Just in case you were starting to forget just how dope Andre 3000 (born Andre Benjamin) man really is, DJ Ideal and Hometown have complied a dope collection of Andre's best verses, rare/unreleased material, interview clips and more. Come back Andre. Hip-hop needs you. Bad. Mixtape listen and download...
As he prepares to release his almost-guaranteed-to-be-a-classic new album "Son of Chico Dusty", Big Boi decided to kick off everyone's 4th of July weekend with a new mixtape, the oddly titled "Mixtape for Dummies: Guide to Global Greatness." Listen and download...
Big Boi and Andre 3k's storytellin skills are better than your favorite rapper's. So when I saw that former Slim Shady representer Bobby Creekwater had taken it upon himself to take the next step in the storytellin journey I was immediately suspicious. Does his track deserve to stand next to such rap idols? I figured the only way to truly answer that question was to provide context, so behold, every portion of "Da Art of Storytellin" series. See more...
Every week our resident video expert Jose Ho-Guanpia takes us deep inside our favorite videos, and this week he examine's Outkast's "Roses", a conceptually, commercially and visually groundbreaking video made to appeal to a wide-ranging audience; just like "Speakerboxx", the album it comes off. See more...
With the number 7 pick of our "Top 25 of the 2000s" countdown, RefinedHype.com and DJBooth.net are proud to select...Outkast's "Ms. Jackson", the song that catapulted one of hip-hop's most innovative groups firmly into the mainstream spotlight. See more...
Though they often get overlooked in "greatest ever" conversations, Outkast are undoubtedly a first ballot hip-hop hall of fame group, thanks in no small part to tracks like "Rosa Parks". With all due respect to Big Boi, Andre 3K deserves to be ranked among the all-time best, a fact that even other elite rappers acknowledge, and his work on "Rosa Parks" is one of his greatest creations, a widely ranging lyrical work that marries his ill delivery and peerless wordplay. See more...
Public Enemy said it best: don’t believe the hype. Urban music and culture has found a home online, but with the explosion of new content appearing online everyday, it’s become difficult to separate what’s real with what’s just hype.
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