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To call OutKast's follow-up to their 2000 masterpiece Stankonia the most eagerly awaited hip-hop album of the new millennium may be hyperbole, but not by much. In its kaleidoscopic, deep-fried amalgam of Dirty South, dirty funk, techno, and psychedelia, Stankonia was fearlessly exploratory and giddy with possibilities. It was hard to imagine where the duo was going to go next, but one possibility that few entertained was that Big Boi and Andre 3000 would split apart, each recording an album on his own and then releasing the pair as the fifth OutKast album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, in the fall of 2003. Although both albums have their own distinct character, the effect is kind of like if the Beatles issued The White Album as one LP of Lennon tunes, the other of McCartney songs -- the individual records may be more coherent, but the illusion that the group can do anything is tarnished. By isolating themselves from each other, Big Boi and Andre 3000 diminish the idea of OutKast slightly, since the focus is on the individuals, not the group. Which, of course, is part of the point of releasing solo albums under the group name -- it's to prove that the two can exist under the umbrella of the OutKast aesthetic while standing as individuals. Thing is, while it would have been a wild, bracing listen to hear these 39 songs mixed up, alternating between Boi and Dre cuts, the two albums do prove that the music can be solo in execution but remain OutKast records through and through. Both records are visionary, imaginative listens, providing some of the best music of 2003, regardless of genre. If conventional wisdom, based on their public personas and previous music, held that Big Boi's record, Speakerboxxx, would be the more conventional of the two and Andre 3000's The Love Below the more experimental, that doesn't turn out to be quite true. From the moment Speakerboxxx kicks into gear with "GhettoMusick" and its relentless blend of old-school 808s and breakneck breakbeats, it's clear that Boi is ignoring boundaries, and the rest of his album follows suit. It's grounded firmly within hip-hop, but the beats bend against the grain and the arrangements are overflowing with ideas and thrilling, unpredictable juxtapositions, such as how "Bowtie" swings like big-band jazz filtered through George Clinton, how "The Way You Move" offsets its hard-driving verses with seductive choruses, or how "The Rooster" cheerfully rides a threatening minor-key mariachi groove, salted by slippery horns and loose-limbed wah-wah guitars. It's a hell of a ride, reclaiming the adventurous spirit of the golden age and pushing it into a new era.
By contrast, The Love Below isn't so much visionary as it is unapologetically eccentric. And as the cocktail jazz pianos that sparkle through the first few songs indicate, it's not much of a hip-hop album. Instead, Andre 3000 has created the great lost Prince album -- the platter that the Purple One recorded somewhere between Around the World in a Day and Sign 'o' the Times. It's not just that the music and song titles cheekily recall Prince -- "She Lives in My Lap" is a close relation of the B-side "She's Always in My Hair" -- it's that Dre disregards any rules on a quest to create his own interior world, right down to a dialogue with God. The difference between Andre 3000 and Prince is in that dialogue, too: Prince was tortured; Andre is trying to get laid. That cheerfully randy spirit surges through The Love Below, even on the spooky-serious closer, "A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre," and it gives Andre the freedom to try a little of everything, from mock crooning on "Love Haters" to a breakbeat jazz interpretation of "My Favorite Things" to the strange one-man funk of "Roses" and the incandescent "Hey Ya!," where classic soul and electro-funk coexist happily. So, both records are very different, but the remarkable thing is, they both feel thoroughly like OutKast music. Big Boi and Andre 3000 took off in different directions from the same starting point, yet they wind up sounding unified because they share the same freewheeling aesthetic, where everything is alive and everything is possible within their music. That spirit fuels not just the best hip-hop, but the best pop music, and both Speakerboxxx and The Love Below are among the best hip-hop and best pop music released this decade. Each is a knockout individually, and paired together, their force is undeniable.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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OutKast, Speaker, MainArtist - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Archie Hall, Composer, Lyricist - Big Boi, Co-Producer - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer, Mixing Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Vincent Alexander, Assistant Engineer - Cutmaster Swiff, Producer - Moka Nagatani, Recording Engineer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Marvin "Chanz" Parkman, Organ - Big Boi, Vocal - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer, Mixing Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Keyboards, Vocal - Vincent Alexander, Assistant Engineer - Sleepy Brown, Background Vocal - Joi, Background Vocal - Moka Nagatani, Recording Engineer - Myrna "Skreechy Peachy" Crenshaw, Background Vocal
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - David Sheats, Composer, Lyricist - Donny Mathis, Guitar - Debra Killings, Bass Guitar, Background Vocal - Marvin "Chanz" Parkman, Keyboards - Preston Crump, Bass - Big Boi, Vocal - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Mr. DJ, Producer - Sleepy Brown, Background Vocal - Rajinder Kala, Congas
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - Phalon Alexander, Composer, Lyricist - Patrick Brown, Composer, Lyricist - Jazze Phá, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Debra Killings, Bass Guitar - Hornz Unlimited, Horn - Big Boi, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Vocal - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - David Whild, Guitar - Sleepy Brown, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Tori Alamaze, Background Vocal - Moka Nagatani, Recording Engineer - OutKast feat. Sleepy Brown & Jazze Pha, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - Patrick Brown, Composer, Lyricist - Carlton Mahone, Composer, Lyricist - Debra Killings, Bass Guitar - Hornz Unlimited, Horn - Big Boi, Co-Producer, Vocal - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Zazá, Guitar - Vincent Alexander, Recording Engineer - Carl Mo, Producer - Sleepy Brown, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - OutKast feat. Sleepy Brown, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - Carlton Mahone, Composer, Lyricist - Donny Mathis, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar - Debra Killings, Bass Guitar - Hornz Unlimited, Horn - Marvin "Chanz" Parkman, Keyboards - Big Boi, Co-Producer, Vocal - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Carl Mo, Producer - Sleepy Brown, Background Vocal - Tori Alamaze, Background Vocal - Cutmaster Swiff, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Render, Composer, Lyricist - Jazze Phá, Background Vocal - Myrna Crenshaw, Composer, Lyricist - Big Boi, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Vocal - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - David Whild, Guitar - Killer Mike, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Victor Alexander, Drums - Sleepy Brown, Background Vocal - Myrna "Skreechy Peachy" Crenshaw, Background Vocal - King Stephen, Vocal - Outkast feat. Killer Mike, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - David Sheats, Composer, Lyricist - Donny Mathis, Guitar - Debra Killings, Bass Guitar - Marvin "Chanz" Parkman, Keyboards - Big Boi, Background Vocal, Vocal - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Mr. DJ, Producer - Rajinder Kala, Congas - Myrna "Skreechy Peachy" Crenshaw, Background Vocal - Jeminesse "Slimm Jim" Smith, Programmer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Patrick Brown, Composer, Lyricist - Kevin Kendricks, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards - Myrna Crenshaw, Composer, Lyricist - Debra Killings, Background Vocal - Big Boi, Vocal - Warren Bletcher, Engineer, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer - Matt Still, Recording Engineer - Sleepy Brown, Vocal - Aaron Mills, Bass Guitar - Myrna "Skreechy Peachy" Crenshaw, Background Vocal
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Big Boi, Composer, Lyricist, AssociatedPerformer - Andre 3000, Composer, Lyricist - Bamboo, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - Christopher Bridges, Composer, Lyricist - Cameron Gipp, Composer, Lyricist - Nathaniel Elder, Composer, Lyricist - James Patton, Composer, Lyricist - Big Gipp, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Big Boi, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Vocal - Ludacris, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Chris Carmouche, Recording Engineer - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer - Vincent Alexander, Recording Engineer - Cory Andrews, Composer, Lyricist - Konkrete, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - OutKast feat. Konkrete, Big Gipp & Ludacris, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Not Applicable, Composer, Lyricist - E-Mac, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - David Sheats, Composer, Lyricist - Big Boi, Keyboards, Co-Producer, Programmer, Vocal - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Vocal - Mr. DJ, Producer - Moka Nagatani, Recording Engineer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - David Sheats, Composer, Lyricist - Shawn Carter, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Render, Composer, Lyricist - Debra Killings, Bass Guitar, Background Vocal - Big Gipp, Background Vocal - Marvin "Chanz" Parkman, Keyboards - Big Boi, Producer, Vocal - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - Jay-Z, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Mr. DJ, Co-Producer - David Whild, Guitar - Killer Mike, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Backbone, Background Vocal - Sleepy Brown, Background Vocal - Cutmaster Swiff, AssociatedPerformer - Mildryln "Big Gul" Andrews, Background Vocal - OutKast feat. Killer Mike & Jay-Z, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Boi, Producer - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer, Mixing Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Vincent Alexander, Assistant Engineer - Moka Nagatani, Recording Engineer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - Thomas Burton, Composer, Lyricist - Willie Knighton, Composer, Lyricist - Debra Killings, Bass Guitar, Background Vocal - Marvin "Chanz" Parkman, Keyboards - Big Boi, Producer, Programmer, Drum Programmer, Vocal - Cee-Lo, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Khujo Goodie, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - OutKast feat. Khujo Goodie & Cee-Lo, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Not Applicable, Composer, Lyricist - Henry Welch, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - The EastSide Boyz, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Loving, Composer, Lyricist - James Hollins, Composer, Lyricist - Debra Killings, Bass Guitar - Hornz Unlimited, Horn - Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz, Vocal - Big Boi, Vocal - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Lil' Jon, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mello, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Vocal - Andre 3000, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer - Slimm Calhoun, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Outkast feat. SlimOutKast feat. Slimm Calhoun, Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz & Mellom Calhoun, Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz & Mello, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jazze Phá, Composer, Lyricist - Big Boi, Composer, Lyricist - Sleepy Brown, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
DISCO 2
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andre 3000, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Programmer, Vocal
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Kevin Kendricks, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards - Hornz Unlimited, Arranger, Horn - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Vocal - Neal Pogue, Mixing Engineer - Darryl Smith, Guitar - Jef Van Veen, Drums
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andre 3000, Composer, Lyricist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Kevin Kendricks, Guitar - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - DEXTER SIMMONS, Mixing Engineer - Pete Novak, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Guitar, Vocal - Kevin Brandon, Bass - Josh Monroy, Assistant Engineer - Joi, Vocal - Donald Whittemore, Assistant Engineer - Robert Hannon, Recording Engineer - Myrna "Skreechy Peachy" Crenshaw, Vocal - Russell Buelna, Assistant Engineer - Moffet Morris, Bass
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Kevin Kendricks, Keyboards - Hornz Unlimited, Trumpet - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Pete Novak, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Vocal - Neal Pogue, Mixing Engineer - KEVIN SMITH, Bass Guitar - Josh Monroy, Assistant Engineer - Alex Reverberi, Assistant Engineer - Robert Hannon, Recording Engineer - Cutmaster Swiff, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Big Boi, Vocal - Not Applicable, Composer, Lyricist - Andre 3000, AssociatedPerformer - Toni Hunter, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Kevin Kendricks, Keyboards - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocalist - Neal Pogue, Mixing Engineer - Matt Still, Recording Engineer - Aaron Mills, Bass - Alex Reverberi, Assistant Engineer - Marianne Lee Stitt, Background Vocal - John Frisbee, Director
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Hornz Unlimited, Trumpet - Tomi Martin, Guitar - Marvin "Chanz" Parkman, Keyboards - Chris Carmouche, Assistant Engineer - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Guitar, Tenor Saxophone, Vocal - Neal Pogue, Mixing Engineer - Malik Albert, Assistant Engineer - Aaron Mills, Bass Guitar - Alex Reverberi, Assistant Engineer - Terrence Cash, Recording Engineer - Rosario Dawson, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Cutmaster Swiff, AssociatedPerformer - OutKast feat. Rosario Dawson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Kevin Kendricks, Keyboards - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - Jared Robbins, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Recording Engineer - Sean Tallman, Assistant Engineer - Kevin "KD" Davis, Mixing Engineer - Pete Novak, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Vocal - Neal Pogue, Mixing Engineer - Greg Price, Assistant Engineer - Josh Monroy, Assistant Engineer - Rabeka Tunei, Assistant Engineer, Vocal - Robert Hannon, Recording Engineer - Cutmaster Swiff, Producer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Kevin Kendricks, Keyboards - Matt Boykin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Drum Programmer - Big Boi, Rap - Chris Carmouche, Recording Engineer - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Pete Novak, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Vocal - Killer Mike, Background Vocal - Alex Reverberi, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Not Applicable, Composer, Lyricist - Benjamin Andre, AssociatedPerformer - Bently Fonzworth, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - DEXTER SIMMONS, Mixing Engineer - Pete Novak, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Vocal - Jeff Moses, Assistant Engineer - Donnie Whittemore, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Mark Cargill, Violin - Benjamin Wright, Conductor, Arranger - Chris Carmouche, Assistant Engineer - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - DEXTER SIMMONS, Mixing Engineer - Reggie Dozier, Recording Engineer - Chris Steffen, Engineer, Assistant Engineer - GREG BURNS, Engineer, Assistant Engineer - Martin Smith, Cello - Tibor Zelig, Violin - Herman Jackson, Piano - Pete Novak, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Vocal - John Krovoza, Cello - Robin Ross, Viola - Gina Kronstadt, Violin - Vanessa Brown, Timpani, Vibraphone - Marcy Vaj, Viola - Donnie Whittemore, Assistant Engineer - Patrick Morgan, Viola - Richard Adkins, Violin - Russell Buelna, Assistant Engineer - Darrell Thorpe, Recording Engineer - The Benjamin Wright String Orchestra, Strings - Charles Veal (Concert Master), Violin - James Sitterly, Violin - Mark Casillas, Violin - Marisa McCleod, Violin - Yarda Kettner, Violin - Louis Kabok, Violin - Michele Nardone, Viola - Lisa Chien, Cello - Catherine Chan, Cello - Kelvin Brandon, Bass - Kelvin O'Neal, Bass
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Sean Tallman, Assistant Engineer - Kevin "KD" Davis, Mixing Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Vocal - Richard Keller, Strings - William Murphy, Strings - Cutmaster Swiff, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Keller (R.I.P), Arranger - David Arnez, Strings - Eleanor Arnez, Strings - David Braitberg, Strings - Eric V. Johnson, Strings - Sanford Salzinger, Strings
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Kevin Kendricks, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards - Hornz Unlimited, Horn - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Recording Engineer - Pete Novak, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Vocal - Neal Pogue, Mixing Engineer - Kevin Brandon, Bass - Jeff Moses, Assistant Engineer - Alex Reverberi, Assistant Engineer - Jef Van Veen, Drums - Russell Buelna, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - Jared Robbins, Engineer, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Brian Paturalski, Recording Engineer - Kelis, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Pete Novak, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Lead Vocalist - Russell Buelna, Assistant Engineer - OutKast feat. Kelis, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Not Applicable, Composer, Lyricist - Andre 3000, AssociatedPerformer - Amanda Qasha Aman, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Kendricks, Piano - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - Richard Rodgers, Composer, Lyricist - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Sean Tallman, Assistant Engineer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Composer, Lyricist - Pete Novak, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Vocal - Jeff Moses, Assistant Engineer - Aaron Mills, Bass Guitar - Gary Harris, Saxophone
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Norah Jones, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Andre 3000, Producer, Guitar, Vocal - Neal Pogue, Mixing Engineer - Alex Reverberi, Assistant Engineer - Padraic Kernin, Assistant Engineer, Recording Engineer - OutKast feat. Norah Jones, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - André Benjamin, Composer, Lyricist - Kevin Kendricks, Keyboards - Hornz Unlimited, Horn - Marvin "Chanz" Parkman, Keyboards - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - John Frye, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Pete Novak, Recording Engineer - Andre 3000, Producer, Background Vocal, Vocal - Neal Pogue, Mixing Engineer - Sleepy Brown, Background Vocal - Alex Reverberi, Assistant Engineer - Russell Buelna, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
OutKast, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andre 3000, Composer, Lyricist - Benjamin Andre, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
Approfondimenti
To call OutKast's follow-up to their 2000 masterpiece Stankonia the most eagerly awaited hip-hop album of the new millennium may be hyperbole, but not by much. In its kaleidoscopic, deep-fried amalgam of Dirty South, dirty funk, techno, and psychedelia, Stankonia was fearlessly exploratory and giddy with possibilities. It was hard to imagine where the duo was going to go next, but one possibility that few entertained was that Big Boi and Andre 3000 would split apart, each recording an album on his own and then releasing the pair as the fifth OutKast album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, in the fall of 2003. Although both albums have their own distinct character, the effect is kind of like if the Beatles issued The White Album as one LP of Lennon tunes, the other of McCartney songs -- the individual records may be more coherent, but the illusion that the group can do anything is tarnished. By isolating themselves from each other, Big Boi and Andre 3000 diminish the idea of OutKast slightly, since the focus is on the individuals, not the group. Which, of course, is part of the point of releasing solo albums under the group name -- it's to prove that the two can exist under the umbrella of the OutKast aesthetic while standing as individuals. Thing is, while it would have been a wild, bracing listen to hear these 39 songs mixed up, alternating between Boi and Dre cuts, the two albums do prove that the music can be solo in execution but remain OutKast records through and through. Both records are visionary, imaginative listens, providing some of the best music of 2003, regardless of genre. If conventional wisdom, based on their public personas and previous music, held that Big Boi's record, Speakerboxxx, would be the more conventional of the two and Andre 3000's The Love Below the more experimental, that doesn't turn out to be quite true. From the moment Speakerboxxx kicks into gear with "GhettoMusick" and its relentless blend of old-school 808s and breakneck breakbeats, it's clear that Boi is ignoring boundaries, and the rest of his album follows suit. It's grounded firmly within hip-hop, but the beats bend against the grain and the arrangements are overflowing with ideas and thrilling, unpredictable juxtapositions, such as how "Bowtie" swings like big-band jazz filtered through George Clinton, how "The Way You Move" offsets its hard-driving verses with seductive choruses, or how "The Rooster" cheerfully rides a threatening minor-key mariachi groove, salted by slippery horns and loose-limbed wah-wah guitars. It's a hell of a ride, reclaiming the adventurous spirit of the golden age and pushing it into a new era.
By contrast, The Love Below isn't so much visionary as it is unapologetically eccentric. And as the cocktail jazz pianos that sparkle through the first few songs indicate, it's not much of a hip-hop album. Instead, Andre 3000 has created the great lost Prince album -- the platter that the Purple One recorded somewhere between Around the World in a Day and Sign 'o' the Times. It's not just that the music and song titles cheekily recall Prince -- "She Lives in My Lap" is a close relation of the B-side "She's Always in My Hair" -- it's that Dre disregards any rules on a quest to create his own interior world, right down to a dialogue with God. The difference between Andre 3000 and Prince is in that dialogue, too: Prince was tortured; Andre is trying to get laid. That cheerfully randy spirit surges through The Love Below, even on the spooky-serious closer, "A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre," and it gives Andre the freedom to try a little of everything, from mock crooning on "Love Haters" to a breakbeat jazz interpretation of "My Favorite Things" to the strange one-man funk of "Roses" and the incandescent "Hey Ya!," where classic soul and electro-funk coexist happily. So, both records are very different, but the remarkable thing is, they both feel thoroughly like OutKast music. Big Boi and Andre 3000 took off in different directions from the same starting point, yet they wind up sounding unified because they share the same freewheeling aesthetic, where everything is alive and everything is possible within their music. That spirit fuels not just the best hip-hop, but the best pop music, and both Speakerboxxx and The Love Below are among the best hip-hop and best pop music released this decade. Each is a knockout individually, and paired together, their force is undeniable.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
A proposito dell'album
- 2 disco(i) - 40 traccia(e)
- Durata totale: 02:14:43
- Artisti principali: Outkast
- Compositore: Various Composers
- Etichetta: Arista
- Genere: Hip-Hop/Rap
(P) 2003 Arista Records LLC
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