{"id":81133,"date":"2024-04-29T09:03:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T13:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/04\/29\/outkast-pay-loving-tribute-to-late-producer-rico-wade-without-rico-wade-there-would-be-no-outkast\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T09:03:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T13:03:53","slug":"outkast-pay-loving-tribute-to-late-producer-rico-wade-without-rico-wade-there-would-be-no-outkast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/04\/29\/outkast-pay-loving-tribute-to-late-producer-rico-wade-without-rico-wade-there-would-be-no-outkast\/","title":{"rendered":"OutKast Pay Loving Tribute to Late Producer Rico Wade: \u2018Without Rico Wade There Would Be No\u00a0OutKast\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tTwo weeks after the death of their beloved collaborator producer Rico Wade<\/a>, OutKast<\/a> paid loving tribute to the ATL legend who died at 52 on April 13.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tRico Wade, Organized Noize Producer & Dungeon Family Member, Dies at\u00a052\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n

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\n\t\u201cThe first time we met Rico [Wade] of Organized Noize, we had the \u2018Scenario\u2019 instrumental on and we just rapped damn near the whole song, non-stop,\u201d OutKast\u2019s Andr\u00e9 3000<\/a> wrote in an Instagram post over the weekend. He described sitting in Goodie Mobb member Big Gipp\u2019s truck listening to the song on a cassette player. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe didn\u2019t know Gipp or Rico or none of them, but Rico knew people who did beats,\u201d Dre continued. \u201cHe said, \u2018Let me hear what you got,\u2019 so we put in the \u2018Scenario\u2019 tape and started rhyming, non-stop, back-and-forth.\u201d The beloved duo\u2019s debut studio album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik<\/em> \u2014 produced by Wade and Organized Noize \u2014 was released 30 years ago Friday.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat day, after we rhymed, Rico saw something in us. At that time we\u2019d both shaven off all our hair. We\u2019d dyed our hair blonde one time: We were young and in high school, we were outcasts, you know?\u201d Andr\u00e9 wrote. \u201cRico saw that, and he said, \u2018These guys can really rhyme. They don\u2019t really rhyme like people from the South.\u2019 So he told us to come over to his house, and that\u2019s where the dungeon is, in the basement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWade is considered one of the architects of Southern rap thanks to his role as one-third of the songwriting and production team Organized Noize, whose members also included Sleepy Brown and Ray Murray. In addition to their production and songwriting on the OutKast debut, they also worked on Goodie Mob\u2019s 1995 debut,\u00a0Soul Food<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDre\u2019s former partner in rhyme, Big Boi<\/a>, also had fond memories of working with Wade, adding, \u201cFrom the beginning, Organized Noize signed us. They were our big brothers, and they did a production deal with LaFace Records. They were the sones that gave us our first shot and we been doing music with them since the beginning. Without Rico Wade\u2026 there would be no OutKast.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe memorial featured the caption, \u201cThank you, Rico. We will love you forever. Rest well, brother. Until we meet again [prayer hands emoji].\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe post ended with a quote from Wade, who once said, \u201cWe got with [OutKast] when they were young. They were like 16 or 17, and they were ready for some direction\u2026 I think timing is everything. It was time for a revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother tribute post honored the duo\u2019s landmark debut \u2014 which included their breakout hit, \u201cPlayer\u2019s Ball\u201d \u2014 and spotlighted pics of Wade in the studio with the pair and posing with the entire extended Dungeon Family crew.<\/p>\n

\n\tSee OutKast\u2019s post below.<\/p>\n

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