot of variety of sound on here.
Yeah, I’m not loving this. He not got a very pleasant tone, has he? Flow’s alright, lyrical content is reasonably positive. I find the production pretty bland, and none of the hooks are hooking me. Feels like a long hour.
Soul music rarely moves me the way soul moves others who vibe with it. I fully understand the power of soul to grab a listener and resonate physically and emotionally in one's self. I just ain't that person. So, good music, that gets an unfair average rating from me.
CeeLo Green is painfully NOT the soul machine. Never heard anybody call him that. CeeLo Green sounds like a cartoon character. I can't go into the content too much because it was either irrelevant or ridiculous and after the first 5 tracks I just skipped through the album. Musically, it's somewhere between rap and soul, but incredibly uninspired in both forms. There's nothing here that hasn't already been done way better. Be it beats, vocals, composition, ... The only special thing is CeeLo's voice, and I don't think it fits either rap or soul very well. Singing pop songs is where it's at.
Fun and funny. A great party record.
meh
Decent southern-soul rap that fuses the best of the early 2000 southern hip-hop worlds - with the sounds of tight, crisp, Neptunes production-backed artists like T.I, and the eccentricity and southern pride of the music of Outkast and CeeLo's former group Goodie Mob. The execution does still leave a lot to be desired though, everything here gets repetitive fast, though thankfully CeeLo's seamless transitions between soulful singing and talk-rapping always remain a highlight. This record falls into the early 2000s (southern but also general) hip-hop trope of being longer than it needs to be, pairing the genuinely great moments here with poorly-aged slop, with a song like 'Childz Play' being damn-near unlistenable...Ludacris aside. There were some strong highlights, like 'The Art Of Noise', and I liked 'Scrap Metal' with CeeLo delivering this infectiously "over-the-top" vocal performance on the chorus. And the one-two of 'When We Were Friends' and 'Sometimes' may be the most heartwarming moments on the album, boasting some of the record's best production; with these flute and string embellishments driving the latter. While it starts strong, its bag of tricks is emptied quickly. What's left is enjoyable, yes, but uninteresting to say the least. A good amount of southern artists were doing this sound significantly better.
I don think Cee Lo had come into his one just yet. Didn’t hate it, but nothing stood out either.
I like a lot of Cee-Lo Green stuff, but I've never listened to this one. It took me awhile to get into it, but I enjoyed it afterwhile. I should revisit it, I'll Be Around
I might appreciate this more in the future, but for the moment I'm likely to forget you
Artiste inconnu. Aïe, encore un disque apparenté Hip-Hop, le 17eme. Toujours pas de miracle, même travers que d'habitude: trop répétitif, trop long et inintéressant. Je ne suis pas allé au bout. =>1/5
I thought 3 stars, but John says it should be 3.7 "because it's just chill"
Not bad, but if Cee-Lo is to be included on this list, it should be for his album "The Lady Killer" or Gnarls Barkley's "St. Elsewhere." No need for more than either of those two. I'll give it an extra half-star for what may be the first recorded use of the phrase, "fuck around and find out" in the song "Glockappella".
I felt like there was too much going on production wise.
4 stars
Souled hiphop, føles sgu ret outdated
Lekkere R&B. Ik zelf ben wat minder van het rap-zingen, maar de muziek/melodie is wel heel leuk. ***
Honestly I feel like I'm being generous because some of this album was very cringe, did not age well. The stand out track is the timbaland feature.
I hoped for more from this. Didn’t really grab me.
Cee-Lo Green saying words for 65 minutes. What a professional word sayer. I know he wishes he was Stevie Wonder, but sorry man, you can't be "The Soul Machine" when your voice sounds like A Pimp Named Slickback. Alright, final 10 albums. Time for the most anticlimactic finale of all time.
I may be alone in this but I thought it was a fun album. Good voice and catchy songs. Living Again was probably my favorite but there were really not any bad songs
This album was comically bad haha. From unimpressive lyrics to straight up mumbling. The only thing that redeemed this album was the hilarious beats, so bad it was good. Felt like I was in a circus for a while there lol
Some tunes were better than they had any right to be, but I found the rest of it slightly annoying.
Like it
Not into the style at all. I hated the opening tracks. Got a little more interesting about 4 tracks in. Still not a fan.
Initially thought it was pretty bad, then it kind of got stuck in my head. Still don’t think it’s very good, but it has a few moments. Mostly it’s just a Stevie Wonder/Funkadelic rip off. Not sure anybody going to care about Cee Lo Green 30 years from now.
I'm not sure if it's his voice or someone who was on the album with him but after a while, I couldn't stand it anymore! Overall it was better than I expected, however, it's not something I would listen to again.
The soul machine lacks soul. I'll be around slaps tho
Intro n/a Soul Machine 2.7 The Art of Noise 3.1 Living Again 3 I'll Be Around 2.8 The One 2.5 My Kind of People 2.6 Childz Play 2.5 I Am Selling Soul 2.7 All Day Love Affair 2.8 Evening News 2.4 Scrap Metal 2.8 Glockappella 2.7 When We Were Friends 2.7 Sometimes 2.8 Let's Stay Together 3 Die Trying 2.5 What Don't You Do (Outro) n/a Score: 2.725
Still one of the worst live performances I have ever seen. Album not terrible
Not bad honestly, had a decent time with it.
I’ve never listened to Cee-Lo and was expecting something somewhat different. This was a nice surprise! I guess it made me think of OutKast at some points? Maybe that’s a thing, I’m not sure.
Surprisingly, off to an energetic start. Honestly not terrible, as much as rap is not my thing. Oh, this is the dude who made Crazy, this figures.
Never liked it
wasnt expecting this to be this good ngl
Hot damn this was a fun ride. Cee Lo has such a unique and captivating style, and, man, the beats. Pharrell Williams and Timbaland involved? Lights out. Add Ludacris into the mix and you get a 5 from me.
I'm not a fan of this kind of music, for me this album is pretty average and not very interesting, that's all I can say
Nah, I wasn't feeling it at all. I love soul but didnt dig this
Loved it!
Love this album. Fight me.
Ignoring Cee Lo Green's issues and just addressing the music....Every time I listen to his music I get the same reaction "oh yeah......he's really talented......this is dynamic and interesting" and then I immediately forget it all. It's weirdly forgettable. There's a lot of breadth but none of it seems all that unique. It's almost really good and almost interesting. Production is great, but there really isn't much to dig into here. Most of my enjoyment came from realizing how similar he sounds to Colonel Stinkmeaner here. This feels harsh but 2/5.
Got an album full of songs, and none are good… I’m like fuck youuu
Just forgettable. Also was surprised to learn they did NOT write the theme song for FRIENDS
Many great songs, but the album is just a bit too long. 3 overstayed welcomes out of 5
Feels like a filler album to get to 1001. No place on this list.
i liked this album. Was a really good surprise
this album has many pleasing, soulful, comfy production choices and arrangements, largely thanks to the features - it sometimes feels like the entirety of southern rap is here - and overall the genre-mashing is successful. but lyrically this album is such ego-stroking dumb dogshit. trying to pass off as a good-times hard-guy record, barely disguising a deep insecurity. calling himself the soul machine like a goddamn comic book character. stupid.
Horrible album.
NOPE
Baaaaad
A bit long and derivative with occasional good moments. As a whole record though was a bit of a drag - had there been a bit of trimming it would have been better.
Ooh, ya des belles affaires qui ce passe quand le Soul rencontre le rap EDIT DU TURFU: C'EST PLUS QUE BEAU, C'EST MAGNIFIQUE, L'ÉTRANGE FRANÇAIS AVAIT RAISON
It had some songs that stood out, but not enough. I guess his work with Gnarls Barkley is a bit better. This is not bad by any means but it's not that good either
I've heard better soul, rap pop or whatever this is. There are some nice, smooth beats at times but it's just not very interesting or worth the time listening to.
Not my jam
I didn't expect to like tgis album as mush as I do. It's a bit long though. Rounded up
I'm not sure why I love this guy, but I do. Goodie Mob, Cee-Lo, Gnarls Barkley - whatever he wants to call himself, he's a force. His shit is so well-produced. And it's fun.
I only knew the F You song from this guy, I wasn’t expecting an actual soul machine. It was good - a high 3.
Wow, just waiting for each of these songs to be done.
Sustainably made using the offcuts of an Outkast album. The Soul Machine is straightforward Virginia Beach hip hop from its heyday: tight clever pop production, that incorporates some disco & techno elements, lots of samples and allusions to 70s soul and funk, dynamic and upbeat beats, call and response choruses with a choir, quick wordy rap verses and big catchy hooks. Better than I expected from what I thought was the Gnarls Barkley one-hit wonder's side project, but it does just sound like filler from the bigger & better albums these producers made at the same time, so it's familiar and accessible, but not especially compelling on its own terms. 73 minutes? fuck off.
Extremely average. Maybe less so.
This album has one song that was a hit when it came out, and was short lived, much like his career being mainstream. This album has more interesting songs with guest stars, but they have better songs on their own albums.
I like it! Hip Hop and funk. 5/5
Hip hop. I didn’t really like this album. The beats were plain, the vocals weren’t great, a lot of the time it was hard to understand. I will give the lyrics some credit, they were pretty clever throughout and flowed well but overall just ok.
1) слишком много спокен уорда, 2) слишком много самодовольства, 3) аллегейшнз...
Reminds me of Don bigg's 40 album. The voice was annoying and music sounds sooo dated didn't enjoy it at all
This is #day68 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... it brings me back to 2004, a particularly golden year in my musical journey. At 14, I was immersed in CDs, tapes, music channels, and radio, discovering new sounds that shaped my tastes. Albums like Encore, Collision Course, Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, American Idiot, and others hold a special place in my heart. It was a time of polarizing yet unique music. Now, onto Cee-Lo Green's Is The Soul Machine... I wasn't familiar with him before. Listening to the album, I can hear the Timbaland production style that was popular back then, but unfortunately, it doesn’t stand out to me. This is a 2 out of 5, mostly because of the year it was released and a couple of familiar feature artists. Also, why are those hip-hop records always so obnoxiously long? Looking forward to #day69.
This is pretty standard fin-de-siecle R&B. I wouldn't have picked it out of a lineup, and I don't like it any better than the groups doing the same kind of thing in the late 90s. Cee-Lo has a nice voice, quite distinctive, but he doesn't really open up and let rip like on some of his later hits. I was surprised to see that one of these songs, "I'll Be Around", has been played something like 100x as often as the next-most-played song. To my mind that one kind of sucked. I must be missing something that true Cee-Lo fans are picking up on. The best songs in my opinion are the two with Pharrell, "When We Were Friends" and "All Day Love Affair", which both put the most emphasis on Cee-Lo's singing and give him the most space to work. I didn't like any of the ones with a guest rapper, they're just not what I'm here for, and I don't think they play to his strength. This could've been a decent 25-minute soul EP, instead it's weak a 1+ hour hip-hop CD.
I originally was going to take what was to be a ‘short break’ from this project to just sort out my head etc… but then months and months go by and I end up returning to this project because I desperately don’t want to listen to this album. You kinda just get accustomed to the music by the end of it at the start it sounded like a 1/5 but as it went on I think it’s just climbed up to a 2/5. But seriously I don’t recommend this to anyone.
[record scratch] Narrator: Turns out, he isn’t Okay so it’s not that bad, there’s some good stuff on this but it leaps here and there and in and out of mediocrity. A middling 2.5 stars.
First half was funky and groovy. Second half was dull
CeeLo is an asshole, but this is a fun album. He’s got a good unique voice and there’s skilled rapping all over this. The album is a bit too long, though. It would be 5 stars if it didn’t overstay its welcome.
p898. 2004. 1.5 stars. Egotistical, misogynistic, foul mouthed crap. 20 years on and this already sounds dated. Bonus star for the classy horn section.
Overall I m enjoyed this album. I like how the album starts off with Soul Machine line “He’s been given the power to take you where you want to go so start him up and tell him where you want” then proceeds to have a large variety of different soul based songs throughout the album. Only a few songs from the track that I didn’t like where I felt like the vocals clashed hard with the music and sounded like nails on a chalk board. Otherwise very solid album. Not necessarily an album I have a strong desire to return to but glad I experience it once.
A decent pop / R&B album with soul influences. Songs were fun and upbeat, but nothing really stands out. Overall- a solid album if not a bit long / unfocused.
Cee Lo has always been an artist I liked in passing, but I never sought out his music aside from a few radio singles. Turns out he’s a lot more than that one Gnarls Barkley song and “Fuck You”. Features from Pharrell, Timbaland, TI, Ludacris and many more add a lot of variation and fun to the album. The Guess Who song “These Eyes” being sample on “the Art of Noise” made my little Canadian heart very happy. “Scrap Metal” is a delightfully brutal diss track, admittedly I have absolutely no idea who it’s intended towards though. “Die Trying” is probably my favourite track on the album, showcasing Cee Lo’s underrated southern rap flow. A few verses are almost reminiscent of OutKast, in the best way possible. Admittedly, a few songs miss the mark, “Glockapella” is almost comedic in its attempt to be hard. I’ll be listening to a few tracks off this album again for sure, but as for an entire album, I don’t think it’ll get played again.
Cee-Lo Green manages to invoke the classic sounds and feelings of soul and r&b while still serving up something novel and very fun to listen to. The lyrics aren’t particularly moving to me and sometimes verge on megalomaniacal, but they aren’t bad either. Great features from Timbaland, Ludacris and T.I. emphasize the southern flavor throughout this album. Favorite tracks: “Living Again” and “My Kind of People”. 7/10
This stunk the place up. I have no idea why this is on the list, besides maybe it's the first one where I've heard an artist try to sound like half a dozen other people who have distinct styles are are more successful. Childz Play sounded like such an Eminem copy, even down to the skit feel. This was not good.
Big fan of the dirty south sound. Not so much a fan of Cee-Lo's voice or the man. Was nice hearing Timbaland and not the best Ludacris but nice to hear him too. His vocals are killing me. I'm trying but this is a struggle. Sorry, this isn't doing anything that makes it necessary to be here.
not my kinda music, but the intro into the album is Very Great.
Pretty bad. The whole album is corny, lyrically and musically, but is interspersed with these jarring moments where Cee-Lo seems to be cosplaying as to what he thinks a hard man is. It's hard not to be perplexed when listening to a song which could be from a Lin-Manuel Miranda soundtrack, while Cee-Lo threatens to shoot his enemy's unborn child and it's mother. You can hear his attempts to imitate Andre 3000 all over this record. And, it goes without saying, he's not him. That said, he's a good vocalist, and some of the more experimental tracks are interesting, and even enjoyable. But they're hidden amongst total guff. Highlights: I am Selling Soul Let's Stay Together
It's fine I guess? He's a much better soul singer than he is a rapper, a craft at which he is wholly unconvincing. I just can't see how this is a must listen.
A line from one of the songs: "Sometimes I don't think people know I'm as good as I really am". My response: "Nah. You just think you are better than you really are". The last few tracks are actually pretty good, but the first 12 tracks make me wonder why this album is on this list.
Some interesting melodies/rhythms in some tracks.
Eh, not that great. Lyrics leave much to be desired.
Nah im not a CeeLo fan apparently
Fun and sexy but got a little too 2000s for me... Too long an album 2.9
I like Cee-Lo Green, pretty much any member of the Dungeon Family is pre-approved in my book. Something is telling me 4/5 instead of 5/5, but I am feeling positive I'll give it the 5!
Ich habe noch nie so langweilig, tranigen Soul gehört. Wenn das überhaupt Soul ist.
That's not my taste in musik. But some pleasant songs
Great album
I rate CeeLo. He’s charismatic, likeable and has a great voice. But I think the music on this album often lacks the personality he himself brings; with a couple of exceptions, it’s pretty generic stuff. Maybe that Gnarls Barkley album would’ve been a more worthy entry?
This was a fun listen for the most part. However, something is missing and I can't put my finger on it, because of that I highly doubt I ever come back to this album. 3 stars
Some fun funky beats here but not a lot for me. Not a huge fan of his singing style
The loops/rhythm section/beats are fantastic. His voice is not one I can listen to a lot of in a single sitting. Average for me. 2.5 stars. will round up to 3
This is a must listen to album? Can someone explain to me why?
Nice
Oh ... more Hip-Hop. 1/5
I have no idea why I was supposed to listen to this before i die. This was extremely bland and mediocre. He made better music before and after this album. Fail.
I wasn’t really looking forward to this album going into it, but it actually surprised me at first. It had some pretty catchy hooks and a smooth, laidback vibe. But as time went on, the charm started to wear off, and the album began to feel a bit repetitive. Then I realized it was over an hour long, which just added to the struggle of getting through it.
You can hear the short man syndrome come right through your speakers. Some good features and alright tracks, but not a great hip hop album.
'My kind of people' is the tune to 'Pass the duchy' reworked. Do Musical Youth know about this? 'Childz play' borrows heavily from Eminem's 'My name is', to say the least. Otherwise it's all just OK - the only memorable track is Die trying.
A lot better than expected. Soul but with a normal voice.
Dork thought it was good. Goof thought it was decidedly average.
Saw the advisory sticker on the front cover so didn’t bother listening. (Well I did a bit to be true to the list but not pleasant) 1/5 8/9/24 250 up tomorrow, a quarter of the way through so hope the list comes up trumps 🤞
3.75
Joyfully high highs on this one. "I'll Be Around" into "The One" into "My Kind of People" was so much fun, but probably my favorite song was "All Day Love Affair." That said, I wasn't really a big fan of most of the rest. I love CeeLo the soulful singer. Not as into him rapping. But the highs. They were so high!
Overall, this fell flat for me. It’s clear that CeeLo Green is very talented - but it seemed like some of his talent was drowned out by attempts to make club hits pop off in each track. Really enjoyed my kind of people
hm
Great in parts. Felt a bit pushed
Hyvää musiikkia ruoanlaittoon tai shoppailuun ym. Hyväntuulista taustamusaa. Tulee mieleen sinkkuelämää vaikka en oo edes kahtonu sitä, jotenki 2000s vibe
Too long, too samey. It just gets a bit boring CeeLo also has a voice like a cartoon character, which is interesting for one song but grating after more than 10 minutes or so
I thought this album was super dated
Cee-lo osaa räpätä (ja siis laulaakin), olisi pitänyt kuunnella heti tarkemmin, että mistä aiheista. Se taitaa olla levyn ydin heti onnistuneen rnb:n ohella. Mukavaa taustamusiikkia, mutta tuli olo, että tää ei sais jäädä pelkäksi taustaksi siis! Oli kaunista melodiaa ja iskevyyttä.
Asioita, joita ei ollut tarpeen kuulla. Asioita, joita en halua enää koskaan kuulla. Pettymys. EP?
This grew on me. Fun beats, not too intimidating rap/funk
First half was good but it stretched on too long
Not good, not terrible
This album is okay, but not much more than that. Disappointingly, it seems that Cee-Lo Green's best songs are hardly even his, being collaborations and/or written by other artists.
Ehh, a but boring and it’s too long.
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine but he's not particularly good. This is a massively over-produced album that seems desperate to hide the main attraction's voice or skill or personalisation, which is an interesting way to go about things (they hide his voice because it's really annoying). All in together it creates something that is at least listenable, but not especially enjoyable, and there's no soul in it. 2.
Underwhelming, doesn't feel like a soul album at all, and is mega self-indulgent to a level that he really doesn't deserve given he hadn't had either of his two hits at the point of making this album. Really struggling to find much more to say about this album. It happened, it's budget hip hop that isn't particularly cutting, has way too much going on, it's just a bit dull. 2/5.
Too many of the post-2000 album choices on this list are trash
I have stated this before, but it never seems like a good sign when both the description on the 1001 Albums Generator and the album's Wikipedia page have one sentence about that album. It's hard for me to find an album essential if the world as a whole doesn't have much to say about it. I have something to say about this. It does not need to be 65 minutes long. Cee Lo rapping is not something that was aware he did. This isn't a special album and there is no need to hear this.
Its okay.
Some fun ideas, but not great. Feels like he's just trying to be cool. I just don't enjoy his flow.
buenisimo, so funky so moving. 9/10
9/10
Imagine if a chipmunk inhaled a whole load of helium and then started to sing/rap about "guns and hoes". That's basically what this album is. If this had been a straight up comedy album, then it might have actually worked. However, I have the horrible suspicion that this was done as a serious piece of work, in which case it's a bad joke.
Sometimes a bit too soul/r&b for my liking, but some pretty solid atl hip hop overall.
Meh.
“Forget” this.
it's maybe a 2.5, i don't really like his voice
When Cee-Lo was writing these songs did not have people like me in mind. His formula works but it’s so repetitive that tires me :( it’s like ketchup. Might be nice - but just a little on your fries. If you keep pushing it, it sickens you.
Soul! Ugh! Not sure how it gets labeled such. It's more rap/hip-hop occasionally sampling some soul sounds. And it's all pretty awful.
I'd rather listen to the Goodie Mob while covering my drink than listen to this shit!
fun!
I didn't know Cee-Lo Green rapped this much. I was trying not to listen to Hip-Hop right now. Oh well. Some decent songs, but also some terrible ones (Childz Play and Scrap Metal for example), in my opinion.
Gnarls Barkley is some good shit. This is just regular shit.
Never heard of that band before, really souly and relaxing
2/5
Boring and predictable trash 1
Really liked some of it, some was just meh.
Not bad for a date raper.
meh
Krieg ich Durchfall davon.
Ehhhh i dunno not awful by any means, it just didn’t do much for me.
weird, delightful album that runs a little long, and has me curious about cee lo green's other stuff. not really as good as some of his singles or other collabs i've heard though.
Oh great, hip hop my favorite music genre (not) performed by a garbage human. Fantastic. Why is this on this (or any) list?
Some decent to good songs, but, by the end, I just wanted it to end.
Cee how low you can go!!! I don't feel bad saying that after this terrible piece of work. Even the Timbaland song is bad. Go ahead invite your buddies to be on an album that's bad and make it worse. These songs were not written well. Cee Lo you had your fifteen mins of fame and it's gone ah roonie. And if those motel boxes are still a quarter that's a bargain!💯🤑
Just ok, bordering on cheesy. Definitely not a Soul Machine, more like one of those boxes on sleazy old motel beds that take quarters.
Difficulty listen to this one
"Fuck You", indeed, Mr Green. Let's get this flaccid bag of homophobic misogyny out of the 1001 please. He sucked 20 years ago and he sucks now.
A nice soulful, pop, r&b album. A bit overproduced at times, but I enjoyed it.
Quite enjoyed this once I’d gotten into it. Got edgier second half. Not my thing and bit uncomfortable having the N word flying around in work but overall not as bad as I thought.
Starts badly when you have children talking on a recored. And, look, its not my genre and it doesn't have crazy on it so what more than 1 starwould you expect?
Don’t fully understand the vitriol for this album. Yes, it isn’t full of smash hits and it’s definitely debatable whether the album should have made this list. But it’s here and the songs aren’t terrible. Some of them are catchy and fun.
That was amazing.
Mint, so 2000s and loved the timberland feature 3.8
3.5 - really good album, this genre in the early 00s was so so polished and great, bring it back
A few good songs, albeit lame ones, and quite a few bad ones, which I never want to hear again. 'The One' and 'Childz Play' are actually two of the worst songs I have ever heard. It gets a bit better with 'All Day Love Affair' and 'When We Were Friends', but most of the other songs are incredibly bland. How this album got onto the list is beyond my imagination. It's mediocre Cee Lo Green with a mediocre album filled with mediocre songs. I will never get that 65 minutes of my life back. I literally had to listen to actual good music afterwards to forget what I had heard.