Big Boi and Dre will both be releasing solo albums within the next 7 months (!!!), and will follow that up with a full fledged Outkast album in '09.
Big and Dre both spoke with MTV on separate occasions and echoed the same sentiments about their plans. "We got a few songs we already picked out," Big explained. "We pick the beats first. I drop my [solo album] in July, Dre puts his out [later this year], and we drop that Outkast record at the top of [next] year."
Big Boi's solo album Sir Luscious Left Foot will be in stores before the end of the summer.
"Thirteen cuts. Everything is brand new," he promised. "I got a duet with Mary J. Blige that will probably be the second single, called 'The World Is Too Big.' It's definitely monumental. I needed somebody that could sing with that emotion and power. Like an old-school soul singer. That Motown throat! I always wanted to work with her."
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Surprised they haven't done anything w/Mary J. till now. Looking forward to the new stuff!
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I have my doubts about a new outkast album being in stores "at the top of 2009"... but if we get a solo album from each of them by the end of the year thats even better to me.
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Yea, solo stuff will be great enough, but if they do release an Outkast album early '09, that will just be frosting on the cake.
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I wonder if Dre will be crooning or smashing tracks w/ hip hop lyrics...
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This is definitely something i'm looking forward to. A must buy. Let's just hope it doesnt get pushed back like all the other albums we're waiting on.. lol