From Contact Music: "Outkast hip-hop star Big Boi has a surprising musical hero - eccentric British singer Kate Bush. The 'Miss Jackson' rapper - real name Antwan Patton - credits his teenage musical development to Bush, and he's still so infatuated with the reclusive star he wants to track her down and get her to produce songs for his duo's next album. He says, "My uncle introduced me to Kate Bush's music when I was about 14 years old, and that shit opened my mind up. The first one I got was The Kick Inside, then I bought Hounds Of Love, then the The Sensual World. She was so bugged out man! But I felt what she was talking about in the songs. Mother Stands For Comfort, Running Up That Hill. My uncle would explain what the songs stood for. Like The Man With The Child In His Eyes and all that shit. I thought, Wow! she's so f**king deep! I was infatuated with her, still am. I gotta track her down! I just found out that she was producing all that shit herself! She's so f***ing dope and so underrated and off the radar. So hopefully on the next record you're going hear Outkast and Kate Bush do at least two or three songs." (source)
I would really, really, really like to hear that collabo. Kate Bush is magic. MAGIC. And lest someone be put off by Kate's voice — I love it, but I find Joanna Newsom's warble unlistenable, so I get the aversion to a kind of witchy sound — here's three covers that showcase what an amazing songwriter she is.
The Futureheads - Hounds of Love
Maxwell - This Woman's Work
Chromatics - Running Up That Hill
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (buy)
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