Best friends and partners since middle school, André 3000 and Big Boi were growing apart musically, and this latest release was the most striking illustration of the rift: a double album that was basically two solo albums, each with its own title and lead single. André and Big Boi weren’t in the studio at the same time; they didn’t even sing on each other’s tracks. But the label insisted both albums be credited to OutKast. And in interviews, no matter how much they griped about each other, it was clear they still saw themselves as a team. A maddening, dialectical union. They needed each other,
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