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Love it. Too long tho. Standout tracks: GhettoMusick, Last Call, Hey Ya!, Behold a Lady, Love in War, My Favorite Things
Another album I bought and owned when it first came out. There is a lot to love here, and some of Outkast's most iconic songs are on the album, but I can't help to wish that they had edited this to one cohesive album. Like with most hip hop albums the interludes and skits are unnecessary...and there are a lot of songs that feel like throwaways. In general I prefer Big Boi's Speakerboxxx over Andre 3000's The Love Below, but there are good songs on each. Andre's Hey Ya and Roses are iconic singles of the era, but Big Boi's side is just more of a cohesive album. From an influence perspective it's BB's Funkadelic vs Andre's Prince.
This felt like a real long listen, even it is two albums. I mostly enjoyed the tracks, though there were a few especially in the latter half I just didn't vibe with. Though you gotta give respect to the all time classics "Hey Ya" and "Roses." Good album though I wish it was a bit more concise.
this album absolutely oozes funk - caught off-guard by this. love the flow and style of rapping. each song felt like a situation. almost felt like a radio station with the repeated titular stinger. "lover hater" came out of nowhere with a full on jazz track in the middle of a rap album. "god" interlude was hilarious "hey ya" is re-contextualized throughout the latter half of the album, and is still a powerful song. "my favourite things" is a fuckin JUNGLE TRACK??
To be honest, I didn’t get through this entire album in a day (total play time of 2hr15minutes…) but I plan to. This is a really good OutKast album (though not their best) and it highlights each artists individual talents separately. I was surprised by some of the guest spots in this album (I.e killer Mike) but I guess them being from Atlanta they’d feature other Atlanta rappers. Overall I liked what I heard so far and need to find some time to dive into the rest of the album
While sounding fairly different, Big Boi and Andre 3000's solo ventures being released together was certainly no mistake. The experience is eclectic enough to keep listeners entertained through its duration of over two hours, but still has a hip-hop essence that ties it together and makes it enjoyable for its core audience. Predictably, it's an inconsistent record, but the dynamic between the 40 songs in total keeps it from ever getting boring.
Alle Songs zwar ähnlich aufgebaut, aber sehr oft mit interessanten Parts, kurzweilig Gut produziert, interessante Melodien im Hintergrund (Samples?) 8. Erstes Mal unaufregend 9. Aber es geht direkt weiter, nicer Synth.? 10. Süßes intro für 11. Bis 15. Ruhiger geworden, ohne langweilig zu sein 16. In Playlist Letzter Song top Abschluss und Übergang in 2. Album 1. Direkt ganz anders, Bigband Orchester Klavier Teilweise relativ experimentell, ab 7. Song etwas anstrengend 9. Single, hebt sich vom vorherigen Teil ab, in Playlist 13. Mmmmhm, in Playlist 15. Sehr cool, auch in Playlist 16. Damn auch sehr gut, geht nochmal richtig ab das Album, 18. Crazy Jazz Track 2. Album echt top
I knew some of this album already but never listened to the entire thing. It's really two solo albums from Big Boi and Andre 3000. I worried that it would feel bloated but the stylistic shift between the two halves is refreshing and there are loads of hits throughout. Speakerboxxx is the stronger album overall but The Love Below has so many great moments (including, obviously 'Hey Ya!'). My biggest criticism is that The Love Below is longer than it needs to be. It could definitely take out about 20 minutes or so and it help the entire project flow better. I'd skip the sophmoric and misogynistic song Roses, which was apparently a popular single at one point? Go figure. But overall, this is a great album with more hits than misses.
This album was so big in my youth and relistening to it now, it really holds up the test of time. Two solo albums by the duo incorporated in a double album with rare appearances on both of them worked because it would introduce people to more genres like on The Love Below or just a better way to rap like on Speakerboxxx. And while the former is the more innovative, interesting one, I found the first half better in consistent quality. Some of the stuff was even annoying back in the days like the skits and intros. No one needs them. Otherwise, great listen and highly recommended!
two great albums that complement each other so well. double album which doesn't absolutely bore my dick off! both Big Boi and 3 stacks are in fantastic form. best tracks: prototype, spread, unhappy
This album somehow managed to stay interesting and engaging for over two hours. A ton of great tracks, but it'll be tough to come back to this one just because of the length.
One of the best rap albums I’ve ever heard.
Wow. If anything, this is the most album ever. Out of the box production on every track. I think the only reason it’s not five stars is just because of the length. Some people will love it but 2 hours is a pretty hard slog, regardless of how good the tunes. The conception feels a little slapdash, but you can’t argue with the music.
Classic from outkast
Was kinda dreading this album going into it based on length. But it was pretty cool hearing how different both artist styles are, but how good they sound together (if that makes sense). Some pretty good songs on here, probably won't come back to the album. I defientely understand the hype. andre 3k is too icy
First time listing clear through. Pretty good.
Speakerboxxx: 3 Love Below: 5 Samen dus een 4. Het album van Big Boi skipte ik toch een aantal nummers, maar sommige waren ook wel heel goed. The Love Below was echt een leuke ervaring, ben groot fan van André en hij stelt me nooit teleur!
3.5
Sehr nice and vibey. Draculas wedding kannte ich schon lol Wildes Album Cover
Varied, ambitious and both of its time and tied to its past and present personally, it drags for a stretch in the way many double-albums do, but I have to respect the conceit of a hip-hop/rap concept album (or two?). Slight preference for Speakerboxxx over The Love Below, but the latter's themes of a player investing himself too far into The Game to accept love when he finds it shines -- and stands in critical contrast to many of its contemporaries at this time. Both albums stand out from the male-dominated misogyny of rap at the turn of the millennium -- at least questioning it, if not breaking that mold totally. This is also a watershed moment for the Atlanta scene in terms of artistic achievement, reinforcing the commercial success of contemporaries like Nelly. I think, anyway. I dunno, I'm still learning my history on these things. Not going to be a regular listen, but well worth a dive.
loved second half better
20 years on I now much prefer Speakerboxxx to The Love Below, which just seems weirdly retrogade and misogynistic on a lyrical level (especially 'Roses'). Too many skits and interludes. And instead of 2 separate albums this could have been one stellar album. Still 4 stars, though, I think?
A very cool and unique concept for a double album. Individually I would get each half 4’s out of 5. I did slightly prefer the speakerboxxx half, however the two biggest hits are from the love below half. The collaborators they had on here is quite impressive and a trip down memory lane. This was a very innovative record.
Great Mix of pop and rap
Muito bom. Me surpreendi MUITO com o lado B do álbum. Realmente diferenciado.
Cool ideas, cool sounds, just too long for someone that isn't a fan of hip hop. In fact I like The Love Below more than Speakerboxxx
Speakerboxx: This really gave me to appreciation for Big Boi, and the features here all smash. Hearing a young Killer Mike is especially fun. Very high 4 stars. The Love Below: God I love Andre. When he is good, he is among the best in the game. But this here is just so, so inconsistent. Some of the ideas go on for too long for their own good, and others shouldn't have gone on in the first place. But then the next song will be a mind-boggling new direction that works so well. High 3 stars.
Pretty good stuff. I'd listen again and I added a few songs to my favs list.
Probably could have cut this down to about 90 minutes but I'm sure there are folks that feel like 2 hours wasn't enough. Regardless, it's an album of the year and deserves the accolades.
Liked it more then I thought I would
Objectively: 5 Subjectively: 3 Overall: 4 The album is easy to listen to. It's fun and entertaining. I don't think I can take it too seriously though. I listened to it front to back. I ended up listening to The Rooster three times in a row. I love that song. It's entertaining, and it's hilarious. The lyrics make me laugh. Church is good. Tomb of the Boom is good. Flip Flop Rock makes me laugh, Last Call makes me laugh. The album gives me party vibes, not serious vibes, funny vibes, cheesy vibes. The rap at times is hard to take seriously, but Outkast has never maintained a reputation of being "gangsta rappers" anyway. To me, they've always been the entertainment rap type, not the cold calculated type, and I think the album fits the former definition perfectly. I love the name and theme. The references to speaker box throughout the play through are a nice touch. Overall, it's sugary and light and entertaining. Some songs I will eat up like candy, but they metabolize quickly. There were never moments where I got chills or thought to myself, "wow, that was deep." It was always, "haha, that's hilarious, play it again." So, for what they claim to be, this album hits the spot perfectly. It's entertaining and it's well made. As far as personal taste, it leaves me a little unsatisfied, but it's fun to listen to and it would not be torture to have it playing in the background of a party or at a public event or anything like that. 4.
I don't think anyone is out there bumping this album everyday; with that being said, it's a very good record. With half the songs written by one member and the latter half written by the other, the album stays interesting and fresh throughout. There are a couple party bangers placed among what are otherwise cerebral, lyric-centric tracks. I'm a big fan of the intelligence and subtlety in the lyrics juxtaposed with with their somewhat zany and unorthodox approach to hip hop sounds.
It’s a lot. Not bad, a lot. But not 5 star great either. It can be a touch indulgent in places. But it’s very funky and eclectic. I’ll go strong 4 stars but not quite 5.
Nice long drive today, the perfect time to listen to a 2 hour and 15 minute album. Unlike some other albums of that sort of length, this never really got old for me! Enough different sounds throughout (Plus the fact it's actually comprised of two solo albums from both members of OutKast. I don't think it's quite a 5* album for me, as there were only a few songs I think I'll come back to, but yeah, this was a really fun listen with some absolute classics. Never realised how good André 3000's rapping was, and I wish there was more of it! Favourite: Hey Ya!
a game of two halves, both concluding well into extra time
I can understand why this album is so heralded - It seems I'm a bigger fan of Speakerboxxx than The Love Below, as I think most of the standouts come from Big Boi.
Unhappy // The Way You Move // Church // Reset Spread // Prototype // She Lives In My Lap // Hey Ya // Roses // 3.5/5
I'd give the first half 3 stars but the second 5 stars, so it gets 4 stars
Huh. I liked this way more than I thought I would
Long but good
It's a weird criticism but this album is a bit "much" as in bit over produced and they may have been better going their won directions completely than releasing this double album which is really to single albums. Still there is some really interesting intelligent music here as well as some great tunes.
Very mixed and interesting offering- I'd only really listened to the hits
As usual with Outkast, there is always a solid beat. Heard a few clever lines I liked. I like the mix of classics and some stuff I haven't heard before.
Wow, I mean this is a chunk of work. There's a lot to get through and a lot of it is great.
I don´t know if make a serious review of this, or just ignore the fact that I spent 2 hours listening to this record.... I supposed I just enyojed this. Fav Tracks: Speakerboxxx: The Rooster, Bust, Unhappy, Flip Fop Rock, Ghettomusick, Reset. The love Below: Prototype, Happy Valentine´s day, Hey Ya!,
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
both albums are incredibly rich every song feels textured rhythmically and it was just really fun overall. one of the best maybe ever
Certified bangers here but honestly way too long
Les interludes c'est insupp mais sinon très chouette projet
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Funky
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
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.
Speakerboxxx is better, fight me
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.
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.
Veeeery nice
Schon gehört. Love Below ist genial Speakerboxx auch gut. 8/10
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
Great hiphop which mixes many genres!
All time great hip hop masterpiece.
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.
I’m 100% The Love Below. Great albums anyway.
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.
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.
2e helft was wel beter, goeie hitjes staan er op ook
Amazing.
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.
Speakerboxxx: Semi chill helt ookoo tre stjärnor Love below: ganska cracked 4 stjärnor
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
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.
Mezcla de hip-hop, funk, soul... Un megahit. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
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.
Enjoyed
Now i understand that key and Peele skit 4
Too much filler on Andre’s side. Love below has the biggest singles, but speakerboxxx is the stronger album for sure.
can't believe its 20 years old - sounds fresh. And undoubtedly an epic but too long. 4
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.
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.
I didnt understand the hype around outkast, but this made me get it
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.
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.
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.
Lots to like here, but both sides of the album are a bit bloated. 4/5
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!
The first CD is really a rap album, the second one more pop. Both were really nice !
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).
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.
Hey Ya! wasn't even my favourite track, surprisingly
Too long, too good
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.
great double album, has some cool bangers (ignore hey ya) me: likey favs: roses and spread (ha)
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
Great album, piss a bit long
Truly a timeless and diverse album.
favorites: unhappy, bowtie, the way you move, church, reset, last call, spread prototype, she lives in my lap, draculas wedding, take off your cool
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
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.
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.
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
Only heard the hits before and whilst a long album, I thoroughly enjoyed it
Some really great tracks on this, probably a bit long
So many memories set to this album.
Hip hop, funk, 2003. For the lovers of the genre this record is undoubtably one of the best albums of all time. Almost all the tracks are really interesting for both their sound and their lyrics. Maybe the small problem is that it's very demanding to listen the whole LP in one session, but to be honest it's made as a double album, so that's quite fine.
- Fun - Hypy
Deservedly a classic. Delivers both quantity and quality.
This album was an interesting listen. I remember when it came out it was compared negatively to Stankonia, which is fair because it's not as good as Stankonia, but this album still contains tons of high quality Outkast material. 4/5
Very interesting double album. Front half slaps, really nice backing beats. Back half is completely off the wall
An influential album with iconic songs. 4.2⭐
Speakerboxxx 5/5, surprisingly good album, I'm not a fun of this style of rap, but it was a real pleasure to listen to Big Boi. Nothing outstanding, just a very solid album from top to bottom. On the other hand, I was expecting a lot from Love Below. Hey Ya and Roses are great songs, that are still etched in people's mind 22 years later. Unfortunately, the rest of the album is, in my opinion, very average. I had to skip few songs, as they were a bit monotonous. There is a chance, that you have to be in a very good mood to enjoy it properly, but from my neutral perspective it was just a chore to go through the whole album. Two timeless songs and a looong bunch of noise. 3/5 Altogether, I would gladly enjoy another Speakerboxxx journey in the future, and for sure I was play on repeat two hits from Love Below, but the album as a whole is not even close entering my pantheon of best in history.
This record has been my queue for several years; When it popped up here, I became conscious of my worry about the length. Certainly Hey Ya was enough? I didn't have to sink two hours into the strangely split double album? Thankfully, that unease was incorrect. This holds up well and hurts my opinion of OutKast not a bit. The ordering is a bit unfortunate: Love Below has more interesting music overall but feels less cohesive and important an hour in.
Decent album. Some tracks were fantastic and some not so much.
Baš sam nekidan slušao raniji antaliens, i po mom mišljenju su outkast jedan od najboljih komercijalnih hip hop izvođača ikada. Uz missy sigurno najbolji crossover tog doba a tu me pilite s nekim dreakeovima. Ma hajte najte
So long! A lot of great stuff but quality control would have been appreciated. It's basically two solo albums from the two members, guess they couldn't work together any longer.
This is an eclectic record. 21st century 'White Album' perhaps? Certainly the two artists represented by the two 'CD' track listings felt they could do whatever they wanted no matter how crazy it was or what the other thought, I assume. Some catchy stuff and OK raps I suppose. I'll give it another listen but it runs over two hours already. I haven't got a favourite disc.
3/5 speakerboxxx is great but not excellent. 5/5 The love below is amazing. many interesting songs outside the normal hip hop style that serve as a breath of fresh air to speakerboxxx. some of the songs are a bit long though; as if they are an incomplete idea.
Mezcla de hip-hop, funk, soul... Un megahit. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
It's goooood stuff. Obviously very long but if you just think of it as two separate albums they are both excellent.
One of the few rap/hip-hop records that broke through into my indie-rock consciousness during the 2000s. This is a sprawling record that I owned and admittedly only listened to a couple times. "Hey Ya!" was obviously the hook. Even my dad covered that song in his acoustic trio. Wild times.
This album (these albums?) are loooooong. It took me three days to get through it. But - I love it. OutKast is like their own genre. It's rap, sure - but it's like everything wrapped into one (funk, gospel, crooner, broadway, rock). The production level and sheer number of people involved in this is impressive. Definitely a must-listen.
I'd heard quite a bit about Speakerboxxx/The Love Below before, from the hip-hop circles I've very tentatively dipped my toes into. A total split down the middle from Outkast's two members, the general cliché about it I've heard seems to be that Big Boi's disc (Speakerboxxx) is solid hip-hop but Andre 3000 blows him out of the water with the more ambitious, transcendent and genre-hopping "The Love Below". Having listened to both in their entirety a few times, I've surprised myself by siding with Big Boi here. His delivery is clear, focused and sharp and he never loses track of the melodic hearts of each of the songs. "GhettoMusick" sports a breathless killer chorus and some whiplash inducing tempo/style changes. "Bowtie"- maybe my favourite Speakerboxxx track- has such incredible, effortless swagger, "The Way You Move" deserves every inch of its classic status, and "The Rooster" ups the ante to some frantic energy. All of them are complimented by sensational live brass which makes the whole set come alive. "Speakerboxxx" isn't without its diversions. After an amazing first half devoid of any filler, "Tomb of the Boom" feels disappointingly unremarkable and brings the momentum right down, while "Flip Flop Rock" and "Reset" are fine but don't quite possess the same fervour as other cuts here. By comparison, "The Love Below" has taken me much longer to get on board with. I was somewhat disappointed that the peerless "Hey Ya!", the one EVERYONE knows, is not at all a fair representation of the rest of the disc. On balance, Andre 3000 aims for something much darker, denser and more sprawling. The hooks are not the end-goal here: there's about twenty minutes more material than Speakerboxxx and a lot of it takes the form of extended instrumentals (hello, drum n bass "My Favourite Things") or eccentric skits ("Good Day, Good Sir" and "Where are my Panties" are fun, but feel inconsequential). It's a shame, because the good songs here really are great. "Prototype" is a sun-soaked dreamy jam and "Happy Valentine's Day" justifies the litany of Prince comparisons thrown at Andre. "Take Off Your Cool", a refreshingly stripped back duet with Norah Jones, is the last hurrah. But in general, it confirms my feel that Outkast could have put out the album of the decade with a little more refinement and cooperation. Still, it's absolutely one of the best hip-hop albums I've heard on the list so far.
je viens de découvrir que j'aime trop André 3000 néanmoins 2h15 d'album c'est inhumain André
Great music, but enough for three albums...
What a gorgeous mess of an album this is. I first put it on while working and every once in a while something would catch my ear and I'd think WTF was that? (and not in a good way). Next step listening in the car...louder, less distracted and my WTFs became...Hmmm isn't that interesting? Then a listen on the big rig at home and I'm all in. Does anything boring or unintelligent ever come out of these guys talented minds. Reminds me of a Hip Hop Clash Sandanista. All kinds of influences that are filtered through Andre's fertile imagination. This guy is a music lover and he's brilliant. 4.5 stars
Great album. Seminal title in hip hop
A double album and all of it a delight. 8.5/10 Fave: Roses
Hard album to evaluate. It's broadly speaking very good, but it's massively overlong. Even if you view it as two albums that just got bundled together, each disc of this loses momentum and meanders. Outkast were one of the best hip-hop acts of the 2000s, but this album should have been shaved down and tightened up. Rap double albums rarely, if ever work. Also, if anyone didn't already know, The Love Below is the far superior of the two discs.
Good overall
Used to have a housemate that loved Outkast so I have some familiarity with this album... I think back in the day I preferred "The Love Below" (maybe just for the presence of the hit single?) but these days it seems a bit cringily misogynistic. This play through, definitely enjoyed "Speakerboxxx" more... Fave track - "Tomb of the Boom"
https://youtu.be/WrFJdfYTH9w
Wow this album was a big boi. I enjoyed the first half, great energy, and then the second half went so so hard at times, but also had a fair few bizarre and even boring moments. It might be a bit messy and obviously too long, but I've already forgotten everything but the bops, so Hey Ya might drag this one up to a 4
There is so much happening in this album(s) that you kind of walk away in a haze. Did I just get hot boxed? There were so many interludes that maybe this is a montage? Also, who isn't on this album? 'Jova, yep. Rosario Dawson? Yes, and why... cause why not. Huge radio hits? Yep. Random radio plays? Yep. What is this? It's stanky. Also, it's long. Real long.
heeeey yaaaa
Both discs start put strong. With bangers after bangers. Yet it losses steam after a while. In the latter half, it's pretty boring already. So, what happens when two of these get stacked in one H U G E album? It's quite an adventure, ngl. But maybe if they stripped down this 134 minute whopper of a double album, it would've been a solid 5/5 album. Still, it's a great album. I'll come back to most of its songs. But not on the whole album. Sorry Run the Jewels, but I think I have a new favorite hiphop duo now.
this album is clearly one of the masterpieces of hip hop. But, OMG, there is so much of it! Nearly 2.5 hours! Some (much, most) of this is really excellent, but there was opportunity for editing. One star off for exhaustion.
What "is* this album?? I'd never heard anything beyond the single "Hey Ya" so the first part of this was wholly unexpected. Often it sounds like an updated Parliament which *thumbs up* or a modern version of smooth 70s R&B; hints of Curtis Mayfield. It's...weird. mostly amazingly so. Then the second half hits and maybe I expected it to be less weird and something more traditional....nope. Piano flourishes, goofy lyrics almost with a Flight of the Conchords bent. Negative: too lonnnng. Over two hours for anything is a lot to digest. There are just a few definitively lousy songs (e.g. "Tomb of the Boom") which is a bummer - momentum is occasionally lost. I'm never a fan of little interludes or comic bits either. I know they serve as resets but they always take me out of the vibe and do again here. A bit of editing and shaving a few cuts off this would have made it solid gold. As it is tho, grading on the best material there's a lot of strange and great music here. I have to redigest this much more slowly. I was thinking a three star for a while and maybe is on a personal level but man did they make something different and odd and I feel like this could grow even more on me. 7/10 4 stars for massive ambition.
Some really good stuff on here, and I unironically still like Hey Ya and Roses. However, the full 2 hours is a lot.
If they had separated this into two seperate albums instead of a double album both could very well be on this list. It's just good in every genre it touches. And on the second album even though I knew it was there I was not expecting "Hey Ya!" to come in where it did. All in all a great album and just a fun listen.
HEY YA I LOVE THIS ALBUM! War has a really good middle section with the fade out and in to a different feeling. The song Church is very good, it has a great flow and drum beat.
Surprisingly I really enjoyed most of this album. It was upbeat and fun.
Speakerboxxx - 3 stars / The Love Below - 5 stars
Great listen especially Andre 3000's part! Almost a 5.
Great album
⭐⭐⭐⭐ While I've heard the hits before, it was cool to listen to this album front to back.
Very long and instrumentals were on point. Love how it told a story.
Really enjoyed it solid
Great album. I only knew a couple of songs from before. Very bold, provocative and groovy
Of course I've heard "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move", you can't avoid that song no matter what you try. Thankfully they are both pretty good. Haven't listened to any other tracks on here before, but overall not too bad. Definitely some cool production/mixing here, the concept album of each person with a side is kind of neat. It's not my preferred style of hip-hop but I can't fault it really.
actually full of bangers
already enjoying
A 3 probably. No this album is a 4 at least, and I 100% need more time to swallow this behemoth of an 'album'. It is 2 albums, so naturally I'd need one more day. At least, there is so much to unpack. There is too much good shit for one album, and it's too good to not give a 5. But it doesen't quite rival B.O.B. One of the best albums. Awesome collabs, especially "Take Off Your Cool". I did not expect to see Norah Jones here, but it is so good.
Outkast is great and I enjoy their music. The double album was an interesting choice given that the albums are so different. Both albums are good and have fantastic songs. However, if you listen to both discs back to back it is well over two hours.
This is a long album! It demands time from the listener with his over 2 hrs/ 40 songs. Luckily, are easy-to-listen songs; actually, I am loving some of them from the very first listen. I only knew the singles, but ignored some of the gems hidden in those two records. This is good work! I see why is here
4/5. A great one, but Long long long
A classic. Too bad they stopped making records.
Some great tunes from the two Andre's here. even the Intro to speakerboxxx is good. They were innovative in 2003 and they sound relevant nearly 20 years later. I like "Ghetto Music" and of course the classic "Hey Ya" don't have this in my collection but well worth it's place here in the list!
2 (well 3ish) Outkast albums in 3 days. If Aquemini is on this list (and you can certainly say that it should be) maybe I'll get it soon as well. Like Stankonia this album has some nostalgia me. There are some solid songs to be heard on both discs (let me pretend it's still 2003 when I was still a teenager, had hair, and hope for the future) The only downside is I never really go to these albums with regularity. I prefer Andre and Big Boi doing their thing together. Big Boi's more conventional album is a nice juxtaposition to Andre's more experimental project but it just doesn't feel quite right to me. This is a 3.5 for me but I'll give it a 4 because I'm sure a lot people gave it a low score without even listening to these albums.
Cut out the skits and some of the slower songs, 2 hours is too long, stout album tho
Long but good
Has great singles, but not a big fan of the intermissions. Not favourite outkast album.
Overly long but there's some true gems buried within
This is the second OutKast album we've had since starting the 1001 group... and it's a double album, 40 tracks, 2hr 15mins runtime, blimey! Not my usual taste of music, but listening along (with headphones) I kinda lost myself in it, good beats. Some of the skits and interludes were funny. I preferred Speakerboxxx over The Love Below.
better than I expected the single is really good but not really a bad track
Trots den utmattande längden gav fortfarande albumet en lyssnevärd upplevelse. Vanligtvis kan äldre rap fastna i en funktionell men upprepade struktur och förbli i en trygghetsram. Det vill säga med ett plant beat och kontinuerliga status-referenser kopplat till de manliga könsnormerna. Till exempel Ekonomisk framgång, makt och sexuell erfarenhet. Detta tyder albumet på till en viss del. Det exemplifierar manliga könsnormer men lyckas med en strukturell komplexitet och musikalisk originalitet. Trots längden höll albumet en instrumental variation vilket underlättade lyssnandet. Trots hur kvalitativ musiken är försvagas ändå albumet på grund av längden.
Quality hip hop
Too much of it but still great.
I mean, very different albums but both were awesome. Outkast is legit.
This is a long double album with 2 distinct sections. Since it is actually 2 albums in one, separately rated Speakerboxxx gets a 4 stars and The Love Below gets 3. 2RS
Extremely long; but brilliant anyway. I say this about a lot of double albums, but condense this into a single LP and you’ve got yourself an all time great!
This was a very interesting album. Once again, Rap is not usually my thing, but I liked this one.
2u15??? niet doen! Gelukkig zijn het er eigenlijk twee. En we love 3 stacks. De Topschijven zijn ook gewoon de topschijven (ooit allertijden): The way you move roses - crazy bitch hey ya
Speakerboxxx shits all over The Love Below but definitely a 4/5. Roses obviously the overall highlight.
its a good album eventhough its not really my taste, a mix of all kinds of genres with a couple hits inbetween too
Wow. So this was quite an endeavor to finish in 1 day but I got it done. I have to say I do prefer The Love Below more than Speakerboxxx, but in general they were both good. I will definitely be returning to outkast in the future
Double album so I feel like it makes more sense to rate these separately and then combine the scores - it's much too long to rate as one project. That being said, I love the double album concept and like how each is its own individual venture. Speakerboxxx: 5 This was phenomenal. Love the P-funk influence, features were great. Doesn't necessarily have the bigger hits of The Love Below but feels really complete. The Love Below: 3 Yeah this one lost me a bit. Middle is very strong with Hey Ya and Roses and I liked the concepts of the beginning but the end didn't really gel for me at all. Felt a little all over the place. Combined score: 4 Already Saved: Hey Ya! Saved After Listening: GhettoMusick, Bowtie, The Way You Move*, The Rooster, Bust, Flip Flop Rock, Last Call, She Lives in My Lap, Roses
Saved Prior: The Way You Move, Hey Ya!, Roses Off Rip: Unhappy, Bowtie, The Rooster, Bust, Church, Tomb of the Boom, Knowing, Spread, Reset, God (Interlude), She Lives in My Lap, Dracula's Wedding Cutting Edge: She's Alive Overall Notes: Cut like 20 minutes from this and it's an easy 5. It's a little bloated (particularly on André 3000's side) and I don't think it would've been that hard to trim the fat here to get it at least under 2 hours. That being said, there are a plethora of great songs on here and if that extra 20 minutes is the price I have to pay to get songs like Roses, Hey Ya!, Unhappy, and She Lives in My Life then I'll gladly pay it
Bijzonder goed album maar helaas niet mijn stijl
Not the most consistent OutKast album, but still full of masterful moments and singles. Both sides have their own atmosphere and both have a lot to offer!
wait, hang on. i like an outkast album? which way is up?? but srsly...yeah, this is was really good. he's got a far better flow than i'd expected from his one massive hit. super tight, and not being utterly misogynistic is a plus, too.
Like the album, really funky The album is really long 4/5
It’s a pretty solid trick to make this long of an album not feel overlong or padded out, and the two quite different elements complement each other better than would seem possible on paper
Feeling good, feeling great, how are you?
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All time songs in this album like Roses and Hey ya, but too long and too many interludes to my taste to hear in one go.
I love this album. I prefer The Love Below over Speakerboxx to be honest. Hey ya, into Roses is just amazing. Such a Solid piece of Art. Andre 3000 and Big Boi are probably my favorite Duo.
Great album. Long (over 2 hours). Love both their voices.
Long, but enjoyable. A few bangers in there and very solid production and vocals
Essentially two individual albums by each member of Outkast. Sonically impressive, sprawling, probably too long and with too many interludes. Trim those and some of the fat ('My Favorite Things' instrumental I'm looking at you) and this would be close to the best hip-hop/rap/r'n'b/soul double album of this century. That title probably belongs to their previous album 'Stankonia'. As it stands however, 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below' whilst not quite as vital or important as 'Stankonia', is still pretty fucking good.
love the cover art. im so in the mood for this after the 2342343 rock adjacent records ive listened to. TWO HOURS? idk if i can make that commitment rn, will try tomorrow lol. okay its tomorrow. intro already sounds way cooler than anything this website has had to be offer in almost 2 weeks. LOVE A CHANGE IN PACE MID SONG. okay i kinda got lost in it and forgot to write but ive been enjoying it sm, i love how they have a lot of ppl 'over' and theres soooo much variety in sound and topics and for once i dont mind interludes. buuuut lyrics some time made me go ewww so. last 10 or so songs werent that good. saved: tomb of the boom, reset, love hater.
Okay so this is actually surprisingly good. It has Hey Ya! which is just a great song! It is freaking long though!!
A sprawling, fantastic classic.
Nice
Zu HipHop hab ich ein gespaltenes Verhältnis. Hier gefällt mir, dass es häufig ziemlich grooved, Funkyness besitzt, abwechslungs- und ideenreich ist. Und dann meine ich noch wahrgenommen zu haben, dass man sich auch selbst nicht so 100%ig ernst nimmt. Daumen hoch!
Shake it like a polaroid picture! Bisschen 2000er-mäßig clean aber sind ein paar Hits drauf und zum Hula Hoop Training hats bestens funktioniert. 4 Sterne für die Partylaune!
when it's good, it's amazing. concept is brilliant, although i prefer Love Below to Speakerboxxx. my complaint is that even as a double album, it feels a little bloated. if they couldve trimmed it a bit--like 45 minutes each--i feel like itd be perfect.
7.25
Too many skits and interludes kept this from being a full 5 stars. Love this album. LOVE this album, but every time I listen I hit skip at least 7 times. That shouldn’t be the case.
Very good, very close to getting a 5.
Super good, a double album that's actually worth the two discs for once!
8/10. I’m impressed with how this kept me pretty engaged throughout the whole thing, and how well it holds up in 2021. The biggest issue I have with it is that it wasn’t super consistent, there were definitely weaker tracks here and there. Still a great album
Speakerboxxx is almost a 5/5...the love below is...not
4.2 - Epic. Speakerboxxx comes on hard and nasty. Bottom heavy sludgy beats. Notable cameos from Killer Mike and Jay Z. The Love Below starts off highly introspective and takes a much different and very interesting turn, exploring the concept of finding one's own true love. It's an epic journey, an undeniably varied and dense of body of work and the sheer volume of music here boggles the mind. Small aside - it's rare that I think the skits make a hip hop album. In this case, the skits provide the glue within the narrative, which makes listening this as an album that much more rewarding.
I’m not a hip-hop fan but there’s lots to like on this 2XCD. Creative, experimental with lots of funk, jazz and humour!
I think I'll rate these separately because they're so different. Speakerboxxx was a little boring tbh. I like the overall sound but it's a long time to spend listening to songs that are pretty samey and multiple interludes. Also kinda pissed that the album starts with an Intro but ends with a Postlude (why not intro/outro or prelude/postlude??). The Love Below was more up my alley, even though it was really long. A lot of the lyrics and interludes were dumb but I liked the music a lot more. 7 for Speakerboxx, 9 for Love Below, 8 overall I guess
It is just two solo albums but they're pretty good
4.3* bangers but also some bum
Back in 2003 I wouldn't have listened to this purposefully, even though I truly enjoyed its three main singles. Nowadays I'm better prepared to enjoy it, and enjoy it I did. Beautifully crafted album!
Some absolute bangerrrrs.
classic
Klassiker. Bra samples. Bra features. Andre3000 klockren, big boi likaså.
Speakerboxxx: pretty average. The Love Below: 5 star.
It’s probably too long but it’s great
mmm
The next one I have Speakerboxxx/The Love Below the double album from the southern rap group Outkast - released in 2003. I've listened to this in the past, and I recall it being difficult to make it through the whole thing. It's over two hours and I just started it. The first part is Speakerboxxx and the side known as the Big Boi side. I'm enjoying the energy and bounce on the Big Boi side, it's really helping me stay awake in the middle day on a random Tuesday. Having lived through the early 2000s I was very aware of this album, and the two hit songs were everywhere for a long time. Outkast was the biggest thing in the world at the time, funny how it was really the end - though I think hope someday they will re-unite. Enjoying this album today.
4 for Speakerboxx, 3 for The Love Below (would've been lower but damn, those singles!!). Way too long but I'll prob only listen to Speakerboxx in the future!
Outstanding!
I prefer the love below to speakerboxxx but it’s still amazing as a whole
Great. Great. Great.
Bell me piaciut, so fort gli Outkast
Has all of Outkast's greatest hits. Has almost a vaudevillian theme to it. May not be the best way to describe.
Great double album had it when it came out
A chef-d'œuvre from the coolest motherfuckers on the planet. I nearly gave it a 5 but “Hey Ya”, like a steaming turd in a freshly mown lawn, ruined an otherwise immaculate hip hop album.
Speakerboxx was better than The Love Below but overall this was funky and fresh and I loved the vibes. Would revisit.
Epic album. Outkast is stellar
Needed to listen to more OutKast so this was a good intro
Vaca come back
Clearly two albums, not one. One better than the other. Loved the crooning to ridiculous modern lyrics.
movie length with only a few bangers 👎
way too long
3.5/5 Very long album. Good rapping/singing with some jazzy stuff thrown in. Favorite Songs: GhettoMusick Bowtie The Way You Move Love Hater Hey Ya! Roses My Favorite Things
I think a lot of people miss the fact that this is two solo albums put together as one. A Big Boi solo effort then Andre 3000 I love OutKast, but this is a perfect example of why I struggle with double albums. *Speakerboxxx* is easily the stronger half for me—a funky, weird, consistently grooving 7/10 record that proves Big Boi can be every bit as eccentric as André. *The Love Below* is much more hit-or-miss. There are 2 or 3 songs I love, but as a whole it's closer to a 5.5. Put them together and you're asking me to sit through well over two hours of music, which is just too much. There's plenty here that I love, but as one complete album experience it's a 6/10 and 3 stars for me.
앨범은 나쁘지 않았다. 근데 내가 좋아하는 힙합 스타일은 아니었다. 그리고 길이가 너무 길어서 듣는데 조금 힘들었지만 평가에 반영될 정도는 아니었다. The album wasn't bad. However, it wasn't the style of hip-hop I prefer. It was also quite long, making it a bit of a chore to listen to, though not enough to significantly affect my assessment.
I definitely enjoyed this and appreciate what they're trying to do here. OutKast's take on hip hop is undoubtedly influential. They also weren't afraid to experiment. GhettoMusick was really cool and unexpected. I found myself enjoying Speakerboxxx more than the second disc. The lyrics really didn't do it for me on the second half. And the skits were a little annoying and add to the bloat. I still came away asking myself if Hey Ya is the most iconic song of the 2000s. Pretty cool album, not sure I'd listen to the whole thing again.
Kjennskap: 70% Sjukt mye sanger. Noen bangers, men ikke i nærheten av Outkasts beste album.
Never listened to this record full length. 2 hours again though, damn... I don't really know what I think. Plenty of highlights and ambitious beats/lyrics, but soo much fill aswell alongside the interludes. We go three here, not too much more commentary on this
Some really great tracks on this album, but for each one there are 4 or 5 songs that are bad, weird, or forgettable.
Inte min favorittyp av hip hop och alldeles för långt, känns konstigt att ge en tvåa sett till skiten jag gett tre så får kanske bli en svag trea?
This is a pretty cool album. The whole double- album-recorded-separately-and-just-stuck-together thing is kinda weird and just speaks to the cowardice and greed of the recording industry, but what else is new? This didn't need to be a double album. Both work just fine on their own. It's kinda jarring to switch over to the second album. The unit as a whole is so long, I would have just preferred two albums. That said, the content on both albums is pretty solid and wildly different. I was jamming to both, and each has some pretty nice highlights. The Love Below is pretty weird though, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Andre 3000 is a bit high on his own supply, and it shows. Overall I think this is a 3 for me. It edges close to a 4, but I'm not really going to listen to this again.
This wasn't bad, just exceedingly long.
I never listen to this type of music. I paused due to holidays and did listen though a few tracks per day. But I must say in between there is some soul and jazz which is ok. The second part ‘the love below’ might even be better. It are actually two different solo albums of the two rappers that form ‘OutKast’. Basically I hate gangsta rap and most rap in general with just a few exceptions. But I tried to listen with an open mind and try to put away my prejudice and than you also hear some good soul and jazz hidden in between. The hit song ‘Hey Ya’ is also quite catchy. Still it is a way too long ride with 2 hours of rap music. But I can understand why this is seen as a very high rated album/artist in the genre. As I understand that most of the music is played by live musicians instead of samples increases my interest in this album and also the lyrics have more depth than other rap music. I must say I got a bit intrigued by this album and did some re listening in bits and pieces. Although it will never be my favorite genre. I am positively surprised by the musicality.
I've always wanted to like this more than I do. It falls into that classic trap of double albums: bloated and overlong.
Pretty good. Talented artists
There were some fun songs on this. But at 2+ hours it wore out its welcome long before the end. GhettoMusick was probably my favorite, but I'm not sure now if that's just because it was at the beginning. But I liked the techno vibe.
Songs were good but I didn’t need all the interludes fam
I have mixed feelings about this record. I liked the idea of a double CD, with each artist having a distinct musical universe. However, I found the whole record too long, and I would have preferred it if there were greater coherence between the two discs (or alternatively, if they had been released and considered as separate albums). 3.5/5
Stankonia was OutKast's Pet Sounds. I refused to elaborate further.
Overrated
Ógeðslega löng. Fyrri hlutinn gældi við fjórar stjörnur en sá seinni (þó hann innihéldi Hey Ya og Roses) dró hana remmilega niður í þrjár.
This was just ok for me. It was fine, but it's a LOT of tracks and a lot of playing around. I guess it felt a bit like too much of a time commitment to wander through the sprawling creative meanderings of these 2 guys. The Hey Ya! single is undeniable - just a huge mega-hit, and still a great track. Most of the rest of this, while creative and overall 'good', is a bit of a waste of time. Notable exception: Take Off Your Cool (with Norah Jones),
Good but too long, so much filler.
The love below reminded me of Prince in some parts. The jazz remix of favorite things was fun. Speakerboxxx was fun and quick. Lyrics were great throughout. The interludes were funny as well
Bloated. The few good songs sold have been combined into one shorter album. Andre should have gone to therapy rather than released most of his album.
Has some absolute bangers. Speakerboxx is the stronger half. Too many throw away skits, interludes, and outros
I enjoyed some of this. Nice hooks, creative lyrics. Need to listen to this more
Those are really two albums and I liked the first one MUCH MORE than the second. Therefore, an average total score it shall be.
That was a long double album. As a lot other reviews have could have easily been cut down. 3.5 stars
A real mess of a (double) album, but something of an entertaining one. The second of these albums contains ‘Hey Ya’, known to my generation as a mandatory song for every 6 year old’s birthday party music, and that is a decent representation of the listenable quality to most of the music. It’s pretty fun and energetic. However, even for a double album this really goes on and on, and its determination to feature every single musical style at some point in the albums doesn’t help. Plenty of hits, plenty of misses.
There were quite a few good songs among the forty (?!) tracks on this more than two-hour long (?!), extremely stylistically diverse album, although with this runtime it did take me two sittings to finish. There’s probably enough good ones for a more reasonable length, pretty strong 4 stars album. Unfortunately, when you adopt such a scattergun approach, inevitably there’s going to be quite a lot of filler, including a fair few tracks I really wasn’t keen on. The quality control seemed to be a bit better in Big Boi’s ‘Speakerboxxx’ overall, although Andre 3000’s ‘The Love Below’ maybe had higher highs?
was fun bit wayy too many songs for 1 album
Some great stuff in here but way too long and definitely not two albums worth
6/10
Better than most of this genre. Some interesting musical backing
Nop
J'ai préféré la 2e partie de l'album avec Hey ta et des morceaux dans la même vibe, le reste c'était du rap quoi
Je savais pas que hey ya venait de cet album! Plutôt sympa en général mais un peu long
Once again, not my usual listening habit, and for songs that were mostly new to me (aside from Hey Ya!, of course), I did find myself enjoying most of the album. I liked The Love Below side more, with its Jazz parts being particularly enjoyable. If it wasn’t so long, it would probably be a 4/5, but being a double album, it’s a 3/5 for me.
It's good, just very lengthy. Nothing stands out too much, seeing Hey Ya on this album was a fun surprise
My love hate for the double album continues. Speakerboxxxx was the better overall album and maybe would have had more hits of released alone. The Love Below had at least 3 hits but the rest was quite lackluster. They work together but separately I don't think they would have done as well and that's why I love hate the double album.
Compared to the rest of the album, Hey Ya comes off as such a jarring upbeat track compared to all the others.
I'm an OutKast fan so it pains me to give this a 3. But there's just so much bloat on this 2 and a half hour double album. So many interludes. So many skits. So many forgettable songs. This album has 40 "songs" and 3 hits. That's a rough ratio. Like Hey Yeah, The Way You Move, and Roses are great. But just listen to them on their own. Don't slog through this many songs just to pay respects to the few that landed.
Thus album is fun when it wants to be, but there was definitely some creative issues that led to it being too long and too disjointed for my taste. Big Boi and Andre 3000 are magnificent, and when they collaborated well, the music was unmatched. When they branched off into their own thing, things got weird. I enjoyed the through line of “Speakerboxx” and frequent callbacks, but that felt more forced into the rotation than a genuine plan for the album. The flow from one track to the next wasn’t always solid which impacted my enjoyment. Overall, there is definitely some gold here, but there’s also a lot of pyrite.