Andre 3000's Hottest Verses Since The Love Below
It's 3 Stacks' 40th Birthday! Check his hottest verses.
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Happy 40th Birthday, 3 Stacks! - The legendary Andre 3000 turned 40 today and it's hard to believe that it's been over 20 years since he initially bombed on the scene as part of the dynamic duo OutKast with his partner in rhyme Big Boi. What's even crazier is that it has been 12 years since he dropped an album. Still, he's managed to remain relevant and in constant discussions concerning hip hop's greatest MCs. As we salute the ATL king, check out 20 of his dopest verses since The Love Below. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVa)(Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Firefly Music Festival)
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Future Featuring Andre 3000 – 'Benz Friendz (Whatchutola)' - 3000 put those gossipers who wanted to see his demise on blast when he joined his Dungeon Family cousin and rhymed, "I told the girl I'm 'bout to sell the Porsche, I'm tired of it / She go and told these folks I'm going broke / A smile poured from my lips 'cuz if I'm broke, it's only hearted / Broken records from broken English, that's all it / Hold up and if I were, why? / Would you throw a party? / Affection is so convenient when balling."
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Rich Boy Featuring Andre 3000, Game, Jim Jones, Murphy Lee & Nelly – 'Throw Some D's (Remix)' - Dre murdered the remix to Rich Boy's 2006 smash and sent a friendly reminder that he was the same ATLien busting caps from Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik as he spit, "Ain't a hood n***a but a n***a from the ho-od / See Momma stayed on me so I turned out pretty go-od / But if you wanna try, sucker now then we can do it / Ha-ha sleep, Tylenol PM if I pull it."
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Devin the Dude Feautring Andre 3000 and Snoop Dogg – 'What a Job' - Snoop and ATL's finest joined the Rap-A-Lot veteran as they paid homage to the game that saved their lives and Dre also foresaw the problems with downloading and streaming, expressing his displeasure as he rhymed, "N****s gather round the beat like a campfire / Singing folk songs, but not no Kumbaya my Lord / You download it for free, we get charged back for it / I know you're saying, they won't know, they won't miss it / Besides, I ain't a thief, they won't pay me a visit / So if I come to your job, take your corn on the cob / And take a couple kernels off it that would be alright with you?"(Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
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Jeezy Featuring Andre 3000 and Jay Z – 'I Do' - Jigga and 3 Stacks rode out with The Snowman on TM 103. But while the two coke boys relived their lives in the streets, Dre kicked game to a young hottie in the club and made plans to wife her with, "Her proud like her mother and ooohh momma’s sweet / So you just know that Juicy Fruit ain't gone fall too far from tree / So if we ever woop the woop I want all that bleepty bleep / On this nasty carpet Bixby fresh on one knee...And maybe 2030 our baby, she’ll be nerdy make the whole club swoon."(Photos from Left: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images, Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Power 105.1)
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Lloyd Featuring Nas and Andre 3000 – 'You (Remix)' - God's Son and 3 Stacks helped Lloyd smooth it out even more with his 2007 smash and Dre set it off as he kicked game in Whole Foods and had the ladies mesmerized with, "I said, 'What time you get off?' / She said, 'When you get me off...'"(Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
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Jay Z Featuring Andre 3000 and Ice Cube – '30 Something (Remix)' - Hov connected with the Kings of the West and the South for his meeting of the gods and Dre lived up to his legendary status as he fell in love with hip hop again and dropped jewels like, "...I wasn't rapping 'til I heard something called Eric B And Rakim's 'Paid in Full' / Rapper's really getting paid in full / So full that the kid's don't go to school in hopes of becoming one of us / The only requirement is your bus / Now college is looking slim, product is hooking them / Before their brains fully develop they get enveloped by the vision tele..."
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UGK Featuring Outkast – 'International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)' - When these two southern hip hop pillars finally collided in 2007, it really was a match made in heaven and Dre kicked a spectacular lyrical saga of walking down the isle when he dropped, "So I typed a text to a girl I used to see / Saying that I chose this cutie pie with whom I wanna be / And I apologize if this message gets you down / Then I CC'ed every girl that I'd see-see'd 'round town / And hate to see y'all frown but I'd rather see her smiling / Wetness all around me, true, but I'm no island / Peninsula maybe, it makes no sense, I know crazy / Give up all this pussycat that's in my lap, no looking back..."(Photo: Zomba Recordings)
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DJ Unk Featuring Andre 3000, Big Boi and Jim Jones - Dre added more flare to DJ Unk's 2006 anthem and warned that his lyrical clip stayed loaded when he unleashed with, "Walk it out like an usher / If you say real talk, I probably won't trust ya / If you want to go to war, the gun's my pleasure / Even Jesus had twelve disciples on the level, trigger, whatever / Pyong, you don't want nan day of three thou / I'm like jury duty, you're new to this part of town." (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Frank Ocean Featuring Andre 3000 – 'Pink Matter' - Dre and Frank Ocean tried to unravel the mystery of love and women and 3 Stacks pulled out his player card when he dropped, "She had the kind of body that would probably intimidate / Any of ‘em that were un-southern / Not me cousin / If models are made for modeling / Thick girls are made for cuddling / Switch worlds and we can huddle then / Who needs another friend / I need to hold your hand / You’d need no other man / We’d flee to other lands."(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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T.I. Featuring Andre 3000 and Stacy Barthe – 'Sorry' - T.I. had to bow down to his O.G. as Dre showed who first lit ATL's flame and apologized to his partner in rhyme Big Boi in the process as he vented, "Slow it down, this that s**t that'll make you call your momma / Say hey I'm sorry for begging for all them clothes you couldn't afford / And this the type of s**t that'll make you call your rap partner / And say I'm sorry I'm awkward, my fault for f**king up the tours / I hated all the attention so I ran from it / F**k it if we did, but I hope we ain't lose no fans from it..."(Photos from Left: Vince Bucci/Getty Images, Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Power 105.1)
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Big Boi Featuring Andre 3000 and Raekwon – 'Royal Flush' - Daddy Fat Sax and Dre hooked back up with Raekwon for another hip hop lecture as they schooled the youth once again and Dre's gems included, "Unfortunate that if you come up fortunate the streets consider you lame / Ha, I thought the name of the game was to have a better life / I guess it ain't / What a shame / I don't slang, never slung but I'm one with the slum / That has a name well-fitting, plenty cheese getting / No wonder why they call it the trap, so watch your tail / And I'm not kidding, the rats and mice will give advice..."(Photo: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)
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Lloyd Featuring Lil Wayne and Andre 3000 – 'Dedication to My Ex' - Weezy and Andre 3000 got funky with the crooner as he left past loves in the background and Dre questioned a gold digger's motives with his lines, "And know I am well aware that you can bring a man to his knees / And get what you need without saying please / But can you bring a man to his feet when defeat is on repeat / And they gon' put this man’s Grammys on the street? / What? Why so quiet? / Hate that all of our memories happen in a Hyatt."(Photo: Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect)
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John Legend Featruing Andre 3000 – 'Green Light' - 3 Stacks helped John Legend bring the ladies to the dance floor back in 2008. The ATLien had the ladies ready to go as he walked through the club spitting, "So I went hard like Medusa staring at me / I told her, 'Let's go, let's blow this lame n***a factory' / She said, 'What kind of girl do you think that I are? / The kind that you meet in a bar? / You think you can get whatever you want 'cause you some kind of star' / No, I'm a comet; I just want you woman / Hey, if I were you then it would be me that I'd go home with..."(Photo: GOOD Music, Sony BMG Entertainment)
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B.o.B Featuring Andre 3000 – 'Play the Guitar' - There's nothing like getting the opportunity to work with one of your childhood idols and B.o.B's dream came true in 2011. Dre repped hard for his A-town little brother and schooled the youth too with, "You give me six strings and a pick and I will make a guitar talk / Why, I ain't gotta say s**t / And I encourage any child to pick up some instrument / 'Cuz if you're mad at your dad or mum, you can grab it and strum / Eat your cabbage and corn, by the time you're done / You will finally realize that they meant you no harm / They was trying to save your crazy a** from what's to come / 3000 muthaf**ka 'Mr. Tell-Me-Somethin'.'"(Photos from Left: Thos Robinson/Getty Images, Kevin Winter/Getty Images For 102.7 KIIS FM's Wango Tango)
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