Instead, Andre has created the great lost Prince album - the platter that the Purple One recorded somewhere between Around the World in a Day and Sign 'o' the Times. And as the cocktail jazz pianos that sparkle through the first few songs indicate, it's not much of a hip-hop album. Outkast The Love Below 2003īy contrast, The Love Below isn't so much visionary as it is unapologetically eccentric. It's a hell of a ride, reclaiming the adventurous spirit of the golden age and pushing it into a new era. It's grounded firmly within hip-hop, but the beats bend against the grain and the arrangements are overflowing with ideas and thrilling, unpredictable juxtapositions, such as how "Bowtie" swings like big-band jazz filtered through George Clintonhow "The Way You Move" offsets its hard-driving verses with seductive choruses, or how "The Rooster" cheerfully rides a threatening minor-key mariachi groove, salted by slippery horns and loose-limbed wah-wah guitars. From the moment Speakerboxxx kicks into gear with "GhettoMusick" and its relentless blend of old-school s and breakneck breakbeats, it's clear that Boi is ignoring boundaries, and the rest of his album follows suit. If conventional wisdom, based on their public personas and previous music, held that Big Boi 's record, Speakerboxxxwould be the more conventional of the two and Andre 's The Love Below the more experimental, that doesn't turn out to be quite true. Thing is, while it would have been a wild, bracing listen to hear these 39 songs mixed up, alternating between Boi and Dre cuts, the two albums do prove that the music can be solo in execution but remain OutKast records through and through.īoth records are visionary, imaginative listens, providing some of the best music ofregardless of genre. Which, of course, is part of the point of releasing solo albums under the group name - it's to prove that the two can exist under the umbrella of the OutKast aesthetic while standing as individuals.
Although both albums have their own distinct character, the effect is kind of like if the Beatles issued The White Album as one LP of Lennon tunes, the other of McCartney songs - the individual records may be more coherent, but the illusion that the group can do anything is tarnished.īy isolating themselves from each other, Big Boi and Andre diminish the idea of OutKast slightly, since the focus is on the individuals, not the group. In its kaleidoscopic, deep-fried amalgam of Dirty South, dirty funk, techno, and psychedelia, Stankonia was fearlessly exploratory and giddy with possibilities. Sleepy Brown Benz or Beamer So Fresh, So Clean To call OutKast 's follow-up to their masterpiece Stankonia the most eagerly awaited hip-hop album of the new millennium may be hyperbole, but not by much. Hey Ya! In Due Time with Ceelo Jackson Roses The Way You Move feat. Idlewild Stankonia Aquemini ATLiens Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik Top Videos See All. Stay Ready What a Life [feat.OutKast's blend of gritty Southern soul, fluid raps, and the rolling G-funk of their Organized Noize production crew epitomized the Atlanta wing of hip-hop's rising force, the Dirty South, during the late '90s.Īlong with Goodie Mob, OutKast took Southern hip-hop in bold, innovative new directions: less reliance on aggression, more positivity and melody, thicker arrangements, and intricate lyrics. Lioness: Hidden Treasures by Amy Winehouse itunes.
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