“Aaron Mills is one bad mutha to have in the studio,” says André Benjamin, aka André 3000, the mastermind behind hip-hop iconoclasts OutKast. He ought to know – Mills' basslines are all over OutKast's Grammy-winning rap album, Stankonia.
A Chicago-based electric and upright bassist who has been performing, recording, thumping, and slapping with Cameo on and off since 1979, Mills provided the backbone for Stankonia's two biggest hits, Ms. Jackson and So Fresh, So Clean. And in an unusual move for the programmed, looped world of hip-hop, he laid down his pulsating lines all the way through each track.
