 Genius Meanings
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James Blake (Ft. André 3000) – Where's the Catch?
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On this song, James Blake and André 3000 exchange verses over a dark, electronic beat. The track’s title is a play on the idiom ‘what’s the catch,’ which describes something that
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Genius Traducciones al Español – James Blake - Where's The Catch? ft. André 3000 (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Where's The Catch?" ft. André 3000] / [Intro] / Adiós, adiós, adiós, adiós / Nunca podríamos, nunca podríamos, nunca podríamos, nunca podríamos / [Verso 1: James Blake
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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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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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Sister Irene O'Connor – Fire (Luke 12:49)
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[Chorus] / Fire, fire / Burning, warming cold hearts / Glowing, purifying, showing / Where mankind can find true peace / Where mankind can find true peace / [Verse 1] / Christ came
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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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Travis Scott (Ft. André 3000) – the ends
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On the opening track from his sophomore record Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, Travis enlists the help of the elusive André 3000 to wax lyrical about their respective
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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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Lil Wayne – A Milli
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As the late Senator Everett Dirksen is popularly attributed as having said, “A million here, a million there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money!”
Bangladesh produced the
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HUNCHO JACK – Where U From
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Next to multiple references towards gang life, Quavo and Travis show off their lavish lifestyles on “Where U From.”
Although both artists are not directly affiliated with any gang
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Gwen Stefani (Ft. André 3000) – Bubble Pop Electric
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[Intro: Gwen & André 3000/Johnny Vulture] / C'mon, Johnny! When you gonna get here? / All right, hold your pretty horses, I'll be there in a minute / You just get yourself dolled
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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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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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TLC (Ft. André 3000) – Sumthin Wicked This Way Comes
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Something wicked this way comes.
This phrase originates in Act IV, Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth.
The speaker is the second witch, whose full line is, “By the pricking of
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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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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 – 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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Kanye West – 30 Hours
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“30 Hours” finds Kanye reflecting back on a past relationship—likely with Sumeke Rainey—from the point of view of his present relationship with Kim.
Kanye and Rainey dated for
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OutKast – Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
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The second single off of Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik introduces common themes throughout the album: southern playas, Cadillacs, and music.
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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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Quavo & Takeoff – Bars Into Captions
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This is a tribute to OutKast classic song So Fresh, So Clean. OutKast had a big impact on Quavo & Takeoff.
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Capital Cities (Ft. André 3000) – Farrah Fawcett Hair
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Capital Cities teamed up with André 3000 and NPR’s most recognizable voice, Frank Tavares on this gem off their upcoming LP In A Tidal Wave of Mystery.
Quite simply, it a song
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OutKast (Ft. Killer Mike & Sleepy Brown) – Land of a Million Drums
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OutKast bring their Dungeon Family members Killer Mike and Sleepy Brown along to the “Land of a Million Drums,” which features a psychedelic circus style beat that matches the
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Timbaland (Ft. André 3000, Future & Tink) – UFO (Remix)
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Timbaland announced he will be releasing the original Andre 3000 version of UFO as a “remix” of the edited one “soon” on instagram.
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Goodie Mob (Ft. OutKast) – Black Ice (Sky High)
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“Black Ice” was released as a single from Goodie Mob’s sophomore album Still Standing. The track features verses from Big Gipp along with verses from OutKast’s Big Boi and André
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Jeezy (Ft. André 3000 & JAY-Z) – I Do
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Last track on TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition
The song focuses around marriage:
Young Jeezy talks about his relationship with the crack game
Jay-Z talks about his marriage to the
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T.I. (Ft. André 3000 & Stacy Barthe) – Sorry
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T.I. connects with Andre 3000 on the sixth track off his eighth studio album, the first to be released after T.I. served his 11 month prison sentence. It features production from
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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 – Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 2)
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This track takes the attention to detail in the love-and-lust tale from Part 1 and applies it to an account of a Biblical apocalypse. André said the following regarding the theme
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OutKast (Ft. Khujo Goodie & T-Mo) – Mainstream
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“Mainstream” features two members of the Goodie Mob: T-Mo and Khujo. The song touches on the struggle to survive in the hood, and how some try to live honestly but are brought down
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OutKast (Ft. Sleepy Brown) – Player's Ball
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In the first song that ever got OutKast any mainstream attention, the duo raps about a players ball they attend on Christmas Day. When the song started to move up the Billboard
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Chris Brown (Ft. André 3000, Drake, Fabolous, Kanye West, Rick Ross & T.I.) – Deuces (Remix)
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On the official remix to his June 2010 hit track, “Deuces,” Chris Brown enlists the help of Rick Ross, Drake, T.I., Kanye West, Fabolous and André 3000. The artists team up to put
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Anderson .Paak (Ft. André 3000) – Come Home
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“Come Home” is a soulful throwback to the golden age of rhythmic soul, with a parodying “I-want-you-back” theme characteristic of songs from Motown Record’s golden age. The song’s
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OutKast – D.E.E.P.
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Dre and Big Boi get deep on this track, addressing and attempting to dispel multiple stereotypes while confirming their black pride.
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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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OutKast – Elevators (Me & You) (ONP 86 Edit)
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[Verse 1: André 3000] / One for the money, yes, sir, two for the show / A couple of years ago, on Headland and Delowe / Was the start of something good / Where me and my - rode the
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Lil Wayne (Ft. Cory Gunz) – A Milli (Mixtape Version)
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Rumor has it that Wayne cut Cory out of the official single because his verse was too hot… we’ll let you be the judge
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Logic – man i is
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On “man i is,” Logic talks about his youth and how he managed to find his way into rap over a soulful backdrop. He also nods to the artists he listened to as a child and during his
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J. Cole – LAnd of the Snakes
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“LAnd of the Snakes” depicts Cole’s promiscuous affairs with women, something he enjoys in the choruses but regrets in the third verse, when he runs into a woman he once had a one
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OutKast – Prototype (Simen Sez Remix) [Mixed]
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[Intro: André 3000] / I hope that you're the one / If not, you are the prototype / We'll tiptoe to the sun / And do things I know you like / [Chorus: André 3000] / I think I'm in
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Big K.R.I.T. – Mt. Olympus
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This song serves as KRIT’s response to Kendrick Lamar’s infamous guest verse on Big Sean’s “Control,” on which KRIT was just second on a long list of rappers that Lamar called out
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Kesha (Ft. André 3000, Lil Wayne, T.I. & Wiz Khalifa) – Sleazy (Remix 2.0) - Get Sleazier
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Kesha on how she got Andre 3000 to appear on this track
“I sent him the track and was fully aware that he’s only been on a few songs in the past five years. But he ended up liking
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Goodie Mob’s Khujo Goodie Credits André 3000 As The First Rapper To Use “Trap” In A Song
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But “Player’s Ball” doesn’t actually have the word “trap” in it.
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OutKast (Ft. Goodie Mob) – Git Up, Git Out
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The message is simple: Get up, get a job, and make a living. But as the song depicts, the road to a successful life through education isn’t as easy as it seems.
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