Emily Tan, The Boombox
Since their infamous comeback performance at this year’s Coachella Music Festival, OutKast have since put that disappointing performance behind them and upgraded their stage show.
On Friday (June 6), at the Governors Ball Music Festival 2014, the Atlanta duo’s set was both energetic and full of nostalgia. ‘Kast’s opening was full of drama as a tent was pitched on the stage that soon revealed them standing in front of an illuminated American flag much in the same vein as their ‘Stankonia’ album cover.
And they didn’t waste any time getting the party started by jumping into ‘Bombs Over Baghdad,’ clearly the best song to start things off. Dressed in a white wig and donning a black jumpsuit with “art or fart?” written across the torso, Andre 3000 was in rare form with his on-point performance. His partner-in-rhyme Big Boi unsurprisingly was holding it down and showing us that he’s a pro at this as well.
They made sure to perform their biggest hits like ‘Rosa Parks,’ ‘Ms. Jackson’ ‘The Way You Move,’ which brought out Sleepy Brown to hold down the soulful chorus. But ‘Kast also wanted to take it way back to their [1994] beginnings.
“So we’re gonna do this section for those who were with us from 1993,” Three Stacks announced before performing songs from their debut LP, ‘Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik,’ which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
‘Kast also wanted to put out their own thoughts on social issues like making marijuana legal with the song ‘Crumblin’ Erb.’ “We know New York hasn’t legalized marijuana, but they need to,” Big Boi announced before going into the track. “This is for all the smokers.”
Andre and Big Boi also had their chances to do their own separate sets — much in the same way their 2003 effort, ‘Speakerboxxx/The Love Below,’ is laid out. While Big Boi performed ‘Kryptonite’ and ‘GhettoMusick,’ Andre came out with ‘Prototype’ and of course, ‘Hey Ya.’
During his rendition, he wanted to make things a bit more interactive by allowing female audience members to join him onstage and “shake it like a polaroid picture,” which by today’s standard could mean anything from the simple hip shake to the more involved twerk.
Once the dynamic duo were back on stage together, they performed even more of their hits like ‘Roses,’ So Fresh, So Clean’ and ‘The Whole World,’ where they brought out Killer Mike.
For many of the concertgoers in attendance, OutKast was their main musical attraction. And from the endless cheering and packed crowds around the main stage, it was clearly a successful night.
Watch OutKast Perform ‘Bombs Over Baghdad’ at the Governors Ball 2014
Watch OutKast Perform ‘Hey Ya’ at the Governors Ball 2014
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