Tagged: Outkast
Killer Mike: Pain and Champagne
Returning to the roots of Southern rap, Killer Mike found his own extraordinary future. Despite it’s mythology, Stankonia is actually just a big studio in a plain office building on a particularly non-descript stretch of … read more »
Download Trackstar the DJ’s Best of Organized Noize
It’s impossible to imagine hip-hop without the music of Organized Noize, the production team that has helped define the sound of Atlanta and beyond for more than two decades. Despite their unquestionable impact on the … read more »
Outkast: Have You been to Stankonia?
Outkast’s new album is more than a record. It’s a trip, a journey, a transformation, an experience. Are you ready? Finally the sun came up. Outside the morning has a dewy cling that only the … read more »
Andre 3000 Talks Grown-Man Dreams
Andre 3000 talked to GQ about working on solo and collaborative projects as opposed to embarking on any new OutKast material. He intimated that, while he wants to tap back into the spirit of early … read more »
Big Boi: General Patton’s Prayer
With the golden era of the Dungeon Family gone, Big Boi’s riding on with his new label Purple Ribbon. But is there a lane for a second generation of Atlanta’s “weirdo type funk shit?” I … read more »
Outkast, “Unhappy (Deebs Dreary Dayz Rework)” MP3
I ripped Outkast‘s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below from a CD I got at the library that was perched among Putumayo compilations. What’s probably a common fairytale followed—infatuation, drawing the Outkast logo on my notebooks and frantically … read more »
Curren$y’s Verde Terrace Mixtape
It’s just a new Curren$y tape, don’t expect any curveballs. Do expect intricately penned and relaxed rhymes about how chill he is at chilling. One point though—on “Smoke Sum’n” he raps over Outkast’s “Elevators.” Folks … read more »
NYC: One Step Beyond Featuring Matt and Kim, AraabMuzik, Nacey and Activaire DJs
Our uptown party in the planetarium at the Museum of Natural History is back for the new year, this month featuring Matt and Kim, AraabMuzik, Nacey and the Activaire DJs. Put something cosmic on under … read more »
The Drums on Kanye’s “All of the Lights” are Better than Outkast’s “B.O.B.” Discuss.
Today is a day that many people are probably listening to Kanye West’s new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasty. One of its tracks, “All of the Lights,” featuring everyone plus Elton John’s guttural old … read more »
Stream: Big Boi Live in Paris
Last Friday, Big Boi performed live in Paris for a bunch of people who probably learned to speak English watching the video for “Elevators” on MTV in 1996. RBMA has audio from the show, which … read more »
