SXSW: Big Boi But No Outkast at Cedar Street

High hopes for a festival reunion by the Atlanta rap duo

"...got into Cedar Street Friday didn’t get to see Outkast either...."

March 8, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

ACL Live Shot: Outkast

All the hits – just like clockwork

"...That Outkast’s first touchdown in Austin since 2001’s blowout of the..."

Oct. 4, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Friday Festival Face-Off: Beck/OutKast

Both: 8:15pm, Samsung/Honda stage

"...recovery from a spinal injury, expect a genre-bending set. OutKast..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Idlewild

OutKast has been operating as two separate and distinct musical personas for at least three years now, and Idlewild unwisely continues this trend into the cinematic realm.

"...Idlewild, the highly anticipated film debut of hip-hop superstars OutKast (André 3000 and Big Boi, né Benjamin and Patton),..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jimi: All Is by My Side

John Ridley's take on Jimi Hendrix veers away the standard biopic.

"...is the performance of André Benjamin (one half of Outkast) as Hendrix. Although older than the character he’s playing,..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Who's Your Caddy?

Hip-hop culture invades the golf course in this instantly disposable and not terribly funny comedy.

"...at all. Big Boi (one-half of the music group OutKast) stars as hip-hop mogul C-Note, whose desire to join..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

OutKast

Record Review

"...OutKastThe Love Below/Speakerboxxx (Arista) Though there's nothing crunk about referring..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Music Review by Matt Dentler

Playback: I'm in Love! What's That Song?

Weekend one ACL Fest wrap

"...bard and two funky Southern G's as Beck and Outkast co-headlined with simultaneous start times. I stood at the..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: ACL Fest Platinum

Lucky 13 marks the biggest ACL Fest yet

"...C3 drove sales. ACL Fest's top line of Eminem, OutKast, Skrillex, Pearl Jam, and Beck represents the single strongest..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

2014 Austin City Limits Music Festival Line-up

Hip-hop tops the two weekends with ladies close behind

"...on U.S. soil this summer that reunited Atlanta kingpins Outkast would be here, but Eminem – headlining C3’s sister..."

April 22, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

One last night of band blurbs!

"...Music Hall Killer Mike earned his stripes as an OutKast apprentice dropping fire on "The Whole World." Now four..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Outkast

"...OutkastATLiens (La Face/Arista)..."

July 25, 2008 Music Review

Wop-bop-a-loo-bop

Little Richard, the pompadour himself, raps a little

"...AC: What about OutKast?..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Outkast

"...OutkastStankonia (Arista) All aboard the underground smellroad! And you thought..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

SXSW Music Review: Dungeon Family

Big Boi and Goodie Mob make hay

"...of the Dungeon Family and its maverick mainstays of Outkast and Goodie Mob. With no hesitation, the latter Hot..."

March 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Alejandra Ramirez

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Like the legendary Dirty South pairings of UGK and Outkast, Country Cousins K-Paul and Pimpin Pen spit classic Lone..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Hip-Hop Now Sucks?

What does that even mean?

"...Dr. Dre’s The Chronic (1992), Nas’ Illmatic (’94), and Outkast’s ATLiens (’96) rap had turned over on itself. Kool..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Nina on Netflix

Simone leads a chorus of music docs streaming online

"...same cannot be said for the rapper’s Atlanta duo Outkast, who didn’t even bother phoning in their reunion at..."

July 29, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

2015 Austin City Limits Music Festival Lineup

Foo Fighters, Drake, the Weeknd, and Deadmau5 top fall fest

"...reach a pinnacle last year with double rap headliners Outkast and Eminem, the Fest remains a platform for microphone..."

May 5, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crosstown Traffic

John Ridley and André Benjamin on 'Jimi: All Is by My Side’

"...film’s leading man André Benjamin, aka André 3000 of Outkast. Ridley has been in Austin since the spring, working..."

Oct. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

ACL Live Shot: Glitch Mob

Generator for the L.A. club trio runs low on gasoline dreams

"...in full effect and the unenviable position of preceding Outkast on the adjacent Honda stage, a crackling performance was..."

Oct. 11, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

SXSW Interview: CeeLo Green

Freedom fighter, dungeon master, ‘Voice’

"...Dungeon Family, the early-Nineties collective of CeeLo’s Goodie Mob, Outkast, and other like-minded ATLiens. In an age when an..."

March 15, 2014 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Playback: Lovers Rock

Announcing the Austin Music Awards and more Valentine's Day mash notes

"...been secured, but not announced. Speaking of top billings, Outkast won't be one of them. Minor confirmed that the..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Big Boi

"...bars of the last 15 years as half of OutKast. As a reminder, he immediately launched into a medley..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Rock & Roll Books

Beat Box

"...Third Coast: Outkast, Timbaland, & How Hip Hop Became a Southern Thing..."

June 1, 2007 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Be Cool

The follow-up to Elmore Leanard's Get Shorty is rife with star talent but short on inspiration.

"...abetted by no less than André "3000" Benjamin of Outkast, he simultaneously inflates and deflates the rap mogul’s tarnished..."

March 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

When Doves Cry

Purple fingerprints on our past and present

"...Elliott, Lenny Kravitz, Beyoncé. By now, we all know OutKast are the heirs to Prince's musical sensibilities and Little-Lord-Fauntleroy-on-acid..."

May 28, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Critics Poll

Critics' favorites from 2001

"...Trachtenberg: Los Lobos, Stubb's; OutKast, Austin Music Hall Local Band You Saw the MostBeets:..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Music Feature

Outkast, Ludacris, Austin Music Hall, April 1

"...Outkast, LudacrisAustin Music Hall, April 1 The South has risen..."

April 6, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...Instead, two Atlanta homeboyz calling themselves OutKast delivered The Big One, Stankonia, which blew up like..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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