10 Perfect Rap Songs For Rock Music Fans

As OutKast stumbled their way into the '00s, they were getting to the point where they could do no wrong. Outside of the more traditional hip hop songs from their debut, records like ATLiens and Aquemini gave us some new textures that we didn't expect, from the pure vibes of some of the beats to Andre 3000 committing the cardinal sin of actually singing on some of these tracks. So when all that actually managed to work, why not throw in some rock too while you're at it?

Kicking off Stankonia, Gasoline Dreams doesn't waste any time putting you right in the thick of it, as Andre hits you over the head the moment that the beat drops. Then again, you can't really call what he's doing rapping either, having the same cadence as a verse but with the kind of swagger that you would get out of a rock frontman, as he talks about the wasteland that modern life has come to, from everyone not liking the smell of gasoline to Mother Nature being on birth control.

You can easily just see this as a track to ease us into the record, but there's a lot more going on here behind the beat in the back. If you picture it in your mind, you can practically see Andre singing this song with a full rock band behind him, as he adopts the persona of James Brown if he made heavy metal for a living. Seeing how songs like Bombs Over Baghdad were coming further down the record, this is where the hype starts and it never stops until the album is over.