| Soul Food | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Goodie Mob |
| Cover: | Goodie-mob-soul-food-1995.jpg |
| Released: | November 7, 1995 |
| Recorded: | October 1994–August 1995 |
| Genre: | Southern hip hop |
| Length: | 61:02 |
| Producer: | Organized Noize |
| Next Title: | Still Standing |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
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.[1]
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.
The Sun Sentinel praised Soul Foods "head-nodding, Southern-fried funk ingredients of heart-throbbing bass and thumping drum tracks."[2]
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.[3]
Standard Version
| Chart (1996) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[5] | 186 | |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] | 35 |
| Year | Song | Peak position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "Cell Therapy" | 39 | 17 | 1 |
| 1996 | "Soul Food" | 64 | 31 | 7 |
| "Dirty South" | 92 | 53 | 8 | |