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As a
Cross Colours and Girbaud rockin’ freshman in high school,
life was real simple for a brotha back in 1994. No rent, no
bills, no job…no responsibilities. All I had to do was go to
school and make the grade, but I couldn’t even do that. I saw
friends of mine who dropped out of school and were now making
more money than my Moms was, and I wanted to go that route. I
was damn-near ready to make the jump from part time to full
time hustler, until I heard “Git Up, Git Out” from Outkast.
That joint seemed to speak directly to me, and made me wanna
get up, get out, and get somethin’, ya dig?
Besides being a positive influence on myself, Outkast opened
up a whole world of opportunities for other Southern rappers
with Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. Nowadays, it seems like
anyone from the Atl that can halfway spit has a record deal,
and they owe a lot to Big Boi and Dre. Outkast’s first album
is the best debut joint outside of Illmatic. Organized Noize
and the whole Dungeon Family crew came through in a major way
and put a whole region on the map with one CD.
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik’s combination of simple,
laid-back beats with pimperish lyrics is like hearing Rudy Ray
Moore do standup with the O’Jays backing him up. My favorite
tracks are “Ain’t No Thang”, both versions of “Player’s Ball”,
“Hootie Hoo”, “Funky Ride”, “Crumblin’ Erb”, “Git Up, Git
Out”, and the title track. Ok, basically you can listen to the
whole joint from start to finish. If you are one of those
Outkast fans that thought their first CD was Aquemini, make
damn sure you cop Southernplayalistic. Outkast now has a track
record of consistently good albums rivaled only by A Tribe
Called Quest, in my opinion. With their fifth studio album
dropping in the Spring, Outkast will definitely still be
making noise in the 2G3.
-Nate Money
nate@seaspot.com
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