Outkast

After a rap career that most artists would kill for, Antwan Patton and Andre Benjamin are one album away from being sewn into hip-hop history as one of the greatest groups of all time. So what do they go and do? Concoct the most boundary-pushing Outkast LP ever...

Drake's motto of "no new friends" has grown quite popular over the past year, but what happens if you lose your original friends? This is a pretty common occurrence in hip-hop; we've seen a number of celebrated groups, from N.W.A to Little Brother, break up over "differences" with each other...

After a day of speculation, it looks like the rumors are true: legendary duo OutKast will be reuniting in 2014. Yesterday, it was speculated that the group would just be performing one  date at next year's Coachella music festival, but, according to Revolt TV, the group will instead be going on tour. No detai...

Legendary hip-hop duo OutKast has been idle since 2007, but rumors are spreading fast that the group could be reuniting soon. According to Billboard, Big Boi and Andre 3000 have been in talks with Coachella, the massive music festival held every year in California, about performing at next year's event...

With the chart-topping debut of The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem has now sold close to 50 million albums in the United States. Not counting his indie debut, Infinite, it's taken him eight albums to do this, which gives him an average of about 6...

XXL spoke to a number of basketball stars about their love for hip-hop and some of their favorite albums for the league’s opening week this week. Today, we looked at the veteran Los Angeles Clippers guard, Jamal Crawford. Now in his 13th season, the Seattle native is part of a Clippers team that looks to make a strong push for the title this season. XXL ...

Next April 26 marks the 20th anniversary of OutKast's 1994 debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, and with it may come new music from the acclaimed Atlanta duo. Speaking to NEHip-Hop.com (via 2DopeBoyz), Sleepy Brown of production group Organized Noize let slip that a project may be in the works. ...

Big Boi Remembers OutKast's 'Aquemini' 15 Years Later

Despite reports that Drake was on pace to sell over 600,000 copies of his new album, Nothing Was The Same, hip-hop was dominated by another fashionable rapper, Kanye West, this week. Kanye's interview with Zane Lowe of the BBC was the talk of the hip-hop world this week as the instantly quotable interview spawned endless lists, memes and parodies of the four-part installment. By ...

When Andre 3000 and Big Boi dropped their fifth album, the double-disc Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, on September 23, 2003, it was hard to tell what the album would do. The duo, long known as one of the leaders of the Southern hip-hop world, was certainly delving into new territory, with each member essentially crafting a solo album, then the two stitching them together to form an eclectic mix of f

Artist: OutKast Reviewer: B.o.B Rating: XXL Anniversary: 10-year Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the September 2013 issue of XXL Magazine. I was like 14 or 15 when that album came out, and I used to listen to that every day and ride the bus with my duffel bags full of snacks and shit to sell. I'd ...

From "Hey Ya!" to "Roses," this changed everything for OutKast.