In this respect, Andre follows a genre-bending course already carved by the likes of Beck, Björk and especially Prince but few rappers have been brassy enough to try. Naysayers grumble that Andre sings far more than raps, gloriously missing the point that in channeling his inner diva, he rejects all the stifling conventions of what contemporary rap and R&B is supposed to sound like. , The Love Below is a hip-hop album that sounds nothing like it. Like last year's creative standout, N.E.R.D's In Search of. Armed with the creative power to record anything he wanted, Andre delivers an album that is as joyous as it is adventurous. It is self-indulgent, and it is a vanity album, but these are precisely the qualities that loft The Love Below far above anything else you'll hear this year. Some disgruntled Outkast fans have accused The Love Below of being a self-indulgent vanity album, and they are absolutely right. In the spirit of collaboration, Oliver "O-Dub 3000" Wang (of Classic Material: The Hip-Hop Album Guide book) and Metro music editor Todd "Natto Boi" Inoue split the wishbone for the following review. The two recorded separate CDs, packaged them together and, on Sept. The situation was magnified for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, as both Andre and Big Boi led completely different lives and schedules. It was reported that during the recording of 2000's epic, Stankonia, Andre and Big Boi were rarely in the studio at the same time. Outkast consistently pushes hip-hop past the comfort zone into the end zone, leading the league in excessive celebration penalties.īut trouble was rumored. The ATLiens communicate from a distant pirate station of their own creation, blasting rock, soul, jazz, blues, gospel, psychedelic rock, electro, Miami Bass and the dirtiest of Dirty South. Outkast began as the voice of the new South, but with each release, it transcended geography and genre alike. That's because Outkast-Atlanta duo Andre "3000" Benjamin and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton-is like no other hip-hop group. Two views on Outkast's new double CD, 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'īy Oliver 'O-Dub 3000' Wang and Todd 'Natto Boi' InoueįEW HIP-HOP albums have received the slavish anticipation of Outkast's latest, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
Lovers Rock: In recording 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below,' Antwan "Big Boi" Patton (left) and Andre "3000" Benjamin found that two CDs are better than one. Outkast' (2001 greatest hits CD) 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below' (2003) Buy one of the following Outkast CDs from :
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