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March 18, 2004

COVER Cover Story: The Funk Soul Brothers

OutKast rule the radio, the album charts and now the Grammys. The world is theirs. But it almost didn't happen
October 22, 2003

Of Two Minds

As they've grown up, they've grown apart. How OutKast made their split personality work on record
November 2, 2000

Outkast Let Their Freak Funk Fly

Recordings and Reviews

Idlewild

The world's biggest pop group makes an album about breaking up. It becomes a staggeringly popular crossover hit, winning them so many new fans they have no choice but to forget the solo careers and carry on together. So they come out with a new record where they barely appear on each other's tracks,...

2006 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

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Biography

Inspired by the Afrocentric psychedelics of George Clinton and Sly Stone, OutKast created an idiosyncratic sound blending funk and Southern bump. Dré and Big Boi met during the 10th grade at Tri-Cities High School in Atlanta. Shortly before Big Boi graduated (Dré dropped out during his junior year to focus on music), OutKast signed with LaFace as the label's first rap act and began working on its ...

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