art direction / production

The playa and the poet have elevated their game for the third time with Aquemini. Musically, individually and collectively, Big Boi and Dre come on strong and impressive with their third and, possibly, best effort. Dre's lyrics from the title track clearly describes the group's feelings on the music, the look, and the entire project: "Don't get caught up in the appearance, It's OutKast Aquemini, another black experience".

The missive here was one creative collaborating joy. Upon initially meeting Dre', I realized the vision he had was clear. I had the pleasure of translating, from concept to completion, Sun Ra type outfits for press images, the cd single jacket, and for the "back alley, southern blue grass, hoe down jam session", "Rosa Parks". In addition to using the images for the cd jacket, much to my surprise and applause, they used them as stills in the music video.

On the second project with OutKast, the mission was just as clear. My mission here was as the lead wardrobe stylist for the music video "Skew It On The Bar-B" featuring Rae kwon from The WuTang Clan ... you know the hook, "Ol' School playas to new school fools, Kast keep it jumpin like Kangaroo's , well skew it on the bar-b, we ain't trying to lose, say I be got damn it, they done changed the rules."

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