History Music / CeeLoGreen

* LameComeback: "Fuck You"
-->I got some news for you ''(grunts petulantly)'' [-I really hate yo' ass, right now-]

->''Well, hello there. My name is not important. And I'm often asked, what do I do for a living? And I answer, I do what I want. Spontaneity is the spice of life, and I've indulged quite a bit. Now, I'm not above the law, and I'm certainly not lawless. But when it comes to ladies... I have a license to'' '''kill.'''
-->-'''Lady Killer theme'''

Cee Lo Green (''née'' Thomas [=DeCarlo=] Callaway, b. 1974) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter and producer. Best known for an eclectic style that combines elements of hip-hop, R&B, and Motown soul, Cee Lo has been active with several groups since the mid-'90s and has won three Grammy awards.

Cee Lo's musical career started in 1991 when he and three friends from his hometown of Atlanta founded the Goodie Mob, the [[TropeNamers genre-naming]] Dirty South rap group. After recording three albums with the group, and appearing as a guest vocalist on Music/CarlosSantana's 1999 album ''Supernatural'', Green quit the Goodie Mob to pursue a solo career. He released two solo albums in the early 2000s, which received little mainstream attention at the time. It was during this time that he began to transition from rap to singing, a change which solidified when he and producer [[Music/BrianBurton Danger Mouse]] formed the crossover group GnarlsBarkley. His first album with Gnarls, 2006's ''St. Elsewhere'', was a major hit, reaching #4 in the U.S., with its lead single "Crazy" reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in the U.K (becoming the first #1 single on the UK charts to get there on download sales alone). The group's second album didn't do as well, however. Cee Lo would also reunite and perform several live shows with the Goodie Mob during this time.

During a hiatus from Gnarls in 2010, Cee Lo recorded and released ''The Lady Killer'', his most successful solo album to date. The album reached the top ten in both the U.S. and Britain, and produced the enormously popular single "Fuck You!", which reached #2 in the U.S. and #1 in the U.K. As of 2012, Cee Lo is recording new albums with both Gnarls Barkley and the Goodie Mob, and is a panelist on ''Series/TheVoice''.

* ''Age Against The Machine'' (TBA)

* MuppetCameo: He performed with special Muppets at the 2012 Grammys, and then made "All I Need Is Love" with the main cast. In return, a chicken chorus performed "F--- You" in ''TheMuppets''.

** The far less known [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhPVA3AEioE ''Whatever'']] from Gnarles Barkley's ''The Odd Couple'' goes this route a good two years before the above track.
* ScullyBox: Inverted with the 5'5" Cee Lo, who usually wears clothes a few sizes too big to exaggerate his small stature and ends up being dwarfed by the ''women'' in his backing group.

* DeconReconSwitch: "Fuck You" deconstructs the traditional R&B breakup song by telling us ''exactly'' what the narrator is thinking. "Forget You" bowdlerizes and reconstructs the song as a straight GenreThrowback.

* OneHitWonder: "Fuck You".

* GeorgeLucasThrowback: ''The Lady Killer'' is largely an homage to the Motown sound.

* ScullyBox: Inverted with the 5'5" Cee Lo, who usually wears clothes a few sizes too big to exaggerate his small stature and ends up being dwarfed by the ''women'' in his backing group.
* SignatureSong: "Fuck You!" solo, "Crazy" as part of Gnarls Barkley.

* GeorgeLucasThrowback: ''The Lady Killer'' is largely an homage to the Motown sound, and its intro is a JamesBond pastiche.

->''Well, hello there. My name is not important. And i'm often asked, what do I do for a living? And I answer, I do what I want. Spontaneity is the spice of life, and i've indulged quite a bit. Now, i'm not above the law, and i'm certainly not lawless. But when it comes to ladies... I have a license to'' '''kill.'''

Cee Lo Green (''né'' Thomas [=DeCarlo=] Callaway, b. 1974) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter and producer. Best known for an eclectic style that combines elements of hip-hop, R&B, and Motown soul, Cee Lo has been active with several groups since the mid-'90s and has won three Grammy awards.

Cee Lo's musical career started in 1991 when he and three friends from his hometown of Atlanta founded the Goodie Mob, the [[TropeNamers genre-naming]] Dirty South rap group. After recording three albums with the group, and appearing as a guest vocalist on Music/CarlosSantana's 1999 album ''Supernatural'', Green quit the Goodie Mob to pursue a solo career. He released two solo albums in the early 2000s, which received little mainstream attention at the time. It was during this time that he began to transition from rap to singing, a change which solidified when he and producer [[Music/BrianBurton Danger Mouse]] formed the crossover group GnarlsBarkley. His first album with Gnarls, 2006's ''St. Elsewhere'', was a major hit, reaching #4 in the U.S., with its lead single "Crazy" reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in the U.K. The group's second album didn't do as well, however. Cee Lo would also reunite and perform several live shows with the Goodie Mob during this time.

Cee Lo's musical career started in 1991 when he and three friends from his hometown of Atlanta founded the Goodie Mob, the [[TropeNamer genre-naming]] Dirty South rap group. After recording three albums with the group, and appearing as a guest vocalist on [[CarlosSantana Carlos Santana's]] 1999 album ''Supernatural'', Green quit the Goodie Mob to pursue a solo career. He released two solo albums in the early 2000s, which received little mainstream attention at the time. It was during this time that he began to transition from rap to singing, a change which solidified when he and producer [[Music/BrianBurton Danger Mouse]] formed the crossover group GnarlsBarkley. His first album with Gnarls, 2006's ''St. Elsewhere'', was a major hit, reaching #4 in the U.S., with its lead single "Crazy" reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in the U.K. The group's second album didn't do as well, however. Cee Lo would also reunite and perform several live shows with the Goodie Mob during this time.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: There are several radio cuts of "Fuck You!", which change the eponymous epithet to "Forget You" or "F You", and censor most of the other cursing in the song appropriately.
* ConceptVideo: The video for "Fuck You!" shows Cee Lo as a boy, a teen, and a college kid, trying unsuccessfully to woo a gold-digging girl in a diner. In the final scene, he's become rich and successul, and he gets his turn to say no to the girl, who is now a cleaning lady at the diner.

** "Fuck You!" was co-written by BrunoMars.

* ''We Sell Drugs Too'' (TBA)

During a hiatus from Gnarls in 2010, Cee Lo recorded and released ''The Lady Killer'', his most successful solo album to date. The album reached the top ten in both the U.S. and Britain, and produced the enormously popular single "Fuck You!", which reached #2 in the U.S. and #1 in the U.K. As of 2011, Cee Lo is recording new albums with both Gnarls Barkley and the Goodie Mob, and is a panelist on ''Series/TheVoice''.

Cee Lo's musical career started in 1991 when he and three friends from his hometown of Atlanta founded the Goodie Mob, an influential DirtySouth rap group. After recording three albums with the group, and appearing as a guest vocalist on [[CarlosSantana Carlos Santana's]] 1999 album ''Supernatural'', Green quit the Goodie Mob to pursue a solo career. He released two solo albums in the early 2000s, which received little mainstream attention at the time. It was during this time that he began to transition from rap to singing, a change which solidified when he and producer [[Music/BrianBurton Danger Mouse]] formed the crossover group GnarlsBarkley. His first album with Gnarls, 2006's ''St. Elsewhere'', was a major hit, reaching #4 in the U.S., with its lead single "Crazy" reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in the U.K. The group's second album didn't do as well, however. Cee Lo would also reunite and perform several live shows with the Goodie Mob during this time.

* ScullyBox: Averted with the 5'5" Cee Lo, who usually wears clothes a few sizes too big to exaggerate his small stature and ends up being dwarfed by the ''women'' in his backing group.

During a hiatus from Gnarls in 2010, Cee Lo recorded and released ''The Lady Killer'', his most successful solo album to date. The album reached the top ten in both the U.S. and Britain, and produced the enormously popular single "Fuck You!", which reached #2 in the U.S. and #1 in the U.K. As of 2011, Cee Lo is recording new albums with both Gnarls Barkley and the Goodie Mob, and is a panelist on ''The Voice''.

During a hiatus from Gnarls in 2010, Cee Lo recorded and released ''The Lady Killer'', his most successful solo album to date. The album reached the top ten in both the U.S. and Britain, and produced the enormously popular single "Fuck You!", which reached #2 in the U.S. and #1 in the U.K. As of 2011, Cee Lo is recording new albums with both Gnarls Barkley and the Goodie Mob, and is a panelist on ''TheVoice''.

* SignatureSong: "Fuck You!"

* ScullyBox: Averted with the 5'5" Cee Lo, who usually wears clothes a few sizes too big to exaggerate his small stature and ends up being dwarfed by the ''women'' in his backing group.

* IAmNotShazam: There are a good number of people who thought "Gnarls Barkley" was his name.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: There are several radio cuts of "Fuck You!", which change the titular epithet to "Forget You" or "F You", and censor most of the other cursing in the song appropriately.

Cee Lo's musical career started in 1991 when he and three friends from his hometown of Atlanta founded the Goodie Mob, an influential DirtySouth rap group. After recording three albums with the group, and appearing as a guest vocalist on [[CarlosSantana Carlos Santana's]] 1999 album ''Supernatural'', Green quit the Goodie Mob to pursue a solo career. He released two solo albums in the early 2000s, which received little mainstream attention at the time. It was during this time that he began to transition from rap to singing, a change which solidified when he and producer DangerMouse formed the crossover group GnarlsBarkley. His first album with Gnarls, 2006's ''St. Elsewhere'', was a major hit, reaching #4 in the U.S., with its lead single "Crazy" reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in the U.K. The group's second album didn't do as well, however. Cee Lo would also reunite and perform several live shows with the Goodie Mob during this time.