OutKast

Released: October 31, 2000

Songwriter: André 3000 Big Boi Mr. DJ

Producer: Earthtone III

[Announcer]
And now, Kim and Cookie

Cookie: Ring-Ring
Kim: Say hello Cookie!
Cookie: Hello
Kim: Girl, I got something to tell ya
Cookie: Spill it girl, spill it
Kim: Remember ol' boi, at the club...
Cookie: From last night?
Kim: Last night!
Cookie: What's up?
Kim: Went home with the mothafucka, now I'm thinkin I'm fittin' to goddamn get my ass to' up!
(Background singers: To' up!)
Kim: But girl...
Cookie: What?
Kim: Dick so short!
(Short!) (*Woman laughing*)
Kim: He came quick, he got his, I ain't get mine, I'm like: fuck!
(Fuck!)
Kim: You know you talkin' all that goddamn shit and you ain't shit!
Cookie: Girl, you got you a mothafuckin minute man!
Kim: A minute mothafuckin man
(Mothafuckin minute man!)
Kim: But it's all good you hear me? Cause before I goddamn left this mothafucka, I hit this mothafucka up for everything, you hear me! I'm talkin 'bout wallet, I'm talkin 'bout credit cards, money. And you know what, I was gonna hit the motherfucker up for his goddamn pistol but I ain't know how many mothafuckin bodies he had on, that mothafucka, you feel me!
(I feel ya!)
Cookie: Well it's all good

(Break!)

Atlanta, Georgia natives André “André 3000” Benjamin and Antwan “Big Boi” Patton are OutKast, one of the most successful rap groups of all time. Along with the production crew Organized Noize and the Dungeon Family collective, André and Big Boi helped popularize and expand the sound of rap in the “Dirty South.”

The duo connected at Tri-Cities High School and after the names “2 Shades Deep” or “The Misfits” didn’t work out, they went with OutKast as a synonym of “misfit.” They signed to LaFace Records in 1992 prior to finishing high school and their first official appearance came on a remix to TLC’s hit single “What About Your Friends.” This led into their debut single “Player’s Ball” being released in 1993 and their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik following in 1994. They had a pivotal moment early in their career as they were named New Artist of the Year at the 1995 Source Awards, leading them to be booed by the New York crowd and André responding with his iconic “The South got somethin' to say.”

Their next two albums, ATLiens (1996) and Aquemini (1998), have sparked debates as to which album is superior. ATLiens saw the duo begin to produce their own music and increase their profile while Aquemini received a perfect “5 Mic” rating from The Source magazine. Their next album, Stankonia (2000), further solidified their superstar status with the hit singles “B.O.B.,” “So Fresh, So Clean” and “Ms. Jackson,” which won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group while Stankonia won a Grammy in the Best Rap Album category.

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