HRS News

What is going on with Outkast these days? First there was the news that, get this, Outkast will go on tour without Andre 3000. Ummm… how is this possible with a duo?

Marian Lu over at the Mercury News also hipped us to the fact that they had an opportunity to appear on Oprah but since Dre didn’t wanna, they turned it down. Who in their right self-promoting mind turns down Oprah?

The pair have a soundtrack and a movie called Idlewild due to drop August 22 and 25, respectively. The soundtrack’s lead single, “Mighty O,” was leaked a looong time ago, and sees the two  rhyming together on a track for the first time in six years. But are they really talking at each other in this song? Hmmm… check it out and tell us what you think.

Outkast – “Mighty O” Windows|Real

Ok, if you thought Jay-Z wasn’t really retiring from recording… you were right.

It’s recently been revealed that Hova’s in the studio right now working on a new album with none other than Timbaland. Timbaland says he’s pretty much bored with hip-hop (dude, we feel ya) and is also working on Justin Timberlake’s next set. In fact, Tim say’s Jay-Z’s is the only rap album he’ll even touch this year.

According to Allhiphop.com, he told BBC’s 1xtra “Hip-Hop is too easy for me. I’ve got to do something that’s challenging. The only thing I got coming out is Jay-Z. I’m not trying to do anything new. I’m trying to do pop. I’m trying to bring Top 40 into the hood.”

Hmmmm… sorta sounds like The Black Eyed Peas and their anti-rap sentiment.

“Today’s hip-hop is just angry, negative music that just makes black people look bad.” Will.I.Am recently said.

And before everyone starts jumping down BEP’s throats, they should remember they held down the hip-hop underground for many years before they turned pop, so forget the Red Hot Chile Peppers who I respected until this dumb-ass comment.  Isn’t it interesting that some of hip-hop’s most innovative artists, including Andre 3000 insist on pimping music outside of rap?