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BIST, or the 'Black EGOT': Celebrating the Elite Who've Won a BET Award, NAACP Image Award and Soul Train Award
Two—that’s the number of black people who have an EGOT, that is, at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award. Whoopi Goldberg and John Legend are a part of that elite 15-member club. Cynthia Erivo, Billy Porter and Viola Davis are almost there. Unfortunately, we can’t count on irregular trends that may arise when…
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Yasiin Bey Presenting His New Album Negus Exclusively in Museums Surrounded by Art Is What Happens When Musicians Get Bored
It’s not quite rocket-surgery or anything, but I definitely believe in the maxim that too much of anything can be bad. And when I say “anything” I mean literally anything, from obvious stuff like food or crime, to less obvious stuff like talent, Kenny G albums or Target runs. Put a pin in “talent.” That…
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Outkast and The Neptunes Have Been Nominated to Join the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2020 Class
Following the historic induction of Missy Elliott into this year’s Songwriters Hall of Fame, it’s time to bring in the new class. According to Billboard, Outkast and The Neptunes are among the nominees eligible to join the 2020 class in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Isley Brothers and William “Mickey” Stevenson (“Dancing in the…
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Andre 3000 May Have a New Album With Dr. Dre on the Way
It’s been 13 years since Andre 3000’s last studio album—long enough that many casual and devout fans of the rapper had squared up with the reality that Andre may never do one again. In fact, Mr. Three Stacks has seemed perfectly content acting, making Anita Hill merch, and occasionally hopping on a track to remind…
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Some Asshole Tried to Rewrite Hip-Hop History and Alleged That Outkast Was ‘Dressed So Fresh, So Clean’
Like many a southern rap fan, I grew up on André and Antwan, better known as André 3000 and Big Boi, and even better known as Outkast. When all the players came from far and wide, I too wanted to attend the “Player’s Ball.” What’s the funkiest kind of music for my soul? Southernplayalistickcadillackmuzik, of…
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Outkast’s Stankonia Is Still a Banger With No Skips 18 Years Later
While everyone is dressing up, passing out candy, and taking their children out trick-or-treating in celebration of Halloween, there is another holiday that we cannot neglect to mention. Today is the 18th anniversary of the release of Outkast’s fourth studio album, Stankonia. For the uninitiated, Stankonia is the album that gave us such hits as…
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André 3000 Said: 'The South Got Something to Say.' Aquemini, Which Turns 20 Today, Said It All
On September 29, 1998, Outkast dropped their third album, Aquemini, so named after the portmanteau of Big and Dre’s zodiac signs, Aquarius and Gemini, respectively. It was their level all the way up album. The Source, still relevant at the time, gave it the vaunted 5 Mic rating, making it a classic. The album is…
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A Ridiculous Story About Getting Petty Larcenied by a Crackhead 20 Years Ago to the Day on September 29, 1998
On September 29, 1998, I was a sophomore at Morehouse College. I didn’t live on-campus. I was living in the westside of Atlanta house on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd SW that my grandmother lived in for much of my youth. At some point, my cousin bought her a house in Adamsville—two miles west on…
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10 Songs to Help You Start Your Morning Off on the Good Foot
It doesn’t take much to get me out of bed in the morning. I don’t need “a few more minutes” or anything. My alarm clock goes off and I hop up out of my bed and turn my swag on. I hit the showers, try to tiptoe around so as not to wake up my…
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10 Songs That You Just Gotta Listen to All the Way Through to Hear the Musical Magic
In 2016, Netflix released a documentary titled The Art of Organized Noize about Atlanta’s legendary Organized Noize Productions. The trio, consisting of Patrick “Sleepy” Brown, Rico Wade and Ray Murray, is responsible for creating the sound that put Atlanta on the national hip-hop map through iconic groups Outkast and Goodie Mob. While discussing how older…