61 - OutKast

What's cooler than being cool?

At number 61 is hip hop duo, OutKast. OutKast's debut album was released in 1994.

Wiki - OutKast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta native André "André 3000" Benjamin (formerly known as Dré) and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. They were originally known as The OKB (The OutKast Brothers) but later changed the group's name to OutKast. The group's original musical style was a mixture of Dirty South and G-Funk. Since then, however, funk, soul, pop, electronic music, rock, spoken word poetry, jazz, and blues elements have been added to the group's musical palette.

The duo is one of the most successful hip-hop groups of all time, having received six Grammy Awards. Over 25 million copies have been sold of OutKast's eight releases: six studio albums, a greatest hits release, and the Grammy Award-winning (for Best Album) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, a double album containing a solo album from each member. Along with their commercial success, OutKast has maintained an experimental approach in their music and are widely praised for their originality and artistic content.

Discography -

Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
ATLiens (1996)
Aquemini (1998)
Stankonia (2000)
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)
Idlewild (2006)
Outkast 7th Album (expected release 2010)

Best Songs

Myintrotoletuknow
Git Up Git Out
ATLiens
Elevators
Rosa Parks
So Fresh So Clean
Ms Jackson
B.O.B.
The Whole World
GhettoMusick
The Way You Move
Prototype
Hey Ya!
Roses
Idlewild Blue

OutKast brings the real rap flavor to the mainstream hip-hop. They've been out of the mainstream for a few years, and with the current state of hip-hop, I really wish they would get back in the airwaves. As much hype as 2003's Speakerboxxx/Love Below got, it really is without a doubt one of the best albums I own. Like if one were to make a top 50 albums blog post... I'd say it'd be on it. B.O.B. is by far their best song, and on many magazines' top songs of the decade, including #1 on Pitchfork.

And now, performing for you live, johnny vultre, benjamin andre, dookie on drums, possum jenkins, and andre ice cold 3000. Ladies and gents, I give you, the love below.


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