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"Hey Ya!" received widespread acclaim from music critics. PopMatters described the track as "brilliantly rousing" and "spazzy with electrifying multiplicity". [12] Entertainment Weekly highlighted it as the catchiest song on the double album, [13] and Stylus Magazine identified it as one of the best songs in OutKast's history. [14] "Hey Ya!"
OutKast was one of the headlining acts at the show, and gave two performances: Big Boi performed "The Way You Move" with the Outkast backing band during a medley with Earth Wind & Fire, George Clinton and Robert Randolph, while André 3000 performed "Hey Ya!" as the show closer after they had been presented with the Album Of The Year Award.
André Lauren Benjamin (born May 27, 1975), known professionally as André 3000, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor and flautist.Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, he was one half of the hip hop duo Outkast along with rapper Big Boi, which the two formed in 1992.
23. "Hey Ya," Outkast Whether it's the rampant handclaps or splotchy synths, the chorus for "Hey Ya!" provides a satiating break from the breathless verses that bookend each side.
I try to write all the time," the "Hey Ya" rapper tells GQ. "Even now people think, Oh, man OutKast's André 3000 Explains Why His First New Album Since 2006 Is Not a Rap Record
Two decades later and it’s still a tough pill for Outkast fans to swallow.. On one hand, their 2003 double LP Speakerboxx/The Love Below (released 20 years ago on Sept. 23) was a ...
Hip hop duo OutKast's "Hey Ya!" topped the chart for nine consecutive weeks. With the combined chart run of "Get Busy" and "Baby Boy", the latter in which he is featured, dancehall artist Sean Paul became the most successful Jamaican-born artist in terms of chart performance in the Hot 100.
The song features Outkast mentor Sleepy Brown on guest vocals. Along with "Hey Ya!", recorded by Outkast's other member André 3000, "The Way You Move" is one of the two lead singles from Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Outkast's double album project that includes a solo album from each member.