Big Boi and Dre Present... Outkast

Big Boi and Dre Present… Outkast is the only compilation album by the American Southern hip hop duo Outkast. It was released December 4, 2001 through LaFace/Arista Records. The compilation is composed of four new tracks, including three new songs—"Funkin' Around", "The Whole World" and "Movin' Cool (The After Party)", as well as five songs from Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, one from ATLiens, and three each from Aquemini and Stankonia.

Big Boi and Dre Present… Outkast
Compilation album by Outkast
Released	December 4, 2001 (2001-12-04)
Recorded	1993–2001
Studio	Stankonia Recording (Atlanta, Georgia) DARP (Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	73:05
Label	LaFace Arista
Producer	Earthtone III Organized Noize
Outkast chronology
Stankonia (2000) Big Boi and Dre Present… Outkast (2001) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)
Singles from Big Boi and Dre Present… Outkast
"The Whole World" Released: November 27, 2001

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]
Now	[3]
RapReviews	8/10[4]
Robert Christgau	B+[5]

Recording sessions took place at Stankonia Recording and DARP Studios in Atlanta. Production was handled by Earthtone III and Organized Noize. It features guest appearances from Goodie Mob, Joi, Killer Mike and Sleepy Brown.

The album peaked at number 18 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. On March 6, 2002, it was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for 1,000,000 copies sold in the US. It also made it to No. 25 in New Zealand and No. 78 in Germany. In 2021, the album received Silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry for selling 60,000 units in the UK. Its lead single, "The Whole World", was charted in several countries and won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 2003.

Background

Although the compilation encompasses several hit songs from the duo, Big Boi and André 3000 don't consider it to be a "greatest hits" or "best-of" release.^[6][7] Big Boi described the album as "more like a refresher course… summer school on Outkast 101", and stated "[we're] just letting all the fans that went and got Stankonia know that there were three albums that came out before that. We picked some of the favourite songs from all the albums [for the compilation]." André added "after the Stankonia album, we gained a lot of new fans. They didn't know about Southernplayalistic, ATLiens, Aquemini. We had to give them the beginning [sic] to let them know where we're at right now".^[6]

The title track from ATLiens is mentioned as being included on the compilation in the essay contained in the booklet, but is not actually featured (it is assumed it was dropped at a late stage of the album's production).

Track listing

Big Boi and Dre Present... Outkast track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	André Benjamin Antwan Patton Patrick Brown David Sheats	Earthtone III	1:07
2.	"Funkin' Around" (featuring Sleepy Brown)	Benjamin Patton Brown Sheats	Earthtone III	4:34
3.	"Ain't No Thang" (from Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik)	Benjamin Patton Brown Rico Wade Ray Murray	Organized Noize	5:39
4.	"So Fresh, So Clean" (from Stankonia)	Benjamin Patton Brown Wade Murray	Organized Noize	4:02
5.	"Rosa Parks" (from Aquemini)	Benjamin Patton	Earthtone III	3:57
6.	"The Whole World" (featuring Killer Mike)	Benjamin Patton Michael Render Sheats	Earthtone III	4:55
7.	"Aquemini" (from Aquemini)	Benjamin Patton	Earthtone III	4:42
8.	"B.O.B." (from Stankonia)	Benjamin Patton Sheats	Earthtone III	4:38
9.	"Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" (from Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik)	Benjamin Patton Brown Wade Murray	Organized Noize	4:11
10.	"Crumblin' Erb" (from Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik)	Benjamin Patton Brown Wade Murray	Organized Noize	5:17
11.	"Ms. Jackson" (from Stankonia)	Benjamin Patton Sheats	Earthtone III	3:59
12.	"Player's Ball" (from Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik)	Benjamin Patton Brown Wade Murray	Organized Noize	4:23
13.	"Elevators (Me & You)" (from ATLiens)	Benjamin Patton	Earthtone III	4:18
14.	"SpottieOttieDopaliscious" (from Aquemini)	Benjamin Patton Brown	Earthtone III	5:58
15.	"Git Up, Git Out" (featuring Goodie Mob; from Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik)	Benjamin Patton Cameron Gipp Thomas Callaway Brown Wade Murray	Organized Noize	7:26
16.	"Movin' Cool (The After Party)" (featuring Joi)	Benjamin Patton Joi Gilliam-Gipp Sheats	Earthtone III	3:59
Total length:				73:05

Notes

• The tracks "Ain't No Thang", "Rosa Parks", "Aquemini", "B.O.B.", "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik", "Ms. Jackson", "SpottieOttieDopaliscious" and "Git Up, Git Out" differ from the album versions.

Personnel

• André Benjamin – vocals, keyboards (track 2), horns arrangement (tracks: 2, 16), producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5-8, 11, 13, 14, 16), executive producer
• Antwan "Big Boi" Patton – vocals, keyboards (track 2), horns arrangement (tracks: 2, 16), producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5-8, 11, 13, 14, 16), executive producer
• Patrick "Sleepy" Brown – vocals (track 2), producer (tracks: 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 15)
• Michael "Killer Mike' Render – rap vocals (track 6)
• Joi Gilliam-Gipp – additional vocals (track 6), vocals (track 16)
• Myrna "Screechy Peach" Crenshaw – additional vocals (track 6)
• Cameron Gipp – vocals (track 15)
• Thomas "CeeLo Green" Callaway – vocals (track 15)
• Aaron Mills – bass (tracks: 2, 6, 16)
• David "Mr. DJ" Sheats – keyboards (track 2), horns arrangement (tracks: 2, 16), producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5-8, 11, 13, 14, 16), executive producer
• Jason Freeman – horns (tracks: 2, 6, 16), horns arrangement (tracks: 2, 16)
• Jerry Freeman – horns (tracks: 2, 6, 16), horns arrangement (tracks: 2, 16)
• Darian Emory – horns (tracks: 2, 6, 16)
• Leonard Julian – horns (tracks: 2, 6, 16)
• Matt Still – keyboards (track 6)
• Kevin Kendrick – keyboards (track 16)
• Rico Wade – producer (tracks: 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 15)
• Ray Murray – producer (tracks: 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 15)
• John Frye – recording, mixing
• Vincent Alexander – recording assistant, mixing assistant
• Richard "Segal" Huredia – mixing
• Warren Bletcher – mixing assistant
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Antonio "L.A." Reid – executive producer
• Jeff Schulz – design
• Joseph Cultice – photography
• Joe Mama-Nitzberg – creative director

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Big Boi and Dre Present... Outkast Chart (2001–2002) Peak position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 78 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] 25 UK Albums (OCC)[10] 167 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[11] 25 US Billboard 200[12] 18 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[13] 4

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Big Boi and Dre Present... Outkast Chart (2002) Position Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[14] 103 Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[15] 53 Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[16] 28 US Billboard 200[17] 57 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[18] 23

Certifications

Certifications from Big Boi and Dre Present... Outkast

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[19]	Silver	60,000‡
United States (RIAA)[20]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Bush, John. "OutKast - Big Boi and Dre Present... Outkast Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
2. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 610. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8 – via Google Books.
3. Galloway, Matt (December 6, 2001). "NOW Discs: Outkast Big Boi & Dre Present..." NOW Toronto. Archived from the original on 2006-07-13. Retrieved July 13, 2006 – via Wayback Machine.
4. Juon, Steve 'Flash' (December 4, 2001). "OutKast :: Big Boi & Dre Present… – RapReviews". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
5. Christgau, Robert (January 15, 2002). "Consumer Guide: Popstakes". Village Voice. Retrieved October 16, 2023 – via www.robertchristgau.com.
6. Reid, Shaheem (December 19, 2001). "Outkast's New Album Is Not A Greatest-Hits LP, Got It?". MTV. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
7. Cowie, Del (March 1, 2002). "Big Boi & Dre Present... Outkast". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Outkast – Big Boi & Dre Present... Outkast" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
9. "Charts.nz – Outkast – Big Boi & Dre Present... Outkast". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
10. "Chart Log UK 1994–2010: The O – Ozric Tentacles". zobbel.de. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
11. "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
12. "Outkast Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
13. "Outkast Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
14. "Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 2, 2004. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
15. "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
16. "Top 100 rap albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
17. "2002 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 52. December 26, 2002. p. YE-32. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
18. "2002 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 52. December 26, 2002. p. YE-50. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
19. "British album certifications – Outkast – Outkast". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
20. "American album certifications – Outkast – Big Boi and Dre Present...Outkast". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 4, 2021.

External links

• Big Boi & Dre Present... Outkast at Discogs (list of releases)