I had assumed that André, a multi-instrumentalist, piloted OutKast not just lyrically but also in sound, on tracks that married disparate styles (funk, gospel, drum and bass, rock) to dirty beats studded with keyboards. On Jay-Z's song "A Star is Born," from The Blueprint 3, he calls André "a male version of Lauryn Hill." An apt comparison-André outshone his collaborator as Hill did fellow Fugees Wycleaf Jean and Pras. In this song, as in many others, the duo seem on different pages, with André's voice being the far more interesting, unconventional one. Instead of talking about "bitches and switches and hoes and clothes and weed," he'd rather "talk about time travelin'" and "somethin' mind unravelin'." But on the next verse, Big Boi boasts about owning a gun, and how he'll "rob, steal, and kill" to protect his own. ![]() On the song "Return of the 'G'" from 1998's Aquemini, André addresses his image, saying that people often ask Big Boi, "What's up with André? Is he in a cult? Is he on drugs? Is he gay? When y'all gonna break up?" He raps about how the return of gangsta style in hip-hop is a restrictive, limiting thing.
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