OutKast, Happy Valentine’s Day | Rap BNGRZ 🔥

In the 7^th edition of Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (2023), we break down the banger status of “Happy Valentine’s Day,” performed by OutKast.  

Bring on the braggadocio, drip, sex, and kickassery, WOO! You’ve entered Rap BNGRZ 🔥 territory! On Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (bangers being the proper spelling), the premise is simple. Rap BNGRZ provides background info and commentary on cocky, confident, ferocious hip-hop/rap songs. The bangers can be brand-spanking-new or certified classics. In the 7^th edition of Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (2023), we break down the banger status of 🎵 “Happy Valentine’s Day” performed by 🎙 OutKast.

“My name is Cupid Valentino, the modern-day Cupid / And I just want to say one thing / Happy Valentine’s Day (Every day the 14th)…”  No Valentine’s Day is complete without the song, 🎵 “Happy Valentine’s Day”,  by 🎙 André 3000.  The eccentric, quirky “Happy Valentine’s Day” appears on the 🏆 Grammy-winning double album by 🎙 OutKast, 💿 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (The Love Below is André 3000’s disc).  The best way to describe “Happy Valentine’s Day” is that it’s truly scrumptious – quite a musical treat.

“When Cupid knocks at your door / There’s no need to run.” Da-yum right, André! André 3000 continues to do André 3000, and that’s nothing short of a blessing.  The personality is at an all-time high, as 3000 imparts the tale of Cupid on the verses (“Now when the arrows don’t penetrate, see (Cupid grabs the pistol)”). Besides incredible fun lyrics and plenty of attitude, the production is funky as hell, featuring an inescapable, feel-good beat (he self-produced the record).  Revisiting the lyrics one mo’ gin, the chorus, performed by 🎙 Joi, 🎙 Screechy Peach, and 3000, is #unforgettable:

“Ya won’t believe in me

But you would fancy leprechauns or groundhogs

No, thank you, Easter Bunny

There’s all this talk about Santa Claus, but see

Love will rule supreme.”

🎵 “Happy Valentine’s Day” is hard to categorize musically – what is it precisely? The fact that it is more uncategorizable is part of the charm of this ‘hip-hop’ joint. A different sort of rap banger, but a rap banger nonetheless! HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY ❤️!!!

Appears in 🔻:

• 11 Awesome Valentine Songs for Every Day of the Year (2019)

🎙 OutKast • 💿 Speakerboxxx / The Love Below • 🏷 Arista • 🗓 2003

OutKast, “Happy Valentine’s Day”: Rap BNGRZ 🔥 No. 7 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Arista; cottonbro studio via Pexels]