The first official single was " Shutterbugg", featuring Cutty, and the second was "Follow Us", featuring Vonnegutt. Over the next few years the album was delayed many times, but multiple promotional and video singles were released, such as "Shine Blockas" (featuring Gucci Mane), "For Yo Sorrows" (featuring George Clinton and Too Short), and "General Patton" (featuring Big Rube). The album's first promotional single, "Royal Flush", was released in 2007, and featured Raekwon and André 3000. Speakerboxxx had been seen by many as a solo album (and it effectively was one), but it was still released under the OutKast name, which made Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty his first "full-fledged" solo album. In 2007, after Idlewild, the sixth official OutKast duo album, Big Boi announced plans to release a proper solo album. Outkast was also featured on the song " International Players Anthem (I Choose You)", the first single from UGK's album Underground Kingz. The first single from the album was "Kryptonite", which reached 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. In November 2005, Big Boi released a mixtape/compilation album, Got Purp? Vol 2, in conjunction with the Purple Ribbon All-Stars through Purple Ribbon Records. The second single from Big Boi was "Ghetto Musick", which featured both members of Outkast and a sample from Patti LaBelle's " Love, Need and Want You". " The Way You Move", featuring Sleepy Brown, was originally supported by urban radio, but crossed over to pop charts, where it supplanted André 3000's " Hey Ya!" as the No. Speakerboxxx featured a style similar to Outkast's previous efforts, while The Love Below explored a more offbeat territory, with André 3000 mainly singing rather than his usual rapping.īig Boi released two of his songs as singles.
Solo career Īfter four successful albums, Big Boi and André 3000 chose to make two solo albums, and release it as a double album under the Outkast name, as Speakerboxxx/The Love Below in 2003 Big Boi recorded Speakerboxxx, André 3000 recorded The Love Below. The two joined forces as Outkast in 1992 and signed with LaFace Records. Patton met André Lauren Benjamin (stage name André 3000) while attending Tri-Cities High School. He further credited his uncle with introducing him to a wider variety of music, specifically Kate Bush, who he has described as his favorite artist. Patton credited his grandmother with getting him interested in music by sending him and his siblings to the store to buy 45 records. He decided to pursue his interest in music at Tri-Cities High School, a visual and performing arts magnet school. Jenkins High School, before moving to Atlanta with his aunt Renee.
(You're in my system) Lucious Leftfoot's got his best foot forward darling Lord have mercy how them flows stay so cold, froze.Patton was born and spent the first half of his childhood in Savannah, Georgia, attending Herschel V. Tell me you're listening cause you all up in my system I can feel you from my head to my toes. And throw yo' deuce up in the sky for the shutterbugg. And this goes out to all my ladies in the front. Now this goes out to all my playas in the back sippin' yack. You gotta be the finisher to make it sure the doctors, they can't replenish him.
Self-preservation is the rule when you do aim. Not to flex but to protect my neck like the Wu-Tang. Index finger on the trigger in case niggas is clowning. Paint look like root beer when the sun was shining. Toys, I had a brougham, called it pretty brown thing. Could it be the way the verse is sounding? Came up on the Gheto Boys and the Underground Kingz. baby baby tell me your listening.īoy, it's after 12, club's like A Hive Bee, A bee hive cause not everybody buzzin around me. I'm double fisted and if you're empty you can grab a cup. Now party people in the club it's time to cut a rug and throw the deuce up in the sky just for the shutrerbuggs. I'm shittin' on niggas and pee'ing on the seat. in a blink them folks could have you sleeping in the clink. They got flour for tortillas and lettuce for enchiladas. And across the boarder the essays are getting smarter. I keep my shit cooked to order in order to satisfy my people in Georgia and across the water. But it ain't so country my nigga this ain't no Gomer Pile. Wow, the southern pride been known to shut it down. I twist my A hat to the side just for style or throw on the Gucci bucket with the flowers super fly. We went from rockin brades to temp fades. Boy check the resume, it's risky business in the A. Uh, I keep it playa while some choose to play it safe.
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