"collaborations with ""the biggest hip-hop musicians of all time"", including Ludacris, T.I., and Pharrell Williams. The album debuted and peaked at number 2 on the ""Billboard"" Top R&B/Hip Hop Album chart. It received critical acclaim and was described as ""one of the most ambitious albums to come out of any genre in recent times."" Along with DJ Danger Mouse, Green was part of a duo called Gnarls Barkley. Green first met Danger Mouse at a University of Georgia event. They later collaborated on the remix of the Danger Mouse and Jemini song ""What U Sittin' On?"" from the album ""Ghetto"
"Pop Life"", before working together again on the 2005 Danger Doom album ""The Mouse and The Mask"" on the song ""Benzie Box"" where Green delivers the chorus. Gnarls Barkley's first collaborative album, ""St. Elsewhere"", was released on April 24, 2006, in the UK and May 2, 2006, in the United States. ""St. Elsewhere"" entered the charts at No.1 in the UK, as did the first single ""Crazy"". ""Crazy"" is the first single to reach number one in the UK based on digital download sales alone and is ranked by Rolling Stone as the greatest song of the decade, ergo making"
"on records by Mase, Carl Thomas (singer), The Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy and others. In 2001, he relocated to Atlanta, GA and began a long relationship with CeeLo Green, recording, producing and mixing records together, including 2006's St. Elsewhere (album) by Gnarls Barkley also featuring Danger Mouse (musician). The album reached No. 4 in the Billboard 200 as well as Platinum RIAA certification and won a Grammy Award for Best Urban Alternative Album. His reputation for bringing the low-end aesthetics of Hip hop to Indie music led to numerous projects in that genre in the years to follow. In 2009,"
"Closet Freak: The Best of Cee-Lo Green the Soul Machine Closet Freak: The Best of Cee Lo Green, The Soul Machine is a greatest hits compilation album released by American hip hop musician Cee Lo Green, also known for working with Atlanta hip hop group Goodie Mob and production duo Gnarls Barkley. The album consists of tracks from his work with the Goodie Mob and his two solo albums. The album comes on the heels of his noted mainstream rise due to the popularity of the Gnarls Barkley ""St. Elsewhere"" album and ""Crazy"" single. Collaborators on the album include Timbaland,"
"Bruno Mars. In recognition of his engineering talents Marsh was nominated for ""Outstanding Creative Achievement"" at the 27th annual TEC Awards. Marsh met Cee Lo Green at one of his freelancing jobs which proved to be a Grammy winning union. Marsh and Cee Lo Green formed the production team The Grey Area to work on music that would be mainstream hits. He collaborated on Gnarls Barkley's The Odd Couple and Cee Lo's 2010 multi-platinum smash ""Fuck You"" from ""The Lady Killer"" album. The result of this collaboration was Graham receiving two Grammy nominations, with one win for Best Urban/Alternative Performance"
"the UK. In the United States, ""Crazy"" reached number two on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Its parent album ""St. Elsewhere"" (2006), was also a hit, peaked at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart and number 4 on the US ""Billboard"" 200 albums chart. Gnarls Barkley's second album, ""The Odd Couple"" (2008), charted at number 12 on the ""Billboard"" 200. In 2010, Green took a hiatus from working with Danger Mouse, and released a solo single titled ""Fuck You!"", on August 19. The song became a successful single, with the radio-edit version ""Forget You"", reaching the top spot in the"
"only the second hip hop album to win the award—and has been certified diamond by selling 11 times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping more than 11 million units, becoming one of the best selling albums of all time. Gnarls Barkley experienced a surprise hit with their debut single ""Crazy"". Due to high download sales, it reached number-one of the single charts in several countries, including the United Kingdom, where it became the best selling single of 2006. The song was named the best song of 2006 by both ""Rolling Stone"" and the ""Village Voice""'s"
"Danger Mouse in 2003, after sending him some home demos. Trey Reames, DM's Manager at the time, saw her playing at an open mic at Yo! Sushi in London. Reames started managing her and got DM to produce her record as a 'thank you' for introducing him to Ceelo Green and negotiating their first collaboration (26 inch remix on Lex records) which led to the formation of Gnarls Barkley. Joker's Daughter's debut album appeared on Team Love Records in 2009, and features Scott Spillane (of Neutral Milk Hotel) on brass instruments. Their debut, ""The Last Laugh"", features Josh Klinghoffer and"
"yet.” | rowspan=""3"" | 2007 || ""Crazy"" || Video of the Year || | rowspan=""3"" | 2007 || ""St. Elsewhere"" || International Album || |- | rowspan=""3"" | 2006 || Gnarls Barkley || Future Sound || | rowspan=""3"" | 2006 || rowspan=""3"" | ""Crazy"" || Best Group Video || | rowspan=""2"" | 2006 || Gnarls Barkley || Left Field Woodie || | rowspan=""2"" | 2007 || Gnarls Barkley || Outstanding Duo or Group || | rowspan=""2"" | 2006 || ""Crazy"" || Best Track || | rowspan=""2"" | 2007 || ""St. Elsewhere"" || Best R&B/Soul Album – Group, Band or Duo"
"I’m actually planning on completing a Goodie Mob album first, So I am working on both of them, in a very calm moderate kind of way. You know we absolutely have the creative drive to do Goodie Mob, and we already started Gnarls Barkley about a year go so I’d like to right that statement."" On July 25, 2011, Cee Lo Green announced via his Twitter that the title of the Goodie Mob reunion album would be titled ""We Sell Drugs Too."" However, in February 2012, Cee Lo tweeted that the name has been changed to ""Age Against the Machine."""
"St. Elsewhere (album) St. Elsewhere is the debut album by American soul duo Gnarls Barkley. It was released on April 24, 2006 in the UK, where it debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and on May 9, 2006 in the United States, although it was available for purchase one week earlier as a digital download in the U.S. iTunes Store. It debuted at No. 20 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" 200, and peaked at No. 4. It topped the ""Billboard"" Dance/Electronic Albums chart for 39 non-consecutive weeks in 2006 and 2007. The album's first single, ""Crazy"", was the"
"topped the club charts in the US. The following year, she released a second EP, titled ""We R in Need of a Musical Revolution"". The EP spawned a hit of the same name and led the way to Esthero's 2005 full-length album on the Warner Bros. label, ""Wikked Lil' Grrrls"", seven years following her debut album, to mixed critical reaction. The album features contributions from Sean Lennon, André 3000, Jemeni, Jelleestone, and Cee-Lo Green of Goodie Mob. In 2007, Esthero amicably parted ways with Venus Management. She continues to have a familial bond with Zack and Beau. Esthero is currently"
"Mister Cee Calvin LeBrun, better known as Mister Cee or DJ Mister Cee (born August 17, 1966), is an American hip hop DJ, and radio personality on New York's RADIO 103.9, and a record producer. LeBrun is best known as the DJ for hip hop artist Big Daddy Kane during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He also served as an associate executive producer for the Notorious B.I.G.'s debut album, ""Ready to Die"" (1994). He has also developed and endorsed a variant of the Tropical Fantasy soft drink, which he named ""Island Punch Finisher"". LeBrun was born in the Bedford–Stuyvesant,"
"Chris Ketley Chris Ketley (born January 1985) is a London based multi-instrumentalist, musical director, arranger, composer and producer. He is most well known for being a pop session musician playing guitar and piano for multi-platinum selling British artist Ellie Gouldingand has previously worked with a variety of bands and artists such as Bryan Ferry, Zendaya, Banks, The Rakes, Dua Lipa, Markus Feehily (Westlife), Martin Luke Brown, Betsy, DJ Fresh, Christophe Willem, Conor Maynard, Rumer and The X-Factor Australia, The Moons & The on Offs. He has made TV appearances with Cee Lo Green, Katherine Jenkins, Cher, Gary Barlow, Alfie Bow,"
"vinyl record single in March 2006. It gained some of its popularity due to its use on primetime BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe's television advert, and it was also made Record of the Week by Ken Bruce of BBC Radio 2, Scott Mills and Jo Whiley of BBC Radio 1 as well as being made 'Weekend Anthem' by DJ Spoony and Sara Cox (also of Radio 1). In an interview with journalist Stephen Mooallem about their single ""Crazy"", Mooallem asked the duo, ""Is it true that Cee-Lo recorded the vocals for ""Crazy"" in just one take?"" to which Danger"
"& The Gang. He introduced drum-heavy African sounds, and used Latin beats to entice people to dance, as well as James Brown and Motown (including The Four Tops, The Supremes, and the Temptations). Francis Grasso Francis Grasso (March 25, 1949 - March 20, 2001)) was an American soul music disc jockey from New York City, best known for inventing the technique of beatmatching (sometimes referred to as mixing or blending) which is the foundation of the modern club DJ's technique. Grasso, who attended Brooklyn Technical High School and Long Island University, started his DJ career in 1968 at a New"
"prior to its release. D'Agostino collaborated with Dead Prez on their latest album, ""Pulse of the People: Turn Off The Radio, Vol. 3"", released in June 2009 Together with Mister Cee he is featured as host of the hip-hop radio station ""The Beat 102.7"" in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. The station is essentially a replica of Hot 97. Instead of using existing songs, Green Lantern produced the songs exclusively for ""The Beat 102.7"". DJ Green Lantern James D'Agostino (born July 7, 1975), professionally known as DJ Green Lantern, is an American hip hop disc Jockey (DJ) and"
"the career I want. That's why I have to use film directors as a model."" Danger Mouse (musician) Brian Joseph Burton (born July 29, 1977), better known by his stage name Danger Mouse, is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He came to prominence in 2004 when he released ""The Grey Album"", which combined vocal performances from Jay-Z's ""The Black Album"" with instrumentals from The Beatles' ""The Beatles (aka the White Album)"". He formed Gnarls Barkley with CeeLo Green and produced its albums ""St. Elsewhere"" and ""The Odd Couple"". In 2009 he collaborated with James Mercer of the indie"
"16 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 11, 2006. The second single from the album, ""Blindfold Me"", featuring Nas, was released solely in the United States. It failed to enter the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, while peaking at number 91 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. ""Lil Star"", which features Cee-Lo of the duo Gnarls Barkley, was released internationally as the album's third and final single. The track reached number three on the UK Singles Chart, earning Kelis her fifth UK top-five single as a lead artist."
"Shecky Greene Shecky Greene (born Fred Sheldon Greenfield; April 8, 1926) is an American comedian. He is known for his nightclub performances in Las Vegas, where he became a headliner in the 1950s. He has appeared in several films, including ""Tony Rome"", ""History of the World, Part I"" and ""Splash"", and has guest starred on such television shows as ""Mad About You"", ""Laverne & Shirley"", ""Love, American Style"", and ""Combat!"" Greene was born in 1926, and grew up on the North Side of Chicago and served in the United States Navy during World War II. Greene had planned to become"
"Lil Star ""Lil Star"" is the second international single from Kelis' fourth studio album, ""Kelis Was Here"" (2006). Released outside US (where ""Blindfold Me"" served as the second single), the single features Cee-Lo, who is known for being a half of the duo Gnarls Barkley. Following the moderate success of ""Bossy"", the single has proven to be a return to form for Kelis; it debuted at number eight in Ireland and was also a huge hit in the United Kingdom reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart. The track was hailed by many music fans and critics as Kelis'"
"it Green's most successful project to date. A second album by Gnarls Barkley, titled ""The Odd Couple"", was released in March 2008. Its first single was released in January called ""Run (I'm a Natural Disaster)"". Seeing the success achieved by Gnarls Barkley, Arista and Legacy released a 17-track greatest hits collection of songs by Green, titled """". It features predominantly solo tracks by Green and several Goodie Mob songs. His ""What Part of Forever"" was included in """" . In 2008, Green published a rendition of the 1974 single ""Kung Fu Fighting"" by Jamaican vocalist Carl Douglas, for the animated"
"2006 at number 23 based on download sales alone, climbing to number 10 after the physical release was available. Smiley Faces ""Smiley Faces"" is a song by Gnarls Barkley and is featured on their debut album, ""St. Elsewhere"". It was released 17 July 2006 as the second single from that album in the United Kingdom (see 2006 in British music). Like the single ""Crazy"", there are also two different music videos for this song. The mockumentary-style music video for ""Smiley Faces"", directed by Robert Hales shows a music historian (played by Dennis Hopper) and an A&R executive (played by Dean"
"Fury (DJ) Steve Blakley (born Rochester, New York), also known by his alias Fury (formerly DJ Fury) is an American DJ, rave promoter, and former professional snowboarder based in Denver, Colorado. In the 1980s and 1990s he was sponsored by Barfoot and Division 23 as an athlete, traveling to international snowboarding expos and competing in contests such as the U.S. Snowboarding Open. He began DJing as DJ Fury in 1992, adopting the styles of hardcore techno, drum and bass, breakbeat, and jungle. In 2000 the publication ""Denver Westword"" called him ""Denver's premier jungle DJ."" He tours frequently to festivals such"
"Barenaked Ladies, Matthew Good, Pete Yorn, Foo Fighters, Cheap Trick 2004 - The Tragically Hip, Colin James, Bryan Adams, ZZ Top, 9 House Finger Eleven, The Spades, Death Of Eight 2005 - 3 Doors Down, Staind, No Address, Alter Bridge, David Lee Roth, Kalan Porter, Amanda Stott, High Holy Days, Billy Talent, Kid Rock, Jody Raffoul 2006 - Keith Urban, Collective Soul, Everclear, Astronaut, Gretchen Wilson, Brooks and Dunn, Scott Manery & The Barnburners 2007 - Nickelback, Aerosmith, Toby Keith, Def Leppard, Scott Manery & The Barnburners 2008 - Bon Jovi, See Spot Run, Low Level Flight, Mötley Crüe, Scarlet"
"Gaga (""Just Dance"", ""Poker Face"", ""Paparazzi"", ""Bad Romance"", ""Alejandro"" and ""Monster""), Lorde (""Royals""), Miley Cyrus (""Wrecking Ball""), Taylor Swift (""White Horse"", ""Red"" and ""State of Grace""), Ellie Goulding (""Burn""), Katy Perry, Juicy J (""Dark Horse""), Lana Del Rey (""Summertime Sadness"" and ""Blue Jeans""), Shakira (""Dare (La La La)""), John Legend (""All Of Me""), Pitbull, Paulina Rubio (Vive El Verano), Jennifer Lopez, Claudia Leitte (""We Are One (Ole Ola)""), will.i.am (""This Is Love""), Xuxa, Rebeca, Lorena Rojas, Shaila Durcal, Cristian Castro, Jerry Rivera and others. Richard Daniel Roman Richard Daniel Roman (born 16 March 1965 in Kings Cross, London) is a"
"DJ Green Lantern James D'Agostino (born July 7, 1975), professionally known as DJ Green Lantern, is an American hip hop disc Jockey (DJ) and music producer from Rochester, New York. In 2002, D'Agostino was signed by American rapper Eminem, to become the official DJ for Shady Records, after DJ Head stepped down for undisclosed reasons. DJ Green Lantern came to prominence in the late 90's-early 2000's with his signature brand of mixtapes..The creativity of these tapes caught the ear of many industry power players, one of which was Eminem. The first set of officially sponsored mixtapes from Eminem's Shady Records."
"Bo Daley (Dark Network), Rosie X (Geekgirl), Nick Wilson, Jasper Russell, Seb Chan, Luke Dearnley (Bass Snarl), Andy Fitzgerald, Ali Omar (Atone), Adrian Black, Lisa Bode, James McParlane, Jamie Stevens, Benj Askins (Infusion), Kate Crawford, Nicole Skeltys (B(if)tek), Gordon Finlayson, Ian Andrews (Disco Stu), Mark Ireland (Carrier), Cindi Drennan, Justin Maynard (Tesseract), Grant Muir (VJ Morph), Roslyn McGinty (Bass Bitch), Elle Stearn (Lush Puppy), Marty Wells (Batfreak), Murray Creagh. The collective's appeal was largely fueled by the sore lack of live venues in Australia for electronic music and a lack of options for releasing recorded material. On 25 March 1994"
"who signed him in early 2008. Since 2008, Frank E has produced songs for G-Eazy, Gnash, Sage the Gemini, Khelani, The Vamps, Madonna, CROSS GENE, Flo Rida, The Black Eyed Peas, T-Pain, Chris Brown, Travie McCoy, Enrique Iglesias, Lupe Fiasco, Sean Kingston, Toni Braxton, B.o.B, Three 6 Mafia, Nelly Furtado, Pitbull, Justin Bieber, Jason Derulo, Hayley Williams, Eminem, Cody Simpson, Wiz Khalifa, and many others. DJ Frank E Justin Franks, also known as DJ Frank E, is an American DJ and record producer from Denver, Colorado. Frank E started working closely with Adelio Lombardi, founder of Side 3 Entertainment and"
"The song failed to chart within the top-ten in France and Sweden, peaking at number 12 on both countries singles charts. In the United Kingdom, ""SOS"" debuted at number five on 22 April 2006. The following week, the song rose to number two, being held off of the number one position by Gnarls Barkley's ""Crazy"". In its third week charting, both ""SOS"" and ""Crazy"" retained their respective chart positions. Over the following weeks, ""SOS"" began to descend down the top-ten of the chart, falling to number five for two weeks, whilst ""Crazy"" retained its number one position. In Australia, ""SOS"""
"hits in the US and the UK. Jesse Green (reggae musician) Jesse Green (born Locksley Alphonso Green, 5 July 1948) is a Jamaican reggae and disco musician. He was born in the parish of St. James, Jamaica. As a young boy, Green attended Denham Town Primary School and became fascinated with music by listening to the sound systems, particularly the one belonging to Count Barrett. Green was a member of The Pioneers and drummed with Jimmy Cliff in the 1970s, before launching a solo career in 1976. He scored an international disco hit with a remix of his ""Nice and"
"Jo Geilo Heartbreakers, Barclay James Harvest, Nils Lofgren The Wailers, The Pogues, Rhapsody, King Sunny Ade, Uriah Heep, Nina Hagen, I.Q., T'pau, Foreigner, Sly & Robbie Package, Polo Hofer, Steve Hacket, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makerst, Ten Years After, Status Quo, Bo Diddley & Ron Wood, Starship, Jethro Tull Simple Minds, Chuck Berry, Status Quo, Foreigner, Bob Geldof, Kid Creole & Coconuts, The Beach Boys, Allmann Brothers Band, John Lee Hooker & Band, Vaya Con Dios, Level 42, Toto, Blues Brothers Band, Mothers Finest, Die Toten Hosen, Manfred Mann's Earthband, Little River Band Lenny Kravitz, The Black Crowes, Chris"
"LSD, 2C-B, Ketamine, and Benzylpiperazine. The top mainstream disk jockeys in the 2010s have been Tiesto, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Steve Aoki, Nicky Romero, Afrojack, Deadmau5, Diplo, Skrillex, Armin Van Buuren, Avicii, Zedd, Martin Garrix, Hardwell, The Chainsmokers, Marshmello, Major Lazer, DJ Snake, Slushii, and Disclosure. Country has continued to maintain its popularity both as a radio format and in retail; this is attributed both to the faithfulness of country fans and to a rise in popularity of the genre. The most popular country acts during this decade have been Zac Brown Band, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift, Jason"