June 27, 2023 • 10 mins
From the outset, Outkast members Big Boi & Andre 3000, proved to be very talented artists. Still, it is doubtful that many who heard their debut album "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" fully understood they were listening to future legends. Andre 3000 in particular is now considered one of the greatest MC's ever. With each Outkast release he seemed to change, to grow, to transcend into a superstar equally respected by the mainstream and the most stringently devoted Hip-Hop fans.
In this short episode of "1 Jewel: 1 Verse" Willie & Mo discuss how Andre 3K may have gave us all an early hint of his other worldly transformation from star to an "Exterrestrial" superstar.
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In this short episode of "1 Jewel: 1 Verse" Willie & Mo discuss how Andre 3K may have gave us all an early hint of his other worldly transformation from star to an "Exterrestrial" superstar.
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(00:01):
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thank you for being part of thejourney. One Jewel One Verse the shorter
(00:46):
episode where we pin one song anddo a deep dive into an incredible verse
and what makes it so remarkable?Hip Hop Head and Jumps presents One Jewel
One Verse, Willie. There areverses that I think are amazing and the
(01:11):
talent is is next level, andthen there's occasionally a verse that I feel
like it didn't come from Earth,yea, that there was special hand guiding
the pen. This verse right hereis one of those verses, unquestionably from
(01:41):
Outcast at Aliens, released August twentyseventh, nineteen ninety six. The song
is et Extraterrestrial. This is Andrethree thousand. Right now, I'm smiling,
taking advance up this moment because theymight not be getting out the soon.
(02:01):
This whole verse is like someone justcut open their heart and poured a
piece of what they were going throughout on a page and somehow captain on
b a bee that we don't hear. By the way, the whole song
has no drums in it, butthe way these two ride it, I'm
convinced that it had drums and theyjust turned the drums off and just gave
(02:23):
it to us, which actually isbrilliant if that's what happened. Yeah,
right now I'm smiling, taking advantageof this moment because there might not be
another soon. I remember the firsttime I heard this, my first thought
was, I don't know the lasttime I heard a rapper say right now,
I'm smiling. I don't even thinkCube said that in Today was a
good day. I don't think heeven said in there that I'm actually smiling
(02:46):
taking advantage of this moment because theremight not be another soon. The authenticity
of it just really that held myattention so much. He hit two opposite
spectrums back quick, the smiling moment, but also you have to take advantage
of that moment because there may notbe many times to smile. Right,
Those first two lines capture so much. He's not even bother rhyming. That
(03:10):
didn't matter if it rhyme right,It didn't have to. It didn't need
to. It was too real toneed. It wasn't necessary because it was
it was authentic. It was realholding on to memories like roller coaster handle
bars tightly because I'm sliding off myrocker. But to you, holding onto
memories like roller coaster handlebars, soyou're like your dear life. The thing
(03:30):
about holding onto memories like a rollercoaster handlebars that's amazing to me is that
you talk about lyrics trying to bevisual. Yeah, you can't make it
more visual than that. You literallysee it in your head. And because
he said, now I'm smiling,so you're thinking about good memories, but
you're trying to hold onto And there'snot a person in the world that heard
(03:50):
those first three lines. And theninstantly relate to it. No matter who
you are, what your situation is, you understood exactly what it was,
and he put a cheer in yourhead. Yeah, and for me,
he also captured the concept of theemotional roller coaster along the way. It's
what he said and what he didn'thave to say because of how he paying
the picture tightly, because I'm slightlyoff my rocker and roller coasters are full
(04:17):
of rocking constantly, like so beingslightly off his rock it's still there,
but that pictures still in my head. I may appear to be average Joba.
Little do you know that even Joegot problems that he got two jobs
with. And he says, butto you, I may appear to be
the average Joe. And all ofus know what that looks like. Everyone
thinks you're normal on the outside.Everyone sees you and thinks everything is just
(04:40):
fine, and you're inside holding onfor dear life. Yeah, you're keeping
yourself together. You know, youwalk through life and you see somebody and
they look normal, and you don'tthink anything deeper about like what if their
life is in chaos right now?You really don't know. Yeah, And
he's expressing in a way that's relatableto everybody, right, But little do
you know that even Joe got problemsthat he gots to joust with, not
(05:01):
problems you have to wrestle with,not problems you have to fight with,
problems you have to joust with.Classic jousting is you know you're on the
horse to your enemies on the horse, you are going toward each other,
lances out, and one's trying toknock the other one off the horse.
Right as as he's talking about he'salready slightly off his rocker. We're already
getting that picture. But for thosewho remember the game joust, you're doing
(05:26):
this on the back of flying birdsthat float from one level to the other.
And so if jousting takes you tothat game where you are floating up
and down on the backs of thesebirds, you don't have full control of
how the bird goes. Those choiceof words were really interesting to me.
Problems you gotta deal with, problems, you gotta fight with, problems you
gotta wrestle with. All of thoseare typical sayings. You throw the word
(05:48):
jousting there, and it makes mepay special attention to it just because of
a uniqueness of it. And thenright after that when he says floating in
this game of life, loading isnot the word that's supposed to be there,
at least in a practical sense,right like floating water, which means
that there's a lot of danger beneathyou, like on the surface, you're
okay, which ties back to whathe was saying earlier. Yeah, the
(06:12):
whole verse is built upon itself,and that's what makes Andre three thousand a
step ahead of ninety nine of rappersin in this game of life, despite
how out of place you may feelin this race, or you just can't
quit. So you got a jobswith floating in this game of life despite
how out of place you may feel. Oh no, you just can't quit.
(06:34):
Wait, you skip something because hesaid despite how out of place you
may feel in this race? Wasthat intentional? The double meaning of race?
I believe almost everything he writes isintentional. It struck a chord with
me, but I always wondered ifhe meant to do that. I think
we talked about it in a miniepisode about Scarface where we're talking about his
(06:56):
bouts of depression and how he's notsupposed to be a black man and talking
about that subject. Yeah, thisdeep level of his own feelings and emotions
that is not supposed to be typically, but a rapper is supposed to do
what a young black male is supposedto do. The other reason I think
about it is because obviously he changedwhat he was doing musically, Well,
(07:18):
this was a change, but thenas it went it went farther and farther
into another style. He left wherehe was supposed to be boxed in.
Yeah, and I honestly always feltlike this was the beginning of that journey,
this versus kind of that manifesto.Later in the verse, he even
says, don't concentrate the knocking otherout of the box rock because in a
(07:39):
sense, see, we all bekind of fly, just can't be scared
to spread your wings head to betterthings. Maybe the mocking Bird and Knocking
Gale. They won't just say noconcentrating, no knocking brothers at the box.
Why because in the sense, see, we all be kind of fly,
just can't be scared to spread yourwings head to better things. Maybe
the mocking Bird and nineteen Gale theywant to say, He's saying, even
(08:01):
though they're these expectations of who Iam and what I do and all of
that. I want to be ableto spread my wings. I want to
be able to do something else too. I want to head to better things.
Maybe I want to sing. Andthere's so much wrapped up in there
about one's change. When you're tryingto go into self expression, freedom to
create what you want to create.Let's not compete with one another. Be
(08:24):
more of yourself. Keeping this thingalive to the tables. What we bring
we like hailstorms and blizzards and themiddle up the spring, extra to rest
three out. Keeping this thing aliveto the table. It's what we bring
where like hailstorms and blizzards in themiddle of the spring. He knows they're
out of place. I feel likehere three thousand created something that everybody could
(08:48):
relate to. But at the sametime, this is so different. This
is so out of the box.I gotta say this is one of my
favorite verses all time. Yeah,out of this fine, this is hip
hop hidden gems perfect you the man, Thank you, MAXI so much appreciate
(09:09):
you. Gupis alias Gonna less Karen, there is the Columbia. Do you
have an idea of what we shouldname this? These segments? One?
Oh, I believe I don't knowwhat I was thinking about that, like,
because we talked about hidden gems,because in my head, the only
thing I was thinking is one verse, because that's right on the nose.
(09:33):
But you mentioned the thing about beinghidden gems, so like one jewel,
yes, something like that. That'sthat's it. Yeah, everyone, this
is Moxavelli, a rapper from London, England. You're listening to the sound
of my voice on Hip Hop HiddenAdim's podcast. Enjoy the topics and conversations
over here, and if you wantto find my music, you can listen
(09:54):
to my music on Spotify. Theseare titled Apple Music and all of the
ESPs out there. Listen to HipHop Hidden Jim's podcast Thank You by Yourself.
I remind you're down on let itgo, leave the past behind,
look up, don't look behind allthis
Nineteen Media Group is celebrating our secondanniversary, and we want you to celebrate
with us. We're hosting a swaggiveaway to thank you or your amazing support
these last two years. You canwin exclusive nineteen Media Group merchandise like limited
edition T shirts, hoodies, hatsand more. To enter, follow us
our social media Twitter, Instagram,and YouTube. Comment happy Birthday on our
(00:23):
anniversary posts and you are automatically entered. That's three ways to enter and three
chances to win. The giveaway runsthe entire month of June and ends on
the thirtieth. Winners will be contactedvia direct message. Engage with us on
social media for a chance to winthese dope prizes, and most importantly,
thank you for being part of thejourney. One Jewel One Verse the shorter
(00:46):
episode where we pin one song anddo a deep dive into an incredible verse
and what makes it so remarkable?Hip Hop Head and Jumps presents One Jewel
One Verse, Willie. There areverses that I think are amazing and the
(01:11):
talent is is next level, andthen there's occasionally a verse that I feel
like it didn't come from Earth,yea, that there was special hand guiding
the pen. This verse right hereis one of those verses, unquestionably from
(01:41):
Outcast at Aliens, released August twentyseventh, nineteen ninety six. The song
is et Extraterrestrial. This is Andrethree thousand. Right now, I'm smiling,
taking advance up this moment because theymight not be getting out the soon.
(02:01):
This whole verse is like someone justcut open their heart and poured a
piece of what they were going throughout on a page and somehow captain on
b a bee that we don't hear. By the way, the whole song
has no drums in it, butthe way these two ride it, I'm
convinced that it had drums and theyjust turned the drums off and just gave
(02:23):
it to us, which actually isbrilliant if that's what happened. Yeah,
right now I'm smiling, taking advantageof this moment because there might not be
another soon. I remember the firsttime I heard this, my first thought
was, I don't know the lasttime I heard a rapper say right now,
I'm smiling. I don't even thinkCube said that in Today was a
good day. I don't think heeven said in there that I'm actually smiling
(02:46):
taking advantage of this moment because theremight not be another soon. The authenticity
of it just really that held myattention so much. He hit two opposite
spectrums back quick, the smiling moment, but also you have to take advantage
of that moment because there may notbe many times to smile. Right,
Those first two lines capture so much. He's not even bother rhyming. That
(03:10):
didn't matter if it rhyme right,It didn't have to. It didn't need
to. It was too real toneed. It wasn't necessary because it was
it was authentic. It was realholding on to memories like roller coaster handle
bars tightly because I'm sliding off myrocker. But to you, holding onto
memories like roller coaster handlebars, soyou're like your dear life. The thing
(03:30):
about holding onto memories like a rollercoaster handlebars that's amazing to me is that
you talk about lyrics trying to bevisual. Yeah, you can't make it
more visual than that. You literallysee it in your head. And because
he said, now I'm smiling,so you're thinking about good memories, but
you're trying to hold onto And there'snot a person in the world that heard
(03:50):
those first three lines. And theninstantly relate to it. No matter who
you are, what your situation is, you understood exactly what it was,
and he put a cheer in yourhead. Yeah, and for me,
he also captured the concept of theemotional roller coaster along the way. It's
what he said and what he didn'thave to say because of how he paying
the picture tightly, because I'm slightlyoff my rocker and roller coasters are full
(04:17):
of rocking constantly, like so beingslightly off his rock it's still there,
but that pictures still in my head. I may appear to be average Joba.
Little do you know that even Joegot problems that he got two jobs
with. And he says, butto you, I may appear to be
the average Joe. And all ofus know what that looks like. Everyone
thinks you're normal on the outside.Everyone sees you and thinks everything is just
(04:40):
fine, and you're inside holding onfor dear life. Yeah, you're keeping
yourself together. You know, youwalk through life and you see somebody and
they look normal, and you don'tthink anything deeper about like what if their
life is in chaos right now?You really don't know. Yeah, And
he's expressing in a way that's relatableto everybody, right, But little do
you know that even Joe got problemsthat he gots to joust with, not
(05:01):
problems you have to wrestle with,not problems you have to fight with,
problems you have to joust with.Classic jousting is you know you're on the
horse to your enemies on the horse, you are going toward each other,
lances out, and one's trying toknock the other one off the horse.
Right as as he's talking about he'salready slightly off his rocker. We're already
getting that picture. But for thosewho remember the game joust, you're doing
(05:26):
this on the back of flying birdsthat float from one level to the other.
And so if jousting takes you tothat game where you are floating up
and down on the backs of thesebirds, you don't have full control of
how the bird goes. Those choiceof words were really interesting to me.
Problems you gotta deal with, problems, you gotta fight with, problems you
gotta wrestle with. All of thoseare typical sayings. You throw the word
(05:48):
jousting there, and it makes mepay special attention to it just because of
a uniqueness of it. And thenright after that when he says floating in
this game of life, loading isnot the word that's supposed to be there,
at least in a practical sense,right like floating water, which means
that there's a lot of danger beneathyou, like on the surface, you're
okay, which ties back to whathe was saying earlier. Yeah, the
(06:12):
whole verse is built upon itself,and that's what makes Andre three thousand a
step ahead of ninety nine of rappersin in this game of life, despite
how out of place you may feelin this race, or you just can't
quit. So you got a jobswith floating in this game of life despite
how out of place you may feel. Oh no, you just can't quit.
(06:34):
Wait, you skip something because hesaid despite how out of place you
may feel in this race? Wasthat intentional? The double meaning of race?
I believe almost everything he writes isintentional. It struck a chord with
me, but I always wondered ifhe meant to do that. I think
we talked about it in a miniepisode about Scarface where we're talking about his
(06:56):
bouts of depression and how he's notsupposed to be a black man and talking
about that subject. Yeah, thisdeep level of his own feelings and emotions
that is not supposed to be typically, but a rapper is supposed to do
what a young black male is supposedto do. The other reason I think
about it is because obviously he changedwhat he was doing musically, Well,
(07:18):
this was a change, but thenas it went it went farther and farther
into another style. He left wherehe was supposed to be boxed in.
Yeah, and I honestly always feltlike this was the beginning of that journey,
this versus kind of that manifesto.Later in the verse, he even
says, don't concentrate the knocking otherout of the box rock because in a
(07:39):
sense, see, we all bekind of fly, just can't be scared
to spread your wings head to betterthings. Maybe the mocking Bird and Knocking
Gale. They won't just say noconcentrating, no knocking brothers at the box.
Why because in the sense, see, we all be kind of fly,
just can't be scared to spread yourwings head to better things. Maybe
the mocking Bird and nineteen Gale theywant to say, He's saying, even
(08:01):
though they're these expectations of who Iam and what I do and all of
that. I want to be ableto spread my wings. I want to
be able to do something else too. I want to head to better things.
Maybe I want to sing. Andthere's so much wrapped up in there
about one's change. When you're tryingto go into self expression, freedom to
create what you want to create.Let's not compete with one another. Be
(08:24):
more of yourself. Keeping this thingalive to the tables. What we bring
we like hailstorms and blizzards and themiddle up the spring, extra to rest
three out. Keeping this thing aliveto the table. It's what we bring
where like hailstorms and blizzards in themiddle of the spring. He knows they're
out of place. I feel likehere three thousand created something that everybody could
(08:48):
relate to. But at the sametime, this is so different. This
is so out of the box.I gotta say this is one of my
favorite verses all time. Yeah,out of this fine, this is hip
hop hidden gems perfect you the man, Thank you, MAXI so much appreciate
(09:09):
you. Gupis alias Gonna less Karen, there is the Columbia. Do you
have an idea of what we shouldname this? These segments? One?
Oh, I believe I don't knowwhat I was thinking about that, like,
because we talked about hidden gems,because in my head, the only
thing I was thinking is one verse, because that's right on the nose.
(09:33):
But you mentioned the thing about beinghidden gems, so like one jewel,
yes, something like that. That'sthat's it. Yeah, everyone, this
is Moxavelli, a rapper from London, England. You're listening to the sound
of my voice on Hip Hop HiddenAdim's podcast. Enjoy the topics and conversations
over here, and if you wantto find my music, you can listen
(09:54):
to my music on Spotify. Theseare titled Apple Music and all of the
ESPs out there. Listen to HipHop Hidden Jim's podcast Thank You by Yourself.
I remind you're down on let itgo, leave the past behind,
look up, don't look behind allthis
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