This was like the 2nd issue of the “XXL”.Goodie Mob is one of the illest Hip-Hop groups ever. Original and honest! In my opinion… they slipped up somewhere near “World Party” for me but all in all… still a ill group. I was frontin on the song Soul Food at first. HAAA! My peoples from Neblos and City of Ink can vouch for that. HAAAAA! But after I listen to that album… SHIT! I was only like a year deep as far as living in the “A”. I was just starting to understand it all. I enjoyed those days because everything was new and ATL at the time was on their own vibe in all aspects. The Bankhead Bounce was a nation wide phenomena at the time. You got to love it. Some people was frontin on “Still Standing” too. which was a good album as well. The Dungeon Fam was running shit but it was a shame how some of their own people in Georgia was dissing them. Shit, They don’t even get mentioned as much when it comes to Atlanta’s great representatives. Between them and Outkast, they put Atlanta in the Front! So here’s to the Goodie, an ATLANTA CLASSIC in it’s self. Peep the Bio below BLAMMMMMM!!
Bio(taken from Starpulse.com):
Along with OutKast, with whom they were closely associated, Goodie Mob was among the first Southern rap acts to attain nationwide recognition, particularly with their classic debut, Soul Food (1995). The group unraveled after only its third album, World Party (1999), when Cee-Lo broke away for a solo career, and overall their recognition was much more critical than commercial. All the same, Goodie Mob’s reputation as a pioneering Southern rap act remains firmly in place, and that reputation was considerably bolstered once Cee-Lo, as the frontman of Gnarls Barkley, broke into mainstream consciousness with the smash hit “Crazy” in 2006. As a footnote, a downsized Goodie Mob lineup remained semi-active after Cee-Lo’s departure, releasing unheralded albums such as One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show(2004).
Originally comprised of Cee-Lo (born Thomas Callaway), Khujo (Willie Knighton, Jr.), T-Mo (Robert Barnett), and Big Gipp (Cameron Gipp), Goodie Mob debuted in 1994 on Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, the debut album by fellow Atlanta rap group OutKast. Organized Noize, the trio of Rico Wade, Ray Murray, and Sleepy Brownwho had produced Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, helmed Soul Food the following year; like Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, the album was released on LaFace, the label overseen by Antonio “L.A.” Reid and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds in partnership with Arista Records. Soul Food was well-received by critics and became a moderate hit, breaking into the Top 50 of the Billboard 200 album chart (peaking at number 45) and spawning a trio of urban radio hits (“Cell Therapy” charted at number one on the Hot Rap Singles chart; “Dirty South” at number eight; “Soul Food” at number seven). As a testament to the album’s influence throughout the South, the musical term “Dirty South” was adopted from the song of the same name, having been coined by Goodie Mob.
Goodie Mob’s second album, Still Standing (1998), was again produced byOrganized Noize, and though it only spawned one chart hit (“Black Ice,” featuring OutKast), the album itself was eagerly anticipated, charting at number six on the Billboard 200 and number two on the R&B/Hip-Hop album chart. Goodie Mob’s next album, World Party (1999), was more commercially crafted, trading in some of the social commentary of past albums for good-time festivity. Organized Noizecontinued to produce, along with Bad Boy associate Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie (and his co-producer, Kanye West, who earns an early credit on the track “Rebuilding”), and featured guests include TLC (on “What It Ain’t [Ghetto Enuff) and Big Boi from OutKast (“Get Rich to This”). Despite the commercial considerations, World Partyproved disappointing from both a critical and commercial perspective — particularly the latter, for the album barely broke into the Top 50 of the Billboard 200 (peaking at number 48) and failed to spawn a hit that could crack the Hot 100 singles chart (“Get Rich to This” was the only single to chart at all). (More Here).
