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Soul Food (Goodie Mob album)

1995 album by Goodie Mob

Summary

1995 album by Goodie Mob

Field	Value
name	Soul Food
type	Album
artist	Goodie Mob
cover	Goodie-mob-soul-food-1995.jpg
released	November 7, 1995
recorded	October 1994–August 1995
studio	Curtis Mayfield’s House
genre	Southern hip hop
length	61:02
label
producer	Organized Noize
next_title	Still Standing
next_year	1998
misc	{{Singles
name	Soul Food
type	Studio album
single1	Cell Therapy
single1date	September 26, 1995
single2	Soul Food
single2date	February 26, 1996
single3	Dirty South
single3date	1996

Soul Food is the debut album from American rap group Goodie Mob, released by LaFace Records. Its title track was a hit single and the album included the first use of the term 'dirty south' (originated by Cool Breeze), on the track of the same name. The Goodie Mob quartet includes Cee-Lo Green, Big Gipp, Khujo, and T-Mo. Guest vocalists on this album include André 3000 and Big Boi of Outkast, Cool Breeze, and Witchdoctor. In 1996, it was certified gold as sales stand at over 500,000 units in the U.S.

The album is dedicated to the memory of Sheila J. Tyler-Calloway, Green's late mother. Soul Food received critical acclaim for its raw, Southern, socially conscious lyrics and original production from Organized Noize. Along with Outkast's Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, Soul Food has been regarded as one of the two albums that brought southern hip hop to the mainstream, and it is regarded as a southern classic.

Critical reception

The Sun Sentinel praised Soul Foods "head-nodding, Southern-fried funk ingredients of heart-throbbing bass and thumping drum tracks."

Track listing

All tracks of the standard version of the album were produced by Organized Noize alone except "Fighting", which was produced by Mixzo and Organized Noize. Mr. DJ co-produced "Goodie Bag", although he was uncredited.

Standard Version

;Sample credits

"Dirty South" contains samples of "Passacaglia in C Minor" performed by Hubert Laws.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995–1996)	Peak
position

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position	US Billboard 200	US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)
186
35

Singles

Year	Song	Peak position	US Pop	US R&B
1995	"Cell Therapy"	39	17	1
1996	"Soul Food"	64	31	7
"Dirty South"	92	53	8

Certifications

References

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(3 July 1996). "G-Mob Brings Conscience to Rap". Sun Sentinel.
Hobbs, Linda. "Organized Noize Tells All: The Stories Behind Their Classic Records". complex.com.
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"Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard.
"Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard.

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