SpottieOttieDopaliscious chords by OutKast

Produced by OutKast for Earthtone Redemptive tales from the 'hood, spit over Earth, Wind & Fire horns and Curtis Mayfield guitar chords. Part blaxploitation theme song, part Black Poets' anthem - all the way pimped out. Neal H. Pogue: I remember one day coming to the studio and Andre brought me the reels and said, 'Yo I got this song for you to mix.' I didn't know what it was, and when he put it up my first thought was like, wow. It was so different. Andre 3000: The song started with a sample I'd chopped up. I was vibing on reggae stuff at the time, listening to a lot of Bob Marley. Preston's a groove monster. He will sit on a groove and stay there. I knew he would pull it off in a funky way. Preston Crump: Dre wanted us to give it a reggae feel. I think that's another bass line that I wasn't told what to play. That was one of my favorites. When I heard what Sleepy sang on it, I couldn't stop giving him dap. When I heard what Sleepy sang on it, I couldn't stop giving him dap. I was like, "Man, you ain't do another verse?" But I guess that one was so good, you didn't need another one. Andre 3000: Iceberg Slim used to put out albums talking on beats and I was like, "This is cool." I think I laid down my verse first and Big just came in. But instead of spoken word, Big likes to call it "smokin' word." That was his smokin' word. Mr. DJ: Horns International did the horns. The lyrics came from one day when we were reminiscing about old times. Charles Disco [on Simpson Road] was one of those places we used to hang out. We used to sneak in. It was just interesting to see how Dre related back to that and that whole story. But that was kinda how a lot of the songs got started, just from conversations about things that we'd done. Andre 3000: Me and Big Boi were in high school when we started going and getting drunk. This is how the night happened for real: I was so drunk I didn't make into Charles. So all the stuff I said after that was made up. But I remember saying to Big Boi, I'm so drunk I cannot leave this van. That's the real story. Omar Phillips: The southwest side of ATL at that time just had an aura to it that people warmed up to. Quiet as it's kept, a lot of people don't realize that music was basically born and created on that side of town - everything from going to Club 731 at two in the morning and listening to those R&B bands to just a culmination of things that made that area heated, in a great way. You couldn't keep people away from the SWATS (Southwest Atlanta) - thanks to Cool Breeze and Goodie Mob for putting it out there like that, it was the area to be a part of and to come out of. Kawan Prather: I think that was the record where Outkast got their props as producers from Rico [Wade] and Ray [Murray] and Pat [Sleepy Brown]. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.