Andre Benjamin Presents: Andre 3000 - Is... album mp3

André Lauren Benjamin (born May 27, 1975), better known by his stage name André 3000 (formerly Dre), is an American musician and actor best known for being part of hip hop duo Outkast alongside fellow rapper Big Boi. As an actor, Benjamin has made appearances in a number of TV series and films, including Families, The Shield, Be Cool, Revolver, Semi-Pro, Four Brothers, and the lead role of Jimi Hendrix in All Is by My Side.

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ATLANTA - Since April, André 3000 has been on the road, traveling from festival to festival with his old partner Big Boi to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album as Outkast. 26, he’ll star, under his original name, André Benjamin, as Jimi Hendrix in Jimi: All Is by My Side, a biopic about the year just before Hendrix’s breakthrough, when he moved to London, underwent a style transformation and squared off against Eric Clapton

Talk of an André 3000 solo album has been swirling since the last OutKast album, but why hasn't it materialized? We investigate. Sure, it’s become common knowledge that André 3000 is hesitant to release a new album, but what changed? Why does a rapper that Billboard named one of the greatest of all time now just see hip-hop as a hobby ? Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images. Spectacular’s Right in Front of You. During OutKast’s heyday, Dre pushed the boundaries of what hip-hop fans could expect from their idols, combining influences from Prince and Jimi Hendrix with elements of psychedelic Afrofuturism that transcended the typical gangsta tropes that prevailed in the ‘90s and 2000s.

André Benjamin, Actor: Four Brothers. André Benjamin was born on May 27, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA as Andre Benjamin. 2006 Idlewild (performer: "On the Way to Heaven" (Instrumental) - as André 3000), (writer: "Greatest Show on Earth", "Makes No Sense",, "Movin' Cool (The After Party)", "Take Off Your Cool", "On the Way to Heaven" (Instrumental), "Church", "She Slowly Lives in My Lap", "Vibrate", "Morris Brown", "PJ & Rooster").

Every Outkast album needs to (a) start with a memorable instrumental and (b) include a song that is at least seven minutes in length. Sixteen meets both of these criteria. While it’s ostensibly a track for Rick Ross’s God Forgives, I Don’t, it’s really a showcase for André, who sings the hook and raps about his innocent youth and his current travails as a celebrity turned recluse for much, much longer than 16 bars. 4. The Art of Storytellin Part 4 -DJ Drama Feat. Outkast and Marsha Ambrosius. A rare post-Idlewild collaboration between Big Boi and André 3000, this 2007 track features a still-grumpy Dré bemoaning the materialism that has taken over hip-hop ( I swear it don’t cost much to pay attention to me, I tell it like it is then I tell it how it could be. )