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Bands to watch in 2k12: The Outkasts

As Yall know, I am always searching 4 the most 'under the radar' band 2 blog about, and make my blog more valuable since I unearth Brooklyn Buzz Bands, and other bands that sound like they are good.

Today, I will blog about a band called the Outkasts of Society. I think their name is social commentary on being a black back in a white world.

One of them is a blipster and one of them is a 'thug.'

From what I can tell, their song "Hey Ya" also known as "Hey Yall" will probably be the next 'Young Folks' by Peter Bjorn and John

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I think they mite win a Grammy 1 day.

They have 2 different brands, but they merge together in order to form something authentic.

From what I can tell, their album cover is a metaphor about their President being black.

They are also political. They have a song about the War on Terror In Iran/Afghanistan called 'Bombs Over Baghdad.'

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I think they have a brand of 'dudes who probably cum on a lot of girls' to 'dehumanize' them.

But that's why they are so brilliant. Their best song is probably "I'm Sorry Ms. Jackson." In the song, the Outkasts sing to a mom of a girl who they got pregnant.

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Outkasts of Society on Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/outkast

Do yall think this band is 'cool'?
Do u think they will be the next Cool Kids/Spank Rock/ Bloc Party / Oasis / Metro Station?
Is this what music will sound like after bloghouselectro/AnCo dies?
Do u think this band will 'make it' in the emerging BLIPSTER demographic who don't value the traditional 'thug values' of yester-year's rappers?

Pitchfork ‘gets ethnic’, gives the non-Andre 3000 bro from Outkast a 9.2


Some rapper named Big Boi is in the popular rap group Outkast. Outkast used to be two bros, one artsy blipster named Andre 3000, and another bro named Big Boi. Big Boi was more of the traditional rapper, and Andre 3000 was a 'far out, cultured, deep bro.' Think they sorta drifted apart, but they realized they could make tons of money, so they just started releasing double albums.

Not sure if I will even bother listening to Big Boi, but will probably just jam out to the song "Hey Ya" over and over again.

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N e ways, this review is basically trying to say that Big Boi is a genius, too, and u shouldn't just keep attributing

Virtually every OutKast review of the past decade and a half has posited Big Boi as the earthy, street-level anchor to André's spaced-out visionary, the guy responsible for securing the group's cred when André was trying to invent new colors. Expect Sir Lucious Left Foot to change those conversations. We haven't heard a major-label rap album this inventive, bizarre, joyous, and masterful in a long time, and it's almost impossible to imagine André putting out a solo album this strong anytime soon.

Wonder if Big Boi is gonna be an 'album of the year'. Seems like they are trying to brand it as 'something more' than just another Kanye West/Lil Wayne/Jay-Z album. Feel like people are starting to 'see thru' those rappers, so they need a more 'authentic rapper' to accept in2 the high-level cultural criticism sphere.

Probs just gonna chill out, listen to old Outkast songs that are heavy on the Andre 3000. Sorrie Miss Jackson...

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No real time to try to 'wrap my head around hiphop/rap.' Feel like I have accepted my 'white skin color' and will probably just try to listen to white indie bands 4 the rest of my life.
Conceptual bleepy bloops, indie guitars, Arcade Fire-ish dudes wailing meaningful lyrics.

Will Big Boi ever get out of Andre 3000's shadow?
Is 'Hey Ya' the best song ever written?
Is it 'more alt' to be in2 the Speakerboxxx or The Love Below?
Is Andre 3000 'the original blipster'?

Can Andre 3000 get a 10.0 from Pitchfork if he makes an album that sounds like AnCo, soul, and authentic hiphop top40 music?
Should Pitchfork only review 'white albums', or should they make a sister hip hop site and make tons of money off street wear advertisements?
Will white people ever 'fully understand' rap/hiphop/black people?