Outkast on AltNation

[FifthElement]

Does anyone else find it kind of odd that Outkast is played on Altnation?

The past few times I heard him (i'm assuming its a him and not a group) on the channel, I spent the entire time trying to figure out if this was some new rock band, or if this was in fact the rapper.

[AZJoe]

Outkast is a group-duo, Andre Benjamin and Antoine Patton.

[Subroc]

For some reason thier new song is hitting some pretty heavy rotation on Rock stations (I always thought of them as rap), so it's not all that absurb that Sirius is doing that also.

[roscoryan]

Hey, at least they don't play Seal, like XM does on Ethel...

[Subroc]

Well that's cause CNN said that this is Seal's comeback album.

[ivorykid]

I think that you have to consider the song, not necessarily the artist. There are pleny of artists who make a name for themselves under some genre, but also have other types of music.

A couple of examples: Sugar Ray - They became popular with their Every Morning Pop stuff, but if you listen to their first CD, they are pretty hard rock. No Doubt was a good ska / punk whatever-you-wanna-call-them band, but later released a "sell-out" Pop album (Hey Baby, Hey Baby; whatever the song is called).

These are just a couple of examples that I think of right off the top of my head. I'm no music expert, just commenting on my observations.

I, too, heard OutKast on AltNation this morning and the song they played was kind-of Progressive Alternative Rock (I say progressive meaning new or evolved). I wouldn't call that song Rap and someone listening to that song on a Rap / Hip Hop stream would probably be saying "WTF".

[mrmarktaylor00]

Originally Posted by roscoryan

Hey, at least they don't play Seal, like XM does on Ethel...

the only time i ever heard seal on ethel was a few months ago i heard "crazy"

and as for outkast.... "hey Ya!" is on the Radio & Records Alternative Rock chart.... i guess starting to cross over like eminem did w/his last album