Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below
At a time when experimentation is taboo in most overground rap, that's all Outkast seem intent on executing. Firstly, this double CD has no cohesive link, other than the fact that it sounds like a pair of solo albums stitched together to demo exactly how Andre's yin works to augment Big Boi's yang. Andre 3000's Love Below disc rates as the more eclectic of the two, given that he's turned in his emcee credentials to become a full-on funk-soul-jazz vocalist who mostly sings about items of love ("Happy Valentine's Day"), carnal lust ("Spread"), and female adoration ("Prototype"). Minus the big band schmaltz of "Love Hater" and cheesy cover jobs ("My Favorite Things"), Andre's disc is sick (meaning great). As is to be expected, the Big Boi disc is less arty, more gangsta and worldly, and features the less-progressive guest raps of ATL crunk purveyors Lil' Jon and The Eastside Boyz ("Last Call") and Jay-Z who rhymes the hook on "Flip Flop Rock". Unlike Big Boi, Andre keeps his collabos to a minimum, once crooning alongside Norah Jones on the cool yet sappy "Take Off Your Cool", and once with Kelis. Boi fulfills his Dungeon Family duty with flying colors by flipping some dirty southern up-tempo raps over electro beats on "GhettoMusick". By the time Cee-Lo sermonizes on "Reset", Speakerboxx and Love Below rate mostly as majestic and inspiring, with the remaining 23 per cent being just plain incredible --Dalton Higgins more
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02:40Trill
Not bad for a commercial hip hop/rap cd. Typical stuff you'd expect from the south but not...
02:01Aquemini
This is a real hot album. Fast, exciting songs, chill, lyrical ones, really this is just one big...
01:10Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)
Great CD from one of the most innovative pioneers of Rap. Album Number Ten
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Recent Reviews
- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-06-2008
- READ BEFORE BUYING!!
This is not a review of the album(s) itself but rather of Amazon's misdirected links to this album.Unless Amazon has changed it since I complained, this is the edited version of the albums. I started at the Explicit lyrics CD page and...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-21-2008
- Outkast's most successful album to date
I remember this album when I was in the 11th grade. I play this album thoroughly. They have taken a bold step forward by releasing an unprecedented dual CD containing their own musical statements. On The Love Below, Andre 3000 used a...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-24-2008
- Stop reading and BUY THIS ALBUM!
I am a die-hard Outkast fan since I first heard SouthernPlayalistic...and when I heard that they were dropping a double, I had to get it. It's an amazing combination of two distinctively different artists which happen to complement each...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-16-2008
- (3.5 stars) Sellout? Maybe. But I like it, whatever it is
I think it's safe to say this is one of the most ambitious projects in hip-hop history. It's a double-album, which has done before, but it's essentially two solo albums: Speakerboxx would be Big Boi's, and The Love Below would be...
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-21-2008
- Outkast's most successful album to date
I remember this album when I was in the 11th grade. I play this album thoroughly. They have taken a bold step forward by releasing an unprecedented dual CD containing their own musical statements. On The Love Below, Andre 3000 used a...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Mar-30-2008
- Half a double
I very much enjoyed the Andre Benjamin half of this double album. He has a terrific voice, the tunes are melodious, and the lyrics are listenable. The second album was not my cup of tea. The two styles were so different I wondered why...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-06-2008
- READ BEFORE BUYING!!
This is not a review of the album(s) itself but rather of Amazon's misdirected links to this album.Unless Amazon has changed it since I complained, this is the edited version of the albums. I started at the Explicit lyrics CD page and...
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