“Cell Therapy” is Goodie Mob’s debut single from their 1995 first album Soul Food. Group member Khujo was inspired by a television program where he saw an inmate describe his incarceration as “cell therapy.” The single also addressed government surveillance, sex trafficking, race wars, drugs, and gang life. Organized Noize produced “Cell Therapy” and the piano line drew listeners in as they were introduced to a new southern rap group. Their rap skills, subject matter, and catchiness of the single made “Cell Therapy” a Top 40 hit and drove it to number 1 on the rap charts. Soul Food was the second album behind Outkast’s Southernplayalisticadillakmuzik to put Atlanta’s rap scene on the national radar. Luther Campbell had already brought southern rap to the mainstream with 2 Live Crew’s 1986 debut. The Geto Boys released their first album in 1988 and represented Texas. Atlanta was not seen as a legitimate rap hub until Outkast and Goodie Mob emerged in 1994 and 1995. “Cell Therapy” is one of the most important rap songs from the South and the genre. “Cell Therapy” still has a pulse in hip-hop, having been sampled more than 40 times by Travis Scott, 50 Cent, Rapsody, and more.

CeeLo Green will perform a live stream show on the eve of Valentines’ Day for the Sessions series. The hour-long show will be followed by a VIP Meet and Greet. Green’s show will take place in the living room at his Atlanta home and he plans to sing his popular songs like “Crazy” as well as some cover songs. Tickets are $19.99 and there are Bronze, Silver and Gold packages that come with a tour pass, merchandise and After Party access. Fans can buy tickets from Sessionslive.com or download the app for Android or iOS. The show will start at 6 PM ET on February 13th. 

CeeLo Green has new music with an album of pop songs five years after Heart Blanche. Dan Auerbach, frontman and guitarist for the Black Keys exclusively produced CeeLo Green Is Thomas Callaway. Callaway is Green’s country-pop alter ego which is a different lane for the artist known for his R&B sound. But even with the majority of the songs being more in the pop world Green still manages to add soul into the mix. 

[youtube id=”owB4CcnFkHM”] CeeLo Green’s “Brick City” is a boastful story about the life of an independent drug dealer. The kitchen is the place where the product is created and in Green’s words, the seller will never be without money again. Green’s last album was the 2015 Heart Blanche. “Brick City” is leading the way for CeeLo Green to announce his next album.