OutKast's debut album shows one of the most distinctive production sounds in the '90s: part hip-hop; part live, Southern-fried guitar licks and booty-thick bass runs; and part lazy, early-'70s soul.
Rising Atlanta rapper Ken Carson unleashes his hotly anticipated major-label debut album, X. The 20-track opus includes the emotional single "The End."
Dre and Big Boi fill their technicolor vision with the ghosts of Sly Stone, James Brown and, most notably, Funkadelic-era George Clinton. Factor in some distinctly unorthodox production and you've rap at its risk-taking best.
