Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Very good album. Two albums in one with a 2-hour play time. Speakerboxxx features mainly Big Boi and The Love Below features mainly Andre 3000. Great tracks and a few bangers as well. Notable tracks: The Way You Move Bust Reset Hey Ya Roses She's Alive

Enpä ollut kuunnellut alusta loppuun varmaan kymmeneen vuoteen. Arvioin tämän nyt kahtena soololevynä ja mennään sen keskiarvolla. Speakerboxxx on todella kova ja parempi kuin muistin. Unhappy unohdettu helmi. Ei juuri turhia biisejä, 4+/5. The Love Below on pääasiassa ihan cool, kivan tunteikas ja monipuolinen. Hey Ya tietty 00-luvun parhaita ellei paras pop-biisi. Mutta aika monta turhaa biisiä etenkin jälkipuoliskolla. 3+/5. Keskimäärin siis 3,5+/5 eli 4/5. Periaatteessa kokonaisuutta voisi sakottaa pituudesta, mutta menköön näin. Duon poikkeuksellinen luovuus ja kunnianhimo kantaa pitkälle.

I think this is often referred to as "the White Album" of hip-hop and I agree. And in fact, I would say that the best songs on "Speakerboxx/The Love Below are actually stronger than the best songs on "The White Album" while many of the tracks are experimental, sometimes with interesting results, sometimes not, but generally rewards deep listening and consideration. Even though the biggest hits are pop radio standards, it isn't an "easy listening" album, not if you want to get the most out of it at least.

If Atlanta was an album it'd be this. A few known songs in "The Way You Move", "Hey Ya", and "Roses". Personally I liked it alot despite its length though I'm not fond of all of the interludes. Two very different vibes - I thought The Love Below had higher highs and lower lows while Speakerboxxx was more consistent across the board. Overall good and the best long album on here yet. 7/10.

OutKast had an iconic discography from start to finish. Ending on a double album where each of the two members get to freely divulge in their creative interests is a perfect way to give a sendoff to OutKast as a group. Big Boi's side (Speakerboxxx) is consistently cool and groovy, while Andre 3000's side is inventive and a bit funny too. Each song brings something new to the table, and I have a lot of respect for the output that OutKast has managed here while maintaining quality. It's also two hours. This is a true double album in every sense, in that you really should not listen to this in one sitting. That said, I think that Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is excellent but a poor indicator of what OutKast was about. It's an exception more than anything.

i always complain about albums being too long, and to be fair, this is a little bit of a unique situation in that regard since truly this is two solo albums-- if you think it's too long, just listen to one! but it is still packaged and presented as one, so i feel it has to lose some points for that. the bigger issue with the runtime though, is that while i do quite enjoy the Big Boi half, once you get to The Love Below, it just doesn't do that much for me. it's very poppy and fun and well made, but i don't respond to it as much as Speakerboxxx. maybe if i did listen to it in isolation i'd feel differently, since the fatigue of the runtime probably isn't doing it any favors, but if i'm rating the whole thing as one album, i can't go above 4

Un long album, 2h. Le festival du featuring. J'aurais mis un 3.5, c'est pas toutes les tounes que je trip. 4 pour la thugness.

Loved it. Was concerned as the record is like two and half hours long but I stayed engaged the whole time. It's always such a trip for me to listen to an album and then out of the blue get hit with one of the most famous songs of all time. I find it interesting to hear what comes before or after the biggest songs ever, in this case Hey Ya! Which is actually followed by Roses which is in itself a really big song. Anyways. Very good. Would revisit.

Such an interesting sound for hip hop to encounter. Certainly groundbreaking in its sound and the storytelling through the album comes through. I don’t love it in terms of a listening experience, but the artistry is there!

Love these guys. I think Roses > Hey Ya!

This is an excellent album. I prefer Andre's side, but Big Boi's side is really good too. Some absolute classics on here.

Looong album, but a pretty dang good one. All the big hits from OutKast are present and accounted for on this one. Issuing a double album is an interesting choice; it is clear when the album switches over from Speakerboxxx to The Love Below, and I'm not really sure what the benefit is to keeping the 2+ hours of music connected in one massive album, as opposed to issuing 2 separate albums. Either way, there is lots to enjoy on here. I resonate with the silliness and the aversion to super serious songwriting/lyricism, and the backing tracks (especially keyboards) are great. Fave tracks: Roses, Hey Ya!, God (Interlude), My Favourite Things

Really interesting double album - I enjoyed the contrast between the more Electro-Funk Speakerboxxx and the jazzier The Love Below. I did have a preference for the second half, but no surprise there. Great production, fun interludes and just solid songwriting all around, not to mention some really great features. My only complaint is that it's a bit too long, but you can't really be surprised from a double album. Fav Tracks: GhettoMusick, The Way You Move, Hey Ya!, Roses, My Favorite Things

Ok. Never heard before and I predicted i would be critical of the length and skits and filler material. Its all pretty good. Much impressed.

Big boi’s was a fun af listen that I think I will revisit. Andre 3000’s I appreciated more than I liked although there were ofc some bangers on there

Shit goes hard. I didn’t realize Big Boi was so talented. I think I liked his half better honestly.

Damn. This one is a bit tough for me because speakerboxxx is probably the easiest 5 ive come across yet. Everything from the beats, to the production, the flow, the lyrics, the features are all incredible. That being said i enjoyed the love below slightly less. Its good dont get me wrong but its a different vibe i jive with slightly less. Id give it a 3 so ill avg it out to a 4

It was a really good, though long, basically double album. I liked the Christmas themes in the second part, and the skits were generally more palatable/hilarious than other hip-hop albums. I thought that "Hey Ya!" kind of stuck out from the other songs around it, sounding significantly different. Then again, there was a lot of variance among other songs on the album.

the bad songs are really bad, but the good ones are really good. ghettomusick unhappy the way you move war church flip flop rock happy valentine's day spread she lives in my lap hey ya roses pink & blue my favorite things take off your cool vibrate

Intro - 7/10 GhettoMusick - 7.5/10 Unhappy - 7.5/10 Bowtie - 8.5/10 The Way You Move- 8/10 The Rooster - 8/10 Bust - 8.5/10 War - 7.5/10 Church - 7/10 Bamboo - 7/10 Tomb of the Boom - 8.5/10 E-Mac - 8/10 Knowing - 8/10 Flip Flop Rock - 7.5/10 Interlude - 7/10 Reset - 7/10 D-boi - 7/10 Last Call - 7/10 Bowtie- 7/10 The Love Below - 7/10 Love Hater - 7/10 God - 7/10 Happy Valentines Day - 7.5/10 Spread - 7.5/10 Where are My Panties - 7/10 Prototype - 8/10 She lives in my Lap - 7/10 Hey Ya! - 10/10 Roses - 10/10 Good Day, Good Sir - 7/10 Behold a Lady - 7/10 Pink & Blue - 7/10 Love In War - 7/10 She’s Alive - 7.5/10 Draculas Wedding - 8/10 The Letter - 7/10 My Favourite Things - 7.5/10 Take off Your Cool - 7/10 Vibrate - 7/10 A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre - 7.5/10 TOTAL - 333.5/400

Funky album

odličan koncept za album, ali meni je ipak ovo najslabiji od svih njihovih. to vam govori da im je diskografija prebolesna.

Was goed, wel lang

I loved this one actually. I’m not a big outkast fan but this one was a whole ride. Incredible stories and songwriting. I prefer the first half to the second one. The standout song wasnt even Hey Ya which is insane

Ez 4.5. Only negative is too many skits and a couple songs on Big Boi’s side. Andre’s side is an ez 5

I love Outkast but the length of this album is hard to swallow. Yes it's a double album but 3+ times as long as a regular album. Some amazing songs on here though, especially from 3Ks side. 4.5

Almost deserves a 5 for Hey Ya!/Roses being back to back, but a little too long for frequent listening for me

Damn; at 134:49 this record is a big ask. Fortunately, there's some real quality here. I prefer The Love Below, overall. Favourite tracks from Speakerboxxx (Big Boi): GhettoMusick, Church, Last Call. Favourite tracks from The Love Below (André 3000): Happy Valentine's Day, Hey Ya!, Roses, Love In War, She's Alive, My Favourite Things.

The second half of this album is gold. Love it.

Pretty solid Outkast album never really listened through it all

Loooooong, but fuckin great. Both Big Boi and André got to do their own thing, made their own mega hits, and delivered 2 really good albums stitched together. Best rap duo of all time

I loved it. It's more than just hip hop...it's fun, it's eclective and creative...I was a huge fan of Hey ya! already and the whole experience of the album was really cool. It's now part of my repertoire.

Beautiful, long, and varied. This album has everything, lyrically dense with good RB and hip hop.

Now we eating some real fucking food right here. Most influential and Iconic hip-hop duo. The production is immaculate. The bars are godly. It's wild to hear such a young Jay-Z, Killer Mike, and Ludacris. I had listened to this a while back, but I have a newfound appreciation for most of the songs. There is a reason these guys are the GOATs. Admittedly this album is quite bloated; probably because it is basically a double album. Sperkerboxxx is basically a Big Boi album featuring Andre 3000 and The Love Blow is the inverse. Most of the tracks are good, but the run time just makes some less enjoyable than others. the baseline is high, so standout tracks need to be really good for them to well... stand out. Overall a fantastic album from a fantastic duo. Feeling a strong 4/5 on this one

Solid album, definitely a lot of tracks I recognized. Will have to give it another listen

Eigenlijk 2 solo albums gereleased onder naam Outkast: Speakerboxxx = Big Boi The Love Below = André 3000 Speakerboxxx: Bowtie vind ik een bop, funky, geinige geluiden op de achtergrond Church ook leuk Flip Flop Rock ook tof, beetje DnB achtige beat, lekker tempo The Love Below: Spread is een gaaf nummer, beetje jazz achtig en tof sound design op de achtergrond Hey Ya en Roses spreken voor zich, toppers Oké 'Good Day, Good Sir' interlude moest Ik wel even om lachen, Monty Python vibe Dracula's Wedding toffe synths My Favorite Things hele coole blend tussen jazz en DnB Take Off Your Cool hele fijne rust na de chaos van het vorige nummer haha, en Norah Jones is altijd puur genot <3 Algemeen: Leuk maar vooral het eerste deel niet echt mijn ding. Ben ook niet zo'n fan van die interludes. Aantal nummertjes geliked en zou ik wel draaien maar hele album niet. Tweede deel wel veel leuker, muziekaal VEEL interessanter. Heb daarvan toch best wel veel geliked. Zou het eerste deel 2 sterren geven, tweede deel denk ik zelfs 5 dusja gemiddeld & afgerond 4 (maarr dus echt door The Love Below) Would not buy. (tenzij alleen de 2e helft kan haha)

Speaker boxxx ihan helmi ja 5/5. The love below mjooo. Se hitti on kyl kova biisi, mut jotenkin lyriikat vähän kringe ja menokaan ei ihan nii kova täl puolella. 3/5. Eikai se auta ku yhteensä 4/5. Vai 5/5. Vähän kiikun kaakun. Voispa antaa puolikkaita.

Really liked it!

M'ha sorprès molt positivament. Està molt bé dins de l'estil que és. He hagut d'escoltar l'àlbum per fascicles perquè és més llarg que un dia sense pa, però no se m'ha fet extremadament pesat i això diu molt a favor de l'àlbum. A més te hey ya que és un temazo

Great music that reminds me of early 2000s. Roses best track.

Only reason this wasn’t a five was because it was so long! Favorite song that I hadn’t heard before was The Way You Move

Kinds wish these albums were released separately. Both are full of highs on par with any other Outkast album, but the two records are so different and the run time is so long that I don't see a major benefit to them being packaged like this.

I do not believe that you can take this album as a single album. At its core, it is two different albums made by two great artists smashed together to be sold under the OutKast name. I will start with speakerboxx, which I felt was the more upbeat and regular hip hop album that is very fun to just vibe to. In comparison, The Love Below was a jazzier and more insightful album with a connected story. On both records, there were tracks that I really enjoy and may come back to, but there were also others I would completely skip over and would not want to come back and listen to. With each record being 20 tracks long, and the whole album being 40 tracks long, there were a lot of points of this album that felt bloated due to the amount of music that is in here. Low 4.

Speakerboxx var gjevnt over bra, men ingenting jeg elsket. The Love Below var veldig opp og ned. Andre må ha vært megakåt på dette albumet. Absolutte bangers Roses og Hey ya,.

Overall a great double album with lots of incredible tracks. I think there's quite a bit of bloat here, and not everything landed, but overall really good.

A few bangers, generally good

Enjoyed

My one questions is as follows: WHY SO LONG?!? This album felt like a real drag. It definitely doesn't help that this is a double album which separated would be pretty long themselves. Disc 1 felt nothing but mid I have to say. Solid sampling but otherwise nothing special. However Disc 2 was amazing in comparison. The subject of love arose at points with catchy lyrics and ofc, Hey Ya. Major downfall to this album is the fact the first half was mid and the fact it was so fucking long.

I had a hard time rating this album. I didn’t care for a good number of the songs but i think as a collective album or 3 albums it was nice. Especially the second or The Love Below section. I haven’t heard such heartfelt rap, about love loss. It was an entertaining listen through. The first part was more woke (before it was co-oped) rap. Lol no idea how they picked and curated what would go on this album. The usual songs are good. Some other stand outs, Church, Tomb of the Boom, she’s alive, take off your cool, and A day in the life of Benjamin…

Speakerboxxx Highlights: Unhappy, Bowtie, The Way You Move, The Rooster, Church, Flip Flop Rock, Reset Catchier and more consistent tracklist. The Love Below Highlights: Spread, Hey Ya, Roses, She's Alive, Dracula's Wedding, My Favorite Things, Vibrate More ambitious and has some of the best songs, but can meander a bit. Production and instrumentation on both sides are some of my favorite in their discography.

Forty tracks!!! I thought they stopped making concept albums in the 70s. What a piece of work. Without reading the wiki it seemed like a concept album about the lifecycle of a relationship; now I see that it’s two concept albums together. Hey Ya is one of the best sounding pop songs of the century so far. Can’t believe it was 20 years ago. Songs like The Rooster are so innovative! The Love Below and Love Hater are like jazz standards and demonstrate incredible range. Impressive work.

A little long, but quite the jammer

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