Hip-hop fans familiar with the sound of the Dirty South may not be familiar with the term's origin. Look back to Goodie Mob's debut album, the 1995 record Soul Food, and see the track that coined the term.While never as popular in the mainstream as some of the acts they influenced, Goodie Mob played an undeniably big role in shaping hip-hop and were critically acclaimed throughout their career. The most notable Goodie Mobster would be Cee-Lo, aka Thomas Callaway, aka the shorter half of mega-hit hip-hop duo Gnarls Barkley. During his time with the Goodie Mob, the group earned a reputation for producing some of the most substantive and interesting music to come out of the hip-hop scene, injecting their songs with anger, intelligence, wit and even spirituality.The group was comprised of Cee-Lo, Khujo (Willie Knighton Jr.), T-Mo (Robert Barnett) and Big Gipp (Cameron Gipp). The Mob's first appearance was on OutKast's Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, but their own debut, Soul Food, offered much more to the listener. Critics loved songs like "Sesame Street," about growing up in the ghetto, while the chart-listeners found something to move their feet to in "Cell Therapy," "Dirty South" and the title track. Their sophomore album, Still Standing, would continue the trend of making intelligent social commentary while kicking it to cool beats and rhymes.In 1999, they released a third outing, World Party, which was the last to feature Cee-Lo, and was really more of a party record (as the name implies) than a reprisal of the artistic achievements they had attempted on their first two releases. Despite Cee-Lo being gone, the group trucked on, releasing two more albums, one signalling the official departure of Big Gipp. Their original take on hip-hop still lives on, and fans are still being charmed.