Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Ambitious and some classic songs but not my jam. It’s been a while since I’ve listened to hip hop like this and some of it sounds unmusical. Also too many talking interlude tracks.

If I was going to get one of the longest albums on the site, might as well have been on a day where I didn’t have to do anything. Anyway, this is bloated, but there’s some great material on here. First of all, ‘Hey Ya!’ is just a banger. Also it’s deep because relationships and stuff. ‘Roses’ is also good. Also Big Boi’s side is a good rap album. The surprise favorite for me was ‘My Favorite Things’. Combining a Coltrane song with those cool drums (kind of reminds me of Aphex Twin, though definitely not as crazy) was inspired. This was a good album, but why this over Aquemini or ATLiens?

Hey Ya! And Roses are obvious classics but there’s a ton of misses/unnecessary skits in this one

this was an interesting listen. parts of it were really cool and flowed well, but there's going to be filler on a double album that lasts for the length of a blockbuster movie (2h15m!). i only knew the way you move, hey ya, and I think roses before going into this. also, I was shocked at how many guest appearances there were on this album that became huge names later on. favorites: hey ya, flip flop rock

That was kinda... a lot. Kinda too much.

Used to always love the love below and never really listened to speakerbodxxx but big boy is very very good

It’s alright.

both albums are incredibly rich every song feels textured rhythmically and it was just really fun overall. one of the best maybe ever

Classic yet underrated

Certified bangers here but honestly way too long

Love it

A double album often means double the dread. The fear of how much time I'm going to need to invest in a single day to unpack all the tracks and form some kind of an opinion on it. Throw on top of that we're talking about a group that's unafraid of skits and other interludes a person can become quite daunted quickly. Good thing for me that I own this record already. ;) Someone else with greater powers of pithy summarization will come along and say something succinct. They'll impart a bunch of wisdom while displaying their impressive wit. Me? I'm here to say: it's uneven at best. The best songs totally slap and all that but you have to put up with a lot of other tracks where you can tell that OutKast was at a point in their career and popularity that they lacked a person between them or in their inner circle who could successfully wield the editing pen. It's always a bit of a let down when you hear a ~40 track double album that feels like it drags in places and you know it could've made a classic, all-time great record with 12 tracks.

Les interludes c'est insupp mais sinon très chouette projet

Classic

PREFS : Ghetto Musick, Unhappy, The Way You Move, The Rooster, Bust, War, Church, Knowing, Flip Flop Rock, Reset, Love Hater, Happy Valentine's Day, Spread, Prototype, She Lives in My Lap, Hey Ya!, Roses, Love in War, My Favorite Things, Vibrate, A Day in the Life of Benjamin André (Incomplete) MOINS PREF : Behold a Lady

Won’t be my first time, excited to relisten!!!! Speakerbox- Fav: bowtie & flip flop rock Least fav: Bust “Feeling good feeling great Feeling great feeling good how are you?” I thought I liked the love below better But this unexpectedly amazing The love below- Fav: Hey Ya & Pink and Blue Least fav: she’s alive The love below is more memorable to me I love this album as a concept, two different albums in one record.

Prefer the Big Boi material over the Andre 3000 side. Sprawling and ambitious which I respect and both are talented. But it sounds too busy and all over the place. Didn't click with me.

Meh.

Not for me, please don’t send anymore. I have only been on this site a week and already I’ve been sent two albums by OutKast.

Listened to Speakerboxxx and I liked it a lot. Not exactly ground-breaking, but I loved the flow, the beats, the variety, even the skits. I've never listened to an entire Outkast album before and had always seen them as being associated with a couple of tracks that I got sick of hearing in the early 2000s. This was far better than I had expected. Didn't enjoy the second album as much, it was kind of grating and brought down the rating from 5-stars to 3-stars.

4.5 stars Creative hip hop double album that spans different sounds . First Speakerboxxx by Big Boi and lots of guest artists is just solid track after track and sounds a little more like traditional hip-hop. Then The Love Below by Andre 3000 is more poppy, jazz/funky and longer and drawn out with more filler and doesn't have the same bass-driven oomph as the former. There's absolute hits that are timeless led by "Hey Ya!," "The Way You Move," and "Roses." This record is expansive and showed what hip hop could be. Half star deduction for The Love Below not being on quite the same level as Speakerboxxx.

Good but uneven. I guess I’m happy because if this album made the list then some other great OutKast albums are on the way.

Some great dancing music. Too long and could cut the interludes. Couldn't finish in one sitting. Too many tracks.

I struggled with this. Sounds ok, but didn't click

Same thing I initially thought, would have been much better condensed into 1 album.

These two albums start off with banger after banger. GhettoMusick is so good with its tempo shifts, you know the rest of the album is going to be just as unique. I'm not really a fan of the interludes. I feel like they bulk out an already super long album, and they kill the momentum. Speakerboxx seems like it takes traditional hiphop and rap elements and pushes them into a crazy future. The love below... I have no idea what I'm getting into with this intro.

This sounds like teenagers that got ahold of expensive recording gear somehow and spent a month jerking off in the studio. It doesn't sound bad, it's just not very good.

This is probably the only OutKast album I’ve never listened to. It’s pretty much two albums. One Big Boy, and one Andre 3000. It’s good but it’s also 2.5 hours long. Halfway through the album it’s like you go from club music to baby making music, which was interesting for my work commute.

While I find it a somewhat dated sound, it's energetic and fun. My ears do get a bit bored with the relative sameness of the songs.

I think there are lots of songs and references on this album that have made it into my life without ever knowing where they're from. Nick Gall always used to say "feelin good feelin great", which is a line from a song on this album. Some fun funky tunes and some pretty impressive rap verses too. Not my usual wheelhouse but enjoying so far.

I like OutKast but not an album I’m that familiar apart from the obvious hit songs. Was unsure when I seen the length of this given I’m not a fan of double albums, but this is actually an interesting concept two debut solo albums released as a double album. It flows really well and most of the album is a hit, therefore deserves to be on the list, but still too long for me to this this anything above a 3.

Getting through this was one of the worst listening experiences I have had. Too long, too dull. How this was ever a hit album, I have no idea

Like the way you move hey ya roses life in a day

A monumental work, a unique concept ahead of it's time (as with everything Outkast did), a smattering of iconic tracks, bangers, deep cuts and future classics.

It's pretty impressive when one of your worst albums is still this good. The separation of Big Boi & Andre 3000 does weaken some of the magic they have when they are together, but man, some of my favorite Outkast songs ever are on here. The Rooster might be the most underrated song they've ever put out. 3.5/5

Expectations: I thought I would love André 3000's "The Love Below" more than Big Boi's "Speakerboxxx" because I was more familiar with André's work. Reality: "The Love Below" was a hateful, self-loathing, love letter to bad relationships and was truly a slog to get through. "Speakerboxxx" was much more enjoyable to listen to. I'm giving 3 stars to Big Boi and 1 to André.

Pretty good, with some absolute standouts ("Hey Ya!" as an obvious example) but quite long and the last part of The Love Below is just not good.

Siempre me.ha costado este disco. Todas las veces en que he intentado escucharlo de cabo a rabo nunca lo logro. No me cabe duda de su calidad, pero curiosamente no es un disco que pueda escuchar por placer, sino sólo por tarea o deber.

I liked it, but this could’ve been a single lp Got bored after awhile

Fun, but a lot of filler. I liked the concept of Andre and Big Boi doing their own style.

Some excellent parts but a lot of filler

I didn't want to listen to this album, then I did. Wow. The richness of the music with multiple layers interweaving seamlessly is hypnotic. The raps and ryhmes (I'm white, I don't know nothin', but I'm pretty sure there's a few different rap and rhyme styles being used interchangeably, and brilliantly) are like a mental massage. This was a fast and mood-alicious two plus hours, and I am gonna be listening again. Docked one point for releasing two solo albums as a band album. But better done than Kiss (1.5 out of 4 vs. 2/2 for Outkast)

This really blew my 13/14 year old mind, and probably remains my favourite hip-hop album(s) to this day. I listened to The Love Below in particular on repeat on my CD Walkman, and it kept me company during some dark times. Andre 3000 lead me on a funky, sexy musical odyssey that could also be supremely pretty (those strings at the end of Pink & Blue…) or kind of cold and eerie (most of the second half of the disc). He always sounded effortlessly cool, no matter how goofy the rhymes or how strange the music. I neglected Speakerboxxx a bit at the time, which is both a shame and quite baffling, as it’s a 5 star album in its own right. It’s closer to a typical hip-hop sound, but in its way it’s just as packed with fun ideas as TLB, and pound for pound arguably contains more bangers.

Hell Ya

The second album was a lot better. I appreciated the variety, but wow this was too much for me. Some good moments, but I don’t really like hip hop so it was hard to get through

Too long and filled with not good songs, but the highlights are really good

The first part sucked. The second part was a little better with some enjoyable moments. As an album it was way too long

NIce album but after a while it gets a bit same old same old

This was way too long, and not that fun.

Very hard to rate as it's 2 complete albums and it's so so long. All in all I don't think it works as an album for me due to it's length but it does have many great moments

This album is long as hell, but there's very little about it that I don't like. The 'Feeling good, feeling great. Feeling great, feeling good, how are you?" bit in the first song wins me over immediately. I didn't pay attention to the whole thing, but kept getting pulled in over and over again. It's good stuff.

Sprawling double album - and one that wrongfooted me. My prior familiarity with the material skewed exclusively to the Andre 3000 side of the coin, but it was the Big Boi half of the equation that I found myself enjoying more. Mad that an album this sprawling was able to sustain my interest throughout. It lagged in places - especially where Andre tries to play 1970s sophisticate loverman - but overall, what a curious collection of music, sounds, moods and ideas.

La llegenda diu que el disc de Big Boi, 'Speakerboxxx' empal.lideix davant la màgia de 'The Love Below' d'Andre 3000. I la llegenda té raó. Més enfocat al hip hop i amb alguns temes resultons, la proposta de Big Boi queda totalment eclipsada per la frescura i la creativitat que penetren a 'The Love Below'. Aquest conté 'Hey Ya', que ja per si mateixa justificaria la seva adquisició, però gairebé tot ell és una obra per recordar i perdurar, inclosos els seus interludis i apropaments a altres géneres, fent del protagonista el millor deixeble de Prince en aquells anys. 2 estrelles el primer disc i 4 pel segon disc

I came in with high hopes after giving Stankonia a 10/10 a few months ago. Unfortunately I was mildly disappointed with this one. A bit too long winded for me, and while the mix of genres that Big Boi and Andre pull off is pretty impressive, I found too many songs to be excessive. I'll continue to come back and hope it grows on me. 7/10

Super good! Two hours of fun. “Hey Ya!” will never not make me overwhelmingly nostalgic and emotional.

Man I love Outkast but this is looooonng. I managed to listen through its entirety after many false starts and the verdict is … it’s unnecessary self indulgent for the most part because the music is brilliant but the pacing is a slog. Speakerboxxx gets through alright but The Love Below has a lot of filler. Shame this has hints of masterpiece all over it but as a whole it’s tiresome.

Speakerboxxx is a rock solid hip hop album (a 4), The Love Below is an extremely inconsistent mess (a 2). No wonder they did their own separate things for this. Splitting the difference makes this a 3 I guess.

There are some excellent, iconic songs in here. Buuuuut there’s also a lot of middling to good so it sits in the middle.

I actually didn't mind Speakerboxxx but the whole double album thing was such a slog. And the Love Below really sucked.

Should have split this in two days.

An argument for those who feel that double albums would really be better as a single album. It's good but there's so much fluff that is masquerading as songs. So much editing needed. Best Tracks: I Like The Way You Move (feat. Sleepy Brown); Hey Ya!; Roses

This really is two solo albums in one. Big Boi and André 3000 is such a power duo and both Speakerboxxx and The Love Below have an exceptional quality to them. It's hard to do a follow up to a killer album like Stankonia but somehow they manage to succeed even though it's in a different direction. Speakerboxxx is more of a traditional hip-hop album and The Love Below is more experimental with jazzy influences. As it is two albums it's very demanding for the listener if you want to listen to it in one session.

vilken skit

Very much two separate albums. I preferred Andre 3000‘s “The Love Below” with its Parliament/Funkadelic/n*e*r*d/Prince vibe. Humourous and fun. Big Boi’s Speakerboxxx is a well produced hip hop album, not aggressive, but still proliferated with the n-word and bragging. Music is good and relatively varied.

So many stars. It's long, but I love every minute of it. Two different styles, each one adding to this great double album. Andre 3000's used to be my favourite, but I think Big Boi's has maybe stood the test of time more... or maybe I just like the party vibes more now that I'm not an emotional teenager!

Two solid albums in different styles. I enjoyed both but like the Love Below better. Great production and performances throughout. Appreciate all the other rappers and singers keeping it really interesting throughout.

I enjoyed this but it was way too long, I think a distilled version of this album would be a 4. Roses is one of my fav outkast songs

I really got OutKast fatigue by the end of this. I don’t know if I owned this CD or my cousin did but we def listened to it together a bunch. I dont remember it being this long. I can’t believe Hey Ya is like an hour and 20 mins in.

Had this sprawling beast on CD - you only ever listen to the Shake it and Way You Move tracks - the rest is just nurdling tomfoolery

Funky

A tale of two halves to make once complete album. ‘Speakerboxxx’ provides an excellent album of old school hip-hip whereas ‘The Love Below’ tells the story of André 3000’s unfortunate attempts to find “a Layydayy” using funk and jazz. All in all, one excellent album even if both halves are listened to consecutively or separately.

It's not bad, but way too much times I felt like it is just filling up space. Generally too long. Did not really enjoy it all the way, but it is not a bad album Hey Ya! is still a banger and it has some great feat performances, but as an album it just does not do it for me.

Ain’t nobody needs over two hours of Outkast. And I like them! But two hours fifteen minutes is too much. Also, kids swearing, not funny.

You go into this album expecting to get the epitome of 2000s hip hop, and come out with a full anthology showing how talented both of these artists are, individually and together. I'll forever maintain that Big Boi is the most underrated figure in hip hop. The best tracks on each are obvious, so the best of the non-obvious tracks: Speakerboxxx: Flip Flop Rock The Love Below: Love in War

❤️

I remember really liking Outkast around the time that this album came out, and yet I don’t think I actually listened to the album in full. Well it’s better late than never, so let’s listen! Songs I already knew: Hey Ya, Roses Favourites: Hey Ya, Roses, Bowtie Generally, if I’m generated a long listen to album to, I start off slightly miffed. But not today! I was excited to listen to an album with a run time of over 2 hours, which says a lot for me. The music is very catchy from front to back (I personally prefer The Love Below but both discs are genuinely excellent). The lyrics are very smart, but rarely overly intricate so it isn’t too alienating. Overall, a fantastic record demonstrating a great mix of hip hop and pop.

Great album, but long.

сложная история. это длинный и глобально классный альбом. есть скучноватые места, но некоторые треки уносят за собой. но я не могу поставить альбому 5, это 4+++++, но не пять. у пацанов много работ и это хорошая, тут есть, но мне кажется, что будь она чуть короче, она стала бы лучше в любом случае, к прослушиванию обязательно

очень смешанно, так как это суперальбом (на самом деле 2 альбома), который длится больше 2 часов. С одной стороны, разнообразие жанров, классные биты и прикольные скиты с рифмами, а с другой я как-то больше втянулся только на второй половине и из-за этого есть ощущение что я зачем-то еще слушал первую половину

Два часа... что ж, это было испытание, но в поезде у меня было достаточно времени. Бегло пробежавшись по трек-лист, отметил, что по-моему это первый альбом, где есть трек с МИЛЛИАРДОМ прослушиваний на Spotify. Конечно же, я слышал уже когда-то Hey Ya, то ли в рекламе, то ли в тиктоках... Забавный принцип работы: дуэт делает альбом, каждый участник продюсирует половину и они получаются очень разными. На Speakerboxxx у нас доминирует хип-хопчик: биты, семплы, скретчи, фит с Jay-Z... На второй же половине мы уходим всё больше к фанку, более инструментальные аранжировки, речитатив разбавляется вокальными линиями. Возможно, это моя жанровая предвзятость, но вторая половина звучала динамичнее, позитивнее и, как следствие, "пролетела" быстрее, несмотря на свою большую длительность. Но в теории, альбом можно было бы и на два поделить. Причём сделать как они сами две части обозначили. Никто от этого не проиграл бы. Но окей, допустим, что мы оцениваем этот альбом как два разных. Первой половине я поставлю двоечку за всё выше сказанное. Нудно. А вот вторая половина порадовала, я бы тут даже 4.5/5 влепил, очень порадовало переплетение инструментальной музыки и электронной. В среднем в итоге выйдет тройка.

С одной стороны музыка хорошая, с другой заебно. Мб если бы и 2 части отдельно были, то было бы 3/4, а так 3

Great but too long

Great album

It's just so damn long. It's a pretty good listen from front to back though, Outkast are good. The Love Below half lost me a bit but finished strong. I'm more interested in their classic 90s records than this one, but not a bad listen, it's just kinda...bloated.

I remember this album being so big when it came out. It's a beast, essentially a double album consisting of solo helmed records from both Big Boi and Andre 3000, and it's just phenomenal top to bottom, Genre defying and generational defining. It was fun to revisit.

Unik lyd, grineren lyrik, dobbeltalbum, lidt langt, stadig kvalitet

4.5/5. Every hip hop fan definitely MUST listen to this album before they die, 40 songs in total but was left wanting more at the end. Speakerboxxx is more straightforward with a consistent southern rap sound with typical beats. I like the experimentation in The Love Below.

Enjoyable in parts but unbelievably too long

i thought stankonia was long - g o d d a m n - the love below is even longer, and thats just half the record. difference is stankonia is good from start to finish i think that there is such a creative superabundance and natural flow to their art that they were just more concerned with having a good time in the making of this record than seeing it as a serious testament to their artistic legacy. in other words, i dont think they really cared if the actual record was good or not, which here is the gift and the curse. its organic and brilliant and none of it moves me take away the obvious three classics from this record and i actually think Speakerboxxxx is the superior side. cut 70% of this album and it would be better

Yooooo Amazing album! I will contend that this contains one of the best recorded versions of My Favourite Things in the history of mankind What more can we wish for

GUHHH GHH GUHHHHH HGHHHH KYAHHHHHH

Speakerboxxx is better, fight me

Roses is a fuckin banger

This is a really cool album. And I wanted to give it five stars, I really did. It's just a little exorbitant and disjointed. Both halves are enjoyable; I think I preferred The Love Below on my first listen, and Speakerboxx on my recent listen. By the time you get through both sides...this thing is just way too longgggg. And many of the tracks, particularly many of the interludes, are incidental, not really offering anything of substance, as if they're just padding out each side to make for two "full" albums. Still, maybe my favorite double album in rap.

3,5

This album is insane i honsestly didnt think love below could be better than speakerboxx and now i honestly cant decide which i like better! So amazing!

Fire

It was too long to really enjoy... Some absolute bangers but a lot of chaff

Hip Hop / Rap is usually not my jam but this is a great, diverse double album with some big hits, great songs, and some stuff I didn't care for. I preferred Andre3000s The Love Below part.

Usunęłabym połowę piosenek które mi się nie podobają z części Andrzeja i połowę Big Boya i wyszła by wtedy genialna płyta na 5 o normalnej długości, a tak to jest tego za dużo. Ale i tak jest mnóstwo perełek. Andrzeja uwielbiam, tutaj jest często bardzo sensualny, do Big Boya byłam gorzej nastawiona, a okazało się, że super, bardzo energetyczny, świetne dęciaki. Miałam przesłuchać w całości już jakiś czas temu i teraz się udało. Myślę, że sporo piosenek z obu krążków trafi na moją plejkę.

This album is on a whole other level, I cannot speak highly enough of it! Such an incredible split album for both Andre and Big Boi! The differences between Speakerboxx and The Love Below are so apparent but they mesh so well in this double album, two albums with the same flow. Big Boi starts it out with that classic souther-style hip hop and then Andre comes in and makes everything so funky and shows love and heartbreak is great pictures. All around such a good album, too many good songs to count and even tho it’s 2 hours long I could just keep listening to it. Absolutely incredible album.

Overall fine, but not sure any individual song was above a 3

Ban double albums If both were released individually would probably be 3 for speakerboxxx and 4.5 for the love below. I think putting them together as a double is a weird decision

Both volumes are pretty quirky though the first volume is just too silly for my taste. Volume 2 is a lot better and I think the first volume is better left ignored.

Veeeery nice

Schon gehört. Love Below ist genial Speakerboxx auch gut. 8/10

Speakerboxxx ha uno stile interessante e anche qualche canzone, ma non molto di più. Nell'altro c'è Hey Ya! e ha un mood più interessante. Faticoso però tutto l'ascolto.

Two solo efforts on two separate discs, this is certainly a unique album from the Outkast duo. The Speakerboxxx disc, which is Big Boi's solo effort, is a more traditional hip-hop album with hard-hitting beats and introspective lyrics. On the other hand, The Love Below, which is Andre 3000's solo effort, is a genre-bending, experimental album that incorporates elements of funk, soul, jazz, and even classical music. What makes Speakerboxxx/The Love Below such a remarkable album is how it showcases the contrasting styles of Big Boi and Andre 3000 while still managing to create a cohesive body of work. The album features several hit singles, including "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move," which dominated the airwaves upon its release. Enjoyable album but a bit too long and won’t feature regularly in my rotation, except for a few of the hits which I was bumping since before.

For someone who isnt too huge into rap, I found this double album very enjoyable. super good first album and the second had the banger hits and some underrated ones. Some songs definitely felt skippable, especially on the second album. 8/10

Not even so bad considering it's hip hop. But it's really embarrassingly long

It's good but not especially memorable.

It's a bit odd to release two solo albums as a double album by the collective, but it kinda works. I mean, it's too long (better listened to one at a time), and like almost every rap album we've had has pointless interludes that annoy me, but it's still really good. Probably higher highs on The Love Below, but Speakerboxxx is definitely the one I'd rather listen to start to finish. Andre 3000 grates on me after a while, comes across as a bit too smug and finding himself really funny, which works for a song or two, but not a whole album. Would probably be a 4 for Speakerboxxx, 3 for The Love Below if reviewed separately, but combining them drags them down to... yet another 3

Speakerboxxx was awesome but the love below was just ok

Great hiphop which mixes many genres!

All time great hip hop masterpiece.

The album was okay, this not usually a genre I listen to, but it has some good tracks; besides Hey Ya! I do like the infusion of 70s funk and rock mixed with hip-hop.

First part of the album is really good classic hip hop, while the second half became more club and pop. It was a fun experience and experiment.

I'm not a fan of hip-hop but this wasn't half as bad as I expected. The entire album has a nice groove and some interesting songs. I was pleasantly surprised.

If going on Speakerbox alone I'd give it a solid 4 stars. The Love Below, not so much. But still good songs. Meh, I guess 4 stars anyway.

It's a much better listen than I expected but it suffers from running out of ideas and though there are some good songs, there is a lot of aimless meanderings too.

I’m 100% The Love Below. Great albums anyway.

Im not a fan of this album. its good but it's not my style my favourite song off of this is hey ya but otherwise not the easiest listen 2/5 i had to skip the rest of the album after behold a lady i just cant do it anymore

The music doesn't interest me at all and it was a challenge to listen to the whole thing. I lost the challenge after about an hour and a half and had to turn it off. Self indulgent and boring are just two of the words that come to mind. No.

Back-to-back bangers

Kind of torn. Very long and too many skits. But it gave us Hey Ya and Roses. It was also able to keep getting me back in every time I started tuning out. Interesting concept but still not sure they needed to release this as one record. Light 4.

Another double album that could he a five with some trimming. Really two solo albums that diverge in sound, style, and approach, we get some great songs surrounded by some crap. The intro to Roses still hits, Bowtie is a lot of fun, Jay Z’s too short verse on flip flop rock is great, and Andre 3000 shows why he’s considered a creative genius throughout, though I wish he rapped more. It’s kind of sad to hear Big Boi repeat over and over again that there’s no issue with him and Andre knowing that they would only make one more album together after this. This is the most recent rap album to win album of the year at the Grammys. Probably bc there not much rapping on it.

have listened so many times...

This album’s kinda cheating because it’s really two albums in one, but hot DAMN are they some slammin’ albums! Truly a shame that OutKast disbanded when they did, though this album shows how explicitly different Big Boi and André 3000’s artistic directions were heading. At least we got two definitive artistic statements from each they brought down from the height of their partnership.

Hey ya and the rest of the love below is great I didn’t really like speakerboxx too much though. 3/5

Love Outkast but as an actual Outkast album I think this falls through. I appreciate the attempt to keep the group together in spite of their diverging musical interests, but I don't think it works a cohesive project. Treating it as 2 independent albums though, they both rule. I particularly enjoy The Love Below but both are great and super experimental. Hey Ya is obviously just a stone cold classic.

A hip hop album with horns.

Two sides of the same coin8 but in direct opposition (and conflict) to each other. I guess their poo-poo really does smell like roses!

I didn't have the time to listen to all 40 tracks but it was alright. Low 3*

Did not like. I think probably the first bit was OK but the second half of the album is horrible.

2e helft was wel beter, goeie hitjes staan er op ook

Love OutKast but this project is pretty bloated. Roses is amazing and there’s some hidden gems but the skits/interludes dont add anything to this this thing

OutKast reclaims their title as one of the best hip hop duos with this 2-hour double album packed with hits. Albums don't have a write to be this long and engaging, not with 40 tracks, most of which over 3 minutes. These tracks are full of lush instrumentation, crisp production style, and full of engaging effects that keep you on your feet. It's organized pretty well, with hits dispersed evenly, starting out with a stream of disco-oriented tracks to pull in mainstream audiences. Speakerboxxx then moves in a more standard hip hop style approach based on the works of Dr Dre and other acts influenced strongly by P-funk. There are a couple tracks I didn't care for, but it's all good, and I loved most of it. Andre 3000 moves us into a more eclectic artsy direction on The Love Below with influences from jazz, electronic, funk, rock, and psychedelia. Even though both sides are genius, The Love Below fits with my music interests of crazy avant-garde melodies, strange samples, and eery atmospheric synths and other instrumentals. It blows my mind how a song like "Hey Ya" could exist and define the era but yet no one could even attempt to imitate it. There's an insanely strong string of tracks from "Prototype" to "Pink & Blue" that demonstrate the craziest strengths of this side, but the rest of the album is just as incredible.

A great album. Or should I say albums? A really interesting set, with lots of big name guests. I didn't realise these were two solo albums - they do work well together and I am not sure I could choose between them. Although if Andre 3000 delivered Hey Ya! then I guess he wins? A classic pop song. Two hours is a long time to hold focus, but I enjoyed dipping in and out of this as the tracks played through, and no single track outstays its welcome.

I'm pleased that I started to play these albums early in the morning. Two hours is a lot of music to take on board. It was too much for me. I sometimes struggle with all three Sandinista albums in one sitting. Apologies, but I bailed at track 9. It offered up some hip hop humour and honesty, but it wasn't enough. I prefer UK hip hop.

Struggling to decide between 4 and 5 stars. Although the double album spanning 2 hours is quite the ballsy move, I think it works and loved the whole thing. Most of the OutKast songs that got really big are the more André 3000 type songs, probably since they’ve got a unique sound. But with that said, I think I enjoyed Big Boi’s half even more. I guess if something tops Hey Ya, then it must deserve 5 stars.

Prototype and Hey ya! BANGERS 😎 Overall…. Very random but interesting to listen to. R&B throwback…I feel gangsta 🔫⛓ Heyyyyy yaaaaaaaaasaa🎺🎺 I think it’s too long tho🤷🏼‍♀️

Definition of annoying. Looney Tunes melodies with Chip n' Dale vocals mixed with gangsta rap. There are few bangers but 90% of the album is hard to stomach. Lots of interludes which bring really nothing and filler tracks that could be put in B-sides. Zero cohesion between the tracks, at least musically. Also, "Hey Ya!" is overrated. Best song: Reset (great beat, plus there's Cee-Lo on it) Worst song: Vibrate (everything about this is annoying, plus it lasts over 6 minutes for whatever reason)

Loved it! Reminded me of Uni days

Not a fan.

Amazing.

These are two solo albums combined into one under the name "Outkast." As an Outkast fan, I don't think this is essential listen. What they are doing here was done much better on previous albums. Double albums are always hard to find essential and this one is no exception.

A lot of great ideas and good stuff here but its length prevents it from being rated higher for me. I would like to give it a 3.5 but I'll err on the side of higher because I do respect ambition.

9/39, 23%

2/5 for the music. Subtract 1 point for excessive length. Putting two separate albums together as one is rarely a good move.

Speakerboxxx: Semi chill helt ookoo tre stjärnor Love below: ganska cracked 4 stjärnor

More like 1002 albums you must hear before you die Regarding ”Speakerboxxx”: Totally fine southern rap album. Good tunes abound. Regarding ”The Love Below”: This half is a bit trickier. I remember really loving André’s eclectic genre fusion experiments, but for all their inventiveness a lot of them end up being somewhat aimless. Of course there are the great hits like ”Hey Ya!” and ”Roses”, but not all the 21 tracks achieve their (artistic) success. The album finishes strongly with the intriguing ”A Life in the Day of Benjamin André (Incomplete)”, showing off that when André wants to rap, he does so with inimitable individuality and skill. Overall, one of the 2 hour+ long albums with the least obtrusive feeling lengths, which could be thanks to the neat seperation in the middle. Still, listening to it makes me think of how it could’ve been realised even better

Båda skivorna är typ en halv timme för långa var, men blir aldrig dåliga eller något sämre än trevliga (bortsett all my favorite things remix). Feelar the Love Below e kinda underrated bortsett den ena låten... Når definitivt större höjder (o e imo mer consistent) än speakerboxx. Det finns definitivt sämre album man kan använda två timmar på!

Plane from Birmingham to Belfast. Really enjoyed the first half of the album. Second half dragged. Andre 3000 is incredible though

Not the best Outkast album but still so much better than the rest

It’s actually ok but really not my scene at all.

10/10

Classic hip hop album

yli 2 tuntinen kollaasi biiseistä jotka ei just ihan vaan oikeen hittaa ollenkaan+interludeja muutama. andren osio pikkasen parempi kuin big boi ...varmaan klassikko influentiaalinen albumi, ymmärtäisin täysin jos annettaan korkeaa arvosanhaa.. ideoita löytyy, yrityksestä ei voi valittaa...rogeresque... ykköstä tulee silti heh... my favorite thing kiva instru mental versio kuuluisasta hunmpasta...kertoo jotain hip hop albumista kun parhaassa biisissä pysytään hiljaa heh....drumnbassesque... jos ei sitä lasketa niin spread paras

I liked the first half better, which is surprising since I really like Hey Ya. Overall was just okay and clearly too long.

Hey Ya is of course a brilliant song but good lord this does not justify its run time

Andre's half of the album is really great - will definitely listen again - light 4 stars for the second half

The first album in this series, 'Speakerboxxx' is the stronger of the two. It is more unified in its funk influence but does wade into industrial hip hop in a way that reminded me of Death Grips. Andre 3000's 'The Love Below' is more experimental and covers more personal topics. It takes a lot of jazz influence and infuses that with psychedelia to create something that feels a bit more thoughtful but uneven. The largest drawback of this series is its length of over two hours. However, this is some of the most groundbreaking hip hop I've ever heard and it's hard to think of what I would personally cut. Overall, Speakerboxxx may be the strongest, but there's something about the imperfect The Love Below that I really enjoyed.

Voor het luisteren: Ik ben groot hiphop liefhebber maar Outkast vind ik lastig. De hitjes vind ik leuk, maar verder snap ik niet waarom mensen het geniaal vinden. Tijdens Speakerboxxx: Ik vind de stijl niet fijn. Veel beats en geluiden irriteren me (net als de interlude/skits), de stemmen zijn slecht gemixt en niet goed te volgen, de meeste nummers zijn erg vergeetbaar. Zelfs als je dit deel los ziet van The Love Below is het met 56 minuten al aan de lange kant. Het laatste kwartier van dit album vond ik het leukst, vanaf track 14 tot het einde. Tijdens The Love Below: Klinkt alsof Dreeke3000 eigenlijk liever een musical-komediefilm had gemaakt. Zeker de eerste 7 tracks hadden in z'n geheel op de snijtafel mogen achterblijven. Het meeste klinkt wel aardig en muzikaal (vooral lekkere basslijntjes), maar 78 minuten is veel te langdradig voor dit. Teveel in zichzelf gaan geloven. Na het luisteren: Bij Outkast had ik altijd al het idee dat ze een grap maken die iedereen in de groep snapt behalve ik en dat is eigenlijk niet veranderd. In mijn ogen overschat. Kort dit album met minimaal de helft in en ik geef 3 sterren, maar as is worden het er 2.

Pretty good soul/rap

Very long, but not so bad

i was freaking out, it's even long

Un tres bon album, la 2eme partie est pleine de classique et exp. J’ai bien aime mon ecoute mais c’est difficle les double album. Quand meme je recommande grandment pour kes fans du genre . 5

Excellent one of my favourites

Not for me

I prefer Andre 3000's The Love Below, by far, to Big Boi's contribution. But 40 damn songs? Come on guys, learn to edit, ffs.

Should really have been two separate albums. Speakerboxxx: 2 Fairly straightforward hip hop. Struggled to get through it, since it felt a bit samey after a while. The Love Below: 3.5 Kept my attention better due to its eclecticness. Was a bit too long though, and rather hit-and-miss.

Fun

It’s a lot of hip hop for one man

Oh my god, over two hours?!?! I don’t have the stamina for this, it’s Christmas Day for Christ’s sake. Obviously Hey Ya! and I Like The Way You Move are excellent fun time party songs. The rest, meh.

Oh my god this album is soooo long it started in the second Obama administration. It's so long Britain has had four prime ministers (actually that'd be true of The Ramones) before side two. There are other long albums I like, but there just so many skits, filler and so on that the album of corking material is quite lost. I have this and after listening to again am ripping and recycling. So this works both ways I guess.

Mezcla de hip-hop, funk, soul... Un megahit. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

hey

Really fun and imaginative. I would say the Speakerboxx half was stronger because it was a little more complete and wholly enjoyable, but the whole album was a testament to how strong longer albums can be and the scope of this thing is stunning. A great record.

3.5

It's a great album. Well produced, fantastic lyricism, enjoyable to listen to. But it's over 2 hours, and it's almost impossible for an album that long to not overstay it's welcome.

Bangers only

Cool album, maar duurt te lang

p892. 2003. 1.5 stars Hip-hop/rap, so wrong audience. Limited talent spread too thinly over a double album. Pass.

Enjoyed

Saweeeet! Listen to this many more times.

Now i understand that key and Peele skit 4

Great lyrics and music.

This album has everything you could want from an outkast album. It’s extremely long but extremely worth it

The only song you actually can listen to is hey ya

Very good, could’ve been broken into 2 separate albums but they still flowed together nicely

(Dec 4) Speakerboxx HL: “GhettoMusick”, “Unhappy”, “The Way You Move”, “The Rooster”, “Bust”, “Flip Flop Rock” (Dec 5) The Love Below HL: “Spread”, “Hey Ya”, “Roses”, “Love in War”, ”My Favorite Things”, “Take Off Your Cool” Once again, I hear a double album that I’m not sure I’d give 5 stars to each individual disc, but I would to them combined (Mellon Collie, Songs in the Key of Life). Can’t say how this project compares to “real” OutKast albums, since this is the only full-length one I’ve heard so far, but it’s a great introduction to both member’s talents & musical influences.

6,5/10

One of the few albums my partner owned that I didn't when we moved in together, which is pretty surprising, since I am the hip hop head out of the two of us! A great album, which is possibly too long, but I can't say what (except the weird instrumental version of 'my favourite things') could be cut. Two "solo" albums, released as a double, could be a way forward for bands on the verge of breaking up! Big boi's album is straight up ATL hip hop, and brilliant, but it's Andre 3000's convincing impressions of Prince, but southern, that really stands out. Wonderful, weird, interesting and engaging, I loved it!!

I'm not the biggest fan of hip hop or rap, but one cannot deny that there are some good tunes here. On the other hand, one cannot deny that there's also a lot of weak tunes...

Well that was long

God that was painful. Endless brainless album that I never want to listen again. Once was way enough and I even had to do it in two sittings.

Cut 35 songs - do a EP and then I might gave it a 3 stars. Way tooooooo long..

It was ENDLESS.

OK. That was a long one. And I guess if you have to listen to one album before you die, it might take you a while to finally succumb. But my baby don't care.

Wow... this is so uneven. Hey Ya is incredible and there are several other songs that feel like fully fleshed out idea... unfortunately so much of this double album sounds like one experiment after another. not really a full song, but an idea that might become a song, but they put it down anyway. Some of the later tracks (e.g. My Favorite Things) are also a pretty challenging listen. I wanted to like this more, but by the end i was so happy it was finally over.

The good bits are enjoyable but there is SO MUCH stuff on here it's hard to keep any attention focused. Way too many "interludes" as was the interminable fashion at the time.The Love Below is a bit more varied, Speakerboxxx is better average quality. Stick to the singles probably

insane highs,underwhelming mids

Such an ambitious, awesome, and FUN album

Really long but great. I definitely liked The Love Below more. Lots of variation and genre blending. The jazz stuff was really cool and unexpected.

Speakerboxxx is the more consistently great half of the two but there's still a lot to love about The Love Below.

This is just an absolute joy. Happy memories from nearly 20 (fuck!) years ago and shaking it like a Polaroid picture. Two albums full of bangers, corkers and crackers, including one of the best songs of the century in Hey Ya

Decent album - Distinct sound, no real standout tracks, good representation of hip hop of the turn of the century. 3/5

Too much filler on Andre’s side. Love below has the biggest singles, but speakerboxxx is the stronger album for sure.

Leuk album, lekkere beats! Zelfs als je geen grote rap fan bent. Sommige nummers lijken wel een beetje techno.

can't believe its 20 years old - sounds fresh. And undoubtedly an epic but too long. 4

Speakerboxx > The Love Below

Wow, what a waste of... No, OutKast is ambitious, and this album is obnoxiously long, but there's plenty to enjoy during the journey.

It's great. Outkast are phenomenal in terms of their energy and cohesive sound, as well as just being incredibly fun. The fact that this goes as hard as it does, for as long as it does, is outrageous

Too long for a 5

Album divertente. Ho apprezzato gran parte dei brani nonstante non sia un ammante dell'hip-hop.

flawless. non-stop bops. long, and some real gems get lost between the bangers. obvs the singles are iconic, but some of the interim tracks are just as excellent.

first listen little long for my taste, but ultimately good and a lot of different stuff

What a day, wake up bleh, but beautiful day. Walk to national cathedral via Bagel etc (good deal but small?), read in sun and shade. Walk back, nap warm, bok choi stir fry (average), drink, other swann, bike, rave on mall, slide on lincoln, back and talk a bit, bed

Love the composition of this album. Andre knows how to make the albums have feeling and entertain

Following the success of their previous album, it was only natural for Outkast to release a …. Double solo album? Of course! This is a really ambitious project. I honestly enjoyed this listen. I can’t choose which disc I like more. Speakerboxxx is more of a hard southern rap vibe while The Love Below is more smooth and a bit more experimental. Bangers all throughout. There are a few songs I could do without, but overall it was an enjoyable listen.

Really wanted to like it more, but it was just so all over the place, and not just that it was a double feature.

Not too bad. I think I need to relisten to this one in the car.

so good it’s criminal

делюкс версия адски длинная; всё это намного хорниер чем я ожидала

Wow, two albums for the price of one. What a steal. I envy people who can somehow focus on a 2+ hour long album without having it turn into a mush of background noise. André 3000's "The Love Below" was generally more of my cup of tea, but even then.. the final 6 tracks or so were just an endurance test. Remember in school when we would all think "Ah, 30 more minutes of class left.. just gotta get through 10 minutes three times. I can do that" This album is the musical form of that. Speakerboxxx: 2/5 The Love Below: 3/5 Together as a front-to-back album experience, I'll stick with a 2/5.

nice

I didnt understand the hype around outkast, but this made me get it

Solid album, it's a long one but awesome that there are two such different but complimentary styles on the different discs. I'm a much bigger fan of the Andre 3000 side but both are pretty good. Standout Tracks: The Way You Move, Bust, War, Last Call, Happy Valentine's Day, Spread, Hey Ya!, Roses, Behold a Lady, Dracula's Wedding

Some great tracks but too much filler -album over 2 hours long

First disc is better than the second, not my favourite, but not bad.

it's good, but it's a lot

Some solid bangers in here.

Well, forty tracks are a lot to process, and I wish I had had more time to spend with them today. However, as it was, I quite loved the funkiness of this music. "The Way You Move" and "Hey Ya!" are both classic favorites of mine. There are some delightful rhymes (Fallopian and Ethiopian comes to mind) and a few WTF moments as well. I really would like to go back and be able to spend more time with this. Today's score will just have to be as a work in progress.

I first listened to this double album a few months ago. Going into it, I thought that I would prefer Andre 3000's album over Big Boi's. I was wrong about that. The smoother groove of Big Boi's tracks sat better with me, although there are a couple of tracks from Andre 3000 that are absolutely top notch and hard to beat. I guess I just found the tracks on The Love Below that I didn't enjoy to be much more unappealing than any of the tracks on Speakerboxxx.

Since this is our 400th album, I'll accept an album of epic length without (too much) complaint. I definitely enjoyed Speakerboxxx more than The Love Below but both contained some excellent tracks. Loved GhettoMusick, Bowtie, Church, and Knowing from Disc 1; and Behold a Lady (whatever tf that means), with its literal "clap-clap"s, and the jazz version of My Favorite Things played at break-neck speed from Disc 2. I don't know if I'll ever listen to all 2 hours and 15 minutes again but a playlist with the aforementioned favorites might make me very very happy.

A friend of mine had this album when it came out, and I’d hear a lot of it when hanging around his place, but hadn’t ever listened to it attentively from beginning to end. I don’t know that I was really aware that this was a two album set being each more or less a solo album. I love both “The Way You Move” (such a cool vibe) and “Hey Ya” (so much fun). It was a little surprising that The Way You Move is on the higher-energy disc and Hey Ya is on the smoother one. It is easy to see why this album is on this list. There’s a lot going on here and more to get my head around that I can in the 24 hours I have to check this out. Still, I walked away from the listen feeling like it would be worth the effort to explore this more. My initial impression is very positive. I love the variety. I very much enjoyed this ride!

incredible stuff, the singles on here changed my life back in the day

I thoroughly love Outkast. This is the second album 1001Gen has given me and it's fantastic. Speakerboxxx is definitely the stronger side of the two and is probably a 5/5 with some absolute bangers on The Love Below. I wish I could give this album or Stankonia which I've reviewed a 5/5 but they both fall short for me.

There is a lot of cool stuff in here. But it's all burried because the record is just too long.

Lots to like here, but both sides of the album are a bit bloated. 4/5

Fun album, but so long. Ofcourse this is actually 2 albums in 1, but still.

So, it's long. Super ambitious. Some amazing singles here. Overall I think it could've been a bit better with a little trimming, but it's still damn good. Certainly never boring!

6/10

It's fine. Way too long though. There is only so much of Outkast I can stand...

The first CD is really a rap album, the second one more pop. Both were really nice !

This is a good album but it overstays its welcome. 3/5

The album that never ends. Would have been great to just split into two separate albums. Hey Yeah is a classic though. The rest is great, but just too much.

About time I come across the 'Kast and what an album to listen to! A confirmation of their peak as well as the beginning of the end, these two solo albums rolled into one album is Outkast flexing the biggest flex they can and flaunting capabilities either anticipated or unexpected. One may like Speakerboxxx more than they like The Love Below and vice versa but what is certain is that this is Outkast at their most culturally powerful and they chose the perfect moment to bow out. Speakerboxxx: full listen. The Love Below: Love Hater, Happy Valentine's Day, Spread, Prototype, She Lives in My Lap, Hey Ya!, Roses, Behold a Lady, Love in War, My Favorite Things, Vibrate, A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre (Incomplete).

good

Not really my kind of music.

I liked some of the songs off of Speakerboxxx, but I didn't think much of it. Not that it was bad, just not my thing. I probably would have given Speakerboxxx a three by itself. However, I really liked The Love Below. The interludes in The Love Below usually made me laugh and we're enjoyable to listen to. My favourite songs were My Favorite Things, Prototype, and She Lives In My Lap.

massa o som, mas meio longo demais o disco

I won't listen to it again, but I see why it's here. Not my music for the most part, but I did save Roses to my everyday playlist.

Fínt, en nenni varla 2 tímum í þetta.

Hey Ya! wasn't even my favourite track, surprisingly

2/5 only a handful of top notch songs

This album was way, way too long. But it was really great, it's clear the influence it has had even today with artists like Thundercat.

This is great, but it suffers from being way too long, even for a double album. The Big Boi album dragged for me, but there are a few tracks I loved, especially "The Rooster" which is so P-Funk and so good. Andre 3000's record is the weirdest, catchiest, most interesting record I've listened to in a long time. It's also completely hilarious. "Hey Ya" is still one of the best pop songs of the last 30 years.

Too long, too good

I'm a white, boomer male. I've found hip-hop and modern R'n'B to be boring, with R'n'B also being insipid. So a two hour album should be a chore. Not a chance! This sprawling epic is one of the best albums I've ever heard. Big Boi sticks to his genre but the addition of all these collaborators adds variety to what are superior songs. Then we get Andre who starts with jazz! Just as it starts getting a bit too much he throws in that stupendous version of My Favourite Things (huge nod to John Coltrane) and a very cool guest appearance by Norah Jones. Outstanding!

Listened Before? N Just... AWFUL. Why is this on this list? These guys are literally two-hit wonders, and this album has 39 tracks????? NO! Absolutely not. It was terrible and I couldn't even finish it. Added to Library? HAHAHAHAH NO Songs added to playlist: Hey Ya (just because I had to)

This is an absolute classic for a reason. Front to back bangers so unique for a double album. Features some of the decades most iconic and replayable tracks.

While intimately familiar with Outkast and many of these songs, I had never listened to the 2hr+ double album before. I could have done without a lot of the interludes, but there is just so much gold on the album.

This album is absolutely fantastic, and definitely one of the best so far. So many great songs, including legendary tracks like "Roses" and "Hey Ya". It was really impressive to see a double album generate so many hits. I personally was a bigger fan of Andre's "The Love below" but both albums are fantastic.

great double album, has some cool bangers (ignore hey ya) me: likey favs: roses and spread (ha)

Beaucoup trop long comme album. Je comprends que ce sont deux albums avec des ambiances différentes, mais tout de même. J’apprécie le fait qu’ils ne font pas la production comme tout le monde. C’est plein d’influences d’autres styles musicaux et j’aime ça.

En excluant les Beastie Boys et Cypress Hill que je mets dans une catégorie à part, avec Gorillaz, c'est probablement l'album qui m'a tranquillement permis de faire un pas de plus vers le Hip Hop que j'ai longtemps détesté. C'est l'album le plus connu et probablement le plus vendu du groupe grâce à Hey Ya!. Le concept de présenter un album double où il s'agit en fait de deux albums avec deux ambiances différentes est intéressant. Par contre, ça aurait pu être condensé ou sortie en deux album séparés parce que c'est très long (mais ça aurait probablement donné l'impression d'une séparation du groupe). La production est superbe. Plusieurs idées sont très intéressantes. J'ai longtemps préféré The Love Below à Speakerboxx, mais j'ai bien aimé mon écoute de Speakerboxxx. Un beau succès des années 2000. Une étoile de plus pour l'ambition du projet.

4.5

2 hrs and so solid throughout. The range. Loved it

Great album, piss a bit long

Dit is geen hey-yah. (Geintje die staat er wel op) Maar bigboy hiphop en daar ben ik niet zo'n fan van. Toeters tussendoor ben ik wel fan van. Hey-yah Roses <3 Rest = meh

Truly a timeless and diverse album.

Holy crap, I remember buying this album just for "Roses" and "Hey Ya!" but good lord, this album really opened my eyes, at a time where in my life where I thought all mainstream music was filled with 'posers & sell-outs' this felt like a breath of fresh air. (Also looking back, this album is totally inappropriate for a 12-13yo child to listen through multiple times, in particular The Love Below's half of the album). I also forgot that this was a DOUBLE album with a full 20 songs on each disc, with a total runtime of over 2 HOURS, it sill absolutely SLAPS. (Although 'Speakerboxx' is, in my opinion, the stronger of the two halves.) Basically this is two entire albums that OutKast just made their own solo albums, completed in distinct styles, however, complement each other well, and with the multitude of feats on both records, all the accolades are well deserved. Best: GhettoMusick; The Way You Move; Happy Valentine's Day; Hey Ya!; Roses Worst: Unhappy; Bamboo (Interlude); Where Are My Panties? (Interlude)

The singles off this album are strong but there isn't a lot else here, and most of everything interesting is on Andre's side. In over 2 hours of music, I expected a lot more. If you've heard "Hey Ya" then you've heard the best this double album has to offer, unfortunately.

There is some great stuff on here , instance 'Hey Ya!', one of the all time great pop songs, but there is also some execrable crap, e.g 'Where are my panties', 'Roses'. A curate's egg

favorites: unhappy, bowtie, the way you move, church, reset, last call, spread prototype, she lives in my lap, draculas wedding, take off your cool

Not at all my cup of tea, but I managed to listen it. I'll give it 2 and a half stars.

Classic. Two albums in one. So much creativity. So many genres. So different to everything else that came before. Stand out tracks: The Way You Move, GhettoMusick, Roses, Hey Ya!

Bem anos 2000! :-) Lembro que o Connan Mockasin falou que a única influência dele é Outkast.

OutKast is always a pleasure. They have a stand-out sound that sets them apart from other artists. I've never been through the whole album, so this was a great recommendation.

It was ok. Not my genre but I can appreciate their talent.

andre is fire

Enjoyed it more than I was expecting, especially the Love Below section Interesting mix of hip-hop, jazz, electronica, a bit of classical

Hey ya song. The rest is forgettable

Listened to it all. Ambitious undertaking with many perfect moments.

I listen to The Love Below cover to cover, a LOT. As far as I'm concerned it's 100% perfect. Speakerboxxx, mostly meh. So listening to this fresh was a nice reminder. 5+ stars for one, two for the other.

i think this record is probably better than i think it is but it just doesn't do it for me, too jokey and not enough heart

08/21/2022 The great thing about outkast is that they transcend genre. Big Boi shines on his first half of the album, Andre’s second half frankly falls a bit flat. I personally thought a lot of the songs were pretty dumb, although there are a few favorite gems hidden in there. This album tends to drag a bit after a while, and isn’t fully cohesive. Nevertheless, still better than basically anything released today. — Although this was assigned to me yesterday, I’m writing this review on the 22nd. Today I start classes. Yesterday was rough, but today we will overcome and rise above. Anxious to see how each day progresses….

This was huge when I was in high school! Speakerboxx was such a great rap album and Love Below was an amazing alt rap album. It’s amazing that they created two side by sides. Being a double album it’s very long and not every song is a banger but this is still my have outkast album.

Incredible album I’ve listened to for years. Lives up to the reputation after all this time. High points are incredibly high. Outside of interludes, hard to find a song I wouldn’t describe as at least good to great (albeit sometimes weird).

The Love Below finnst mér miklu betri en Speakerboxxx. Miklu betri væb þar. Þannig að nay og yay.

This double album shows the difference between andre and big boi. This song has plenty of hits and if it was a shorter album it’d probably be one of their bests. Since it’s a double album it is a bit lengthy. There are some skits that are lame and some songs aren’t that special. But overall it’s a pretty solid album. Big boi raps about Atlanta and fame and big time life. Andre is a bit more introspective and raps about his life and love. Partially why the duo couldn’t continue to make albums together. The jazz and southern influences are great throughout and big boi and Andre use them differently. The writing was on the wall and hey ya showed how much Andre didn’t care about making hits and could do it so easily. A really great album but a bit long. 8.2/10

Il y a vraiment des bons moments sur l'album, mais il est trop long et ça vient diluer le bon contenu. The Love Below est clairement supérieur à Speakerboxx

Only heard the hits before and whilst a long album, I thoroughly enjoyed it

Some really great tracks on this, probably a bit long

It's very long so it's hard to judge after only 1 day of listening having only heard the hits before. There are some really great moments on this album. I think it could do with a bit of editing and then perhaps it could be a 4. I will be re listening to this one.

This was a tough album to rate, as Speakerboxxx and The Love Below are basically two separate albums. I loved Speakerboxxx and will likely listen to it again. I thought The Love Below was super inconsistent track to track and difficult to get into.

I was familiar with "The Way You Move" and "Hey Ya." Not a big fan of hip hop and thought this double album was too long.

So many memories set to this album.

Better than I was prepared for but still not for me