Dungeon Family Royal Lineage

This post is designed to assemble a collection of my favorite tracks from the various voices of the Dungeon Family hip hop collective. Named after a basement studio where many of the artists recorded their first music, this Atlanta-based soul/funk/hip hop crew has produced hit after hit from members Outkast, Goodie Mob, Mob alum Cee-Lo (AKA the voice of Gnarls Barkley) and more. Some of the lesser-known tracks from these artists and their ATL collaborators are just as brilliant, simply arriving on the scene before the commercial audience was ready for hits as genre-bending as Outkast's "Hey Ya" and Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy." Check the chronology and tracks below to realize just how productive and talented these guys have remained over a 15-year period. From early tracks showing a unique production flair and flow, right up through leaks, guest appearances and soundtrack/compilation singles from the last few years, the Dungeon Family is far more than its string of mega-hit singles spanning from 2000's Stankonia through Andre 3000's "Hey Ya" and Gnarls Barkley's platinum debut. Also, they look like they would throw a great Halloween party...

Outkast - Player's Ball (1994, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik)
Goodie Mob - Black Ice f/Outkast (1998, Still Standing)
Outkast - Skew It On The Bar-B (1998, Aquemini)
Cool Breeze - Watch For The Hook (Dungeon Family Mix) (1999, East Point's Greatest Hits)
Goodie Mob  - Get Rich To This (1999, World Party)
Outkast - B.O.B. (2000, Stankonia)
Dungeon Family - Trans DF Express (2001, Even In Darkness)
Big Boi - Ghetto Musick (2003, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below)
Cee-Lo - The Art of Noise f/Pharrell (2004, Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine)
Big Boi - Kryptonite (I'm On It) f/Killer Mike (2005, Got Purp Vol. 2)
Outkast - Morris Brown f/Scar, Sleepy Brown (2006, Idlewild Sountrack)
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere (2006, St. Elsewhere)
UGK - International Player's Anthem f/Outkast (2007, UGK: Underground Kingz)
Outkast - Royal Flush f/Raekwon (2008, from unreleased Big Boi solo album Sir Luscious Left Foot)
Big Boi - Shine Blockaz f/Gucci Mane (2009, from unreleased Big Boi solo album Sir Luscious Left Foot)