Talk:Outkast

message: I removed the statement that OutKast had apologized for their 2004 Grammy performance of "Hey Ya!" that was considered racist by some Native American groups.  The reference cited  only mentions an apology from CBS, and a web search has turned up nothing about one from the band, except for articles about people continuing to ask for one .  Foetusized 12:54, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammy Performance Apology 

message: "Other lyrics in the song relating to André meeting a woman on a bus have nothing to do with Parks: rather, they are probably a reference to Erykah Badu (his verse begins, "I met a gypsy and she hipped me to some life game" - Badu is famed for her head-wrap which could arguably be considered the trappings of a "gypsy" look; the verse continues by describing a conversation between André and the "gypsy" in which she sets him thinking about how his "favourite group ain't comin' wid it", which ties directly in to the song's predominant theme about a lack of creativity in mainstream hip hop, something OutKast are here to challenge)."
^^^ I'm more than sure Andre 3000 would be the last person to confuse African head wraps with gypsy clothing (I don't think they wear head wraps, lol). More likely this is just someone's opinion and can't be verified. However, if it can be verified, provide the citation and add it back. Richard Corey 20:39, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meanings Behind Rosa Parks 

message: If im not mistaken, 2pac "All Eyez on Me", Eminem "Marshall Mathers LP" and Vanilla Ice "To the Extreme", are all hip hop albums ertified diamond but are not listed in the introduction?
:Vanilla Ice sold 11 million, but I'm guessing that's worldwide, because I can't find diamond certification. You are right about the Marshall Mathers LP though, that has been certified platinum. All Eyez on Me hasn't officially been certified diamond, "only" 9 times platinum in 1998, but I'd be willing to make a small wager that it has sold enough in the US to warrant the certification. However, it is not official, hence it shouldn't be mentioned in this context. Same goes for Licence to Ill which was certified 9 times platinum back in 2001. I can see interest in both acts waning, but still being strong enough to sell fair amounts each year. Still, until they are certified, you can't really use them here. --62.142.194.125 19:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Additionally, one of 2Pacs many collections has also achieved the 9*platinum status, so that should be looked at too... --62.142.194.125 19:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hip Hop Albums To Go Diamond 

message: I don't think it's OutKast, isn't it just Outkast? Andre (talk) 00:12, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)
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No its OutKast
I just went out to the car and perused the liner notes for both Southernplayalisticaddilacmuzik and Aquemini (my copy of ATLiens is MIA). The group was officially founded as "OutKast" with the capital "K". Both spellings (captiol "K" and small "k") have been used officially since then: Andre and Big Boi tend to spell it with the capital "K", while the label tends to spell it with the lower-case "k" (BOTH spellings appear in the Aquemini liner notes). In addition, they're listed as "OutKast", not "Outkast", at both mtv.com and allmusic.com. --FuriousFreddy 03:59, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capital "K"? 

message: I removed the 10 the Hard Way information, because I scoured the web and came to the conclusion that it really doesn't exist.  Obviously, it isn't going to be released tomorrow - the line in question had its release date stated as June 10th.  Anyone have any concrete, up to date info on a new OutKast album, other than the HBO soundtrack?
--Gumbo T 20:52, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  10 the Hard Way 

message: anyone else confused about the opening lines? The fugees are cited as the other biggest selling 'hip hop' artist, but arent counted as 'hip hop' when the album sales come around. They sold 18 million copies of 'the score' which is more than 'diamond' (10 million), so I can only assume it wasnt considered 'hip hop'.
:The Score only sold six million copies in America, making it a six-times platinum album according to the RIAA. --FuriousFreddy 07:28, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: And globally? 85.226.122.222 16:47, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: RIAA certifications only count US sales. --FuriousFreddy 03:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Hip hop', 'sales', and 'fugees' 

message: I'm sure some of the marked comments can be verified, but need to have citations indicating what album ranking they appeared on, but much of what I marked is obvious POV, and needs to be removed or cited by reliable sources.---Jackel 18:10, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I had added that, and have now removed it. Thanks. ---Jackel 15:28, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Way too much uncited/unsourced material 

message: Haven't they're been rumors about the group splitting up?  I'm  sure there's some source that officially makes this claim.--Torourkeus 22:11, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rumors 

message: Idlewild shows that Outkast is no longer rumored to be splitting up. Yet no mention of the album or the movie is being made. could someone more versed in wikipedia make this change? 66.41.200.130 16:15, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Idlewild included??? 

message: The picture currently on the page is supposed to have been deleted, so I found a new picture from npr.com and asked for permission to post it for one year.  Just thought I'd leave this as a note to anyone having a problem with the current picture.  Wikipedia's False Prophet  holla at me   Improve Me 01:49, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Aqueminicvr.jpg

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Outkast-big-boi-and-dre-present.jpg

message: Can anyone explain this one to me? A wiki search of Outkast redirects to "Outcast (band)" which is stupid because it should be the other way around... 
Smkohnstamm 04:42, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Why is the title Outcast, when the band is clearly Outkast?

message: Click here.  –thedemonhog talk • edits • box 00:00, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Hey Ya!]] date requested for front page 

message: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African American civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress later called "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement".
                                
ROSA PARKS WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 1,1913.DECEMBER 1,1995 IN MONGOMERY,ALABAMA,ROSA PARKS REFUSED TO OBEY BUS DRIVER JAMES BLAK'S ORDER THAT SHE GAVE UP HER SEAT TO MAKE ROOM FOR A WHITE PASSENGER.Her action was not the first of its kind: Irene Morgan, in 1946, and Sarah Louise Keys, in 1955, had won rulings before the Supreme Court and the Interstate Commerce Commission respectively in the area of interstate bus travel. But unlike these previous individual actions of civil disobedience, Parks' action sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This movement turned Parks into an international icon of resistance to racial segregation and launched boycott leader Martin Luther King, Jr. to national prominence in the civil rights movement. Parks eventually received honors ranging from the 1979 Spingarn Medal to a posthumous statue in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall.
At the time of her action, Parks was secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP and had recently attended the Highlander Folk School, a Tennessee center for workers' rights and racial equality. Nonetheless, she took her action as a private citizen "tired of giving in". Although widely honored in later years for her action, she also suffered for it, losing her job as a seamstress in a local department store. Eventually, she moved to Detroit, Michigan, where she found similar work. From 1965 to 1988 she served as secretary and receptionist to African-American U.S. Representative John Conyers. After retirement from this position, she wrote an autobiography and lived a largely private life in Detroit. In her final years she suffered from dementia and became embroiled in a lawsuit filed on her behalf against American hip-hop duo OutKast. Her death was a front-page story in the United States' leading newspapers.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.56.76.158 (talk) 19:56, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ROSA PARKS 

message: Please stop removing Mr. DJ from the list of members. He's the group's DJ, has been with the group and continues to be with the group both as DJ and producer since the first album. I'm not sure what qualifications you are using for "members" but if contributing musically to the creation of the group is the standard, then he should be listed. He's not an associated act. If this status has changed with the new album coming out, then he needs to be a "former member." If not, please leave him in the list.
205.219.133.1 (talk) 19:48, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Our qualifications are that a reliable outside source, like a magazine or newspaper, states that a person is a member. If you can find that source, it won't be reverted. --wL<speak·check>
I have a great source. Read the liner notes of any album by Outkast. He's on them all. Seriously... I can't think of a better source then that.
205.219.133.1 (talk) 18:09, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mr. DJ 

message: Wasn't Lauryn Hill the first, making Outkast the 2nd? (and definitely not the first and only). But maybe I missed something?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauryn_Hill
76.94.124.173 (talk) 22:30, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Album of the year Grammy: "first and only for a hip hop group" 

message: Seems like this is good enough to be nominated for a GA? Anyone agree? Kaleidoscopic God (talk) 18:11, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA review? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The current photo does not show the duo's faces and isn't a decent quality at all. It's also quite outdated, going back 15 years. The community might consider changing it to something more recent and better quality. Free.enchant (talk) 21:37, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The current photo is rubbish. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 03:06, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  New primary photo 

message: These guys were huge & pretty influential. You think we should include their legacy & some of the artists they've inspired? NotPlanningOnDoingMuch (talk) 19:41, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legacy Section?