Outasight

Outasight
Birth name Richard Andrew
Born (1983-02-17) February 17, 1983
Yonkers, New York, U.S.
Origin Westchester County, New York, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active 2007–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website www.iamoutasight.com

Richard Andrew, (born February 17, 1983) better known by his stage name Outasight, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer born and raised in Yonkers, New York. Though he is considered a pop artist, he is influenced by other genres such as hip hop, rock music and soul music.[6]

His debut album, Night Like These, featured the platinum selling "Tonight Is The Night" and follow up single, "Now or Never.". Outasight spent the next few years on the road performing at such festivals as Lollapalooza, Governors Ball, and the Warped Tour. His follow up album, Big Trouble, was released late 2015. The album included stand out singles "The Wild Life" and modern funk anthem "The Boogie".

Biography

Richard Andrew was born in Yonkers, New York on February 17, 1983. At the age of 9, his father gave him a guitar, and although he did not have much interest in playing the guitar, it sparked his interest in becoming a musician. He began writing rhymes and singing around age 10. He attended St. Joseph's School in Bronxville, NY.

Early career

Outasight began playing shows at small venues in New York City such as the Bowery Poetry Club and the Nuyorican Cafe. After his first EP release Employee of the Year, he played at the 2007 Hip-hop festival alongside major label acts such as Ghostface Killah, Skillz, and Consequence. In June 2008, Outasight released his second promotional CD, titled Radio New York. This release saw more commercial success, and was featured in XXL Magazine's Soundcheck choice in "Something to Talk About." His music video for the song "Good Evening (Dream Big)" received a video rotation spot on mtvU in the Fall of 2008, after winning the 2008 mtvU Freshmen video contest.[7] "Good Evening" was also popularized by its use in Ray William Johnson's YouTube-based vlog series: Breaking NYC.

2011–2013: Warner Bros. Records

In October 2009, Outasight signed with Warner Bros. Records. In December 2009, Lifted Research Group, better known as LRG, sponsored the release of Outasight's Further mixtape.[4] His biggest release to date, Further has generated even more press than the previous two albums. The album was heavily publicized on the internet, garnering strong reviews and also promotion from YouTube celebrity Ray William Johnson.[8] Since then, he has been featured in major media outlets, such as MTV News.[9] On March 23, 2010, Outasight released the Further EP on Asylum Records, and on November 23, 2012, he released his first full-length studio album, Nights Like These.[10][11] Outasight released a music video for his single "Catch Me If You Can" from the Further EP, which has been featured on numerous hip-hop blogs.[12] Also in 2010, Outasight collaborated with rapper Asher Roth on the "Catch Me If You Can" remix.[13]

Outasight released his first single, "Tonight Is the Night", which was featured on a Pepsi commercial.[14] The commercial includes footage of Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Ray Charles, and Kanye West. Tonight Is The Night was the theme for the 1000th episode of WWE Monday Night RAW. Also, Believe In Me has been used in the documentary WWE Once In A Lifetime.

Outasight performed live at the 2012 NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa, Ontario, where his single "Tonight Is the Night" was the song for the player introductions. On January 17, 2012, Outasight performed his song "Tonight Is the Night" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with The Roots.[15] On April 13, 2012, Outasight confirmed via Facebook that his second single from his upcoming debut album would be called "Now or Never" and that would be out soon.[16] It was released on May 11, 2012. His debut album, Nights Like These was released on November 23, 2012, and it peaked at No. 13 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.

2014–present: Big Trouble and Richie

In 2015, he launched a recording label named RPM MSC in partnership with his management.[17] Outasight's sophomore studio album, Big Trouble, was released on October 23, 2015 through RPM MSC.[3] Its lead single "The Wild Life" was released on July 29, 2015[18] and featured in the Bud Light Lime & Mountain Dew summer campaigns and several films.[19][20] His next single, "The "Boogie" was selected to be in the "Apple Watch 2" campaign, the opening introduction to the NBA Primetime on ABC, and also the credit song to the box office blockbuster, Central Intelligence.[21][22][23]

His next single, "Do Something Crazy", was released late summer of 2016. The song was featured in the film (Mike and Dave Needs Wedding Dates) along with (The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature) and the soundtrack to the video game, Madden 17.[24][25]

Outasight released is first single of 2017 on April 7 with "I Got You" and announced his third album was coming in the summer. [26] 4 days later, the music video for "I Got You" was released. On June 9, Outsight released the single "Life of the Party" as part of a Summer of new music for him.[27] The music video for Life of the Party was released on June 30. A week later he dropped his next single "Feel Good"[28] which features Hoodie Allen. Outasight announced his next Album Richie on July 28, by releasing the song "NY 2 LA.".[29] Richie is set to release on August 18, 2017. A week away from the release, Outasight released the song "Still Young," which talks about how our youth can never escape us.[30]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Mixtapes

  • 2007: Employee of the Year EP
  • 2008: Radio New York
  • 2009: From There to Here
  • 2009: Further
  • 2010: Never Say Never
  • 2011: Figure 8 EP
  • 2011: Get It Together
  • 2013: Stay Gold

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[31]		 US Pop
[31]		 AUS
[32]		 BEL (Vl)
[33]		 CAN
[34]
2011 "Tonight Is the Night" 3814182353 Nights Like These
2012 "Now or Never" 10326———
"Shine"
(featuring Chiddy Bang)		 —————
"I'll Drink to That"
 —————
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Videography

  • "Catch Me If You Can"[37] (25 March 2010)
  • "Losing My Mind"[38] (19 January 2011)
  • "It's Like That"[39] (27 February 2011)
  • "So What"[40] (13 April 2011)
  • "Figure 8"[41] (8 August 2011)
  • "Tonight is the Night"[42] (9 November 2011)
  • "Now or Never"[43] (17 September 2012)
  • "Shine"[44] (16 October 2012)
  • "Tapedeck Blues"[45] (11 September 2013)
  • "Anchor Down"[46] (29 July 2014)
  • "The Wild Life"[47] (29 July 2015)
  • "The Boogie"[48] (21 April 2016)
  • "I Got You"[49] (11 April 2017)
  • "Life of the Party" [50] (30 June 2017)

Songwriter

Jacob Banks "Part Time Love" [51]

Max Frost "Adderrall" [52]

Hoodie Allen "Believe" [53]

Hoodie Allen "Ain't Ready" [53]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.jango.com/music/Outasight/_full_bio?l=0
  2. ↑ http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2011/12/the_problem_with_outasights_to.php
  3. 1 2 http://www.rpmmsc.com/outasight.html
  4. 1 2 Paine, Jake (2010-03-13). "Outasight Talks About Signing To Warner/Asylum, "Further EP" | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  5. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/raywilliamjohnson/posts/323266291026661?stream_ref=5
  6. ↑ "PinBoard Exclusive: Outasight Interview « PinBoard". Pinboardblog.com. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  7. ↑ "Winning Freshmen Video for 11.03.08: Outasight "Good Evening"". mtvu.com. 2008-11-07. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  8. ↑ TSSCrew (2010-02-12). "Review Of Outasight's Further | The Smoking Section". Smokingsection.uproxx.com. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  9. ↑ 12/11/09 (2009-12-11). "Outasight And Ameer Bring New Perspectives To Hip-Hop - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  10. ↑ "Asylum Recording Artist Outasight Drops Digital EP 'Further' @ Top40-Charts.com - Songs & Videos from 49 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 30 Countries". Top40-charts.com. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  11. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Further - EP by Outasight". Itunes.apple.com. 2010-03-19. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  12. ↑ Warner Bros Records. "Warner Bros Records". Asylumrecords.com. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  13. ↑
  14. ↑ Archived December 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ↑ "OUTASIGHT Performs "Tonight Is The Night"". Latenightwithjimmyfallon.com. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  16. ↑ "Now or Never". Facebook. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  17. ↑ http://linesinasong.com/post/131126251048/artistsyoushouldknow-outasight
  18. ↑ https://twitter.com/Outasight/status/626538281593778176%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  19. ↑ "Bud Light Lime TV Commercial, 'Drone Ball' Song by Outasight". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  20. ↑ Mountain Dew (2015-05-08), Do The Dew | Keep Moving | Mountain Dew, retrieved 2016-12-09
  21. ↑ Apple Commercial for Apple Watch (2016) (Television Commercial) @Popisms.com - Connecting Pop Culture, retrieved 2016-12-09
  22. ↑ "Outasight Lends 'The Boogie' to ESPN's New Show 'NBA Saturday Primetime'". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  23. ↑ Thurber, Rawson Marshall; Hart, Kevin; Ryan, Amy; Nicolet, Danielle (2016-06-17), Central Intelligence, retrieved 2016-12-09
  24. ↑ Szymanski, Jake; Devine, Adam; Kendrick, Anna; Plaza, Aubrey (2016-07-08), Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, retrieved 2016-12-09
  25. ↑ "Madden NFL 17 Soundtrack". www.easports.com. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  26. ↑ http://www.iamoutasight.com/blog/2017/4/7/my-new-single-i-got-you-is-here
  27. ↑ http://www.iamoutasight.com/blog/2017/6/8/life-of-the-party-is-out-now
  28. ↑ http://www.iamoutasight.com/blog/2017/6/8/life-of-the-party-is-out-now-4fyta
  29. ↑ http://www.iamoutasight.com/blog/2017/7/28/my-new-album-richie-comes-out-august-18th
  30. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtNXxPb6e_A
  31. 1 2 "Billboard Hot 100 - US Charts". Billboard. Billboard.com. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  32. ↑ "ARIA Singles Chart - Australia Charts". ARIA. ariacharts.com.au. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  33. ↑ "Ultratop 50 Singles - Belgium Charts". Ultratop. ultratop.be. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  34. ↑ "Canadian Hot 100 - Canadian Charts". Billboard. billboard.com. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  35. ↑ "US Certifications". RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). riaa.com. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  36. ↑ "AUS Certifications (Singles 2012)". ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association). aria.com.au. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  37. ↑ "Outasight - Catch Me If You Can [Official Music Video]". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  38. ↑ "Outasight - Losing My Mind" (Official Music Video). YouTube. 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  39. ↑ "Outasight - It's Like That" (Official Music Video). YouTube. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  40. ↑ "Outasight - So What" (Official Music Video). YouTube. 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  41. ↑ "Outasight - Figure 8" (Official Music Video). YouTube. 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  42. ↑ "Outasight - Tonight Is The Night" (Official Music Video). YouTube. 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  43. ↑ "Outasight - Now Or Never" (Official Music Video). YouTube. 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  44. ↑ "Outasight Ft. Chiddy - Shine" (Official Music Video). YouTube. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  45. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbbNqhHJ2eU
  46. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-MvuCpH9oM
  47. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEbcEYbxmqQ
  48. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7O83RRuBm8
  49. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TBfBIe-1pE
  50. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJI-uNsFzI0
  51. ↑ "Part Time Love - Jacob Banks | Song Info | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  52. ↑ "Max Frost - Adderall Lyrics — Last.fm". Last.fm. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  53. 1 2 8/18, Richie (2017-09-28). "Congrats to the homie! Worked on believe and ain't ready with the g! Wishing u all the success bro.https://twitter.com/hoodieallen/status/913614795873636352 …". @Outasight. Retrieved 2017-11-03. External link in |title= (help)
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