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"Pinstripes" features ] and references Goodie Mob's breakthrough single, 1995's "Cell Therapy," in his verse. Given that T.I. is also from Atlanta, Goodie Mob said it was particularly special to collaborate with him. "We love him," Cee Lo said regarding T.I. "He's our son. He's also our peer and he's one of our kings as well."<ref name="hiphopdx1"/> "I'm Set" and "Kolors" explore the impact gang culture have had on American society. "Gipp, you wanna talk about your gang affiliations?" Cee Lo asked Big Gipp once the discussion turned to "Kolors." Gipp, who grew up in Georgia, said he knew about the Los Angeles-based Bloods and Crips gangs through music, but became more familiar with them once he toured in the mid-1990s with Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound, whose members are Crips and typically wear blue. Bloods typically wear red, as Gipp has done throughout his career. "Now, in 2013, gang culture has taken over America," he said. "The gang culture, we never knew it would be that strong and manifest itself in the South."<ref name="hiphopdx1"/> "Pinstripes" features ] and references Goodie Mob's breakthrough single, 1995's "Cell Therapy," in his verse. Given that T.I. is also from Atlanta, Goodie Mob said it was particularly special to collaborate with him. "We love him," Cee Lo said regarding T.I. "He's our son. He's also our peer and he's one of our kings as well."<ref name="hiphopdx1"/> "I'm Set" and "Kolors" explore the impact gang culture have had on American society. "Gipp, you wanna talk about your gang affiliations?" Cee Lo asked Big Gipp once the discussion turned to "Kolors." Gipp, who grew up in Georgia, said he knew about the Los Angeles-based Bloods and Crips gangs through music, but became more familiar with them once he toured in the mid-1990s with Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound, whose members are Crips and typically wear blue. Bloods typically wear red, as Gipp has done throughout his career. "Now, in 2013, gang culture has taken over America," he said. "The gang culture, we never knew it would be that strong and manifest itself in the South."<ref name="hiphopdx1"/>


The group campaigns for individuality on "Special Education," which features ] and was produced by ]. "I'd rather die than not be distinguished," Cee Lo said, repeating a portion of his lyrics from the song.<ref name="hiphopdx1"/> "Amy" recounts Cee Lo's first relationship with a white woman. "It shouldn't even be a taboo," Cee Lo said. "So if you're mad, you're probably a racist."<ref name="hiphopdx1"/> He added that the track "Radio Killa" is like "a trailer to an action movie" and that "Understanding" explains how "a mistress wants to be a wife without all of the responsibility."<ref name="hiphopdx1"/> On the song "Father." "The significance of 'Father' is for the youngsters to realize, without us, there is no them," Big Gipp says. "When you see Kendrick Lamar, you hear Andre 3000. When you see Drake, that's Cee Lo. When you see me, you see Trinidad ."<ref name="hiphopdx1"/> The group campaigns for individuality on "Special Education," which features ] and was produced by ]. "I'd rather die than not be distinguished," Cee Lo said, repeating a portion of his lyrics from the song.<ref name="hiphopdx1"/> "Amy" recounts Cee Lo's first relationship with a white woman. "It shouldn't even be a taboo," Cee Lo said. "So if you're mad, you're probably a racist."<ref name="hiphopdx1"/> He added that the track "Radio Killa" is like "a trailer to an action movie" and that "Understanding" explains how "a mistress wants to be a wife without all of the responsibility."<ref name="hiphopdx1"/> On the song "Father." "The significance of 'Father' is for the youngsters to realize, without us, there is no them," Big Gipp says. "When you see Kendrick Lamar, you hear Andre 3000. When you see Drake, that's Cee Lo. When you see me, you see Trinidad ."<ref name="hiphopdx1"/>


==Confirmed tracks== ==Confirmed tracks==

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Age Against the Machine is the upcoming sixth studio album by Atalanta-based hip hop group Goodie Mob. The album is scheduled to be released on August 27, 2013.

Background

The four members appeared on stage together on October 1, 2006, following a Gnarls Barkley show, stating that they were back together and on good terms. They officially announced they were working on an album and the group's reunion November 19, 2007, on Atlanta's V-103 radio station. On September 19, 2009, Goodie Mob performed for the first official reunion concert at the Masquerade in Atlanta, Georgia. In November 2010, Cee Lo Green stated the that the group was ten songs into the album, saying, "We’ve started kind of unofficially, We’ve got at least ten or fifteen songs as Goodie Mob. But you know, a lot of the times when you’re recording, the first few songs hardly ever get used, so we’re just getting started. Now that Lady Killer is done, and I’m out of that space, I can give my undivided attention to Goodie Mob and make sure that that’s seen all the way through."

In June 2011, Cee Lo Green stated that he would be recording a new Goodie Mob album before recording the third Gnarls Barkley album, saying "Let me clear this up now, that comment was made very casually I’m actually planning on completing a Goodie Mob album first, So I am working on both of them, in a very calm moderate kind of way. You know we absolutely have the creative drive to do Goodie Mob, and we already started Gnarls Barkley about a year go so I’d like to right that statement." On July 25, 2011, Cee Lo Green announced via his Twitter that the title of the Goodie Mob reunion album would be titled We Sell Drugs Too. However, in February 2012, Cee Lo tweeted that the name has been changed to Age Against the Machine. On April 23, 2012, Goodie Mob premiered the first single from the album "Fight To Win" on The Voice. On April 6, 2013, it was announced that the album would be released on June 18, 2013. On May 19, 2013, Cee Lo Green announced at the Billboard Music Awards that the album's official release date would be changed to August 27, 2013. On June 4, 2013, the album cover was released. A few other confirmed tracks have also been announced, namely "Special Education", "Understanding", and "Pinstripes". Cee Lo Green has anticipated that the album "will be a critical and commercial success because we are about to take hip-hop to a quantum leap".

Songs

On June 4, 2013, at an exclusive listening event in Los Angeles Goodie Mob previewed the album. The album included an up-tempo song called "White Power" it featured Cee Lo reimagining the concept, something he said was "a black perspective on white power." During the Q&A session, Cee Lo said that Eminem almost appeared on track, but changed his mind, saying "I could've sworn Eminem would've done this song with me," said Cee Lo, who added that Eminem's "newly found Christianity" may have been the reason why he didn't appear on the song. "I thought he would eat the controversy up, but it was kind of hard for me to address it as a white rapper, me being black. But my black perspective on white power was my relationship with him."

"Pinstripes" features T.I. and references Goodie Mob's breakthrough single, 1995's "Cell Therapy," in his verse. Given that T.I. is also from Atlanta, Goodie Mob said it was particularly special to collaborate with him. "We love him," Cee Lo said regarding T.I. "He's our son. He's also our peer and he's one of our kings as well." "I'm Set" and "Kolors" explore the impact gang culture have had on American society. "Gipp, you wanna talk about your gang affiliations?" Cee Lo asked Big Gipp once the discussion turned to "Kolors." Gipp, who grew up in Georgia, said he knew about the Los Angeles-based Bloods and Crips gangs through music, but became more familiar with them once he toured in the mid-1990s with Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound, whose members are Crips and typically wear blue. Bloods typically wear red, as Gipp has done throughout his career. "Now, in 2013, gang culture has taken over America," he said. "The gang culture, we never knew it would be that strong and manifest itself in the South."

The group campaigns for individuality on "Special Education," which features Janelle Monáe and was produced by Young Fyre. "I'd rather die than not be distinguished," Cee Lo said, repeating a portion of his lyrics from the song. "Amy" recounts Cee Lo's first relationship with a white woman. "It shouldn't even be a taboo," Cee Lo said. "So if you're mad, you're probably a racist." He added that the track "Radio Killa" is like "a trailer to an action movie" and that "Understanding" explains how "a mistress wants to be a wife without all of the responsibility." On the song "Father." "The significance of 'Father' is for the youngsters to realize, without us, there is no them," Big Gipp says. "When you see Kendrick Lamar, you hear Andre 3000. When you see Drake, that's Cee Lo. When you see me, you see Trinidad ."

Confirmed tracks

  • "Fight to Win"
  • "Special Education"
  • "Understanding"
  • 'Pinstripes"

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