The past few years have ushered in a golden age for hip-hop, with a new breed of visionaries taking the music in a thousand new and exciting directions. But where most of these acts come from a creatively burgeoning underground, OutKast has its roots in ...more
Playlouder
sample: So Fresh So Clean It's easy to characterise inhabitants of America's South as swamp-water drinking, banjo plucking, shit-kickers - some of them are, after all. But Big Boi and Dre of Atlanta's OutKast are on some whacked out, bliss-kissed ...more
The Austin Chronicle
All aboard the underground smellroad! And you thought the South was dirty before. Get a big whiff of the skanky guitars and Molotov cocktail lyrics of "Gasoline Dreams." OutKast, the Southwest Atlanta duo also known as Andre 3000 and Big Boi, have ...more
PopMatters
Over the past 20 years, hip-hop has evolved from the candid voice of a curbside culture to a bona fide form of global expression. Originally, it was solely defined by a MC, DJ, break dancing, and graffiti. But because of a wide range of acceptance, both ...more
Yahoo! Music
People who complain that all hip-hop sounds the same have never listened to OutKast . On their fourth album, the Atlanta-based duo deliver another knockout of an album, one as diverse as Dennis Rodman's hair styles. Dre and Big Boi again reinvent ...more
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Yahoo! Music
Stankonia was OutKast's second straight masterstroke, an album just as ambitious, just as all-over-the-map, and even hookier than its predecessor. With producers Organized Noize playing a diminished role, Stankonia reclaims the duo's futuristic bent. ...more
Yahoo! Music
Stankonia was OutKast's second straight masterstroke, an album just as ambitious, just as all-over-the-map, and even hookier than its predecessor. With producers Organized Noize playing a diminished role, Stankonia reclaims the duo's futuristic bent. ...more
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