Outkast has just reached another monumental milestone in their legendary career. The iconic hip-hop duo’s hit single “Hey Ya!” has been officially certified Diamond by the RIAA, having sold over 10 ...
Don’t Tap the Glass, Just Listen Closely – 13 Hip-Hop Easter Eggs From Tyler, The Creator’s New Album This Is Every Hip-Hop Song and Album That Has Gone Diamond in Music History ‘Hey Ya!’ to Hall of ...
Outkast's seminal hit "Hey Ya!" is one of the defining songs of the 2000s. An undeniably catchy earworm, its addictive melody and snappy hook have been filling dancefloors for the best part of the ...
Outkast, the pioneering Atlanta hip-hop duo of Andre “3000” Benjamin and Antwan “Big Boi” Patton, began the century on an incredible run. Their first three albums, particularly “ATLiens” and “Aquemini ...
André 3000 wrote the song in 2002. “Hey Ya!” became an instant hit among fans and critics alike, earning Outkast a place in the spotlight. It grew successful in North America, first charting on the ...
From Nirvana to Radiohead to Queen, Panic! At the Disco are known for covering high-energy rock anthems at their live shows. They went in a different — and arguably more challenging — direction with ...
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Look, I get it.
In an episode of Spotify’s “Under Cover,” Panic! At The Disco’s Brendon Urie shared his love for the undeniably good song “Hey Ya” by Outkast. Additionally, the band covered the song, giving it mad ...
Predicting the future of music is a dicey bet, even when you extend the footprint back a quarter-century. Ask me now what songs of the past two-and-a-half decades are going to keep getting covered and ...
The words “shake it like a Polaroid picture” were everywhere in 2003 when Outkast’s anthem Hey Ya! took off and for good reason, the song is an incredible bop with other lines like “lend me some sugar ...
This year, OutKast’s magnum opus “Hey Ya!” turns 20. That means that for the past two decades the world has been shaking it like a polaroid picture to “Hey Ya!” But what does the song really mean?