[He also confirmed that the Idlewild soundtrack will be out in December, and will for all intents and purposes be the next Outkast album. The first single is] Idlewild Blues, ... crazy... It used to be a Rock track [ Andre 3000 ] flipped the track to make it more Dirty South. |
[It influenced the music] in our own little way, just with the Ragtime feel. It's Hip-Hop. It's OutKast. It is what we've been doing for years. Some songs have a little more piano or whatever, but the whole project was a natural progression from a double CD. It was like, where do we go from here?, |
[Referring to his successful Atlanta-based dog breeding business, Big Boi explained the name of the label:] My 'Purple Ribbon' dogs have a strong blood line that goes back three generations. I want to put out potent funk music. Purple Ribbon is gonna be so strong you can smell it. ... This is a Big Boi thang, not an OutKast thang. I'm doing films, but music is my first love. |