OutKast is an American hip-hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia, United States. T… Read Full Bio ↴OutKast is an American hip-hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The duo is one of the most successful hip-hop groups of all time, having received six Grammy Awards. Over 25 million copies have been sold of Outkast's seven releases: six studio albumsโincluding one double albumโand a greatest hits release.
The group's original musical style was a mixture of Dirty South and G-Funk. Since then funk, soul, pop, electronic music, rock, spoken word poetry, jazz, and blues have been added to the group's musical palette. The duo consists of Atlanta native Andrรฉ "Andre 3000" Benjamin (formerly known as Drรฉ) and Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton.
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is one of only four hip-hop albums to be certified Diamond in the U.S. for shipping over 10 million units. Along with Outkast's commercial success, they have maintained an experimental approach in their music and are widely praised for their originality and artistic content.
Benjamin and Patton met while attending Tri-Cities High School, a Visual and Performing Arts School. Benjamin's parents were divorced and he was living with his father. Meanwhile, Patton had to move with his four brothers and six sisters from Savannah to Atlanta. Benjamin and Patton eventually teamed up and were pursued by Organized Noize, a group of local producers who would later make hits for TLC. The duo initially wanted to be called "2 Shades Deep" or "The Misfits", but because those names were already taken they later decided to use "OutKast" based on finding "outcast" as synonym for "misfit" in a dictionary. OutKast, Organized Noize, and schoolmates Goodie Mob formed the nucleus of the Dungeon Family organization.
OutKast signed to LaFace Records in 1992, becoming the label's first hip hop act and making their first appearance on the remix of label mate TLC's "What About Your Friends". In 1993, they released their first single, "Player's Ball". The song's funky style, much of it accomplished with live instrumentation, was a hit with audiences. "Player's Ball" hit number-one on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart.
Their debut album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, was issued on April 26th, 1994. This initial effort is credited with laying the foundation for southern hip hop and is considered a classic by many hip hop aficionados. Every track on Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik was produced by Organized Noize and featured other members of the Dungeon Family. Follow-up singles included the title track and "Git Up Git Out", a politically charged collaboration with Goodie Mob that was later sampled by Macy Gray for her 1999 hit "Do Something." On this early material, both Andrรฉ and Big Boi contrast lyrical content reflecting the lifestyles of pimps and gangsters with politically conscious material commenting on the status of African Americans in the South. OutKast won Best New Rap Group at the Source Awards in 1995. In the same year, the group contributed "Benz or a Beamer" to the popular New Jersey Drive soundtrack.
ATLiens was OutKast's second album, released on August 27th, 1996. The album exhibited more self-consciousness, and further solidified OutKast as the flagship representatives of the 1st generation Dungeon Family and the Southern hip hop movement. The album helped the group earn more recognition among East Coast hip hop fans in the East and West coasts.
For this album, OutKast joined with partner David "Mr. DJ" Sheats to form the Earthtone III production company, which allowed the group to produce some of their own tracks. "ATLiens" was the group's second Top 40 single (following "Player's Ball" from their first album), and reflected the beginning of Andrรฉ's increasingly sober lifestyle: "No drugs or alcohol/so I can get the signal clear," he rhymes about himself. "Elevators (Me & You)," OutKast's first self-produced single, became the group's first Top 20 hit the same year.
OutKast's third album Aquemini was released on September 29, 1998 and also reached the number-two position on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States; its title was a combination of the zodiac signs of Big Boi (an Aquarius) and Andrรฉ (a Gemini). The album was widely praised as possibly the group's best material to date: when reviewed by popular hip-hop publication The Source, it received the much-coveted "5 Mics" (out of five) rating.
Producing more material themselves, both Big Boi and Andrรฉ explored more eclectic subject matter, delving into sounds inspired by soul, trip hop, and electro music. The album featured production by Organized Noize and collaborations with Raekwon, funk pioneer and musical forebear George Clinton, and Goodie Mob.
In 1999, OutKast and LaFace Records were sued by Rosa Parks over the album's most successful radio single, which bore Parks' name as its title. The lawsuit alleged that the song misappropriated Parks' name, and also objected to some of the song's obscene language.
The song's lyrics were largely unrelated to Parks, save for a line in the chorus: "Ah ha, hush that fuss / Everybody move to the back of the bus". The song, which OutKast maintained was intended partly as homage, only refers to Parks as a metaphor: the purpose of the song's chorus is to imply that OutKast is overturning hip hop's old order, that people should make way for a new style and sound. The initial lawsuit was dismissed. Parks' representation hired lawyer Johnnie Cochran to appeal the decision in 2001, but the appeal was denied on First Amendment grounds. In 2003, the Supreme Court allowed Parks' lawyers to proceed with the lawsuit.
In 2004, the judge in the case appointed an impartial representative for Parks after her family expressed concerns that her caretakers and her lawyers were pursuing the case based on their own financial interest. Later that same year, the members of OutKast were dropped as co-defendants, and Parks' lawyers continued to seek action against LaFace and parent company BMG. In 2003 Andrรฉ told UK journalist Angus Batey that, following a Detroit concert in the midst of the legal battle, relatives of Parks had approached him and implied that the case was less to do with Rosa than with the lawyers. The suit was finally settled on April 14, 2005, with neither OutKast nor their label having to admit any wrongdoing. The group did, however, have to agree to perform some sort of tribute to Parks.
Originally titled "Sandbox", the pair's fourth album, "Stankonia", was released in October 2000 to excellent reviews. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., and would eventually be certified quadruple-platinum. Stankonia's first single was "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)", a high-tempo jungle-influenced record. The second single, "Ms. Jackson," combined a pop hook with lyrics about divorce and relationship breakups, particularly Andrรฉ's breakup with singer Erykah Badu; the titular "Ms. Jackson" character being a doppelgรคnger for Badu's mother. It was at this time that Andrรฉ changed his stage name to the current "Andrรฉ 3000".
The single became their first pop hit, landing the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the number-two position on the UK Singles Chart. The album's final single was the Organized Noize-produced "So Fresh, So Clean", featuring a credited guest appearance from regular guest vocalist and Organized Noize-member Sleepy Brown and garnered a remix featuring Snoop Dogg. All three singles' videos had heavy MTV2 airplay, and Outkast won two 2001 Grammy Awards, one for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Ms. Jackson", and another for Stankonia as Best Rap Album.
During the recording of Stankonia, OutKast and Mr. DJ began producing tracks for the artists on their Aquemini Records imprint through Columbia, including Slimm Cutta Calhoun and Killer Mike, who made his debut on Stankonia's "Snappin' & Trappin."
Webzine Pitchforkmedia.com named Stankonia the 4th greatest album released between 2000 and 2004 in its 2005 feature. In 2009, B.O.B. was chosen as the number one song of the decade.
In December 2001, OutKast released a greatest hits album, Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast, which also contained three new tracks. One of these new tracks was the single "The Whole World," which won a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Killer Mike also was featured on the song, gaining some exposure among areas outside of his native Atlanta. The other two new songs were called "Funkin' Around" and "Movin' Cool (The After Party)"
The same year OutKast participated in the only Dungeon Family group album, Even in Darkness, along with Goodie Mob, Killer Mike, Sleepy Brown, Witchdoctor, and Backbone among others, and featuring Bubba Sparxxx, Shuga Luv and Mello. In 2002, the group and Killer Mike contributed the lead single "Land of a Million Drums" to the Scooby Doo soundtrack.
In September 2003, OutKast released a double album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. It is essentially two solo albums, one by each member, packaged as a single release under the OutKast banner; the two members also appear on each others' discs for a few songs apiece. Big Boi's Speakerboxxx is largely a funk and Dirty South blended party record; Andrรฉ 3000's The Love Below features only brief instances of hip hop, presenting instead elements found in funk, jazz, rock, electronic music, and R&B.
The album is also OutKast's biggest commercial success yet, having debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart at number-one and stayed there for several weeks. The album eventually sold over five million copies, and, as double-album sales count double for Recording Industry Association of America certification, the album was certified diamond for 10 million units shipped in December 2004. Its latest certification, in May 2006, reaches 11 million copies in shipping.
The first two singles from the album(s), which were released nearly simultaneously, were Big Boi's "The Way You Move" and Andrรฉ 3000's "Hey Ya!" The video for "Hey Ya!" is based on The Beatles' landmark appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The video's storyline has "The Love Below"โa fictional band with all members, through the use of special effects, played by Andrรฉโperforming in London. "Hey Ya!" was the number one song on the very final weekend of American Top 40 with Casey Kasem. It was also number one a week later on the very first weekend of American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest. The singles spent ten weeks at number one on the Hot 100 singles chart, with "Hey Ya!" spending nineteen weeks and "The Way You Move" briefly taking over in February 2004. These singles were seen as a breakthrough for the hip-hop industry, being among the first hip-hop songs to be widely played on adult contemporary radio stations.
OutKast's next official single was not released until the summer of 2004. "Roses", a track featuring both members from The Love Below half of the album, did not meet the level of success as either of its predecessors, but it became a modest-sized hit on urban radio and the American music video networks. The video for "Roses" is loosely based on the musical West Side Story and Grease. It featured sparring 1950s-style gangs, one representing Speakerboxxx, and one representing The Love Below, parodying the widespread arguing among critics and fans as to which half of the album was better and that the two members were estranged. The final singles were Andrรฉ 3000's "Prototype", which was paired with a science fiction-themed video about alien visitors, and Speakerboxxx's "Ghettomusick," which featured both members of OutKast and a sample from a song by Patti LaBelle, who also makes an appearance in the video.
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below won the Grammy Award for the 2004 Album of the Year, becoming only the second rap album to ever receive the honor (the first being The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill in 1999). OutKast was one of the headlining acts at the show, and gave two performances: Big Boi performed "The Way You Move" during a medley with George Clinton & P-Funk and Robert Randolph and the Family Band, while Andrรฉ 3000 performed "Hey Ya!" as the show closed. In February 2004, Andrรฉ 3000's performance, which featured female dancers moving wildly around a green teepee in war paint and feathered headdresses, was criticized by the Native American Cultural Center, who called for a boycott of OutKast, Arista Records, NARAS, and of CBS, the broadcaster of the awards show. CBS later apologized.
Between OutKast albums, Big Boi and Andrรฉ 3000 ventured into film projects. Andrรฉ co-starred in John Singleton's action film Four Brothers and also had a part in Be Cool, while Big Boi took a featured role in the T.I. movie ATL. Both members also began working on a joint film, Idlewild, directed by OutKast music video director Bryan Barber. Idlewild, a Prohibition-era musical film set to a blues-influenced hip-hop soundtrack, was released on August 25, 2006 by Universal Pictures. The Idlewild soundtrack was released August 22, 2006. Its lead single, "Mighty 'O'", features both OutKast members, and was briefly played exclusively on local Atlanta radio stations before being issued as a single in May 2006. They released and shot the video for "Morris Brown" instead. A video for "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry About Me)" soon followed.
Aquemini Records folded in 2004, and Big Boi founded a new record label, Purple Ribbon Entertainment, to be distributed by Virgin Records. Among its first signees were Sleepy Brown, Bubba Sparxxx, and Killer Mike, Big Boi has released a group album/compilation, titled Big Boi Presents... The Purple Ribbon All-Stars - Got Purp? Vol. 2.
One album remains on the band's LaFace contract. It was originally planned as a ten-track release called 10 The Hard Way; shortly after Idlewild was released, the duo confirmed the album is still in the works, though both have begun new projects without releasing any new information on the album. Due to both Big Boi and Andrรฉ's interest in separate projects such as movies, TV (Andrรฉ's Class of 3000) and solo albums, rumors of a split have turned up frequently in the media. Andrรฉ denied those rumors in a phone interview with MTV News, stating that even though they do not feel like performing on stage together, OutKast is "still tight". In an August, 2006, interview with UK journalist Craig McLean, after emphasizing that they would not split, the pair looked beyond music and film careers, Big Boi suggesting he may consider running for the job of Mayor of Atlanta in the future.
In 2007, Andre 3000 confirmed a new OutKast album would be released, but said that he and Big Boi released solo records first, stating the group album is still possibly two years away. Big Boi's solo album will be released first in June/July of 2009, with the first single, "Royal Flush" (also featuring Andre 3000, essentially making it an OutKast song), planned to have been released on December 31, 2007, but was not released on the announced date. Big Boi announced on his MySpace that the release date for Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty is now sometime in the summer of 2009.
On Nov 14, 2008, the Guardian reported that OutKast will release their follow-up to Idlewild in 2009 after Big Boi and Andre 3000 release their solo albums in the same year. As of August 2009, the albums have not yet been released.
The group's original musical style was a mixture of Dirty South and G-Funk. Since then funk, soul, pop, electronic music, rock, spoken word poetry, jazz, and blues have been added to the group's musical palette. The duo consists of Atlanta native Andrรฉ "Andre 3000" Benjamin (formerly known as Drรฉ) and Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton.
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is one of only four hip-hop albums to be certified Diamond in the U.S. for shipping over 10 million units. Along with Outkast's commercial success, they have maintained an experimental approach in their music and are widely praised for their originality and artistic content.
Benjamin and Patton met while attending Tri-Cities High School, a Visual and Performing Arts School. Benjamin's parents were divorced and he was living with his father. Meanwhile, Patton had to move with his four brothers and six sisters from Savannah to Atlanta. Benjamin and Patton eventually teamed up and were pursued by Organized Noize, a group of local producers who would later make hits for TLC. The duo initially wanted to be called "2 Shades Deep" or "The Misfits", but because those names were already taken they later decided to use "OutKast" based on finding "outcast" as synonym for "misfit" in a dictionary. OutKast, Organized Noize, and schoolmates Goodie Mob formed the nucleus of the Dungeon Family organization.
OutKast signed to LaFace Records in 1992, becoming the label's first hip hop act and making their first appearance on the remix of label mate TLC's "What About Your Friends". In 1993, they released their first single, "Player's Ball". The song's funky style, much of it accomplished with live instrumentation, was a hit with audiences. "Player's Ball" hit number-one on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart.
Their debut album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, was issued on April 26th, 1994. This initial effort is credited with laying the foundation for southern hip hop and is considered a classic by many hip hop aficionados. Every track on Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik was produced by Organized Noize and featured other members of the Dungeon Family. Follow-up singles included the title track and "Git Up Git Out", a politically charged collaboration with Goodie Mob that was later sampled by Macy Gray for her 1999 hit "Do Something." On this early material, both Andrรฉ and Big Boi contrast lyrical content reflecting the lifestyles of pimps and gangsters with politically conscious material commenting on the status of African Americans in the South. OutKast won Best New Rap Group at the Source Awards in 1995. In the same year, the group contributed "Benz or a Beamer" to the popular New Jersey Drive soundtrack.
ATLiens was OutKast's second album, released on August 27th, 1996. The album exhibited more self-consciousness, and further solidified OutKast as the flagship representatives of the 1st generation Dungeon Family and the Southern hip hop movement. The album helped the group earn more recognition among East Coast hip hop fans in the East and West coasts.
For this album, OutKast joined with partner David "Mr. DJ" Sheats to form the Earthtone III production company, which allowed the group to produce some of their own tracks. "ATLiens" was the group's second Top 40 single (following "Player's Ball" from their first album), and reflected the beginning of Andrรฉ's increasingly sober lifestyle: "No drugs or alcohol/so I can get the signal clear," he rhymes about himself. "Elevators (Me & You)," OutKast's first self-produced single, became the group's first Top 20 hit the same year.
OutKast's third album Aquemini was released on September 29, 1998 and also reached the number-two position on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States; its title was a combination of the zodiac signs of Big Boi (an Aquarius) and Andrรฉ (a Gemini). The album was widely praised as possibly the group's best material to date: when reviewed by popular hip-hop publication The Source, it received the much-coveted "5 Mics" (out of five) rating.
Producing more material themselves, both Big Boi and Andrรฉ explored more eclectic subject matter, delving into sounds inspired by soul, trip hop, and electro music. The album featured production by Organized Noize and collaborations with Raekwon, funk pioneer and musical forebear George Clinton, and Goodie Mob.
In 1999, OutKast and LaFace Records were sued by Rosa Parks over the album's most successful radio single, which bore Parks' name as its title. The lawsuit alleged that the song misappropriated Parks' name, and also objected to some of the song's obscene language.
The song's lyrics were largely unrelated to Parks, save for a line in the chorus: "Ah ha, hush that fuss / Everybody move to the back of the bus". The song, which OutKast maintained was intended partly as homage, only refers to Parks as a metaphor: the purpose of the song's chorus is to imply that OutKast is overturning hip hop's old order, that people should make way for a new style and sound. The initial lawsuit was dismissed. Parks' representation hired lawyer Johnnie Cochran to appeal the decision in 2001, but the appeal was denied on First Amendment grounds. In 2003, the Supreme Court allowed Parks' lawyers to proceed with the lawsuit.
In 2004, the judge in the case appointed an impartial representative for Parks after her family expressed concerns that her caretakers and her lawyers were pursuing the case based on their own financial interest. Later that same year, the members of OutKast were dropped as co-defendants, and Parks' lawyers continued to seek action against LaFace and parent company BMG. In 2003 Andrรฉ told UK journalist Angus Batey that, following a Detroit concert in the midst of the legal battle, relatives of Parks had approached him and implied that the case was less to do with Rosa than with the lawyers. The suit was finally settled on April 14, 2005, with neither OutKast nor their label having to admit any wrongdoing. The group did, however, have to agree to perform some sort of tribute to Parks.
Originally titled "Sandbox", the pair's fourth album, "Stankonia", was released in October 2000 to excellent reviews. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., and would eventually be certified quadruple-platinum. Stankonia's first single was "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)", a high-tempo jungle-influenced record. The second single, "Ms. Jackson," combined a pop hook with lyrics about divorce and relationship breakups, particularly Andrรฉ's breakup with singer Erykah Badu; the titular "Ms. Jackson" character being a doppelgรคnger for Badu's mother. It was at this time that Andrรฉ changed his stage name to the current "Andrรฉ 3000".
The single became their first pop hit, landing the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the number-two position on the UK Singles Chart. The album's final single was the Organized Noize-produced "So Fresh, So Clean", featuring a credited guest appearance from regular guest vocalist and Organized Noize-member Sleepy Brown and garnered a remix featuring Snoop Dogg. All three singles' videos had heavy MTV2 airplay, and Outkast won two 2001 Grammy Awards, one for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Ms. Jackson", and another for Stankonia as Best Rap Album.
During the recording of Stankonia, OutKast and Mr. DJ began producing tracks for the artists on their Aquemini Records imprint through Columbia, including Slimm Cutta Calhoun and Killer Mike, who made his debut on Stankonia's "Snappin' & Trappin."
Webzine Pitchforkmedia.com named Stankonia the 4th greatest album released between 2000 and 2004 in its 2005 feature. In 2009, B.O.B. was chosen as the number one song of the decade.
In December 2001, OutKast released a greatest hits album, Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast, which also contained three new tracks. One of these new tracks was the single "The Whole World," which won a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Killer Mike also was featured on the song, gaining some exposure among areas outside of his native Atlanta. The other two new songs were called "Funkin' Around" and "Movin' Cool (The After Party)"
The same year OutKast participated in the only Dungeon Family group album, Even in Darkness, along with Goodie Mob, Killer Mike, Sleepy Brown, Witchdoctor, and Backbone among others, and featuring Bubba Sparxxx, Shuga Luv and Mello. In 2002, the group and Killer Mike contributed the lead single "Land of a Million Drums" to the Scooby Doo soundtrack.
In September 2003, OutKast released a double album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. It is essentially two solo albums, one by each member, packaged as a single release under the OutKast banner; the two members also appear on each others' discs for a few songs apiece. Big Boi's Speakerboxxx is largely a funk and Dirty South blended party record; Andrรฉ 3000's The Love Below features only brief instances of hip hop, presenting instead elements found in funk, jazz, rock, electronic music, and R&B.
The album is also OutKast's biggest commercial success yet, having debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart at number-one and stayed there for several weeks. The album eventually sold over five million copies, and, as double-album sales count double for Recording Industry Association of America certification, the album was certified diamond for 10 million units shipped in December 2004. Its latest certification, in May 2006, reaches 11 million copies in shipping.
The first two singles from the album(s), which were released nearly simultaneously, were Big Boi's "The Way You Move" and Andrรฉ 3000's "Hey Ya!" The video for "Hey Ya!" is based on The Beatles' landmark appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The video's storyline has "The Love Below"โa fictional band with all members, through the use of special effects, played by Andrรฉโperforming in London. "Hey Ya!" was the number one song on the very final weekend of American Top 40 with Casey Kasem. It was also number one a week later on the very first weekend of American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest. The singles spent ten weeks at number one on the Hot 100 singles chart, with "Hey Ya!" spending nineteen weeks and "The Way You Move" briefly taking over in February 2004. These singles were seen as a breakthrough for the hip-hop industry, being among the first hip-hop songs to be widely played on adult contemporary radio stations.
OutKast's next official single was not released until the summer of 2004. "Roses", a track featuring both members from The Love Below half of the album, did not meet the level of success as either of its predecessors, but it became a modest-sized hit on urban radio and the American music video networks. The video for "Roses" is loosely based on the musical West Side Story and Grease. It featured sparring 1950s-style gangs, one representing Speakerboxxx, and one representing The Love Below, parodying the widespread arguing among critics and fans as to which half of the album was better and that the two members were estranged. The final singles were Andrรฉ 3000's "Prototype", which was paired with a science fiction-themed video about alien visitors, and Speakerboxxx's "Ghettomusick," which featured both members of OutKast and a sample from a song by Patti LaBelle, who also makes an appearance in the video.
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below won the Grammy Award for the 2004 Album of the Year, becoming only the second rap album to ever receive the honor (the first being The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill in 1999). OutKast was one of the headlining acts at the show, and gave two performances: Big Boi performed "The Way You Move" during a medley with George Clinton & P-Funk and Robert Randolph and the Family Band, while Andrรฉ 3000 performed "Hey Ya!" as the show closed. In February 2004, Andrรฉ 3000's performance, which featured female dancers moving wildly around a green teepee in war paint and feathered headdresses, was criticized by the Native American Cultural Center, who called for a boycott of OutKast, Arista Records, NARAS, and of CBS, the broadcaster of the awards show. CBS later apologized.
Between OutKast albums, Big Boi and Andrรฉ 3000 ventured into film projects. Andrรฉ co-starred in John Singleton's action film Four Brothers and also had a part in Be Cool, while Big Boi took a featured role in the T.I. movie ATL. Both members also began working on a joint film, Idlewild, directed by OutKast music video director Bryan Barber. Idlewild, a Prohibition-era musical film set to a blues-influenced hip-hop soundtrack, was released on August 25, 2006 by Universal Pictures. The Idlewild soundtrack was released August 22, 2006. Its lead single, "Mighty 'O'", features both OutKast members, and was briefly played exclusively on local Atlanta radio stations before being issued as a single in May 2006. They released and shot the video for "Morris Brown" instead. A video for "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry About Me)" soon followed.
Aquemini Records folded in 2004, and Big Boi founded a new record label, Purple Ribbon Entertainment, to be distributed by Virgin Records. Among its first signees were Sleepy Brown, Bubba Sparxxx, and Killer Mike, Big Boi has released a group album/compilation, titled Big Boi Presents... The Purple Ribbon All-Stars - Got Purp? Vol. 2.
One album remains on the band's LaFace contract. It was originally planned as a ten-track release called 10 The Hard Way; shortly after Idlewild was released, the duo confirmed the album is still in the works, though both have begun new projects without releasing any new information on the album. Due to both Big Boi and Andrรฉ's interest in separate projects such as movies, TV (Andrรฉ's Class of 3000) and solo albums, rumors of a split have turned up frequently in the media. Andrรฉ denied those rumors in a phone interview with MTV News, stating that even though they do not feel like performing on stage together, OutKast is "still tight". In an August, 2006, interview with UK journalist Craig McLean, after emphasizing that they would not split, the pair looked beyond music and film careers, Big Boi suggesting he may consider running for the job of Mayor of Atlanta in the future.
In 2007, Andre 3000 confirmed a new OutKast album would be released, but said that he and Big Boi released solo records first, stating the group album is still possibly two years away. Big Boi's solo album will be released first in June/July of 2009, with the first single, "Royal Flush" (also featuring Andre 3000, essentially making it an OutKast song), planned to have been released on December 31, 2007, but was not released on the announced date. Big Boi announced on his MySpace that the release date for Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty is now sometime in the summer of 2009.
On Nov 14, 2008, the Guardian reported that OutKast will release their follow-up to Idlewild in 2009 after Big Boi and Andre 3000 release their solo albums in the same year. As of August 2009, the albums have not yet been released.
Morris Brown f/ Sleepy Brown & Scar
OutKast Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by OutKast:
04. International Players A (Andre 3000 with "I choose you babe!" in the back) So,…
05. Wheelz Of Steel Uh As I sit in my B-boy stance With flip-flops and socks,…
09 Club Donkey Ass [Girl] Hey baby [Guy] Whats up? [Girl] What do I gotta do …
13th Floor Conceive true deception multiplied a million fold Visualize …
13th Floor / Growing Old Conceive true deception multiplied a million fold Visualize…
13th Floor/Growing Old Conceive true deception multiplied a million fold Visualize …
2 Dope Boyz in a Cadillac (Greetings, earthlings) From the bottom of my lungs a nigga…
23. When I Look in Your Eyes Hey, Uh-huh, Well, alright How y'all doing? Yes Ma'am! Look…
25 The Way You Move Boom, Boom, Boom Ready for action, nip it in the bud We…
? Want can make a nigga wanna take another nigga life What…
A Bad Note [Andre 3000] A bad note ain't no bad note If it's a…
A Life In The Day Of Benjamin Andre I met you in a club in Atlanta, Georgia Said me…
A Life In The of Benjamin Andre I met you in a club in Atlanta Georgia Said me…
Ain A nigga ready from the get go (blowe, blowe, blowe) Y'all…
All In My Grill Uh, hit me [Missy] Don't explain, you never change Same…
Aquemini Mm-hmm Even the sun goes down, heroes eventually die Horosc…
Art of Storytellin Somebody hit me the other day, for a rendezvous Was it…
ATLien Yeah, uh, East Point, smokes some dank College Park in the…
B O B 1, 2.. 1, 2, 3; yeah! In-slum-national, underground Thunder …
B.O.B. One, two One, two, three Yeah, inslumnational, underground …
B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) Verse One (Andre): Yeah... Intro-national, underground, Thun…
Babylon I came into this world high as a bird From second…
Bamboo Ready to set this bitch off? (Yeah) Alright, you got to step…
Bamboo & Cross The music's starting. My name is be-A-M-be-O-O. I'm so fast …
Behold a Lady Sophistophone, aristocrats Distinguished dogs, clean up your…
Benz Or Beamer {"It all started at an accident scene on Bankhead and…
black ice Do you ever see that stuff that be, When it get…
Bob One, two One, two, three Yeah, inslumnational, underground …
Bombs Over Bagdad One, two One, two, three, yeah Yeah, inslumnational, underg…
Bombs Over Baghdad [Dre] 1, 2... 1, 2, 3; yeah! In-slum-national, underground…
Bowtie Girl you cut up Girl you know you cut up Crocodile on…
Bowtie (feat. Sleepy Brown Girl you cut up! (oww!) Girl you know you cut up! Crocod…
Bowtie (postlude) Oh baby, we really clean Really sharp I mean, in person, bab…
BuggFace Can I dance? Oh, oh, oh, aww shit! Big Boi, Big boi What…
Bust Ghosts and goblins run amok In the caverns of Rhine Slinging…
Bust (feat. Killer Mike) [Intro:] Ghosts and goblins run amock In the caverns of rhin…
Call Before I Come Nigga, quit being so goddamn selfish Put it in ya pelvis Let…
Call of da Wild I'll be coming around the ghetto when I come kicking…
Call the Law Zora and Rooster under peach tree They K-I-S-S-I-N-G Wow f…
Camp Fire Intro (Big Boi as Uncle Jesse & Andre 3000 as Lil' Shpitty) A…
Cell Therapy When the scene unfolds Young girls thirteen years old Expo…
Chonkyfire Woo, woo Yosky-wosky, peesky-weesky What'cha wanna do-ski? N…
Chronomentrophobia Chronomentrophobia The fear of clocks The fear of time High…
Church Man, have you ever really wondered Like why are we here?…
Claimin Well it is I, the pimp playing nigga that you…
Club Donkey Ass [Girl] Hey baby [Guy] Whats up? [Girl] What do I gotta do …
Club Donkey Ass (interlude) [people talking in club] [Girl] Hey baby [Guy] Wutsup? [Girl…
Cruisin A-T-L, crusin' in da A-T-L Crusin' in da A-T-L, crusin' in…
Crumblin 'Erb Yes, let me dig into your brain, folks falling like…
Crumblin' Erb (OS remix) Verse 1: (andre 3000) yessuh, let me dig into your brain,…
D-Boi Talkin' hanging out wit the d-boi's You know when you a…
D-Boi (interlude) Talkin' 'bout hangin out with the D-Bois You know you got…
D.E.E.P Greetings, earthlings, take me to your leader (ooh shit!) D…
D.F Andre 3000 AKA Possum Aloysuis Jenkins AKA Dookie Blossum Ga…
Da Art of Storytellin Somebody hit me the other day, for a rendezvous Was it…
Da Art of Storytellin Pt. 2 (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) "Baby, did you hear that?" "Yeah, …
Da Art Of Storytellin' Somebody hit me the other Day for a rendezvous Was it the…
Da Art of Storytellin' Part 1 Somebody hit me the other day, for a rendezvous Was it…
Da Art of Storytellin' Part 2 (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) "Baby, did you hear that?" "Yeah, …
Da Art of Storytellin' Pt. 1 Somebody hit me the other day, for a rendezvous Was it…
Da Art of Storytellin' Pt. 2 (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) "Baby, did you hear that?" "Yeah, …
Da Art of Storytellin', Part 1 [Big Boi] Yea.. Somebody hit me the other day for a rendezvo…
Da Art of Storytelling Somebody hit me the other day, for a rendezvous Was it…
Da Art of Storytelling (Live) One: big boi Yea. Somebody hit me the other day, for a…
Da Art of Storytelling 2 "Baby, did you hear that?" "Yeah, baby, I heard it…
Decatur Psalm I call the crib they say, "Breeze you ain't know?" I…
deep Greetings, earthlings, take me to your leader (ooh shit!) D…
Dracula You're all I've ever wanted But I'm terrified of you See, my…
Dracula's Wedding (feat. Kelis) [verse 1 (Andre 3000)] You're all i've ever wanted, but i'm…
Draculas Wedding You're all I've ever wanted But I'm terrified of you See, my…
Drinkin Man, my woman done left me Damn I got laid off Shit They…
Dyin My suit is dark, my clouds are gray And all things…
DโBoi Talkin' hanging out wit the d-boi's You know when you a…
E-Mac From Texas to GA, niggas bleeding your speakerbox Playas sta…
E.T Greetings, earthlings, take me to your leader (ooh shit!) D…
E.T. Peep what I say Everyday the sun sets just like clockwork To…
E.T. (Extraterrestrial) Big Boi: Peep what I say Everyday--the sun sets just like c…
Elevators One for the money, yes sir, two for the show A…
Elevators (Me Verse One: Andre One for the money yes uhh two for…
Elevators (Me & You) Verse One: Andre One for the money yes uhh two for…
Everlasting Andre: Now sittin' in the bathtub listening to the Isley…
EโMac From Texas to GA, niggas bleeding your speakerbox Playas sta…
Flim Flam Ey ey ey, watsup man I I got these gold chains Fourteen…
Flip Flop Rock Yeah, ATLiens style on y'all ass (Do or die, Aquemini) (Kill…
Flip Flop Rock (feat. Killer Mike & Jay-Z) BIG BOI Yeah.. ATLiens style on y'all ass K MIKE Do Or Die,…
flip flop rock รฃโฌยfeat. killer mike & jay-zรฃโฌโ Yeah, ATLiens style on y'all ass (Do or die, Aquemini) (Kill…
Fresh And Clean Remix Ain't nobody dope as me I'm dressed so fresh so…
Funkin Around ANDRE 3000: Hello, well good evening ladies and gentlemen W…
Funkinยกยฏ Around ANDRE 3000: Hello, well good evening ladies and gentlemen …
Funky Ride Let me take you on a funky ride All around the…
Gangsta Sh Some of that uh, LTD Lincoln Town Car Some of that…
Gangsta Sh't featuring Slimm Calhoun C-Bone & T-Mo Goode from Goode Mob Some of that uh, LTD Lincoln Town Car Some of that…
Gangsta Sh*t Some of that uh, LTD Lincoln Town Car Some of that…
Gasoline Dreams Woo, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright Alright, al…
Gasoline Dreams (feat. Khujo Goodie) Hook don't everybody like the smell of gasoline? Well burn m…
Gasoline Dreams (with Khujo Goodie) Alright Don't everybody like the smell of gasoline? Well bur…
Gasoline Dreams featuring Khujo Goode From Goode Mob Woo, Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright Alright, al…
Ghetto Musick Turn me up, don't turn me down Cut me up, don't…
Ghetto Musick (club mix) Whoo! (Whoo!) Turn me up! Don't turn me down! Cut me up!…
Ghettomusick Turn me up, don't turn me down Cut me up, don't…
GhettoMusick (Club Mix) Whoo! (Whoo!) Turn me up! Don't turn me down! Cut me up!…
GhettoMusick feat. Andre 3000 Turn me up, don't turn me down Cut me up, don't…
GhettoMusick feat. Andre 3000 & Patti LaBelle Whoo! (Whoo!) Turn me up! Don't turn me down! Cut me up!…
Git Up Nigga, you need to git up, git out and git…
God God Come in God God come in God Damn you're a girl Well, I…
Gone Be Fine We have, we have (Say what?) A whole lot of superstars On…
Good Day Ah, such sweet sound The Fiddler on the Fuckin' Roof Is that…
Good Hair "Hey shorty, let me holla at ya" "Wassup, baby?" "Girl, yo…
Greatest Show On Earth How y'all feelin' tonight? I don't give a damn Mama I'm lea…
Happy Valentine My name is Cupid Valentino, the modern day Cupid And I…
Hey Ya One, two, three, uh My baby don't mess around Because she l…
Hey Ya! - Radio Mix One, two, three, uh! My baby don't mess around Because she …
Hey Ya! [by Audio Maestro CDDA One, two, three! My baby don't mess around Because she loves…
High Schoolin Life Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah yeah uh Bee…
High Schoolin' Life Ooooh, yeeeeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Big Boi] …
Hold On Be Strong Hold on, be strong Hold on, be strong Hold on, be strong Hol…
Hollywood Divorce Starts off like a small town marriage Lovely wife and life,…
Hollywood Divorce (Ft. Lil' Wa [Chorus] Starts off like a small town marriage Lovely wife…
Hootie Hoo Hootie Hoo Follow the funk from the skunk And the dank that…
Humble Mumble Ah, I stank I can, I stank I can The funky…
Humble Mumble (feat. Erykah Badu) Andre: Ahhhh I stank I can, I stank I can The funky…
Humble Mumble featuring Erykah Badu Ah, I stank I can, I stank I can The funky…
I Nigga, quit being so goddamn selfish Put it in ya pelvis Let…
I Can [Sleepy Brown] This is dedicated to the lover (to the lover)…
I Can't Wait (Redman/Young Gunz mix) (featuring Sleepy Brown) [Sleepy Brown] This is dedicated t…
I Like the Way You Move There's so many things I like about you I just don't…
i love you So I typed a text to a girl I used…
I'll Be Around Nigga, quit being so got damn selfish Put it in ya…
I'll Call B4 I Cum Nigga quit being so got damn selfish Put it in ya…
I'll Call Before I Come Nigga, quit being so goddamn selfish Put it in ya pelvis Let…
I'm Cool It's cold, it's cold No, it's cold, it ain't cold, it's…
I'm Cool (interlude) It's cold, it's cold. No it's cold. It ain't cold, it's…
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@izik950
Janelle Monet will always look like she's from the 1930s
@gacaptain
She shoulda been on Idlewild cause she looks like she's from back in those days. Classy if you ask me. And too fine. I would murder that.
@izik950
truth!!!!!!!
@SquareBusinezz
say it again brotha
@scarakitty
nothin' wrong with that!
@ieam1010
gacaptainย She is on Idlewild! Featured on the album (at least twice) and she's in the movie!
@tony--pajamas
I don't care who you are, you just have to admit that OutKast is one of the most musically talented and diverse acts of all time.
@Noelle.Tyler90
Period!!!!
@jackpea7102
They are not musicians. However, they are talented and not like your typical rappers. They are very interesting to watch.
@Jammastermatt1
@@jackpea7102 they most certainly are musicians man