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“Liberation” ~ Outkast feat. Cee-Lo, Erykah Badu & Big Rube
Some people have asked me “why revisit the past when your future is so bright?” My answer is simply this….sometimes knowing where you come from can provide a clearer path to where you’re going.
Happy Flashback Friday! buckle your seatbelts. It’s about to be on…
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Andre 3000 was spotted in Toronto, Canada yesterday premiering the Spring 2009 line of his Benjamin Bixby clothing line, fresh off the high of his successful opening for Class of 3000 LIVE.? I’m thinking Dre may have caught on and removed the knickers from his line…I don’t see any on the manequins.
More flix and Dre’s style defining moment below:
Check out this cute photo of Andre 3000 I just received in my inbox. Dre looked happy and pleased at the closing of the first Class of 3000 LIVE performance at the Alliance Theatre Friday night. I’ve heard that Big Boi, Janelle Monae and several other ATL celebs were also there to lend support opening night. I still haven’t managed to check it out but a ton of great things have been said about the play. The one disappointment for most is that they were hoping Dre would be taking on the role of Sunny Bridges, but it’s being portrayed by up and coming actor Sinatra Onyewuchi.
Check out a few more flix from opening night below:
Photos via AJC
In case you missed it:
Andr? 3000 Brings ?Sunny Bridges? To The Stage + Class of 3000 Songs to Remember
O.S.A.M. ~ Big Boi Reminisces About Charles Disco (Video) + SpottieOttieDopalicious
Nearly a year after Big Boi tore up the Fox with his collaboration on the hip-hop ballet Big, his partner in crime Andr? Benjamin aka Andre 3000 will be hitting the stage in a newly adapted stage version of his Emmy award-winning “Class of 3000” cartoon series. The show originally aired on The Cartoon Network but they ceased production on the animated comedy after only 26 episodes. Now the Alliance Children?s Theatre will present the world premiere stage adaptation beginning this Friday (March 6th). In case you didn’t know, Dre is the show?s creator, executive producer and starred in the toon as the inspirational music teacher Sunny Bridges.? He also created a new song for every episode (five of which will appear in the stage play). When asked if it was difficult writing music for a younger audience, the ATL legend responded:
I wasn?t trying to water down the music aspect of the show just because it was for kids. You watch old ?Peanuts? or ?Fat Albert? shows, they weren?t necessarily kids? songs. On ?Peanuts,? you?re listening to jazz by Vince Guaraldi. I want to make sure that kids had something to listen to that wasn?t teeny bopper songs ? although we would do those, too, if they fit into the story. I wanted to give them a little jazz, ragtime, blues, funk music, with the hope that if kids heard those kinds of music later, they?d say, ?Hey, I remember this kind of song!? I thought that was fitting, since I play a music teacher. I also wanted to show how different kinds of songs, like classical music, could be reinterpreted in new ways, which is what I like to do with my other kinds of music. MORE
The music definitely isn’t watered down! It’s smooth, comfy and feels like home. Between this play and Big Boi’s Big with the Atlanta Ballet, these two dudes are dayum near unstopable! I can’t wait to see what Dre comes up with onstage! (Anyone got a kid they could loan me next week 😕 )
A few of my favorite songs from Dre’s “Class of 3000” as well as show information below:
A Richer Shade of Blue **My personal favorite**
“Smooth like a hot comb on nappy “A”zzzz hair!”
I caught up with Antwan ‘Big Boi’ Patton the other night and told him about my Old School Atlanta Memory (O.S.A.M.) project and my desire to capture them all on film. Of course Twan was down for the cause and we stepped outside the club for a mini trip down memory lane.? I was expecting tales of Freaknic (as almost everyone has a Freaknic tale to tell) but what I GOT was an old school hustler tale of chillin on Simpson Road’s Charles Disco. Continue Reading…
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