My recommendations 2006:St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley

Gnarls Barkley: St. Elsewhere
Downtown 5/9/2006

It seems that Danger Mouse is everywhere these days. Only three years ago, he was completely unknown, and then his controversial Beatles/Jay-Z mash-up The Grey Album made him a household name, among music hipsters anyway. Since then, he became a member of Gorillaz on their Demon Days album, collaborated with MF Doom as DangerDoom, resold altered copies of Paris Hilton's album's packaging with a clandestine remix CD-R inside, and is now working with Cee-Lo Green as Gnarls Barkley. Cee-Lo is a great choice for a vocalist, because he is indeed a soul machine as his last solo album suggests, as opposed to Doom, who may enjoy being called a soul-crushing machine. St. Elsewhere has some of the best the both artists bring to the table: Danger Mouse's wicked humor and even more wicked beats coupled with Cee-Lo's strong and soulful vocals, resulting in a solid album, start to finish.