Artist artifact
OutKast
Atlanta duo (André 3000 and Big Boi) who made Southern hip-hop a futurist art form spanning funk, psychedelia, and pop experiment.
Biography
Atlanta duo (André 3000 and Big Boi) who made Southern hip-hop a futurist art form spanning funk, psychedelia, and pop experiment.
Influence
Ended coastal gatekeeping narratives; Speakerboxxx/The Love Below proved hip-hop double albums could be radically split personalities and still dominate culture.
Historical context
Atlanta duo (André 3000 and Big Boi) who made Southern hip-hop a futurist art form spanning funk, psychedelia, and pop experiment. Ended coastal gatekeeping narratives; Speakerboxxx/The Love Below proved hip-hop double albums could be radically split personalities and still dominate culture. They accepted a Source Awards cold shoulder in the mid-1990s with a prophecy that the South had something to say—and then spent a decade proving it.
Associated instruments
- Vocals
- Production
- Live Instrumentation
Specimen note
They accepted a Source Awards cold shoulder in the mid-1990s with a prophecy that the South had something to say—and then spent a decade proving it.