The Future of Outkast

No need to be condescending. Did I say it was an unprecedented achievement? No. But, cmon, it's not just a funk record. There are splashes of hip-hop, pop, rock, soul, jazz and electronica (ugh, horrible word), and a playfullness and unpredictability at work which I personally find, yes, thrilling. Granted, Prince was juggling all these genres twenty-odd years ago, but Andre is certainly not just apeing him; his personality is stamped all over the album.

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It's a funk record

deej OTM!

They had a great run tho, truly something unprecedented in hip-hop.

Welcome to a new year at ILM High!

Give me a fucking break. She was with Andre 3000 - and they broke up - long before there were "problems" in his relationship with Big Boi. And she dated Common, too. So fucking what?

Oh, and for unfortunately-not-the-last-fucking-time, Yoko did NOT break up the Beatles. Their egos did. This is just ignorant bullshit.

Ps Cheers Austin, no offence taken.

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"Unhappy" "Bowtie" "The Rooster" "Last Call" etc didn't hold up w you?

I really like "Morris Brown". The unsettling thing about it is how totally made-for-Andre Scar's part sounds.

"Idlewild Blue" is okay. These songs are much more reassuring about the album (despite their seperation) than "The Mighty O" was.

I agree both are leagues ahead of "The Mighty O", which was mighty bad.

the future of Outkast = socks

mad at the commenter who beat me to the "daddy fat socks" joke

eh if someone makes the same joke as you it's prob not a terribly original joke worth feeling any type of way about

lol got me

well played

YO
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/outkast-to-headline-governors-ball-20140109
also headlining coachella
it's on

I have no idea what I do. I honestly don't.

bodes well lol

https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/live/coachella--14-friday--outkast-s-audience-more-idle-than-wild-113004299.html

:(

setlist was pretty solid, even did "Kryptonite". lame.

"Are y'all alive?" Andre 3000 queried, more than once. "We just want to know one thing — are you having a good time?" Big Boi asked.

Yeah, I've never heard questions like this at a show before, let alone a hip-hop show.

And then here we are again:

Twitter was soon teeming with outraged posts from fans watching the audience's lackluster response on the livestream.

Fuck the livestream. If this is the level of criticism we're going to get, I half expect:

Big Boi was beset by microphone problems, based on his repeated requests to "turn my mic up!"

Or:

The crowd was really into it, but the hundreds of people sitting at home on their couches watching the stream were much more apathetic. "Yo, everyone home watching the stream," began Dre. "Y'all having a good time?" Alas, his query was met by silence, as the people at home could not actually respond out loud, but a few enthusiastic followers on Twitter responded with a resounding "yes!"

I don't really like listening to Rick Rubin (or how he keeps trying to steer Andre 3000 back into making product here), but it's pretty interesting to hear Andre talk about losing confidence & not wanting to be in the spotlight, just learning different instruments and getting into Steve Reich, etc
https://brokenrecordpodcast.com/episode-13-andre-3000-and-rick-rubin-in-conversation

I used to not like Stankonia as much as the earlier albums but it really opened up to me as I got deeper into electronic music and now it's my favorite. Beautiful fuckin technicolor fantasia

also are y'all talking about the same 3 Stacks who post-Outkast has been putting mindbending verses on the guest rap circuit every time he steps down from the clouds for 15 years?

Maybe we should stop writing off Outkast until after Idlewild comes out.

― max (maxreax), Saturday, June 24, 2006 6:06 AM (fourteen years ago)

ding a fuckin ding ding ding

― Forksclovetofu, Saturday, June 24, 2006 6:09 AM (fourteen years ago)

you know what's actually a really amazing track is "toilet tisha"

true

but like.... this the Possum Aloysius Jenkins y'all are talking about like he ain't been shit since Aquemini? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEdBe04dwms

yeah he has amazing guest verses

you know what's actually a really amazing track is "toilet tisha"

― the late great, Saturday, October 31, 2020 12:26 PM

this would be my honorable mention for the album. great track. almost feels like a genuine classic prince song — and i mean that as a very high compliment.

if anyone else isn't ready to argue with me yet, here: as an album, speakerboxxx is better than stankonia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXY6_jKH_x4

^^ love that song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCE5MwAMgNI

oh shit here we go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r1-v5x0aCk

He's still got the juice, but if he doesn't need the money, I respect him for not wanting to turn all eyes on him and do the album/pr/tour thing. It's got to be weird to know that millions of people are going to hear whatever you do and most will be disappointed no matter what.

"speakerboxxx is better than stankonia."

Some weird kind of cult I'm privy to here

Stankonia is one of my favorite albums of all-time, and for a "messy" album, there's almost nothing I'd cut from it. But the hook on "Snappin and Trappin" is pretty annoying

My only feedback about Stankonia is that Andre was very root with Erykah mama

anybody who refuses to fuck with “so fresh so clean” doesn’t deserve music

Made me fall back in love with patty melts

"who cares what Andre's "solo career" is like. he's never even released a solo record. his legacy is outkast and an all time mc"

Yes hes an all time mc but hes now got the air of I'm too good to do this but ok sure since his asked if I really must then ok let me be so kind as to gift you an occasional verse when I can spare the time

As for no solo records, uh,there was that love below album, as well as that kids album. I'd say all those generous guest verses constitute a career of a sort

https://youtu.be/UbYw1kOBUPA
Was only a few months ago when I discovered this

hes an all time mc but hes now got the air of I'm too good to do this

Andre doesn't owe you anything otm