Greatest Hits

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Tracklist

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1Hey Ya!
recording engineer:
John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer), Robert Hannon and Pete Novak
programming and producer:
André 3000
mixer:
Neal Pogue (mix engineer)
acoustic guitar and keyboard and lead vocals:
André 3000
keyboard:
Kevin Kendrick (US soul/funk keyboardist/songwriter)
music videos:
Hey Ya! by OutKast
part of:
Sean Michaels: The Top 30 Songs of 2003 (number: 1), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 10), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 14), Triple J’s Hottest 100: Twenty Years (2013) (number: 18), VH1’s Big Song of 2003 (number: 24), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 180) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 198)
recording of:
Hey Ya!
lyricist and composer:
André Benjamin
publisher:
Chrysalis Music, Inc. and Gnat Booty
OutKast43:55
2Funkin' Around
assistant recording engineer:
Vincent Alexander
recording engineer:
John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer)
producer:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ)
mixer:
Richard Huredia (US hip hop mix engineer)
bass guitar:
Aaron Mills (funk/jazz bassist, member of Cameo)
keyboard:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ)
wind instruments:
Darian Emory, Jason Freeman, Jerry Freeman and Leonard Julian
vocals:
André 3000, Big Boi and Sleepy Brown
wind instruments arranger:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ) and Hornz Unlimited
recording of:
Funkin' Around
writer:
Antwan André Patton, André Benjamin, David Sheats (US hip-hop producer David Sheats) and Patrick Brown
OutKast34:34
3Ain't No Thang
recording engineer:
Sean Davis (US hip-hop producer/recording engineer aka ShyBoy) and Neal Pogue (mix engineer)
drums (drum set) programming:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
producer:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
samples:
Sivad by Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
recording of:
Ain’t No Thang
OutKast3.75:39
4Skew It on the Bar-B
recording engineer:
Kevin Parker (hip-hop engineer) and Bernasky Wall
programming and producer:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
assistant mixer:
Ricciano Lumpkins
mixer:
NealHPogue (mix engineer)
guest bass guitar [bass]:
Preston Crump
guest guitar:
Donny Mathis
guest lead vocals:
Raekwon (US rapper, Wu‐Tang Clan)
lead vocals:
Big Boi and Dre
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records LLC (holding company - file NO releases here!) (in 1998)
recorded at:
The Dungeon Studio, S.W.A.T.S., GA (Atlanta) in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
mixed at:
D.A.R.P. Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
samples:
Police Woman (From the NBC TV Series) by Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
OutKast3.653:14
5Rosa Parks
producer:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ)
recording of:
Rosa Parks
writer:
Antwan Patton and André Benjamin
dedicated to:
Rosa Parks (civil rights activist)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC (file releases under its imprint “BMG (2008–present)” if the release has an imprint)
OutKast3.53:57
6The Whole World
assistant recording engineer:
Vincent Alexander
recording engineer and mixer:
John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer)
bass guitar:
Aaron Mills (funk/jazz bassist, member of Cameo)
keyboard:
Matt Still
wind instruments:
Darian Emory, Jason Freeman, Jerry Freeman and Leonard Julian
additional vocals:
Myrna “Skreechy Peach” Crenshaw and Joi (singer, songwriter, and producer)
guest vocals:
Killer Mike
vocals:
André 3000 and Big Boi
performer:
Killer Mike
wind instruments arranger:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ)
recording of:
The Whole World
writer:
Antwan André Patton, André Benjamin, David Sheats (US hip-hop producer David Sheats) and Michael Render
OutKast4.154:55
7Prototype
recording of:
Prototype
lyricist and composer:
André Benjamin
OutKast5:26
8Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'bout Me)
assistant recording engineer:
John Holmes (recording engineer), Aaron Holton and Wyatt Oates
recording engineer:
Ralph Cacciurri, John Holmes (recording engineer) and Matt Still
keyboard and membranophone programming:
André 3000
additional engineer:
Vernon Mungo
assistant engineer:
Kory Aaron and Rob Skipworth
producer:
André 3000
mixer:
Neal Pogue (mix engineer)
guitar and background vocals and lead vocals:
André 3000
harp:
Albey Scholl
keyboard:
Kevin Kendrick (US soul/funk keyboardist/songwriter)
recording of:
Idlewild Blue (Don’tchu Worry ’Bout Me)
lyricist and composer:
André Benjamin
OutKast3.353:24
9Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
producer:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
recording of:
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
OutKast2.654:11
10Roses
recording engineer:
John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer) and Pete Novak
producer:
André 3000 and Dojo5
mixer:
John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer)
keyboard:
Kevin Kendrick (US soul/funk keyboardist/songwriter)
background vocals:
Killer Mike
lead vocals:
André 3000
recording of:
Roses
writer:
Antwan André Patton, André Benjamin and Matt Boykin
publisher:
Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Gnat Booty and Seven Sax
OutKast3.96:09
11Ms. Jackson
assistant recording engineer:
Malik Albert, Vincent Alexander and Warren Bletcher (engineer)
recording engineer:
John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer)
programming and producer:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ)
assistant mixer:
Warren Bletcher (engineer)
mixer:
Neal Pogue (mix engineer)
bass guitar:
Aaron Mills (funk/jazz bassist, member of Cameo)
congas:
Rajinder Kala
guitar and background vocals and lead vocals:
André 3000
keyboard:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ)
piano:
Marvin “Chanz” Parkman
lead vocals:
Big Boi
arranger:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
LaFace Records (in 2000)
recording of:
Ms. Jackson
writer:
Antwan André Patton, André Benjamin and David Sheats (US hip-hop producer David Sheats)
publisher:
Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Dungeon Ratz Music Inc. and Gnat Booty Music
OutKast2.43:59
12Player's Ball (Original)
assistant recording engineer:
Sean Davis (US hip-hop producer/recording engineer aka ShyBoy)
recording engineer:
Neal Pogue (mix engineer)
drums (drum set) programming:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
producer:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
recording of:
Player's Ball
OutKast3.54:23
13Elevators (Me & You)
keyboard and membranophone programming:
OutKast
producer:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ) and OutKast
samples:
Come in Out of the Rain by Parliament
recording of:
Elevators (Me & You)
writer:
Antwan Patton and André Benjamin
OutKast3.44:18
14Spottieottiedopaliscious
producer:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ)
recording of:
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
OutKast25:58
15Git Up, Git Out
recording engineer:
Sean Davis (US hip-hop producer/recording engineer aka ShyBoy) and Neal Pogue (mix engineer)
drums (drum set) programming:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
producer:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
recording of:
Git Up, Git Out
writer:
Antwan André Patton, André Benjamin, Sleepy Brown, Cameron Gipp, CeeLo Green, Ray Murray (American producer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist) and Rico Wade
OutKast3.157:26
16Movin' Cool (The After Party)
assistant recording engineer:
Vincent Alexander
recording engineer:
John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer)
mixer:
Richard Huredia (US hip hop mix engineer)
bass guitar:
Aaron Mills (funk/jazz bassist, member of Cameo)
keyboard:
Kevin Kendrick (US soul/funk keyboardist/songwriter)
wind instruments:
Darian Emory, Jason Freeman, Jerry Freeman and Leonard Julian
vocals:
André 3000, Big Boi and Joi (singer, songwriter, and producer)
wind instruments arranger:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ) and Hornz Unlimited
recording of:
Movin' Cool (The After Party)
writer:
Antwan André Patton, André Benjamin, David Sheats (US hip-hop producer David Sheats) and Joi (singer, songwriter, and producer)
OutKast2.653:59
17Jazzy Belle
keyboard and membranophone programming:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
producer:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
samples:
Prelude by Lamont Dozier
recording of:
Jazzy Belle
writer:
Antwan Patton and André Benjamin
OutKast3.854:11
18ATLiens
keyboard and membranophone programming:
OutKast
producer:
OutKast
recording of:
ATLiens
writer:
Antwan Patton and André Benjamin
OutKast4.453:50
19Da Art of Storytellin', Pt. 1
assistant recording engineer:
Kenneth Stallworth
recording engineer:
Ralph Cacciurri, John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer) and NealHPogue (mix engineer)
producer:
David "Mr. DJ" Sheats (US hip-hop producer David Sheats)
assistant mixer:
Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
David "Mr. DJ" Sheats (US hip-hop producer David Sheats) and NealHPogue (mix engineer)
guest bass guitar [bass]:
Preston Crump
guest congas:
Rajinder "Conga Man" Kala
guest keyboard [keyboards]:
Marvin “Chanz” Parkman
guest background vocals:
Patrick "Sleepy" Brown
lead vocals:
Big Boi and Dre
arranger:
David "Mr. DJ" Sheats (US hip-hop producer David Sheats)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records LLC (holding company - file NO releases here!) (in 1998)
recorded at:
Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
mixed at:
D.A.R.P. Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Da Art of Storytellin’, Part 1
writer:
Antwan Patton, André Benjamin and David Sheats (US hip-hop producer David Sheats)
publisher:
Chrysalis Music, Inc., Dungeon Ratz Music and Gnat Booty
part of:
Da Art of Storytellin’
OutKast3.93:42
20Da Art of Storytellin', Pt. 2
assistant recording engineer:
Jason Rome and Jason Stokes
recording engineer:
Ralph Cacciurri and John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer)
producer:
David "Mr. DJ" Sheats (US hip-hop producer David Sheats)
assistant mixer:
Claudine Pontier
mixer:
David "Mr. DJ" Sheats (US hip-hop producer David Sheats) and NealHPogue (mix engineer)
guest bass guitar [bass]:
Preston Crump
guest bass guitar [bass] and keyboard [keyboards]:
Marvin “Chanz” Parkman
guest guitar [lead guitar]:
Donny Mathis
lead vocals:
Big Boi and Dre
arranger:
David "Mr. DJ" Sheats (US hip-hop producer David Sheats)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records LLC (holding company - file NO releases here!) (in 1998)
recorded at:
Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and Tree Sound Studios in Norcross, Georgia, United States
mixed at:
D.A.R.P. Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Da Art of Storytellin’, Part 2
writer:
Antwan Patton, André Benjamin and David Sheats (US hip-hop producer David Sheats)
part of:
Da Art of Storytellin’
OutKast3.92:47
21B.O.B.
assistant recording engineer:
Vincent Alexander and Jason Stokes
recording engineer:
Leslie Brathwaite, Ralph Cacciurri and John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer)
producer:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ)
assistant mixer:
Pete Novak
mixer:
Richard Huredia (US hip hop mix engineer)
editor:
John Horesco IV and James Majors (engineer)
guest guitar:
Donny Mathis
guest guitar [guitar solo]:
David Whild (US guitarist)
guest keyboard:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ), Matt Still and Kenneth Wright (Atlanta-based keyboarder of Princess and Starbreeze)
guest turntable:
DJ Cutmaster Swiff (hip hop DJ and producer, associated with Outkast)
background vocals and lead vocals:
André 3000
guest background vocals:
Morris Brown College Gospel Choir
lead vocals:
Big Boi
additional arranger:
Neal Pogue (mix engineer)
arranger:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 2020)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 39)
recording of:
B.O.B.
writer:
Antwan André Patton, André Benjamin and David Sheats (US hip-hop producer David Sheats)
OutKast4.45:04
22Ghetto Musick
assistant recording engineer:
Vincent Alexander and Warren Bletcher (engineer)
recording engineer:
John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer) and Moka Nagatani (engineer)
producer:
André 3000
assistant mixer:
Warren Bletcher (engineer)
mixer:
John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer)
keyboard [keyboards]:
André 3000
organ:
Marvin “Chanz” Parkman
background vocals:
Sleepy Brown, Joi (singer, songwriter, and producer) and Myrna “Skreechy Peachy” Crenshaw
lead vocals:
André 3000 and Big Boi
recorded at and mixed at:
Stankonia Recording in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
samples:
Love, Need and Want You by Patti LaBelle
recording of:
GhettoMusick
writer:
Antwan André Patton, André Benjamin, Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Bunny Sigler
is based on:
Love, Need and Want You
OutKast3.153:56
23Crumblin' Erb
producer:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
recording of:
Crumblin' Erb
OutKast2.85:17
24Aquemini
producer:
Earthtone III (production team consisting of OutKast and Mr. DJ)
edit of:
Aquemini (album version, explicit) by OutKast
recording of:
Aquemini
OutKast34:42
25The Way You Move
recording engineer:
Vincent Alexander and John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer)
co-producer:
Big Boi
producer:
Carl Mo
mixer:
John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer)
bass guitar:
Debra Killings
wind instruments:
Hornz Unlimited
additional guest vocals:
Sleepy Brown
lead vocals:
Big Boi
recording of:
The Way You Move
writer:
Antwan Patton, Carlton Mahone and Patrick Brown
publisher:
Carl Mo Music, Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Gnat Booty and Organized Noize
OutKast3.653:54
26So Fresh, So Clean
assistant recording engineer:
Malik Albert and Vincent Alexander
recording engineer:
John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer) and Bernasky Wall
drums (drum set) programming:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
programming and producer:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
assistant mixer:
Vincent Alexander
mixer:
Leslie Brathwaite
guest bass guitar:
Preston Crump
guest Rhodes piano:
Sleepy Brown
guest background vocals:
Sleepy Brown and Rico Wade
lead vocals:
André 3000 and Big Boi
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 2020)
samples:
Before the Night Is Over by Joe Simon
recording of:
So Fresh, So Clean
writer:
Antwan André Patton, André Benjamin and Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
OutKast4.54:02
27Morris Brown
assistant recording engineer:
Warren Bletcher (engineer), Gary Fly and Wyatt Oates
recording engineer:
Chris Carmouche, Gary Fly, John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer), John Holmes (recording engineer) and Matt Still
keyboard and membranophone programming:
André 3000
producer:
André 3000
assistant mixer:
Josh Houghkirk and Rob Skipworth
mixer:
Neal Pogue (mix engineer)
guest background vocals:
Sleepy Brown, Hot Tub Tony and Debra Killings
guest lead vocals:
Scar (hip hop artist Terrence Smith, OutKast-affiliated)
lead vocals:
Big Boi
conductor:
Eddie Ellis
performer:
Morris Brown College Band
arranger:
André 3000 and Blake Gaines
recording of:
Morris Brown
writer:
Antwan André Patton, André Benjamin and Terrence Smith (hip hop artist Terrence Smith, OutKast-affiliated)
OutKast feat. Scar & Sleepy Brown34:24
28Hollywood Divorce
assistant recording engineer:
Warren Bletcher (engineer)
recording engineer:
Kori Anders, Chris Carmouche, John Holmes (recording engineer) and Chris Jackson (US recording engineer, Tha Hollywood Spot)
keyboard and membranophone programming:
André 3000
producer:
André 3000
assistant mixer:
Kori Anders
mixer:
Leslie Brathwaite
background vocals and lead vocals:
André Benjamin and Big Boi
guest background vocals and lead vocals:
Lil Wayne and Snoop Dogg (US rapper)
recording of:
Hollywood Divorce
writer:
Antwan André Patton, André Benjamin, Calvin Broadus (aka Snoop Dogg) and Dwayne Carter
OutKast feat. Lil Wayne & Snoop Dogg2.755:23
29Mighty "O"
recording engineer:
Malik Albert, Chris Carmouche and Sean Davis (US hip-hop producer/recording engineer aka ShyBoy)
membranophone programming:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
programming and producer:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
assistant mixer:
Gary Fly
mixer:
John Frye (hip hop / R&B mix engineer)
bass guitar and keyboard:
Dave Robbins (US keyboardist for Blackhawk)
guest background vocals:
Dungeon Family (Atlanta hip‐hop collective)
recording of:
Mighty “O”
writer:
Antwan André Patton, André Benjamin, Cab Calloway, Clarence Gaskill, Irving Mills, Ray Murray (American producer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist), Patrick Brown, Dave Robbins (US keyboardist for Blackhawk) and Rico Wade
OutKast2.854:16
30Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (Explicit)
producer:
Juicy J (US rapper) and DJ Paul (US rap & Three 6 Mafia DJ)
mixer:
Brian Stanley (US engineer)
guest performer:
OutKast
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 91)
recording of:
Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
writer:
A. Benjamin, A. Patton, Bernard Freeman, Chad Butler (US rapper Pimp C) and Willie Hutch
composer:
Jordan Houston (US rapper) and Paul Beauregard (US rap & Three 6 Mafia DJ)
publisher:
Pimp My Pen International (ASCAP)
OutKast54:24
31Gone Be Fine
performer:
OutKast
Monica feat. OutKast44:17