' The Way You Move', featuring Sleepy Brown, was originally supported by urban radio, but crossed over to pop charts, where it supplanted André 3000's ' Hey Ya!' as the #1 song. Speakerboxxx featured a style similar to Outkast's previous efforts, while The Love Below explored a more offbeat territory, with André 3000 mainly singing rather than his usual rapping.īig Boi released two of his songs as singles. Solo career Īfter four successful albums, Big Boi and André 3000 chose to make two solo albums, and release it as a double album under the Outkast name, as Speakerboxxx/The Love Below in 2003 Big Boi recorded Speakerboxxx, André 3000 recorded The Love Below. The two joined forces as Outkast in 1992 and signed with LaFace Records. Patton met André Lauren Benjamin (stage name André 3000) while attending Tri-Cities High School. He decided to pursue his interest in music at Tri-Cities High School, a visual and performing arts magnet school. Jenkins High School, before moving to Atlanta with his aunt Renee. Patton was born and spent the first half of his childhood in Savannah, Georgia, attending Herschel V.
