Cee-Lo Green is the Soul Machine-Set for March 16th Release.

Entertainment Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2004

Arista Records 

-- Follow-up to critically hailed debut, Cee-Lo Green and His

Perfect Imperfections, featuring Grammy-nominated single

"Gettin' Grown"

-- "I'll Be Around" is first single, featuring Timbaland; other

guests include the Neptunes' Pharrell, Ludacris, Jazze Pha &

T.I.

Proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that the boundaries of hip-hop are expanding, CEE-LO GREEN IS THE SOUL MACHINE will arrive in stores on March 16th, it was announced today by Antonio "L.A." Reid, president and CEO, Arista Records.

SOUL MACHINE is the second solo album from the multi-talented, singer/rapper, songwriter, producer and Atlanta native Cee-Lo. He is a founding member the seminal hip-hop group Goodie MOb, and part of the Atlanta musical collective Dungeon Family. The new album is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, which Time Magazine raved, "No album in recent memory-Yankee or Dixie-has taken so much joy in simply making music." The album released in April 2002, scored a Grammy nomination for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the single "Gettin' Grown."

"I'll Be Around," is the first single and video, produced by and featuring Timbaland. In addition to Timbaland, SOUL MACHINE finds Cee-Lo working with an impressive list of guest artists, production teams and writers. Topping the list are two tracks co-written and produced by the Neptunes and featuring Pharrell: the lyrically sparkling "Art of Noise" and the beautifully sung Let's Stay Together." Additional guest spots include "Child's Play" featuring Ludacris, produced by Organized Noise, along with "Scrap Metal," featuring Big Rube & G-Rock. Jazze Pha co-wrote, produced and is featured (with T.I.) on "The One." Pha also guests on "My Kind Of People," with Menta Malone. DJ Premier handles production on "Evening News."

Perfect Imperfections was critically hailed everywhere from Rolling Stone (one of the year's "10 Best Debuts") to the Los Angeles Times (a member of Robert Hilburn's "Freshman Class of 2002"), netted 4-stars in Vibe and Maxim, and made numerous critics' year-end top ten lists, including USA Today, Chicago Tribune, and Time Out NY. "(Cee-Lo's) liquid sound flows from the same Georgia spring that fed the blessed throats of Ray Charles, Little Richard, James Brown and Otis Redding," raved Vibe magazine. As with his debut, the prolific Cee-Lo has once again written or co-written all 18 tracks on SOUL MACHINE.

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