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How artists emerged in the late ’90s to challenge the gangsta narrative in hip-hop
After years of ‘bubbling under,’ some rap acts, including Jay-Z, Master P and Outkast, broke through in spectacular fashion
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Aux Cord Chronicles XX: The sounds of 1998
OutKast, DMX, Janet Jackson, Lauryn Hill, Master P and ‘Vol. 2’ from Jay-Z made this one major year in music
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Outkast’s ‘Aquemini,’ the blueprint of the Southern black renaissance, turns 20
In 1998, Big Boi and Andre 3000 lived up to their promise: ‘The South got something to say’
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In Big Boi’s new role on ‘The Quad,’ art imitates life
He’s also in the remake of ‘Super Fly,’ which hits theaters in June
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André 3000 on the 10th anniversary of his ‘Class of 3000’ soundtrack
The music icon talks everything from Sonny Rollins to ‘Dead Poets Society’ to Tyler, The Creator to the creative life
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The album cover for OutKast’s 1996 ‘ATLiens’
Atlanta, the ’90s, and the comic book dreams of future hip-hop hall of famers