Twenty years ago, OutKast released their landmark debut album and ushered in a new sound for Hip-Hop with Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik.
Arguably one of the greatest Hip-Hop group’s of all time, OutKast – who hail from the East Point section of Atlanta, GA – audaciously kicked in the door for Southern rap. No one sounded like André 3000 and Big Boi in 1994, both of whom boast offbeat personalities. With their then peculiar slang and southern fried poetics, OutKast combined funk, thick bass lines, fish and grits and all that pimp sh*t, in a catalogue of music that forever changed Hip-Hop culture’s landscape. ATL’s finest ultimately helped establish the South as a credible Hip-Hop scene amidst East Coast and West Coast rap.
In honor of such a timeless record from 3 Stacks and Big Boi, Hip-Hop Wired presents to you a slew of pics captured during the Southerplayalisticadillacmuzik era (circa 1994 – 1996). Check out the OutKast youngins by flipping through the gallery in the following pages.
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Photos: Big Boi/Instagram/YouTube
André 3000 sports an Atlanta Braves jersey and furry Kangol on the set of the “Player’s Ball” video.
If you own the Southerplayalisticadillacmuzik album, this is familiar since it’s from the CD insert.
Big Boi rides shotti in the duo’s “Player’s Ball” visual, which was shot in their native Atlanta.
3 Stacks and Big Boi’s “Player’s Ball” was the duo’s debut single off Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. The former really liked that jersey.
The year they won Best Rap group at the 1995 Source Awards. Did Dre let Big borrow his jersey or is that his own?
Big Boi rocks a Giants jersey on the set of “Benz Or Beamer,” which lives on New Jersey Drive, Vol. 1 (one of two soundtracks to the 1995 film, New Jersey Drive)
A nostalgic photo of teenaged OutKast found rummaging through Big Boi’s vault.
Dre and Big Boi when they first appeared on the legendary MTV Yo Raps.
André 3000 on the set of “Git Up, Git Out,” the third single off the duo’s debut album.
Big Boi on the set of “Git Up, Git Out,” which also features guest appearances from Goodie Mob’s Cee-Lo and Big Gipp.
Big Boi and Dre (again sporting an Atlanta Braves jersey) on the set of their second single, “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik,” off the debut.
According to Big Boi’s Tumblr, this was his first Rottweiler.
Cover art to OutKast’s debut album – certified platinum.
