From Gnarls Barkley's to his solo hit to his work as a judge on the NBC talent show The Voice, you can't escape these days. But that Hollywood persona seems far away from the Atlanta scene where Green got his real start with the group that put Southern hip-hop on the map in the mid-1990s: . Now, after 14 years, all four members are back together, which Green says is an opportunity to bring something new and deep to hip-hop.
"For hip-hop, we felt like we could bring some maturity, bring some consciousness, bring some wisdom, you know?" he says.
Goodie Mob's new album, Age Against the Machine, aims to challenge mainstream hip-hop. Members Cee-Lo Green and Big Gipp recently spoke with NPR's David Greene about songs like "Special Education" and a need to build new leaders. Click the audio link to hear more of their conversation.
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