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Why We Needed a Gangsta Grillz Mixtape From Outkast and DJ Drama
DJ Drama discussed how Outkast almost made a Gangsta Grillz project on the Rory & Mal Podcast.
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Killer Mike Discusses Teaming Up With Cadillac For “Black Future” Campaign
The collaboration between the rapper and luxury brand is in honor of Black Music Month.
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Smokey Robinson, Cicely Tyson, Ray Charles, Berry Gordy and More to Be Inducted Into Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame
The induction ceremony is set to take place Feb. 17, 2022 in Atlanta.
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Geto Boys Reloaded Proves That Yes, Rap Can Age Gracefully
Houston rap luminaries Willie D and Scarface are next up to bat at Charlamagne Tha God’s the Black Effect Podcast Network.
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Is Outkast Better Than the Beatles? A Scientific Analysis
It started with a simple tweet from comedian Ron Funches (who at least one white person assumed was Questlove’s real name). Of course, this set off a shitstorm. Everyone knows, in white culture, three things are always true: It needs a little more mayonnaise. They can’t be racist if they spent more than 2.15 hours…
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28 Days of Album Cover Blackness With VSB, Day 16: Outkast's Aquemini (1998)
“Even the sun goes down, heroes eventually die, horoscopes…often lie, and sometimes “why”/Nothing is for sure, nothing is for certain, nothing lasts forever/But until they close the curtain, it’s him and I, Aquemini.” If you’re a fan of hip hop, and especially the “golden” era, then you probably both know and love Outkast. The group,…
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Publisher Hires White Man to Narrate Black Woman's Outkast Essay, White Man Reads in the Worst Southern Blaccent Ever
Every once in a while, I think to myself: “You know what? Maybe I use the word “caucasity” too often in my writing.” But every time I have that thought, a fresh white person surfaces and reminds me that it is not me who uses the word too much, it is white people who perpetrate…
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'Can [We] Kick It' With Outkast and A Tribe Called Quest at the 'Player's Ball'? Yep, Their Verzuz Is in the Works
Season 2 of Verzuz is about to be hella lit, y’all. In a recent interview with Kid Capri, co-founder Swizz Beatz dropped one of the upcoming acts for Verzuz and it’s pretty damn “SpottieOttieDopaliscious.” “We got A Tribe Called Quest and OutKast. [It’s] pending,” Swizz revealed. “I wasn’t even supposed to say, I might have…
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30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 29: Erykah Badu, 'Other Side of The Game'
I had to check when this song and video came out because I associate it so heavily with college. Except, this was a single from Baduizm, which was released in February of 1997 when I was a senior in high school. The video for “Other Side of The Game” came out in the summer of…
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Black Music Month: LaFace Records Gave Us More Than Music, They Gave Us a Standard of Excellence to Aspire to
In January, some of the biggest stars in music descended upon the Atlanta History Center to pay homage to the 30-year legacy of LaFace Records and its co-founders, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and Antonio “L.A.” Reid. This black-tie affair, dubbed YouTube Music’s 2020 Leaders & Legends Ball, featured familiar names such as The-Dream, Ludacris, Dallas Austin…