Two of OutKast's most enduring and innovative tunes are here: Big Boi's "The Way You Move" (a '70s funk throwback in the style of Cameo and Chic) and "Hey Ya" (André 3000's kaleidoscopic, decade-defining rave-up). It was essentially two solo albums: André's The Love Below and Big Boi's Speakerboxx, packaged as a double record. Idlewild embodied the musicians’ best ideas and it will be enjoyed by all the good music lovers.While it showed the growing divide between André 3000 and Big Boi (and presaged their long hiatus), OutKast's fifth studio effort was a highwater mark for the group all the same. There is no doubt that Outkast music is unique and original, so it is hardly possible to mix them up with someone else. That record was very well received both by the musical experts and fans and pretty soon it was certified Platinum. The sixth studio work of Outkast titled Idlewild was released in 2006. The original Speakerboxxx/The Love Below became one of the most successful rap albums of all time with the sales over fifteen million copies all over the world. The sound of that record turned out to be very versatile: The Love Below (part of André 3000) included elements of such styles as soul, pop, funk and even jazz, while Speakerboxxx (Big Boi’s project) presents compositions with southern hip-hop stylistics. In 2003 Outkast released an incredibly strong album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, consisting of solo works of André 3000 and Big Boi. Jackson and Best Rap Album for the record Stankonia. In 2001 the musicians got two Grammy Awards in a row: Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for Ms. That record was acclaimed by the critics and it included the well-known song Ms. In 2000 Outkast’ discography was enlarged by the album Stankonia, which was certified quadruple-platinum. Quality and the high level of that studio work were also proved by the composition Rosa Parks which was nominated to Grammy Award in 1999 in the category Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Only two months after the release Aquemini got the Platinum status and the famous musical magazine Rolling Stone added it into the list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 1998 Outkast issued one of their most successful albums – Aquemini. Thus it predetermined the future development of Outkast creativity, and the ATLiens success was proved by peaking at number one of American hip-hop albums chart. The band’s second studio work titled ATLiens was issued in 1996 and it demonstrated much more confident sound. The main theme of album’s lyrics was the pimping and all the corresponding attributes, however in the following works Andre and Antwan preferred to share their thoughts about moral topics and lyric poetry. That record attracted attention in no time and the musical experts gave it the very fair reviews.
In 1994 Outkast released their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik that already became the classics of hip-hop. Thereby such a versatile sound became the signature feature of the band. The sound of the duo was also changed during the development: the original southern hip-hop was accompanied by elements of funk, soul, jazz and even blues. The initial band’s name was The OKB (The OutKast Brothers), but later the musicians decided to shorten it to the well-known nowadays Outkast. The band Outkast was formed in early 90’s by two friends Andre Benjamin (performing under the pseudonym Dré or André 3000) and Antwan Patton (better known as Big Boi).
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