Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below [CLEAN] [ENHANCED]

Outkast

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 2003)
• Original Release Date: August 26, 2003
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Clean, Enhanced
• Label: La Face
• ASIN: B0000AGWFZ
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #46,062 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

At a time when experimentation is taboo in most overground rap, that’s all Outkast seem intent on executing. Firstly, this double CD has no cohesive link, other than the fact that it sounds like a pair of solo albums stitched together to demo exactly how Andre’s yin works to augment Big Boi’s yang. Andre 3000’s Love Below disc rates as the more eclectic of the two, given that he’s turned in his emcee credentials to become a full-on funk-soul-jazz vocalist who mostly sings about items of love ("Happy Valentine's Day"), carnal lust ("Spread"), and female adoration ("Prototype"). Minus the big band schmaltz of "Love Hater" and cheesy cover jobs ("My Favorite Things"), Andre’s disc is sick (meaning great). As is to be expected, the Big Boi disc is less arty, more gangsta and worldly, and features the less-progressive guest raps of ATL crunk purveyors Lil’ Jon and The Eastside Boyz ("Last Call") and Jay-Z who rhymes the hook on "Flip Flop Rock". Unlike Big Boi, Andre keeps his collabos to a minimum, once crooning alongside Norah Jones on the cool yet sappy "Take Off Your Cool", and once with Kelis. Boi fulfills his Dungeon Family duty with flying colors by flipping some dirty southern up-tempo raps over electro beats on "GhettoMusick". By the time Cee-Lo sermonizes on "Reset", Speakerboxx and Love Below rate mostly as majestic and inspiring, with the remaining 23 per cent being just plain incredible --Dalton Higgins

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outcast Does It Again, September 27, 2003

By	Erica (USA) - See all my reviews

Buy the album. Become infused with the funkiest Hip Hop ever. There are a couple of pages across the web with links to the "Hey Ya" video, I recommend you find one and look at and listen to the video. This is a hilarious album with all kinds of unique flavors. Do not buy bootlegs, give Outkast what they deserve!

Stank On !

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I can dig it, December 13, 2003

By A Customer

As a rule I don't go for hip-hop, maybe a song here and there, but this I like. Each song has a fun groove you can get into. You want to dance-like in - "Hay Ya," or in "Love The Way You Move." No matter what track you hear there is a fresh sound. It's a great find.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outkast, January 2, 2004

A Kid's Review

This is a great album, but don't expect all rap. Big Boi's CD is rap and Andre's CD is mostly singing but Andre's CD is the standout disk, it's a whole new sound, it's now what you usually hear on the radio, it's incredible. Big Boi's CD is traditional rap, but good traditional rap if you know what I mean.