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Gnarls Barkley

What happens when you take the best rapper of Goodie Mob and combine him with the D.J./producer who was genius enough to make a mixtape of Jay-Z's The Black Album and The Beatles' White Album,- thus giving birth to The Grey Album; or in other words: What happens when CeeLo Green (one of the best singers) & DangerMouse (one of 21st century's greatest producers) start a band? You get some gnarly music and one of the freshest & most consistent bands, getting their namesake from L.A. Laker Charles Barkley: I'm talking about Gnarls Barkley! I was first introduced to the band when "Crazy" blew up on the charts & this side of the Atlantic. The single blew up in the U.K. first before it made its way over here & let's be honest: with a song this catchy it was only a matter of time before it was a worldwide smash. The good news is that this band kicks ass; the bad news is they only have two albums: 2006's St. Elsewhere and 2008's The Odd Couple. Currently, both stars are busy with their respective solo careers- CeeLo be judgin' and doin' his own thing. Danger be stayin' busy producin' & collaboratin' weather it's his own other project with Broken Bells or helping others (Beck, Black Keys, Gorillaz, or countless others) produce their own albums. Gnarls have made their mark, with less than most bands! If you can make a name for yourself with only two albums- you must be doin' something right. Don't sleep on their anything but sophomore slump The Odd Couple with epics songs like "Who's Gonna' Save My Soul?" They have some trippy music videos as well. I had the pleasure of seein' them live opening up for the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2006 and I could've sworn me and CeeLo made eye contact and he gave me a fist pump in the air... it was a moment. You had to be there. Either way- I was a certified fan ever since. They are amazing live. Hopefully they get back to creating music sometime soon and get back out on the road sometime soon. Whenever that is a think again. Would that be gnarly?

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