Outkast Reunites With Coachella Performance

12 Apr, 2014

Outkast reunited onstage after a near decadelong hiatus with a hit-packed set at the Coachella music festival, their first of many performances planned this year.

The rap duo headlined the first night of the music festival Friday in Indio, Calif., performing well-known hits such as “Hey Ya!,” “Ms. Jackson,” “The Way You Move,” “Elevators (Me & You),” and “So Fresh, So Clean.”

The Grammy winners performed two dozen tracks – seen via its livestream on YouTube – as they celebrated 20 years in music since the release of their 1994 debut, “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik.”

“Hey Coachella, are y’all alive?” Andre 3000 asked the crowd at the top of their set. “Are y’all alive? Are y’all alive?”

Outkast worked the stage as they performed their rap anthems, and at times, they performed around a small table with two chairs, an ode to their earlier years where they would write songs in Big Boi’s aunt’s kitchen in Atlanta and recite their lyrics in circles.

The rappers kicked off the set with songs like “B.O.B,” “ATLiens” and “Rosa Parks,” and then they split up to perform solo music. Big Boi was joined by his mentee, singer Janelle Monae, when she danced during “Tightrope.” He performed “Kryptonite (I’m On It)” and Shutterbugg,” among other jams.

Andre 3000 was cool during performances of “Prototype” and “She Lives In My Lap.”

Outkast’s performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival marks the duo’s reunion since releasing their last album, 2006’s “Idlewild.” That came three years after the epic “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below,” which sold more than 10 million albums and is one of two hip-hop records to win the Grammy for album of the year.

AP

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