Best Ever Albums

Re: Album of the day (#1577): Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

junodog4 — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:04:00 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 03/27/2015 01:04

While the Love Below is a very good album, Speakerboxxx is even better.

Re: Album of the day (#1577): Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

dmercado — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 19:09:32 GMT

Author: dmercado

Posted: 03/26/2015 23:09

The Love Below is what got me into Outkast. Sure, some of the songs on that one are meh, but most of the songs are killer - especially the stretch from "She's Alive" through the end of the album.

Still getting through Speakerboxx but that one is good as well, full of confidence and more similar to Stankonia. Would have preferred to not hear his kid singing though.

Re: Album of the day (#1577): Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

lightmyway — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:08:59 GMT

Author: lightmyway

Posted: 03/26/2015 19:08

It's great, my favorite rap album. This got me into Outkast.

Re: Album of the day (#1577): Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Nassim — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:55:16 GMT

Author: Nassim

Posted: 03/26/2015 14:55

Back when the album was released, The Love Below was heralded as the masterpiece but I feel with time it's became clear that Speakerboxxx is the best of the 2, Big Boi's disk has crazy beats, retaining most of what made Stankonia so great with great verses from him and verses, while if The Love Below sure has some oustanding songs (Hey Ya, Roses, Happy Valentine's Day, She Lives in my Laps) it also has a bunch of fillers and very annoying skits.

Re: Album of the day (#1577): Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Patman360 — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:58:38 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 03/25/2015 22:58

Tis great, spent a long time on my overall chart, the first disk is a favourite especially, currently sitting in my old car which is broken, gotta remember to get that...

Re: Album of the day (#1577): Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

reDEFinition — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:32:04 GMT

Author: reDEFinition

Posted: 03/25/2015 22:32

I remember when I was just getting into hip-hop and all I would listen to was Outkast, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube. I wouldn't have listened to Cube if I hadn't listened to The Chronic 2001 first, and I wouldn't have listened to 2001 if not for Speakerboxxx, and I probably wouldn't have listened to Speakerboxxx/The Love Below if not for the crossover appeal of Hey Ya that made me check out the album.
So thanks for broadening my horizons, Andre.

Re: Album of the day (#1577): Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

reDEFinition — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:24:53 GMT

Author: reDEFinition

Posted: 03/25/2015 22:24

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I feel that this is an album I should hear, but... it's so damn long!!!

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This is one long-ass album.

Well, listen to it one half at a time! It is a double album after all.

Re: Album of the day (#1577): Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

HoldenM — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:10:13 GMT

Author: HoldenM

Posted: 03/25/2015 21:10

I feel that this is an album I should hear, but... it's so damn long!!! Even the considerably more concise Stankonia is way too much. Maybe later. "Hey Ya" is awesome though.

Re: Album of the day (#1577): Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

meccalecca — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:52:38 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 03/25/2015 20:52

While I personally feel that Outkast was at their best when Andre and Big Boi's personalities were complementing each other over the course of a record, this double album is still quite incredible. It's been far too long since I last plunged knee deep in an Outkast obsession. I think it's time again.

Re: Album of the day (#1577): Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Mercury — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:41:25 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 03/25/2015 20:41

Remember this being really cool. I recall using this as exhibit A to my dad to try (in vain) to get him to stop dissing rap and hip hop and recognize some of the music and how creative they are. Specifically I always had it mixed up, so Andre's "The Love Below" was how I started the album. Maybe because of this "The Love Below" has always been by far my preferred of the 2.

Andre had such a "all over the place" brilliance! He reminded me of Prince in that regard. Just willing to tackle any genre and make it quirky and his own.

Re: Album of the day (#1577): Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:11:16 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/25/2015 20:11

Hey Ya! is a fantastic song 😄

Re: Album of the day (#1577): Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

RockyRaccoon — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:10:20 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 03/25/2015 20:10

This is one long-ass album.

Album of the day (#1577): Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

BestEverAlbums — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:00:03 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 03/25/2015 20:00

Today's album of the day

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 2003.
Country:
Overall rank: 716
Average rating: 75/100 (from 249 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Intro
2. Ghetto Musick (Feat. Andre 3000 & Patti Labelle)
3. Unhappy
4. Bowtie (Feat. Sleepy Brown & Jazze Pha)
5. The Way You Move (Feat. Sleepy Brown)
6. Rooster
7. Bust (Feat. Killer Mike)
8. War
9. Church
10. Bamboo (Interlude)
11. Tomb Of The Boom (Feat. Konkrete, Big Gipp, & Ludacris)
12. E-mac (Interlude)
13. Knowing (Feat. Andre 3000)
14. Flip Flop Rock (Feat. Killer Mike & Jay-z)
15. Interlude
16. Reset (Feat. Khujo Goodie & Cee-lo Green)
17. D-boi (Interlude)
18. Last Call (Feat. Slimm Calhoun, Lil' Jon And The East Side Boyz & Mello)
19. Bowtie (Postlude)
20. The Love Below (Intro)
21. Love Hater
22. God (Interlude)
23. Happy Valentine's Day
24. Spread
25. Where Are My Panties?
26. Prototype
27. She Lives In My Lap
28. Hey Ya!
29. Roses
30. Good Day, Good Sir
31. Behold A Lady
32. Pink & Blue
33. Love In War
34. She's Alive
35. Dracula's Wedding
36. The Letter
37. My Favorite Things
38. Take Off Your Cool (Feat. Norah Jones)
39. Vibrate
40. A Life In The Day Of Benjamin Andre (Incomplete)

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