Having been featured in Frank Ocean’s jaw-dropping video for “Nikes”, one would think that acting and modeling was going the best, when in actuality his music is what is taking him the farthest. Up until this past year Cosmo has been just a typical London school kid with a passion for skateboarding, graffiti, and a with a bubbling modeling career along with his hobby of being a guitar player. Some of these creatives have became established acts here in the US in the past year alone, and to prep you for what is over the horizon here is your one stop guide to what the UK has to offer. Indie Rock, experimental music and grime (a subgenre of hip-hop where the beats are heavy electronic music and made by an artist from the UK) are the key exports from the nation. Now given the nation as a whole has given us major stars in this decade (Adele, One Direction, Ed Sheeran, etc) but a whole new British invasion is coming in all genres. Slowly working their ways into our Apple curated playlists and as features on some of the years biggest albums are rappers and singers from all across England. The next great wave of artists from our pals across the pond are coming. With them came a couple of little crews known as The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and The Who.
A little crew called the Beatles came into our grandparents lives and stuck around for what may be an eternity. In the early 60′s a foursome of coconut headed Brits took the world by storm and have forever been a part of the music world since. aka Deputy Sheriff Of Stankonia aka on TwitterĪndre300 outkast hiphop music gemini 3stacks bigboi frank ocean drake rick tlc kanye With That I Present, Andre 3000′s 25 Best Guest Versesįrom 8Ball & MJG’s “In My Lifetime” (1999)įrom Fonzworth Bentley’s “C.O.L.O.U.R.S.” (2011)įrom Devin The Dude’s “Waitin’ To Inhale” (2007)įrom Young Jeezy’s “TM103: Hustlerz Ambition” (2011)įrom Frank Ocean’s “channel ORANGE” (2012)Ī Promo Single For B.o.B.’s “Strange Clouds” (2011)Ī Single From Converse’s “Three Artists, One Song” Campaign (2012)įrom Erykah Badu’s “But You Caint Use My Phone” (2015)įrom T.I.’s “Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head” (2012)įrom Divine Council’s “Council World EP” (2016).įrom Rick Ross’ “God Forgives, I Don’t” (2012) With a solo album on top of my short list of “Things Never Happening But A Boy Can Dream”, and an Outkast album right next to it, the verses Andre has blessed us with over the past 20+ years will be on repeat instead.ĭisclaimer: Only Counting songs were Andre has a full verse, not just a hook, skit or background vocals, but shout out to “Junie”, “By Design”, “Bubble Pop Electric” and “30 Hours”. To celebrate the reclusive legends 42nd birthday, a deep dive into 3 Stacks features was done to do a proper ranking of his work that has kept his name more prevalent then ever before. Bob Dylan, 2Pac, Kanye West, Miles Davis, Prince, and the ATL Legend and arguably the best rapper of all time, Andre 3000. Gemini season brings with it the birthdays of some of the most important figures in music history.