OUTKAST’S CD version of “Idlewild” defies pigeonholing – it’s a soundtrack that includes a little music from the movie, a few songs merely inspired by the film and the balance has almost nothing to do ...

Over their 12 years as recording artists, OutKast has defied hip-hop’s conventions with brilliant ease. André 3000 and Big Boi debuted as two ingénues from the uncool recesses of the South, then ...

Going back 25 years, to the beginning of the rap era, there have been few acts that have managed to attain both the commercial and critical success that Atlanta duo Outkast have enjoyed. Their mix of ...

THE air around OutKast’s “Idlewild” is humid and thick as gravy, and I’m not talking about the summer haze enveloping the fictional Southern town where the film takes place. The movie starring hip-hop ...

All of Hollywood had their eyes on the box office of popular hip hop group Outkast’s Idlewild from Universal this weekend since, historically, musicians who try to crossover into film rarely have luck ...

Scottish band Idlewild are more than a bit confused by OutKast’s new Idlewild projects (the movie and the soundtrack), and lead singer Roddy Woomble has expressed his concern over it via the band’s ...

On one of its last great albums, 1998’s Aquemini, OutKast declared in the title track: Nothing is for sure, nothing is for certain, nothing lasts forever/But until they close the curtain/It’s him and ...

If you’re a fan of both the movie Moulin Rouge and the rap duo OutKast, you’ll probably love Idlewild (HBO Films), the new musical starring Antwan A. Patton and André Benjamin (aka Big Boi and André ...

The hip-hop duo OutKast go Hollywood in their new movie Idlewild, which opens today. Nothing remarkable about that, of course — lots of hip-hop stars have made the transition to film. But OutKast is ...

(Idlewild, MI-AP) August 25, 2006 - For moviegoers, "Idlewild" is the title of a new film starring platinum-selling hip-hop duo OutKast. For many others, however, Idlewild is a historical landmark.

Andre 3000 and Big Boi may have just outdone themselves on what could very easily be their last effort together as the reigning duo of Atlanta hip-hop. Essentially the soundtrack to their new film, ...