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Goodie Mob: Building New Leaders From The Elders

Goodie Mob, left to right: Cee-Lo, T-Mo, Big Gipp, Khujo.
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Goodie Mob, left to right: Cee-Lo, T-Mo, Big Gipp, Khujo.

From Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" to his solo hit "F--- You" to his work as a judge on the NBC talent show The Voice, you can't escape Cee-Lo Green 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: Goodie Mob. 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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