Regarding a new OutKast album, Rico Wade said, “Sleepy (Brown), his thing is like, “Nah, nope, (they) ain’t ever doing it.” The album also features Chuck D., on the opening track, and Andre 3000 on “ No Cigar,” and Big Boi on “ Prey 4 Da Sheep.” He notes that each member has his own moment to truly shine throughout the entire project. Wade, wants people to walk away with a renewed appreciation of Goodie Mob - not just as a group, but individually. Big Boi and Andre 3000 of Outkast perform on stage at Wireless Festival at Finsbury Park on Jin London, United Kingdom. To name a few: OutKast, Cool Breeze, Sleepy Calhoun, Witchdoctor, Backbone, Big Rube, Killer Mike, and even Rico’s younger cousin, Future.
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The threesome is woefully underrated, and not just the producers of some of our favorite songs, but as the mentors of the entire Dungeon Family, which expands to over a dozen members. Rico Wade, Ray Murray and Sleepy Brown are undoubtedly some of the most influential architects of Atlanta’s hip-hop rise. The album was produced entirely by Organized Noize. Khudjo kills the first verse complete with Easter egg-type throwbacks to Soul Food and it just rocks from there.Īs the lyrics go: “Every time I write (it be 4 my ppl)/ and every time I rap (it be 4 my ppl) and every time I sing (it be 4 my ppl)/ and every time I dream (it be 4 my ppl)/ and everything I think about (be 4 my ppl)/ and every time I shine (it be 4 my ppl)/, I do it for the good (it be 4 my ppl), I do it for the hood (it be 4 my ppl).” (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for YouTube Music)Įvery single member of the group rides the kind of jazzy, Southern beat you expect from Organized Noize. CeeLo Green, T-Mo, Khujo, and Big Gipp of Goodie Mob attend YouTube Music 2020 Leaders & Legends Ball at Atlanta History Center on Januin Atlanta, Georgia. “ 4 My Ppl,” is, in this humble writer’s opinion, the best song on this album.
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And at this part of my life, I just want to know how to speak to people, and what words do I need to use to find that place and people again.” “And though as a youngster, you were living in that life, and you were living so much that you were talking about it every day. “I’ll tell you the truth, when we started the album, I would pray to the Most High just to be like, just tell me what I need to say.”
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And I believe that God gave us not just this ordeal, but this opportunity to be active, and to be proactive.”įor Big Gipp, he explains that age and a change in life circumstances are reflected in this album as well. “So, therefore, expect a continuum because this is the work that we started 25 years prior, you know what I’m saying? I believe that we’ve always been considered ahead of our time. “We wrote from the perspective of being in the eye of the storm right alongside with the people,” Cee-Lo tells theGrio. Read More: 2020 American Music Awards complete winner’s list Album cover for Goodie Mob’s ‘Survival Kit.’ (Photo: ONErpm)