 Genius Meanings
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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 – 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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DRAM – Prototype
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[Intro] / I hope that you're the one / If not, you are the prototype / We'll tiptoe to the sun / And do thangs I know you like / [Chorus] / Huh, I think I'm in love again / Baby
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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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OutKast – GhettoMusick
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Single from OutKast’s 2003 double disc album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
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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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Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Punch) – Prototype
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[Hook: Kendrick Lamar] / They say that I'm the one / And you, you are the prototype / You might have the ears of sound / But you already know who they like / You niggas need hugs
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OutKast – Where Are My Panties (Interlude)
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This interlude describes the morning after the one-night stand, described on “Spread”. The listener is revealed to the inner thoughts of both the girl and André. At the very end of
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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 (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 (Ft. Kelis) – Dracula's Wedding
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Andre takes on the role of Dracula, the King of Vampires. His Queen is played by Kelis.
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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 (Ft. Norah Jones) – Take Off Your Cool
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In this song, both Andre and Norah want their lovers to be themselves. In other words “quit frontin”.
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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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OutKast (Ft. CeeLo Green & Khujo Goodie) – Reset
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Big Boi recruits longtime Dungeon Family members Khujo Goodie and CeeLo Green of the Goodie Mob for this song about starting over clean (a.k.a. resetting) after making mistakes.
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OutKast – God (Interlude)
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“God” is Andre praying to God, asking for nothing more than a girl who could satisfy his need for love. To his surprise, God turns out to be a female and answers his requests with
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OutKast (Ft. Killer Mike) – Bust
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“Bust” is the 7th song on OutKast’s fifth studio album and double album, Speakerboxxx / The Love Below. The song appears on Speakerboxxx, Big Boi’s first half of the double album
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OutKast – Love Hater
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[Verse 1] / Everybody needs a glass of water today / To chase the hate away / You know you've got company comin' over / So you scrub extra hard / And everybody needs somebody to
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OutKast (Ft. Sleepy Brown) – The Way You Move
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“The Way You Move” is a single recorded by Big Boi for their 2003 album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Outkast’s double album project featuring both members' solo albums.
The song
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OutKast – The Rooster
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“The Rooster” is the sixth track on Big Boi’s solo effort Speakerboxxx. Big Boi raps about his family problems – specifically the problems with his ex-wife.
The title of the song
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OutKast – Church
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Big Boi touches on theological themes like sin and evil in this song about existential despair.
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OutKast – My Favorite Things
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André 3000’s reinterpretation of John Coltrane’s cover of “My Favorite Things.”
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OutKast – She's Alive
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While the lyrics of this song are rather cryptic, this song is most likely about Andre’s mother. Particularly her raising him as a single parent after Andre’s father left the
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OutKast – Love in War
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“Love In War” is the fourteenth track off of Andre 3000’s half of OutKast’s 2003 double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
A tiny ballad of the Battlefield of Love.
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OutKast – Interlude
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This interlude is about the longevity of Big Boi and Andre 3000’s career and discography.
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OutKast – Behold a Lady
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This song is part of Andre 3000’s “Love Below”. It appreciates the value of quality women and how they are so hard to find.
Behold a Lady is a playful upbeat song that over
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Chance the Rapper (Ft. J. Cole) – Thotty
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Chance premiered his verse along with the hook to the song on the Toca Tuesday radio show on Shade 45 (3/26/14). While he didn’t give an official title to the track, he did say the
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OutKast – War
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In one of the more aggressive and outwardly political songs from Big Boi, he takes aim at the Bush administration, the war on drugs, the war in Afghanistan, and the national media
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OutKast (Ft. Bamboo Patton) – Bamboo (Interlude)
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This is an interlude with Big Boi featuring his son, Bamboo. Big Boi is just letting his little boy spit some bars on this track.
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OutKast – A Life in the Day of Benjamin André (Incomplete)
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This song acts as the closure for both The Love Below and the entire double disk project.
“A Life In the Day of Benjamin André (Incomplete)” is a rambling mixed prose/verse poetic
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OutKast – Spread
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At this point in the narrative, our protagonist “Ice Cold” has found himself a woman whom he feels a strong connection with both mentally and physically. The physical connection is
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OutKast – D-Boi (Interlude)
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Talkin' hanging out wit' the D-Boi's / You know you a D-Boi / Cause when someone frontin' something 'S like havin' two daddies / One time my home boy fronted me a 8 ball at 3
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OutKast – The Love Below (Intro)
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[Intro] / Some say Atlanta / Some say New York / Some say Paris, France / But, who knows / Where this flower grows?
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OutKast – Knowing
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Also referred to as “The Art of Storytelling Part 3”, as written on Big Boi’s Soundcloud.
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OutKast (Ft. Big Gipp, Konkrete & Ludacris) – Tomb of the Boom
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“Tomb of the Boom” is the eleventh track off of the Speakerboxxx half of OutKast’s 2003 double album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
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Masego – Lady Lady
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Masego released “Lady Lady” on his 25th birthday – June 8th 2018, a day after the one year anniversary of his fan-loved project Loose Thoughts.
Lady Lady refers to someone special
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