Speakerboxx/Love Below

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

Furthermore, I owned Stankonia and Big Boi and Andre Present... Outkast long before there was this new double cd. So for future referance, let's not make blind assumptions about each other.

Wow, you really have them pegged by owning those albums.

Be quiet. He put you in your place and you're still trying to flame? Just stop.

how the fuck did he put him in his place?

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Furthermore, I owned Stankonia and Big Boi and Andre Present... Outkast long before there was this new double cd. So for future referance, let's not make blind assumptions about each other.

Wow, you really have them pegged by owning those albums.

Be quiet. He put you in your place and you're still trying to flame? Just stop.

Well it is foolish to consider themselves outkast fans without owning or even MENTIONING Atliens and Aquemini - arguably two of the best hip hop albums of the 90's. Its like owning the Beatles 1 Album without even knowing Sgt Peppers or the White Album.

I don't think it's that offensive. More like digging Abbey Road or Magical Mystery Tour without giving much creedence to Revolver. Which is still a bit silly, but not deadly.

 

Stankonia is just about as good as Aquemini, and I prefer it to ATLiens. And he's at least heard the major tracks off of the earlier albums, which is far better than nothing.

 

So, in sum: Ernie, go buy a copy of Aquemini. You'll dig it.

[SamoaRowe 0]

Furthermore, I owned Stankonia and Big Boi and Andre Present... Outkast long before there was this new double cd. So for future referance, let's not make blind assumptions about each other.

Wow, you really have them pegged by owning those albums.

Be quiet. He put you in your place and you're still trying to flame? Just stop.

how the fuck did he put him in his place?

I calmly explained how his assumptions were false without resorting to attacking him back.

 

Further more, I have Rhapsody, and Aquemini and ATliens are both on it. To be honest, I haven't listened to either one completely, but I still wouldn't consider myself ignorant to them.

 

While I'm at is, thanks to those who supported me in this thread.

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

tanx 4 supporting me on a messageboard we shure showed dat mean ol' bankie

[k thx 0]

Am I the only person who thinks Stankonia sucks compared to the other albums?

 

Also, "TLB" wins for me. Theres more variety throughout it.

[Ripper 0]

While I'm at is, thanks to those who supported me in this thread.

That shit is really funny for some reason.

[Stephen Joseph 0]

Firstly, I grew up on Outkast...I remember being in the back of the bus with my friends listening to Atliens and such waay back in high school, plus since they weren't big we could see them at some local gigs. Damn great sounds since day one.

 

Now, which one was better? I voted for The Love Below, but it's very difficult from that. Speakerboxx has some very interested, slightly weird, but cancerous (grows on you) songs. A very strong "I Like the Way You Move" will probably be the only song from both albums we will still be hearing at a)proms b)weddings c)clubs in 10 years. That comes not from radio overplay but from several DJ's in Atlanta who are old enough to tell what stays and what doesn't. I quote one, Alan, "Outkast are the Beegees of this generation. I can't leave the club any night without having played at least two of their songs." Having Killer Mike on Boxx didn't exactly hurt either.

 

The Love Below is just fun. "Lady" is a great takeoff on the "Who's on First" skit, and finally "Roses" has hit the airwaves, Andre's contribution to a song that will be around in the clubs for awhile (better beat than Hey Ya to dance to).

 

Whoever is deciding what to release is being very smart about it. Hey Ya is the catchiest, splashiest, most fun song on the album. It's just stupid, but it grabbed everyone's attention because it was different? Move then came out, and Big Boi knew he had a good hit there, but its slower and took longer to ramp up. That song has staying power. Dre then releases his song with staying power.

 

There's about 1 more single off TLB, 2 coming from Boxx. The fact that both artists stayed together to do different things speaks volumes, and is one reason to support Outkast in this day and age of fickle passions.

 

=)

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Am I the only person who thinks Stankonia sucks compared to the other albums?

Possibly. There are many days when I like it even better than Aquemini. But I do think it takes a bit of downturn after, say, "Humble Mumble," whereas Aquemini just keeps on ramping up all the way to the end. Ending on "Liberation" and "Chonkyfire" finishes up about as strongly as possible.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

Firstly, I grew up on Outkast...I remember being in the back of the bus with my friends listening to Atliens and such waay back in high school, plus since they weren't big we could see them at some local gigs. Damn great sounds since day one.

 

Now, which one was better? I voted for The Love Below, but it's very difficult from that. Speakerboxx has some very interested, slightly weird, but cancerous (grows on you) songs. A very strong "I Like the Way You Move" will probably be the only song from both albums we will still be hearing at a)proms b)weddings c)clubs in 10 years. That comes not from radio overplay but from several DJ's in Atlanta who are old enough to tell what stays and what doesn't. I quote one, Alan, "Outkast are the Beegees of this generation. I can't leave the club any night without having played at least two of their songs." Having Killer Mike on Boxx didn't exactly hurt either.

 

The Love Below is just fun. "Lady" is a great takeoff on the "Who's on First" skit, and finally "Roses" has hit the airwaves, Andre's contribution to a song that will be around in the clubs for awhile (better beat than Hey Ya to dance to).

 

Whoever is deciding what to release is being very smart about it. Hey Ya is the catchiest, splashiest, most fun song on the album. It's just stupid, but it grabbed everyone's attention because it was different? Move then came out, and Big Boi knew he had a good hit there, but its slower and took longer to ramp up. That song has staying power. Dre then releases his song with staying power.

 

There's about 1 more single off TLB, 2 coming from Boxx. The fact that both artists stayed together to do different things speaks volumes, and is one reason to support Outkast in this day and age of fickle passions.

 

=)

*bites lip*

 

*blood drips down chin*

 

My aforementioned post applies to you too

 

*gasp*

[Vyce 0]

Love Below.

 

Why?

 

I FUCKING HATE RAP AND HIP HOP.

 

It's neither of those.

 

It shows how great some of these guys could be if they STOPPED doing the hip hop shit.  Andre was channeling Prince there at times.  He became a music GOD.

WHOA~!

 

A negative Vyce post about hip-hop. Get the fuck outta here!

 

 

*gets the fuck outta here*

It's true. I hate virtually all of it.

 

But I am fond of Stankonia, though, now that I think of it.

 

I must be a HUGE OUTKAST FAN!!!

 

I Outkast!!!!!!

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

Firstly, I grew up on Outkast...I remember being in the back of the bus with my friends listening to Atliens and such waay back in high school, plus since they weren't big we could see them at some local gigs. Damn great sounds since day one.

 

Now, which one was better? I voted for The Love Below, but it's very difficult from that. Speakerboxx has some very interested, slightly weird, but cancerous (grows on you) songs. A very strong "I Like the Way You Move" will probably be the only song from both albums we will still be hearing at a)proms b)weddings c)clubs in 10 years. That comes not from radio overplay but from several DJ's in Atlanta who are old enough to tell what stays and what doesn't. I quote one, Alan, "Outkast are the Beegees of this generation. I can't leave the club any night without having played at least two of their songs." Having Killer Mike on Boxx didn't exactly hurt either.

 

The Love Below is just fun. "Lady" is a great takeoff on the "Who's on First" skit, and finally "Roses" has hit the airwaves, Andre's contribution to a song that will be around in the clubs for awhile (better beat than Hey Ya to dance to).

 

Whoever is deciding what to release is being very smart about it. Hey Ya is the catchiest, splashiest, most fun song on the album. It's just stupid, but it grabbed everyone's attention because it was different? Move then came out, and Big Boi knew he had a good hit there, but its slower and took longer to ramp up. That song has staying power. Dre then releases his song with staying power.

 

There's about 1 more single off TLB, 2 coming from Boxx. The fact that both artists stayed together to do different things speaks volumes, and is one reason to support Outkast in this day and age of fickle passions.

 

=)

Fuck. Now I hate Outkast.

[thecitythesky 0]

honestly... i don't have a favorite as:

 

while i think that The Love Below had the better songs of the two records, it was just that... a collection of songs rather than a cohesive album.

 

whereas Speakerboxxx functions much better in this regard. so it really is the better of the two albums.

 

... but, if i'm throwing one of them on to hear a track on my way to work. more often than not, it's going to be The Love Below. and if i'm going on a long drive out to my parents house w/ time to kill, Speakerboxxx is usually my weapon of choice.

 

 

:thecitythesky... is falling:

[Skywarp! 0]

Really? I would disagree. I'd say "The Love Below" is more of a journey (the whole album has a similar theme of a man's quest to find love, and skits can sometimes be relevant to the track before or after). If there's one thing that doesn't fit, it's that last unfinished track that should have been left out. I think "Speakerboxxx" is more of the collection of tracks you accuse "The Love Below" of being.

[Ripper 0]

Really? I would disagree. I'd say "The Love Below" is more of a journey (the whole album has a similar theme of a man's quest to find love, and skits can sometimes be relevant to the track before or after). If there's one thing that doesn't fit, it's that last unfinished track that should have been left out. I think "Speakerboxxx" is more of the collection of tracks you accuse "The Love Below" of being.

The last track definately belonged. It was about him and search for love and shit too.

[Stephen Joseph 0]

CWM seyz:

Fuck. Now I hate Outkast.

Now CWM,

 

Why would you hate Outkast just because I happened to like them? That's pretty silly thinking. Perhaps Outkast is just "good music" across divergent people.

 

Really. C'mon now. Don't Hate. I'll promise never to show up to a Canadian Outkast concert.

 

Now C'mon, lift up your Molson.

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

Jesus christ. It's been firmly established that I was an alcoholic.

 

Stop baiting me Popick.

[Stephen Joseph 0]

C-Dub,

That wasn't a bait. Totally forgot about your past there.

I'll raise a Moose, Elk, or something else Sufficiently Canadian and non-baiting then.

[ant_7000 0]

I wished they could've put "Can't Wait" on one of the albums, eventhough its Sleepy Brown's song. Hell, if LL can have a solo song on DMX's album why not try it.