The bluesy hit single “Elevators (Me and You)” showcases OutKast’s verbal dexterity with a catchy hook propelled by sharp percussion licks - “Me and you, your momma and your cousin, too/Rollin’ down the strip on vogues/Comin’ up slammin’ Cadillac doors” - while Andre and Big Boi trade tales of the envy and paranoia that inevitably accompany showbiz success. But ATLiens, like its platinum predecessor, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, is a gritty document of what’s happening here and now, an up-to-the-minute briefing on Southern black ghetto life on which OutKast members Andre and Big Boi cast their feelings of alienation in familiar, realistic characterizations: jealous homeboys at the mall, conniving women, evil record-industry execs and those high-minded folks who view the successful pair merely as a couple of dangerous young black men. ![]() ![]() The title of OutKast’s second album suggests that the Atlantabased rap duo is spaced out on a P-Funk-style otherworldly trip.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |