History Music / OutKast

** Spottieottiedopaliscous.

** Andre doesn't just do rap features, ranging from equally-experimental pop music (GwenStefani, Frank Ocean), to typical pop music (ChrisBrown), to the downright bizarre ({{Gorillaz}} and the remix to "Sleazy" by {{Ke$ha}}).

** Heck, even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhSnkR-mFXc the music video]] does more, as there is one kid who writes on the blackboard "Learn to divide, witch" and even shows a [[VisualPun LITERAL actual witch]] portraying the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wicked Witch of the West]]!

* ShoutOut: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw music video for "Hey Ya!"]] ''is'' Music/TheBeatles' ''EdSullivanShow'' performances.

-->--'''True Dat (Interlude)'''

-->[=OutKast=], pronounced outcast. Adjective meaning homeless, or unaccepted in society. But let's look deeper than that. Are you an [=OutKast=]? If you understand and feel the basic principles and fundamental truths contained within this music, you probably are.
-->- '''True Dat (Interlude)'''

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[[caption-width:315:Left: Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. Right: "André 3000" Benjamin]]

Getting their start in 1990, hip-hop duo [=OutKast=] ended up becoming one of the most vital and dynamic music groups of the 2000's. 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.

* SignatureSong: Ms. Jackson and Hey Ya!

* SignatureSong: Ms. Jackson.

** ''ATLiens'' focused on moody, atmospheric arrangements and far more personal and involved lyrics that heavily deconstructed a lot of established hip-hop tropes, the latter eventually becoming one of their trademarks.

* NewSoundAlbum: While all their records did something new, [=ATLiens=] established them as the type of group that does not shy from the prospect of trying something new.

** The whole Southernplayalisticadillacmusik album.

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: "Da Art of Storytellin' (Part 2)".

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecRockabilly

* BlackSheepHit: Most people who heard ''Hey Ya'' don't even know they're a rap group.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Speedballin'" is this of "B.O.B."

* {{Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly}}

* ShoutOut: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw music video for "Hey Ya!"]] ''is'' TheBeatles' ''EdSullivanShow'' performances.

* SignatureSong: Ms.Jackson

** The lyrics aren't actually random if you pay closer attention to them. The song itself is actually about being able to follow up after you start something, the song is just filled with crazy metaphors. A lyrical break down of the song is available [[http://rapgenius.com/lyrics/Outkast/B-o-b-bombs-over-baghdad here]]

* TheJimmyHartVersion : "Speedballin'" is this of "B.O.B."

* OneSceneWonder: In lieu of releasing a solo album, Andre has taken to absolutely ''murdering'' other rappers during his guest spots on their albums.

[=OutKast=] as a group is currently on hiatus, with both members pursuing solo careers. The two have said that they'll record new material together once they've both put out solo albums. Big Boi's album, ''Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty'', was released in 2010 [[ScheduleSlip after repeated delays]]; the general consensus is that it was worth the wait. Andre 3000's album is tentatively scheduled for a late 2011 release.

* BlackSheepHit: Most people who heard ''Hey Ya'' don't even know they're a rap group.

* PopCultureIsolation:They have been rapping since the 1990s and were very popular rap artist in the south but people thought they were new rap band in the 2000s when the made big Hits like Ms.Jackson and Hey ya and the way you move.

** ''SpottieOttieDopaliscous''.

* ExecutiveMeddling: After their previous label, [=LaFace=] was bought by Jive Records, [=OutKast=] had numerous clashes and creative differences, that ultimately led to Big Boi releasing his solo album with another label.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Cee-Lo guests on many of their songs. This was before he became known for Gnarls Barkley.

-->OutKast, pronounced outcast. Adjective meaning homeless, or unaccepted in society. But let's look deeper than that. Are you an OutKast? If you understand and feel the basic principles and fundamental truths contained within this music, you probably are.

Getting their start in 1990, hip-hop duo OutKast ended up becoming one of the most vital and dynamic music groups of the 2000's. 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 labelmate TLC's "What About Your Friends". During the holiday season of 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. Afterward they would continue to bang out hit album after hit album. The group's original musical style was a mixture of Dirty South and G-Funk. Since then, however, funk, soul, electronic music, spoken word poetry, jazz, and blues elements have been added to the group's musical palette.

'''OutKast provides examples of:'''

* ExecutiveMeddling: After their previous label, [=LaFace=] was bought by Jive Records, OutKast had numerous clashes and creative differences, that ultimately led to Big Boi releasing his solo album with another label.

* LoveItOrHateIt: ''The Love Below''. Either you liked how off-the-wall the arrangements were, or you really wanted to hear Dre rap.

** The album ATLiens has very mature backing tracks, something which is slightly undermined by the lyrics still being somewhat gangsta orientated.

* [[SharpDressedMan Sharp Dressed Men]]

* WitchWithACapitalB: Outkast sing this in the {{Bowdlerise}}d version of "Roses":