In 2003, iconic Atlanta-based hip-hop duo OutKast—aka Big Boi and André 3000—released their split album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below wherein each artist created their own record, but released them as one. Big Boi’s 808-driven Speakerboxx leans into southern hip-hop via electronic and soulful flair. On the flip side, André 3000’s The Love Below overflows with eccentricities, combining R&B, electronic, jazz and funk. Altogether, the 40-track album—available as …
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their masterpiece ATLiens, OutKast’s four-LP reissue doesn’t include just the original album, but also the instrumentals—available commercially for the first time ever. Along with the vinyl (which features the tracks “Elevators (Me & You),” “Two Dope Boyz (In A Cadillac)” and “Jazzy Belle”), the duo collaborated with London-based firm F That on a video game based on the album. In …
Stankonia, the fourth studio album by OutKast (aka André “3000” Benjamin and Antwan “Big Boi” Patton), turns 20 years old this week and to celebrate the ATL duo has issued a special expanded version of the record online and with a physical iteration through Vinyl Me Please. Along with the original tracks, some bonus songs appear—including Rage Against The Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha’s …
