Large Boi has revisited a time when he acquired a shock present from Quincy Jones after he and André 3000 claimed the most important prize on the 2004 Grammy Awards.
In a clip from Elliott Wilson’s new Patreon interview sequence Elliott Wilson Expertise, Sir Luscious Left Foot mirrored on OutKast’s Grammys success and elaborated on the gesture from the esteemed producer.
He additionally defined whether or not or not it was a superb or dangerous factor that the duo’s 2003 LP Speakerboxxx/The Love Beneath was the final Hip Hop album to win Album of the 12 months on the Grammys.
“I imply, good within the sense of the extent of respect that the group and the work obtained for that,” Large Boi mentioned. “I can bear in mind after we gained, Quincy Jones despatched me a card and was like, ‘Are you shocked?’ And I used to be like, ‘However the way you get my mothafuckin’ handle?!’”
Along with Album of the 12 months, OutKast gained two extra Grammys in 2004: Greatest Rap Album (Speakerboxxx/The Love Beneath) and Greatest City/Different and Efficiency (“Hey Ya!”). They have been additionally nominated for File of the 12 months (“Hey Ya!”), Greatest Music Video, Brief Kind (“Hey Ya!”) and Producer of the 12 months.
The legendary Atlanta duo grew to become simply the second rap act to win the coveted Album of the 12 months award after Lauryn Hill, whose debut solo LP The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill gained in 1999. She additionally grew to become the primary lady to win 5 or extra Grammy Awards in a single night time.
Since then, a number of rappers have come near becoming a member of that esteemed listing, together with Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar and Drake, who’ve every racked up a number of Album of the 12 months nominations.
JAY-Z, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Cardi B, Infantile Gambino, Pharrell and Doja Cat have all been nominated within the class as soon as within the final 20 years.
Regardless of OutKast’s huge success, Organized Noize member Sleepy Brown lately dashed hopes of André 3000 and Large Boi getting again collectively.
Whereas speaking to TMZ in June, the singer/producer mentioned that an OutKast reunion is out of the query after the reporter picked his mind about Speakerboxxx/The Love Beneath turning 20 this yr.
“Nah, they not,” he mentioned. “[André 3000] is on some time ‘nother journey and he’s, you understand, doing one thing. However me and Large [Boi] are nonetheless doing excursions and stuff like that.
“Don’t maintain your breath for no OutKast reunion. Don’t do it to your self. It’s not gon’ occur, of us. Should you wanna see us, we gon’ be Dungeon Household. That’s about it.”
TMZ then requested Sleepy Brown which album he feels is OutKast’s best. After some forwards and backwards, he settled on 1998’s Aquemini.
“Man, you understand, I can say Aquemini, I can say Stankonia,” he mentioned. “The factor about it [is], every album was a special journey. OutKast has taken folks via nation music with ‘Rosa Parks,’ they did rock with Stankonia, they did each style you possibly can ever consider in music, so it’s kinda arduous to say which one is what.”
He continued: “However I’ma say Aquemini. For me, that album was the second when OutKast actually flourished as producers, too. So for me, that album is me watching them develop. That’s why it’s my favourite.”
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