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Outkast - Jazzy Belle

Music Video
ArtistOutkast
SongJazzy Belle
DirectorBille Woodruff
IntroNo
OutroNo
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

OutKast perform in a dimly lit nightclub while surrounded by women whose flirtatious, sexually charged presence drives the setting. Big Boi embraces the nightlife and openly courts the women, while Andre 3000 appears more skeptical and detached, observing the scene with visible disapproval. The contrast reflects the song's tension between attraction, mistrust, and the desire for a more meaningful relationship. The video's gritty club atmosphere reinforces the track's critique of sexual posturing and manipulative romance.

Factoids & Trivia

  • "Jazzy Belle" was released as the third and final single from OutKast's 1996 album *ATLiens*. The music video is generally dated to 1997.
  • The title combines the idea of a Southern "belle" with the stereotype associated with a "Jezebel," framing the song around competing images of femininity, sexuality, and respectability.
  • The video presents a clear contrast between Big Boi's enthusiastic participation in the club scene and Andre 3000's more judgmental reaction to it. That split mirrors the song's internal debate about desire and romantic standards.
  • Ludacris later claimed that he tried to sneak into the video shoot but was escorted out. The story is notable because he was still an emerging Atlanta rapper at the time.
  • "Jazzy Belle" is the only single from *ATLiens* produced by Organized Noize; the album's other singles were produced by OutKast themselves.
  • The Swift C's Remix features additional background vocals from Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.

Lyrics

[Verse One: Andre]

Yeah
Oh yes I love her like Egyptian, want a description, my royal highness
So many plusses when I bust that there can't be no minus
Went from yellin crickets and crows, bitches and hoes to queen thangs
Over the years I been up on my toes and yes I seen thangs
like Kilroy, chill boi because them folks might think you soft
talkin like that, man fuck them niggaz I'm goin off
and comin right back, like boomerangs when you throw em
With these old ghetto poems, Bankhead is better for em
When they can let they throw em, down from hitchikin and bitin niggaz
until the temple they call the body, now everybody got it
...
© Outkast - Jazzy Belle. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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