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All rights reserved.Speakerboxxx/The Love Below [Edited] - Outkast (CD 2003)
OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below the best album of 2003?Review created: 01/01/04
by: cntaur5 -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Listeners get variety as the two artists explore hip-hop.
Listeners get variety as the two artists explore hip-hop.
Cons:
Parental guidance is still recommended despite the clean and enhanced version.
Parental guidance is still recommended despite the clean and enhanced version.
Does anyone remember the 1995 Source Awards when Outkast was booed? I m wondering what the naysayer s are saying now that this album is being promoted as the best album of the year? Right now one of this albums songs is number one on Billboard Hot 100 for 2003. A good Disc Jockey knows to have the most popular music when working a pre-teen party. Fortunately, I picked up OutKast latest CD; titled, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below . Even bedroom DJ s who spin as a hobby; have to get what their customers want. However, despite what the public demands, I m maintaining my standards in the business...
Review ID: 10000000000568429
Can a band known for being clever be too clever?Review created: 09/25/03
by: minorthreat78 -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Very creative, really a great listen
Very creative, really a great listen
Cons:
Somewhat unconventional, not much collaboration between the duo.
Somewhat unconventional, not much collaboration between the duo.
Much like many of the others out there, the geekiest of the music geeks, I regard Outkast in much the same light as Radiohead, Bjork, and Tool. Which is to say, these are all musical artists that really push the boundaries of music, experiment seemingly unconsciously, and rarely, if ever, mis-step. Still, when I heard that Outkast's next album was going to be a "double solo-LP", featuring solo albums by Andre 3000 and Big Boi, the two members of Outkast, and that their songs and production would mostly be done apart from the other...it certainly raised some red flags. I mean, they've done...
Review ID: 10000000000568430
The First True Hip Hop Masterpiece - pt 2Review created: 06/06/04
by: EFCrow -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Good music.
Good music.
Cons:
Would it matter?
Would it matter?
For its day and time, The Love Below is a masterpiece. Barring Prince and Lenny Kravitz, there just aren t other musicians out there doing it like this. With the exception of the instrumental version of My Favorite Things , this is an outstanding album, from start to finish. My favorite thing about The Love Below is it s organic sound. I would never have guessed Andre 3000 to be a multi-instrumentalist, as well as composer and producer. The album starts off on an utterly symphonic note, with lots of flourishing and he manages almost to have a Lawrence Welk like finish with this. But that s...
Review ID: 10000000000568431
Outkast's "White Album"...like the Beatles,no pun intendedReview created: 11/25/03
by: poetsouldier -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Variety,creativity,excellent musical expression and performance,lyrical cleverness and inventiveness
Variety,creativity,excellent musical expression and performance,lyrical cleverness and inventiveness
Cons:
overindulgence in musical hero worship in the case of "The Love Below"
overindulgence in musical hero worship in the case of "The Love Below"
These records may well be the albums of the year...in terms of adventurousness without compromising commercial accessibility,they certainly are without peer in 2003. Overall,I feel there are more hits than misses on both albums,even though the aesthetic dividing lines between these collaborators are clearly drawn here in most instances. "The Love Below" is the best Prince album Prince never made...which is not an insult to Andre 3000 but a congratulation to him for daring to be experimental in an age where hardness and machismo are the expected standard for a hip hop artist. Still,the thing...
Review ID: 10000000000568434
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, I love the way it moves...Review created: 10/18/03
by: ice_smk -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
One of the best rap albums in a while!
One of the best rap albums in a while!
Cons:
Some tracks are too "out there", but even those can be great at times.
Some tracks are too "out there", but even those can be great at times.
Outkast... What can I say? One of my favorite commercial groups and with good reason. These days it's hard to find any hope in commercial hip hop. Artists like Nelly and Chingy have really made it hard for fans of good music to stick with their favorite genre. But then came, Speakerboxx/The Love Below, one of the better albums I've heard in a while. Big Boi represented his down south style to the fullest while still not getting too into the crap that's plauging that genre (talking about rims, etc) and Andre 3000 just tore down the house with The Love below. Here's a song by song rating: 01 -..
Review ID: 10000000000568433
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