And, more importantly, it finally launched their joint movie career with “Idlewild,” a 1930s Prohibition-era musical. “I don’t know who except OutKast could have pulled this off,” says Barber, who ...

The hip-hop duo OutKast go Hollywood in their new movie Idlewild, which opens today. Nothing remarkable about that, of course — lots of hip-hop stars have made the transition to film. But OutKast is ...

Given that the Atlanta duo Outkast is one of the most creative forces hip-hop has witnessed, it's ironic that the biggest problem with its first feature film is that the music is so mediocre -- a ...

What has become of the movie musical? The most recent attempt — Idlewild from the rap group OutKast — flopped at the box office. Entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell and Scott Simon ponder the status ...

Let us now praise the men of OutKast for their ambition, if not their aim. The duo has tried to do something unique with "Idlewild," a musical drama set in the 1930s. It wildly blends genres and eras, ...

Let the break-up rumors persist if they must. But with the "Idlewild" soundtrack, Outkast's Andre "3000" Benjamin and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton have proven again that even in tenuous times, they're one ...

“All the fresh styles always start off as a good little hood thing … look at blues, rock, jazz, rap. I’m not even talkin’ about music—everything else too. By the time it reach Hollywood, it's over.

We’ve come to know Outkast for the weird and innovative. And now, three years removed from the 11-time platinum record “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below,” comes “Idlewild,” Outkast’s latest, uh, concept.