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 Outkast performing in 2001 | |
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| Also known as | Two Shades Deep |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Website | outkast |
Outkast (sometimes written asOutKast) was an Americanhip hop duo. It members were musicians, André "André 3000" Benjamin andAntwan "Big Boi" Patton. At first they were known asTwo Shades Deep. Their early music was a mixture ofSouthern hip hop andG-funk. Their later music includesrock,electronic,soul,jazz,funk, andblues sounds. In 2003 Outkast's singles "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move" fromSpeakerboxxx/The Love Below reached both number one on theBillboard Hot 100. Outkast has won sixGrammy Awards.
Outkast started in 1992 when Benjamin and Patton were students atTri-Cities High School inAtlanta. They were signed toLaFace Records that year. Their first album,Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, was released on April 26, 1994. The album was produced byOrganized Noize. The album was important in the making of Southern hip hop.
In 1996, Outkast released their second album,ATLiens. It entered the USBillboard 200 at number two.[1] Three singles were released from the album.
Outkast's third albumAquemini was released on September 29, 1998. It got good reviews from music critics.
On October 31, 2000,Stankonia was released. It entered theBillboard 200 at number two after selling over 530,000 copies in its first week. Outkast's firstgreatest hits albumBig Boi and Dre Present... Outkast was released on December 4, 2001.
They did have tours for these four albums.The Southernplaylisticadillacmuzic Tour (1994-1995)
The ATLiens Tour (1996-1997)
The Aquemini Tour (1998-1999)
The Stankonia Tour (2000-2001)
In September 2003, Outkast releasedSpeakerboxxx/The Love Below. The album was different to Outkast's previous albums because it was adouble album. The double album is actually two albums.Speakerboxxx, the first disc, is an album by Big Boi.The Love Below, the second disc, is an album by André 3000.Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is Outkast's best selling album so far. It won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2004. It was the first hip hop album to win the award. The album's first single "Hey Ya!" was number one in the United States for nine weeks. It sold over one million copies there. It also reached number one inCanada,Australia,Norway, andSweden. The second single "The Way You Move" spent eight weeks at number two in theBillboard Hot 100. In 2004, the album's third single "Roses" was released. It reached number four in theUK Singles Chart.
They had a tour for this album from 2003-2004.
On August 22, 2006 Outkast's sixth albumIdlewild was released. The album was the soundtrack for the movieIdlewild. Rolling Stone gave the album four out of five stars.
They had a mini-tour in 2006.