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Benjamin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the only child of Sharon Benjamin Hodor, a single mother who sold real estate , and Lawrence Walker, a collections agent. High School,Willis A. Shortly after graduating high school, the duo was signed to the Atlanta-based LaFace label and released their debut album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik , in On their next two albums, ATLiens and Aquemini , Outkast experimented with their sound by adding elements of trip-hop , soul , and jungle.
Benjamin's lyrics in particular took on a more surreal , space-age tinge. Within the time of his second and third albums, Benjamin took up the guitar, painting, and a new relationship with singer Erykah Badu. Dre and his new persona after the end of his relationship and increased the group's crossover appeal with the single " Ms. Jackson ", which hit number one on the Billboard Hot The song was written in the aftermath of Benjamin's breakup with Badu and was a fictionalized account of the disintegration of their relationship.
OutKast , which contained three new tracks. Later that year, Benjamin participated in the Dungeon Family group album, which saw a number of prominent Atlanta-based hip-hop groups combine into a supergroup. Benjamin's half of the album, The Love Below , garnered the most attention from mainstream audiences, with the popular singles " Hey Ya! The album's fourth single and video Benjamin's third , "Prototype", was released shortly after.
The Love Below was, unlike Speakerboxxx , an exercise in funk , jazz , and alternative music, featuring vocals from Benjamin instead of rapped. The album served as a soundtrack to the group's musical film Idlewild. The film centered on life in a s setting and the album took influences from music of that era, particularly blues. Benjamin had a few rapped verses on the album, including on the first single " Mighty O ", but mostly stuck with singing as he had on The Love Below. He added that they have the beats recorded for the new Outkast album and will continue recording as soon as Dre is done.
A snippet of a track titled "I Do" was leaked August that featured a new rap verse by Benjamin. In February , Andre stated that there is no new Outkast album in the works, but that he is planning on releasing a solo album later in the year. This was later confirmed false in December.
He also appeared on John Legend 's album Evolver , on the track " Green Light ", which was released on October 28, Prior to the release, Benjamin commented: "It's going to be a surprise for a lot of John Legend fans, because it is a lot more upbeat than John is—than people think John is.
I was actually happy to hear it. This is a cool John Legend song. Wayne had previously expressed a desire to work with both artists. He also featured on the track, " Play the Guitar " by B. On February 9, , it was announced that he would be featured on a song with James Murphy and Gorillaz titled " DoYaThing ", to promote the Gorillaz Converse collection. Andre was featured on track 15 entitled "Pink Matter," supplying vocals and guitar.
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