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The respective heart and soul of Goodie Mob, Khujo (left) and Cee-Lo, performed for a near capacity crowd of almost four thousand, along with members T-Mo and Big Gipp, at the Masquerade Music Park on Saturday night.

After a full day of rain, the weather eased up to an occasional drizzle as fans near the front of the stage obliged those behind them by closing their umbrellas so everyone could witness the onstage reunion of Atlanta’s hip-hop legends.

The highlight came near the end when the Mob performed one of its biggest hits “Cell Therapy,” from the debut album Soul Food, to the head-banging tune of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man.” They had a Goodie bag full of surprise guests on deck, too, including Dungeon Family members Backbone, Sleepy Brown and Big Boi.

But the audience itself seemed to serve as the fifth member, with fans reciting lyrics and throwing ’bows as if they, too, were onstage and happy to be reunited. And when Cee-Lo asked at the close of the show if the audience was ready for a new Goodie Mob album, a thunderous response rang out into the night sky.

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(Photo by Perry Julien)

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A fire that ignited outside Atlanta’s Masquerade Music Park Saturday night has been extinguished, with no reported injuries. The fire did destroy a storage space separate from the music venue.

Around 10 p.m., three Atlanta Fire Department engines responded to the venue’s open-air music park.

Witnesses said they walked outside to find plumes of smoke billowing from the the rear of the venue. Another witness standing in a nearby parking lot said he saw smoke as well. He said he walked to the rear of the venue and found flames had already engulfed trees and were spreading to nearby booths.

Firefighters managed to contain the blaze to a fenced-in area that stored portable toilets. All of those toilets — an estimated 20 — appeared to be destroyed.

The main venue, which tonight was hosting a punk rock showcase, was not impacted.

Firefighters did not immediately know what caused the fire. The fire, witnesses said, appeared to have started in the portable toilet storage area.

CL attempted to take a photo of the damage but was told by firefighters we were not appropriately dressed to enter the scene. You know, because of the contents of the burnt portable toilets and the fact that we were in sandals. Tessa from Drive a Faster Car has Twitter pics of the blaze.

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DAN DEACON IN CONCERT AT THE MASQUERADE: He’s the one with the luminous green skull floating over his head. Do you realize how difficult is it to get to sleep at night with a luminous green skull floating over your head?

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(Photo by Matt Miller)

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See more photos from Foxy Shazam’s show at the Masquerade.

(Photo by Perry Julien)

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