Following Outkast's reunion at Coachella on Friday night after nearly 10 years away from performing, some fans criticized the group's on-stage energy and the set's bizarre ending. Outkast played 27 songs for the Coachella crowd, but a 28th track, "The Whole World" with Killer Mike, was nixed because of time.
"I'm sorry, but they actually cut us off," Andre 3000 said to the crowd. "I really appreciate you all coming out. I know it's kind of weird, 20 years later and shit. Thank you for coming out."
Below, some reactions from Outkast's Coachella performance. More on the set can be found here.
I really don't know what to make of what I just saw. Shit was fire for like an hour and then got really weird.
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) April 12, 2014
Carve out them solo sets, fix the tech issues, tighten up the setlist, and everybody can get theirs. But as is that shit was low key messy.
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) April 12, 2014
They should've snuck some shows in before this somewhere though. You don't shake off that many years of rust headlining Coachella.
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) April 12, 2014
The crowd was rocking out to the other DJ's and artists, it was madness. What makes them so low-energy with @Outkast? #Coachella2014
— REVOLT TV (@revolttv) April 12, 2014
You can’t play that big stage with no production and bad sound. That’s why the crowd wasn’t reacting - not about knowing the catalog.
— Little Louie Vegan (@atrak) April 12, 2014
After tonight, Dre canceling half of them. RT @itsthereal: Silver lining: they have 4000 more performances this summer to get it right.
— Dynamics • £ (@theDYNAMICS) April 12, 2014
Meh, the show was solid, the ending was terrible that’s all. Hopefully they clean it up because they were jamming.
— Dynamics • £ (@theDYNAMICS) April 12, 2014
lessons to be learned tonight (all said in love/constructive advice) 1. give each song a 5 min slot, i.e. if 90 mins? plan 18 songs
— Questlove De La Rose (@questlove) April 12, 2014
more lessons 2. plan show BACKWARDS---to avoid cutoff debacles plan what ABSOLUTE last song must be, work way to the top.
— Questlove De La Rose (@questlove) April 12, 2014
and more 3.plan a 4 suite attack system: a) opening grab you by neck 4 b) your old school nostalgia 4 c) deep cut/artistic portion 4 (cont)
— Questlove De La Rose (@questlove) April 12, 2014
oh last point!---last 4 joints= breathless race to finish (extra 2 for encore)--keep in mind its been 10 yrs for Kast and this is show 1
— Questlove De La Rose (@questlove) April 12, 2014
lot of mixed feelings about the show. its gonna take time for chemistry and rhythm and tech issues to gel. best part of the night tho?
— Questlove De La Rose (@questlove) April 12, 2014
best part? is Outkast has us up and 4:40 in the morning discussing hip hop. which is incredible. can't wait til show hits east coast.
— Questlove De La Rose (@questlove) April 12, 2014
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