"When I first played this album, I heard De La Soul, Pharcyde, Kilo Ali, Funkadelic, Living color. Eddie Hazel Prince. I heard all of that, but I also heard the kid I ride the bus with and the uncle that gives you $10 when he's drunk. I heard the people around me. It was a groundbreaking mix. It showed me that being an artist really means you just need to be an observer."
"Your influence echoes in everything and every artist I love. Atlanta is not the music mecca it has become without you. There is no Childish Gambino without you. There is no south without you. So tonight we honor two visionaries who turned their differences into a dynasty. Two brothers who showed the world you don't have to choose - just respect each other and love each other."
Donald Glover inducted OutKast into the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and described an immediate connection to Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. He identified diverse musical influences he heard in the album alongside the voices of everyday people, calling the record a groundbreaking mix that modeled observation as an artistic skill. Glover cited the duo's moment that asserted the South's voice and credited OutKast with helping make Atlanta a music mecca and shaping artists such as Childish Gambino. Big Boi and André 3000 joined with much of the Dungeon Family onstage, and André delivered an unscripted, memorable speech.
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