DEEP DISCOG DIVE: OutKast 

Like I mentioned in the last video, I'll be taking a break for the foreseeable future. Thank you all again for watching, I'm gonna go backflip thru bricks to "B.O.B."

Yep it only took like 3 years since this video but Andre 3000 made his 87 minute flute album. He should be happy

You should try a deep dive of a tribe called quest. Legendary group.

it's kinda wild that a group that had so much influence didn't actually have a very big discography...but it also kinda shows that even with less content someone can still have a monumental impact on music by doing things a little differently.

“leave suggestions in the comments” suggesting aphex twin for the 100000th time

It's also worth mentioning that André released a 2 track Jazz EP on Mother's Day, going into heartbreaking detail about the passing of his parents on one track, and Jamming out with James Blake on the other

OutKast is my favorite rap group, artist, period. I’m so excited for this ☺️ Edit; Big Boi gets overlooked ALL THE TIME, the dude is just as good of a spitter as André

"Leave artist suggestions in the comments" Boards of Canada!

Andre & Big Boi are hip hop legends

It still amazes me how Outkast's discography hasn't aged one bit. I believe they still have one last album left in them, but I can understand them not making new music together. We are living, however, in the time of Outkastian music, their influence is everywhere, experimental rap, rnb, hip-hop music is currently the forefront of sonic development.

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Maaan “The Love Below” has GEMS towards the end. “Behold a Lady”, ESPECIALLY “Pink & Blue”, “Love in War”, “Dracula’s Wedding”, “Take Off Your Cool”, “Vibrate” are some of the most beautiful songs ever. Although I agree about “My Favorite Things”, "A Life in the Day of Benjamin André” is fire despite being unfinished.

you mentioned “class of 3000” and that triggered the most repressed memory I had stored in my brain thank you

"Jewel Runner"... yea do RTJ, or, like someone said in the previous DDD "to prove your true ability" or something like that, David Bowie EDIT: ok so he mentioned two things, 1. RTJ again, and 2. DoYaThing, which leads me to say this; since he did a DDD on Gorillaz and OutKast, 2 of the 3 creators of DoYaThing (technically) with the remaining artist left being James Murphy, do a DDD on LCD Soundsystem

The song "Hey Ya" was originally titled "Thank God for Mom and Dad", from the line "Thank God for Mom and Dad for sticking together, cause we don't know how". It's a legitimately sad song dressed up as a happy song. The song is supposed to be about couples in the 50s sticking together because of tradition despite their love being dead. It ends up being way ahead of it's time, as social commentary on the state of modern relationships and how marriage and commitment are rare these days, as well as a 50% diovorce rate. Hey Ya is a masterpiece but for all the reasons people don't know. Learning all of this really changed my perspective, and now I feel melancholy and sadness when I hear it. "Y'all don't hear me you just wanna dance" as people happily dance to the beat. Also worth noting : This song singlehandedly started the revival of Polaroid Picture cameras. Polaroid was completely dead and this sond brought it back and now women use these a lot, as a retro way of taking pictures.

Outkast is a once in a lifetime type of group who gave us the best music of our lifetime for generations to come. Besides, I almost forgot about Andre 3000 solo EP songs about his passing of his parents. At least, The Love Below is his own solo album as OutKast. They builded a brotherhood that will last a lifetime. We never heard them argue or fight against each other. They have disagreements just like everybody else. Big Boi released 3 solo albums by far, and Andre 3000 still acting and doing well so far. We won’t ever see them back together as a duo ever again, but we definitely won’t see Andre release a solo album anytime soon. I experienced my first OutKast concert in my college year and I loved every bit of it when they had Ludacris there also. Thanks

you skipped Andre’s EP from a few years back, Look Ma No Hands. mostly clarinet and piano improv with James Blake, but that Me&My track is pretty awesome. great video, though!

My reccomedations: Freddie Gibbs Micheal Jackson Marvin Gaye Stevie wonder Soulja boy ;)))))))) Eminem (lyrical miracle) Viper (please please please please) Nas MF Doom Carly Rae jepsin Terrace Martin Denzel curry Logic (bc of retirement) Lupe fiasco Usher The Red Hot Chili Peppers Elton John Queen Joey Bada$$ Charli XCX The Weeknd 2pac Coldplay Thunder Cat Kamasi Washington Run the Jewels Three 6 mafia NWA (only has 3 albums tho) Prince

I'd love to see you tackle the mammoth that is the They Might Be Giants discography.

discussing Outkast without talking about the iconic UGK collaborations in 06 and 07 is...criminal

So far no dislikes, guys! Mike's genius is appreciated as it should be! Also I'd think adding MF DOOM to the poll would be good, since his discography is literally one of the best in hip hop, next to ye, outkast and kendrick

The K.K Slider version of Hey Ya, beautiful. So much emotional depth, K.K.'s lyricism is amazing.His voice is just stunning, the amount of energy and emotion put into it is superb. Everytime I listen to it I get chills.Truly a gem in the modern pop scene.

Andre’s 2018 EP Look Ma No Hands is severely under appreciated, an absolute delight if anyone’s not already gave it a go - fantastic work as always my man!

i think it’s very funny and awesome that mic uses this video to test different thumbnails constantly

I'd love to see you do The Cure! They're probably my favorite band and I feel like they had a really great streak of albums in the 80s, as well as a decently diverse sound within the realm of post-punk.

I'd love to see a review of Annie Lennox or David Bowie. Also, I love these deep dives. It's so interesting to learn more about musicians that I've only ever been aware of for their most popular songs. And I hope your upcoming break is good for you and that you enjoy it!

Big Boi is a top 10 rapper, nuff said🙏🏽😭

Aquemini is my favorite hip hop album of all time

Since he liked Lemonade so much, I would love to see MtS do a DDD of Beyonce

Two Andre features that weren't mentioned, but are ICONIC are his feature on the "Throw Some D's" remix and then the S Tier feature to start off "Int'l Players Anthem".

i’m surprised you didn’t mention the two songs andre 3000 came out with last year about the passing of his parents

I remember aquemini being #500 on the rolling stone all time list in 2012

Mars Volta would be cool to see a DDD on

3k is my favourite rapper of all time, and admittedly I always slept on Big Boi a bit but as I’ve gotten older I’ve learned just how crucial to the group he was

You’ve now covered 2 of the top 5. I fw you MicTheSnare.

Thank you for giving Big Boi his praise. ❤ He doesn't get much credit for his immense talent!

The most overlooked moment of this video is the background "what makes, what makes" during the Hey Ya line reading. I lost it.

ok it might seem crazy: but DDD for Jpop girl group Perfume. they've been active since 2000, and have still been producing bops after bops. they're internationally critically acclaimed and somehow the lead guitarist of Megadeth is a fan of their work. their latest release, Time Warp, is really really good. I'd get if you don't wanna DDD them, but give their music a listen! I swear you won't regret it!

Would love to see a Joy Division/New Order deep dive!

I know this review is years old but when you mention that the love below falls off at the end I think that the final song ‘A life in the day of Andre Benjamin’ subverts that. If anyone reads this I implore you to listen to it, I legitimately think it’s a masterpiece and is a more stripped back honest portrayal of his life.

love reminiscing about these jams while watching. the way you move and bombs over baghdad are such classics.

In my opinion, Andre 3000 is the greatest hip hop artist of all time. Never had a bad verse, very versatile, incredible storytelling, very influential, just overall a GOAT.

another amazing video. DDD is my favorite series of videos of youtube along with trainwreckords. definitely recommend car seat headrest, they’ve got a ton of great albums imo

You could do one about the killers since they released their new album recently

I am a mainly heavy metal/ hard rock guy who always tries to get into bands in other genres and outkast is so far the only hip hop group I actually listen to as much as my metal faves!

Their reunion tour ended in Atlanta. I went to the first show & they admitted they should’ve started the tour in Atlanta where the crowd would’ve inspired them more than the festival crowds

That aged well 18:31

The horns on SpottieOttieDopalicious are probably my favorite production asset of all time.

I just came as the notification graced my screen

Love OutKast,although before OutKast the south had Scarface who was and still is universally loved and is one of the 🐐s

Can you do Paramore please? They’re my fav artist and are super diverse with their sound. Plus, songs like All I Wanted are coming back on Tik Tok and I saw Decode on my timeline a while back. Love ur channel!

I saw them on the 2014 tour down in Tampa for Guavafest and they put on a hell of a show

Crazy how both sides of Speakerboxx/The Love Below had #1 pop hits. Andre and Big Boi really are once in a generation talents

andre 3000s verse on da art of storytellin is the best piece of music ever

"feel free to leave suggestions" me suggesting vulfpeck for the millionth time:

I’m sure this is a common suggestion, but I just gotta see that Beatles deep discog dive. I need confirmation that I’m not crazy for thinking sgt. peppers is lower-tier beatles.

I love an witty, intellectual millennial. I'm subscribing rn

Yes! You are correct, Aquemini is their best album!

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is a MASTERPIECE.

Fav Band. Period. 1. Aquemeni 2. Atliens 3. Southernplwyacadilamuzik. 4. Speakerboxx / The Love Below 5. Stankonia. 6. Idlewild. Really good overview. Enjoying tne shows.

Pogged out of my mind for this one Mic. Love your videos.

flying lotus!! his discography is wicked cool and features so many interesting musical ideas!!

Big Boi worked with the Atlanta Ballet to put on a show with him performing and the ballet company dancing. It was the most interesting mash up of two seemingly disparate art styles I've seen. It was fantastic in every way and a beautiful display of local art performed in the historic Fox Theater by and for the people of his home town. I love checking out anything these guys do. It might not always be my taste but it's always interesting and that's why I've enthusiastically followed their careers.

Hope you have a good break man! Excited to watch this

OutKast is my favorite rap band

As always, this rules. Hope you enjoy your well deserved rest! Gonna go listen to their verses on "Int'l Players Anthem" while watching a supercut of André flute sightings.

Outkast are amazing best rap group/duo ever I'm a huge fan

I love Idlewild Blues. The movie, the album and the song.

Mic the snare: “A drum and bass version of My Favorite Things doesn’t need to be 5 minutes long” John Coltrane:

Green Day would work really well:they have wide appeal,,they have a long and varied discography(good and mediocre),and they have 2 albums that are considered to be some of the greatest rock albums of all time.

The double album was the first album i ever owned. I LOVE it so much. There will always a soft spot in my heart for those albums let me tell you what.

3000's verses on Da Art of Storytelling Part 4 and Royal Flush broke the world for me when they were released.

I think this is your best video yet mate!

I listen to these at work and I feel bad that I cant like or watch the video. So I'm going back to rewatch and like all the ones I've seen so far. Keep it up G

OK, three things: 1) This may be my fav DDD vid now, OutKast are *stunningly* interesting and I seriously feel glad you put my attention back on their stuff 2) Obviously, enjoy your break, well earn't and 3) Well, you did say "leave suggestions in the comments" so...kiiiinda hoping to get a vid on The Clash in the future so that's mine! x) (Mostly 'cause I wanna know where best to start on their good albums and errr, I wanna see more people's thoughts on "Cut the Crap", haha)

Some DDDs I'd like to see: Arctic Monkeys The Chemical Brothers MGMT Linkin Park blink-182

Mac Miller when you get back

My DDD suggestion: Michael Jackson (and his percussive evolution)

My all time Favorite group!

Dope video. Outkast is my favorite group. I agree Aquemini in their best work & my favorite album, period. I saw their last performance at Austin City Limits in 2015. That concert was dope. I rapped every line. Also Joi & Sleepy Brown sang background. ✌🏾

lol redo of the thumbnail? not complaining it's just so random that he chose that one and not Kate Bush or one of the more recent ones

Fwiw, I was at the Lolla Outkast show on the reunion tour, and it was 100% effort. Best show I’ve ever been to. Live instrumentation was bananas, and I still backflip through bricks thinking about BOB. Love your stuff, enjoy your break, and check out James Blake’s cover of Godspeed if you haven’t already!

Love Below is one of my all time favorite albums.

Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik is one of the best hip-hop albums that dropped in the 90s (would land in my Top 10). Absolutely fantastic from front to back.

1:38 Let's not talk ABOUT it. Let's talk about HOW TO PRONOUNCE it

Imo for comparison: Southernplaylistic...= Hard Day's Night (straightforward, scratching the surface) ATLiens = Rubber Soul (first *slight* left turn/proof they're not one dimensional) Aquemini = Revolver (full-blown artistic breakthrough, cemented their legacy) Stankonia = Sgt. Peppers (Artistic Magnus Opus/completely changed their formula and looked like a different group) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below = The White Album (solo albums forged as a group album that showcased their individual artistic prowess as they drifted apart)

The Roots crew would be a very cool DDD, they have such a strong discography, and quite varied too

going to Jamaica and being inspired to stop smoking weed is a rare take, but you do you Mr Three-thousand sir

If Big Boi made Speakerboxxx just that Andre can release his album, well, that's true friendship. And he made an excellent album and showed his creative talent. That duo album is true OutKast as anything before. Love them just like I love Extrawelt and they're pretty similar, if not the same musical friendship. You can literally hear their friendships in their music. ❤️

the second big boi solo record has a bonus track with little dragon and Jai Paul. I think it was Jai Paul's only officialy released collab before he went silent for a decade. I think it's the best thing he's ever done it's such a captivating beat (Higher Res)

I'd love to see a DDD on King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. I've been a huge fan of theirs for a couple years now, and I'd love to hear your take on their monster discography. Love your videos man!! Enjoy your well deserved break!

I always say Andre is my "favorite" rapper ever. It's difficult to ever argue he's in the greatest discussion without ever being a successful solo act. But for me, I love his sound and what he goes for as an artist.

Da art of story tellin pt 1 is my fav from them

Do ya thing is pretty much my favorite song of all time, production is unbelievable and andres verse is just as fantastic

18:31 yo. guess what. lmao

Their feature on Int'l Players Anthem goes so hard...that song in general goes so hard

Bro has changed the thumbnail like 3 times, gets better each time

ATLiens holds a special place in my ❤

my brother and i just recently went back through the tracks from class of 3000 and so many of them are so fun. they also allowed for lots of visual creativity and experimentation with the in-episode music videos which is really cool to revisit

I suggest ELO. They've had a long career and a lot of interesting history behind them