Ascension
2014
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Outkast was an American hip hop duo formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1992, consisting of rappers Big Boi and André 3000. The duo achieved both critical and commercial success from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, helping to popularize Southern hip hop with their intricate lyricism, memorable melodies, and positive themes, while experimenting with a diverse range of genres such as funk ...
- Liberation
- Player’S Ball
- Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
- Ghettomusick
- Git Up, Git Out
- Morris Brown
- Return of The G
- Roses
- Two Dope Boyz
- Elevators
The title seems to refer to Outkast’s refusal to be constrained by musical boundaries and expectations as much as to the social struggles detailed in its lyrics: Liberation more or less abandons rapping entirely. Instead, there are vocals – from Erykah Badu and Cee-Lo Green, among others – and a defiant message: “You have a choice to be who you wan...
In their early days, Outkast apparently used to rap while running to better refine their breath control. Certainly, their rapping sounded incredible on arrival. Musically straightforward compared with what was to come, their debut single – detailing how drug dealers and pimps spend Christmas Day – was a fiery demonstration of their lyrical skills.
“The south got something to say,” snapped André 3000 when Outkast were booed at the 1995 Source awards. In truth, they had already proved his point. A definitive moment in the history of southern hip-hop, their debut album’s title track twisted Dr Dre’s soulful west coast G-funk blueprint into something stunning and geographically distinct. Often i...
Big Boi’s album in the split Speakerboxx/Love Below double set was overshadowed by André’s – home to Hey Ya! and Roses – but its highlights were vertiginous. The ferocious, distorted synths, frantic beats and soul interludes of GhettoMusick proved his partner didn’t have the monopoly on thrilling experimentation.
A seven-and-a-half-minute-long, supremely funky and conscious-rhyme-laden introduction to the Dungeon Family, or at least part of said sprawling crew. Production is by Organized Noize, with guest appearances from Goodie Mob’s Big Gipp and Cee-Lo Green, the latter entirely consuming the first third of the track.
The soundtrack to an unloved film, Idlewild was released to a decidedly mixed reception, but Morris Brown is an under-appreciated delight. An explosion of fantastic melodic hooks and deft rapping, featuring an early guest appearance by Janelle Monáe and powered by the marching band mentioned in its chorus, it should have been a huge hit.
A bold statement of artistic intent in the face of criticism, Return of the G’s title is a double bluff. André’s verse pours scorn on gangsta rap – then resurgent thanks to the cliche-ridden platinum-seller Master P – and offering “time travellin’, rhyme javelin, something mind-unravellin’” as an alternative.
In which Big Boi and André wittily cordon off a beautiful but cash-obsessed lady: “One of them freaks who gets geeked at the sight of an ATM receipt.” The way it turns the profoundly unpromising phrase “roses really smell like poo” into an unshakeable earworm and a global hit single is – sorry – not to be sniffed at.
A track that revels in Outkast’s outsider status within hip-hop – “greetings Earthlings!” – with the cool confidence of people who know they have the talent to back the boast they are not just different, but better. The beat – based on the Five Stairsteps’ 1967 hit Danger She’s a Stranger– fits the brooding mood perfectly.
Things got strange fast in Outkast’s world. On the surface, Elevators is just a hymn to their early success (André punctures the celebratory mood by suggesting he is still broke), but the music is unsettlingly odd: weird, scattered electronic bleeps, a chorus that sounds like something from a musical in which the entire cast is off their heads.
OutKast: Hey Ya!: Directed by Bryan Barber. With Outkast, André 3000, Big Boi, Ryan Phillippe. A promotional video for Outkast's 2003 hit single "Hey Ya!"
Outcasts: Created by Ben Richards. With Hermione Norris, Daniel Mays, Amy Manson, Ashley Walters. With Earth rapidly becoming uninhabitable, pioneers seek to colonize the harsh terrain of the planet Carpathia. 10 years later, the town of Forthaven faces danger as the planet's dark secrets are revealed.
