Outkast "Liberation" | Harold Green + The Ones | #FFTL2015

Outkast "Liberation" | Harold Green + The Ones | #FFTL2015

Flowers For The Living 2015, Day 8: Our rendition of "Liberation" by Outkast + "Umi Says" by Mos Def



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Andre 3000 Talks Acting, Jimi Hendrix, Outkast, Hip Hop, Touring, Clothing Line + Much More

Andre 3000 Talks Acting, Jimi Hendrix, Outkast, Hip Hop, Touring, Clothing Line + Much More

Andre Benjamin aka Andre 3000 aka one half of the mighty Outkast sits down with GRAMMY.com for an interview with Nick Huff Barili of Hard Knock TV. The conversation covers a range of topics including how Andre transformed into Jimi Hendrix for the movie All By My Side by losing 20 pounds, learning Jimi’s voice, how to play guitar left handed, his mannerisms and how he walked. Andre has earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead for his portrayal of Jimi Hendrix. When talking about what personally resonated most about Jimi Hendrix’s life and career Andre states “The human side of knowing what its like to be a new artist and trying to break out. Not even just break out into an industry but break out of yourself. And trying to find your confidence in it.” Andre goes on to talk about how important Jimi’s support team was stating “Any artist that we love, any artist that we see, I don’t care who it is, you can name your favorite artists, they would not be who they are if it wasn’t the people around.

It doesn’t necessarily have to be famous people, it could be a friend, could be a parent, it could be someone hanging around in the studio, these are the people that help make the artist.” When asked about Jimi Hendrix not wanting to define his music as a particular genre Andre elaborates “I think everybody in any industry if someone likes you for a certain thing and you have any inclination to do anything different you will be pulled back in a certain way. Andre continues stating “When it comes to presenting art forms that kinda are of based on how you feel as a human it hard to keep yourself in a certain place.

It’s kinda wrong to do it I think. Some people are good at it because they have gotten it down to a formula but I’ve never have gotten into it. The thing I get out of it is stretching it out and having fun with it so as long as I can be shooting for the stars with it and people are along for the ride, that’s what I’m in it for.” When asked if Outkast purposely tried to reinvent themselves after every album Andre explains, “ It’s not a plan, I swear it was never a plan. It really boils down to the time in between the albums, like the life you lived, your influences during that time, you know turning on to new music, getting bored.

All those things make up whatever the next album would have been. We were in a different time, like now you have artists that drop 3-4 mixtapes a year and an album. You have to think we where like two years between every album. We were, daam near different people between every album. We were kids when they first met us, so by the time yall saw us at you know Stankonia and all those albums we where just growing into being an adult, not really knowing what we were about, or trying to figure out what we were about. You were just seeing growth and the music went with it.” The video interview covers much, much more including Andre talking about wanting to keep hip hop “hip” with young energy, now having more fun performing,tour jumpsuits, his clothing line and Andre closes out the interview by sharing advice to young artists.



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SA-ROC | DC X ATLIENS | Produced by Organized Noize

"My introduction is too much pressure for your brain.
The opening lines be like dark clouds and flooding rain.
But sharp mouths get to the heart of the matter, the beat is gon keep you moving the lyrics will help sustain.
my body of work is black girl thickening, ripe like a peach just right for the picking.
And ready to serve it to the world on a silver platter.
But real talk, my ill talk, will get your ego shattered.
Im paddling behinds like the kinds that pappy gave.
Hiphop classic...kinda like a nappy fade.
But these days class is suffering thru a ratchet phase.
giving out degrees to bottom feeders and scholastic failures, money never made us, but now it tell us go.
Green lighting suckas like the legend and 3 stacks show.
Relax, open up your mind.
My rap flow spark electric charges to inspire when your nerve synapse slow.
Im making ghosts, not the kind to make a mommy grieve.
Just preying on my competition, thinning out a dying breed.
No I in we, but the US got their eye on me.
Cuz I be hollering peace but I mean the kind for firing.
I am the daughter of royalty on some queen shit, roots are lain in foreign soil, on some Ben Vereen shit.
ninjas chicken george sipping lean while children bleed.
On lonely streets where no one cares about their color scheme.
When others dream freedom's screams keep me up at night.
Conceal my private pain, while y'all reveal your public hype.
Making moves controlled by string holders like a puppet might.
I cover life through my microphone, a quill and scroll, and hieroglyph the world with pictures from my feeling soul!" - Sa-Roc

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Personal Effects x Big Boi | KarmaloopTV

In this episode of Personal Effects host Heather White chops it with Big Boi on his Shoes for Running World Tour. They chat about Big Boi's legendary music career - touring for over 20 years with Outkast and more, his on-the-road motivation, how he beat his injury and came back full force - and the best strip clubs in America.