 Genius Meanings
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OutKast – Roses
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“Roses” is the second single released from André 3000’s album, The Love Below, and the third overall single from the OutKast double album following the #1 singles “Hey Ya!” and “
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OutKast – Hey Ya!
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“Hey Ya!” is the first single from André 3000’s half of OutKast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below double album. André said the following about the concept of this genre-bending song:
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Frank Ocean (Ft. André 3000) – Pink Matter
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A play on the term “gray matter,” the substance that makes up the brain, “Pink Matter” is a meditation on the female anatomy, desire, and fantasy.
The song features OutKast member
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Kanye West & André 3000 – Life Of The Party
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“Life Of The Party” is a collaboration with André 3000. Its title is a term Ye has used in his song “Jesus Lord” to refer to his late mother Donda West.
A version of the song was
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OutKast – Prototype
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“Prototype” was André 3000’s single released with Big Boi’s “GhettoMuzick” as the final singles from OutKast’s double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. This funk guitar ballad has
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OutKast – Ms. Jackson
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The second single from Stankonia, “Ms. Jackson” catapulted the Southern rap duo OutKast into the mainstream, reaching the top 5 in several countries and becoming their first of
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OutKast – Elevators (Me & You)
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“Elevators (Me & You)” is the lead single from OutKast’s sophomore album, ATLiens. The song talks about the group’s humble beginnings and elevated status in the rap game with the
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OutKast – Aquemini
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The title track to OutKast’s classic third album acknowledges that all great things must come to an end, but insists that André and Big Boi won’t stop working together until that
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Drake (Ft. André 3000 & Lil Wayne) – The Real Her
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On “The Real Her,” Drake praises a female stripper for her independence and being able to take care of herself. Even though they barely just met, he sees himself falling in love
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OutKast – ATLiens
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[Verse 1: Big Boi] / Check it / Well it's the M-I-crooked letter, ain't no one better / And when I'm on the microphone you best to wear your sweater / 'Cause I'm cooler than a
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UGK (Ft. OutKast) – Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
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The Underground Kingz (Bun B, Pimp C) and the Outkasts (André 3000 and Big Boi) unite in a classic track about the women in their lives. There are two stories about actually
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Kid Cudi (Ft. André 3000) – By Design
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“By Design” is the first ever Cudi-André 3000 collaboration and the first of the two André 3K features on Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'. André is also featured on “The Guide.”
The
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Frank Ocean – Solo (Reprise)
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An interlude reprising the themes from the earlier track of the same name, performed by the legendary and elusive André 3000 of OutKast. Frank and André have worked together before
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OutKast – Happy Valentine's Day
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The song meaning could be taken to tie into the title of his part of the dual album: The Love Below. He continuously laments people no longer believe in Cupid (it’s from his
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OutKast – Rosa Parks
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This is the lead single from OutKast’s 1998 Aquemini. “Rosa Parks” may not have been the duo’s most successful single, but it established OutKast’s legitimacy as pioneers of
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OutKast (Ft. Rosario Dawson) – She Lives in My Lap
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André 3000 channels his inner Prince as he interpolates Prince & the Revolution’s track “She’s Always in My Hair.” Basically, the main character here has not fully committed
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OutKast – So Fresh, So Clean
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With a beat courtesy of Organized Noize, 3 Stacks and Daddy Fat Sax get super funky in this Stankonia classic that embodied swag before swag was even a thing.
This song samples
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Knowledge Drop: How OutKast’s “B.O.B.” Mistakenly Became A Pro-Iraq War Anthem
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The song was released in 2000, but took on a life of its own in 2003.
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André 3000 – Ants To You, Gods To Who ?
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Erykah Badu (Ft. André 3000) – Hello
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This track from Erykah’s But U Caint Use My Phone mixtape marks another collaboration between Ms. Badu and 3 Stacks – the ex-lovers who previously collaborated to make OutKast’s “
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OutKast – Vibrate
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A song about masturbation, but also about being in control of your own destiny and not allowing other people to dictate them.
One of the cool things about “Vibrate” is that the
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OutKast – Pink & Blue
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Andre fantasizes about having a relationship with a woman who’s older than him. Nothing wrong with finding a cougar, is there?
The beginning of the song samples Aaliyah’s “Age
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André 3000 And Kid Cudi Rap About Feng Shui And Tattoo Regret On “By Design”
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The track is all about finding inner harmony.
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OutKast – Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 1)
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“Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 1)” sees Big Boi and André relaying two distinct experiences: Big Boi dealing with a promiscuous woman he encountered and André telling a tragic tale
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Kelis (Ft. André 3000) – Millionaire
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[Intro: André 3000] / I said, her from the city / So her got to be witty, witty / She said, him from the country / So him got to be funky, funky / [Verse 1: André 3000] / Mama, I'm
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A Viral Tweet Sent OutKast Fans Looking Up The Real Meaning Of The “Hey Ya!” Lyrics
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“’Hey Ya!’ is pretty much about the state of relationships in the 2000s.”
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OutKast (Ft. Killer Mike) – The Whole World
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This song is basically about how blacks are looked upon by America — people love seeing them as villains and entertainment; getting chased around the suburbs wearing no shirts on
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