Kate Bush with OutKast? Yes please!

When Antwan 'Big Boi' Patton, the more sober half of pioneering hip hop duo OutKast, announced last week that he'd been invited by his musical heroine Kate Bush to 'camp out' at her house and collaborate on tracks for his forthcoming solo album, it sent eyebrows shooting sharply upwards. For a start, one might have predicted that Big Boi's cravat-wearing, Pushkin-reading other half, Andre '3000' Benjamin, would be the more obvious OutKast member to duet with the British songwriting icon who has made a career out of giving the impression that she is a bit wispy in the head. While the thought of Bush adding her ethereal sheen to Big Boi's rapping makes the mind boggle in a good way, it's to be hoped that their collective efforts see the light of day; unlike the tiny-dynamite hook-up mooted several years ago between Prince and Kylie, musical giants at roughly five feet tall apiece, which sadly never materialised.