When I heard André's verse, I felt very good because his verse was really, really inspiring.
I didn't wanna hear that, especially when I heard Big Boi's verse. In November 2016, Badu described her initial reaction to the song, stating that, "It hit kind of a sore spot. Then I just converted it over into something people could understand a little bit more." The song was inspired, in part, by Benjamin's relationship with Erykah Badu and her mother. Jackson' was an acoustic guitar song that I was doing at home. In Vibe magazine, a few years after the song was released, André Benjamin (André 3000) recalled creating the song, "'Ms. The single helped sell the album following the commercial underperformance of the lead single, " B.O.B.", which, despite near universal acclaim from critics, failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 and only reached number 69 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Gary Gray, features animals nodding along to the song, won the BET Award for Video of the Year and MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video. Jackson" won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards. In October 2015, NME placed it at number 81 on its list of the "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years", and in June of the same year, Rolling Stone ranked it at number 55 on their "100 Best Songs of the 2000s" listing. It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week on February 17, 2001, and also reached number one in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. It was released on October 24, 2000, as the second single from OutKast's fourth album, Stankonia. Jackson" is a song by American alternative hip hop duo OutKast, consisting of André 3000 and Big Boi.