How many odes to a baby’s momma have you heard with more conviction than ‘Mrs. Jackson’ and ‘B.O.B.’ were huge hits, and once again, allude to the captivating variation of OutKast. In fact, they utilize this ability right away making an interlude-aided transition into the butter-smooth ‘So Fresh, So Clean,’ which combines the tradition of rappers and braggadocio with seductiveness laced among weirdness capable only by lyricists who refer to themselves as Possum Aloysius Jenkins and Francis the Savannah Chitlin Pimp.Īs far as mainstream success goes, Stankonia is not short of it. It’s hard to imagine a hip hop group able to successfully take the scathing attack of artists like those, yet come up with soulful, laid back tracks like later cuts on the album. It’s abrasive and on attack right from the opening, a sound in debt to classic hardcore/political rap acts like Public Enemy, Ice-T or N.W.A.
‘Gasoline Dreams’ follows a liquid-sexual introduction, completely contradicting the opening.
Forward looking, yet, able to use the past to its benefit. In a lot of ways, OutKast is that perfect balance, daring enough to bring in new crowds with every new album, conscious enough to appeal to what most mainstream listeners assume hip-hop is. You can't discrimi-hate cause you done read a book or two.’ I said "Oh hell naw!" But yet it's that too She said she thought hip-hop was only guns and alcohol ‘I met a critic, I made her **** her drawers There’s definitely more De La Soul than gangsta posturing here and while they may have name checked Mercedes and the sticky icky without hesitation, the combination of the streetwise and philosophical was more often the rule, not the exception. Further removing themselves from contemporaries, OutKast’s lyrics proved to be increasingly substantial as the years passed. Consequently, the diverse nature of the group’s music led to an existence on the cusp of popularity within their genre in their early years. Organized Noize, primary OutKast production team and fellow Atlanta natives, are responsible for much of the musical foundation the three-man team worked with the duo of Andre 3000 and Big Boi on and off throughout the years creating the polar opposite to the established southern hip hop scene’s sound, most notably, that of Master-P and his No-Limit cronies. A scan of their library would find cuts emblazoned by dub reggae, soul, gospel, southern seasoned riffs and of course the George Clinton influenced space-funk psychedelia they do so well. Jay Z may have staked claim on the ‘King of Hip Hop’ crown but clearly, OutKast proved to be the most forward thinking, unique, consistent and creative force in popular hip hop. Since Aquemini, OutKast have been the prodigal hip-hop artists. And in between, they found enough time to give us Stankonia. Before that, 1998 produced the brilliant Aquemini, their first offering fully realizing the nature of their game. Their 2003 hip hop double album opus, Speakerboxx/The Love Below found them catapulted into a grand audience, well beyond that of the average hip hop group. In the past few years, OutKast has risen to the top of the heap. is ‘ya’ even a word? My word processor says no. These two words changed the face of pop music. #359 on Rolling Stone's 500 greatest albums of all time.
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