Cee-Lo Green Preps ‘The Lady Killer’

(AllHipHop News) Elektra recording artist Cee-Lo Green has announced the upcoming release of a new solo album titled The Lady Killer, which will feature his new hit single “F**k You”. On Cee-Lo’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/user/CeeLoGreen, “F**k You” has received over 2 million plays and the video has become the #1 Most Viewed Video in the U.K. […]

(AllHipHop News) Elektra recording artist Cee-Lo Green has announced the upcoming release of a new solo album titled The Lady Killer, which will feature his new hit single “F**k You”. On Cee-Lo’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/user/CeeLoGreen, “F**k You” has received over 2 million plays and the video has become the #1 Most Viewed Video in the U.K. as well. “F**k You” was co-written and produced by the multi-platinum certified production trio, The Smeezingtons, featuring Green’s Elektra labelmate, Bruno Mars, who is most notably known for being featured on B.O.B.’s#### song this summer, “Nothing On You.” An amended version of the single, entitled “Forget You,” will follow later in the fall, and companion videos for both versions are currently in production, with “F**k You” due to premiere next week. The song has even received the attention of 50 Cent, who made an unauthorized remix of the track, which is also getting a significant amount of plays as well. Cee-Lo is also in high demand as an R&B/hip-hop collaborator, having written and produced songs for Jennifer Hudson, Brandy, Amerie, and Solange. On September 21st, the single will be available at all digital retailers and this Friday, August 27th, a CD single will be sold exclusively at independent record stores. In 2006, Green worked with producer DJ Danger Mouse as Gnarls Barkley and made the international hit, “Crazy,” which was later named “Song of the Decade” by Rolling Stone.