“Like Lancome lipstick, scarlet/And frankly, I really do care, my dear.” Besides entering Fonzworth Bentley in the mini-pantheon of R&B artists who’ve quoted Rhett Butler (the only other example I can think of is Chic’s “You Are Beautiful,” from 1983’s Believer), “Everybody”–Bentley’s new single… More »
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Andre 3000 To Finally Bring 19th Century Anglophilia To Hip-Hop
Since he couldn’t possibly fill all of that OutKast downtime with guest verses and Hollywood turns, the man born Andre Benjamin, who then branded himself Andre 3000 and who’s now once again Andre Benjamin, has also spent the last few months exploring the world of fancy frocks, hoping to allow the common man (with a little dough) to borrow some of his infamous mix-and-match sartorial style. The rapper-turned-clothier currently plans for an autumn debut for his upscale fashion imprint–think more high-end department store than the place you pick up your remaindered G-Unit apparel–Benjamin Bixby. The line is so named not for the man who was once the Incredible Hulk, but because…well, probably because it sounded like a jolly Dickens urchin. And if your closet is full of throwbacks and manpris, but light on cravats and waistcoats, then it just might be for you.
There’s a movie coming out about the WTO protests in Seattle–you know, the ones from eight years ago–and Andre 3000 is apparently going to be in it. If we’re lucky, it’ll be a Strindberg-style symbolist drama, and Andre will be playing Oppressive Trade Policies. More »



















