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Outkast Commemorates “Stankonia” 20th Anniversary With Unreleased Remixes

Outkast had hits on hits on hits and three solid albums to their name by the time they dropped Stankonia in 2000. 

If Andre 3000 and Big Boi had become superstars with AqueminiStankonia was the album that solidified their new status beyond the South. It brought forth their first #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 – “Ms. Jackson” – and their first two Grammy wins.

The 20th anniversary of the influential album is on Halloween and Outkast will be celebrating their opus with a rerelease of the album’s three singles (“B.O.B,” “Ms. Jackson,” and “So Fresh, So Clean”) bundled with instrumental and acapella versions, as well as including unreleased remixes of the songs. “B.O.B.” in particular will be rereleased with three remixes courtesy of Cutmaster Swift, Beat Bullies, and Rage Against the Machine’s Zach de la Rocha, the latter of which received heavy airplay on alternative rock radio when the album first dropped but has never seen an official release until now.

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Stankonia will also be available in a remastered high fidelity version that will boast six additional tracks, including a remix to “So Clean, So Fresh” featuring Snoop Dogg. 

Fans can expect the remastered album to hit streaming platforms on October 30 and the single rereleases to follow the next day.

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Kyle Ashen’s sun-drenched recollection with new release “That Local Girl”

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Kyle Ashen’s latest release, “That Local Girl,” is a gorgeous trip down memory lane, a country single that explores that golden glow of memory, like flipping through old photographs touched by salt air and summer sunlight. It’s warm, cinematic, and deeply relatable, a song about the kind of love story that never quite goes away, even as time moves on.

“That Local Girl” is filled with imagery that quickly takes the listener into a world they can walk right into. You got a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl on a boardwalk street by the ocean, a souped-up truck driving through town, neon lights reflecting off the ocean breeze, and the electric innocence of young love burning in the background.

But under all that cutesy trapping is something more than that, longing. Some people, some places that leave permanent marks on Kyle Ashen and us know that. What’s so brilliant about this song is that it marries those two ideas, making love and hometown memory feel beautifully inseparable. Sometimes you miss a person. And with that person, you miss an entire version of life. “That Local Girl” is more than a country love song from Kyle Ashen. He is a living postcard from the past, sun-faded, bittersweet, and glowing with feeling. A reminder that summers pass by, but some memories stay with us forever.

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ECHOFLIP inspires faith and fire with triumphant anthem on “Kingdom Rise”

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ECHOFLIP marches forward with commanding purpose on “Kingdom Rise,” a single that not only demands attention but also commands it. Driven by pounding drums, soaring melodic textures, and full-conviction lyricism, the song arrives like a battle cry with the heart of worship. Bold and energized and spiritually charged from beginning to end.

“Kingdom Rise” is street realism meets kingdom vision at its heart. It’s got grit in its pulse but grace in its message as well. Each bar rings with resilience with ECHOFLIP, a record that embodies struggle, perseverance, and steadfast faith in the face of adversity. The result is music that is rooted in reality while reaching for something much larger.

What makes the single particularly compelling is how seamlessly it combines high-energy Christian trap with uplifting spiritual themes. The hard-hitting production has edge and urgency, and its faith-centered focus gives it soul. It’s motivational without being pushy. Worshipful without momentum loss, without losing authenticity. Ideal for trap gospel, inspirational rap, and urban playlists that aim to uplift as much as energize, “Kingdom Rise” delivers on all fronts. It moves the body, it sharpens the mind, it stirs the soul.

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