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Speakerboxxx / The Love Below [Explicit Version] [Explicit Lyrics]

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Audio CD (29 Sep 2003)
Number of Discs: 2
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Arista
ASIN: B0000AI44K
Other Editions: Audio Cassette | Vinyl

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (80 customer reviews)

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Disc: 1
1. Intro
2. GhettoMusick
3. Unhappy
4. Bowtie Featuring Sleepy Brown & Jazze Pha
5. The Way You Move Featuring Sleepy Brown
6. The Rooster
7. Bust Featuring Killer Mike
8. War
9. Church
10. Bamboo (Interlude)
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Disc: 2
1. The Love Below (Intro)
2. Love Hater
3. God (Interlude)
4. Happy Valentine�s Day
5. Spread
6. Where Are My Panties?
7. Prototype
8. She Lives In My Lap
9. Hey Ya!
10. Roses
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At a time when experimentation is taboo in most overground rap, that's all Outkast seem intent on executing. Firstly, the double CD Speakerboxxx/The Love Below has no cohesive link, other than the fact that it sounds like a pair of solo albums stitched together to demonstrate exactly how Andre's yin works to augment Big Boi's yang. Andre 3000's The Love Below disc rates as the more eclectic of the two, given that, on it, 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 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 collaborations to a minimum, once crooning alongside Norah Jones on the cool yet sappy "Take Off Your Cool", and once with Kelis. Boi fulfils his Dungeon Family duty with flying colours by flipping some dirty southern up-tempo raps over electro beats on "GhettoMusick". By the time Cee-Lo sermonises on "Reset", Speakerboxx and Love Below rate mostly as majestic and inspiring, with the remaining 23 per cent being just plain incredible. --Dalton Higgins

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'Speakerboxx/The Love Below' is a double disc set featuringtwo solo albums from Oukast's Big Boi and Andre 3000. Although both have a disc to themselves, each of them have collaborated on the other's albums. The duo have retained their signature sound of Parliament/Funkadelic inspired hip hop which has been branded "Sophistifunk", and teamed up with such artists as Norah Jones, Jay-Z and Killer Mike. The package isalso the soundtrack to a HBO film based on the stories fromthe music.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, sometimes Great, but over hyped beyond anything, 6 April 2005

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Yes its a better then good double album blending idfferent genres with the OutKast boi's, but they have done it all before. ATLiens and Aquemini are amazing records, and sound so mcuh better then Stankonia, and this. Due to one main factor the amount of interludes on the last to albums are two many and engulf the album. Although the standout tracks are 5***** masterpeices. As for everyone saying Andre's album is better then Big boi's; im not to sure, Andre has 4 songs that will make you move n funk about, however the rest of the songs, are good but nothing to special then followed up by the fillers. even though Big Boi's does not contain as finer tracks as Hey Ya! , Roses, Dracula's Wedding or Happy Valentine's Day he moves more into mainstream rapping. Which for him is not a bad move, Ghettomusick blasts out onto the album as the opening track, however from that 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are all good songs then his fillers come in to play with outbreaks from Jay-Z and Little Jon.
For OutKast fans this still is a good enoguh album for the collections, and probably more people now will enjoy Outkast due to this album.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Love this in your speakerbox, 5 Oct 2003

By	"watty_bhoy" - See all my reviews

One of the few times you can enjoy to get whats expected. We associate Outkast with creativity, music and deviation from the norm. An with their new double CD entitled Speakerboxx/The Love Below we get all that and more.

The album is split in two with each emcee Andre 3000 and Big Boi each having their own CD. There are not many tracks that feature both emcees, if at this point emcees are what you can call these musical dynamos. Andre 3000 does alot of singing and harmonizing on the album.

Its extremely apparent at this point that Outkast is bigger than hip-hop. Tracks such as "Hey YA!" and "Roses" feature full bands where the singing is as much of the music as is the rapping. They take up back to the old school with tracks like "Ghetto Music" and other that contain hints of old school Marvin Gaye type flavor.

Life and spirituality is a major reccuring theme throughout both discs. Andre speaks on his relationship with Erykah Badu on " A day in the life of Andre Benjamin." Tracks like "Reset" featuring Khujo and Big Boi speak on starting over and getting through lifes challenges. "Unhappy" speaks on maintaing through lifes hurdles. Other tracks like "Church" solidify the theme of the importance of spirituality. Other tracks like "War" kick some knowledge about whats going on with America and the world.

But there are club bangers. This is not elevator music, tracks like "Tomb of the Boom" and "Last Call" featuring Lil Jon is defiantely crunk music for the trunk speakerbox.

Get this album!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Too Good To Describe In Words, 16 Nov 2003

By	"thecaptain75" - See all my reviews

There is not a great to say about this that hasn't been said already except it's every bit as good the other reviews make out.

Big Boi's "Speakerboxx" alone would have made for very satisfactory and actually damn satisfying follow-up to the excellent "Stankonia". Indeed, it is more in a similar vein to the aforementioned album; fantastic envelope-pushing hip-hop with a mix of funky groovers ("Bowtie", "The Way You Move"), thundering stompers ("Ghettomusick") and thought-provokers ("War").

Andre 3000's "The Love Below" is absolutely mind-blowing. Even having read all the reviews I was not prepared for anything this experimental, seemingly unrelated to anything else going on in music right now and damn better for it. It's the kind of music that makes you feel that most of your remaining music collection is a little less relevant than it was before.

But, as I say, so much has been said about it I only want to make the following comments:

1.As soon as it started I had a huge smile on my face that didn't leave until long after the album had finished.

2."Love Hater" and "Hey Ya" almost had me dancing down Oxford Street yesterday afternoon.

3.At the same time as I bought this I also got the Beatles rather splendid "Rubber Soul". Despite this, right now, I only want to listen to Outkast.

4.A couple of weeks ago I bought The Beatles' "White Album", Flaming Lips "Soft Bulletin" and Love's "Forever Changes"; all classics in their own right. Frankly, great as they are, I prefer "The Love Below".

In case you haven't worked it out yet, I kinda recommend this...

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A MUST HAVE!!!!!

Published 8 months ago by R. saddique

5.0 out of 5 stars for once, believe the hype
it's ridiculous how much this album is slated. People seem unable to appreciate OutKast without comparing this to their old work. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars AWSOME
Hey ya , has gotta be one of the best songs ever made, fulls stop. I hate r n b, but i adore outkast, and there style always sounds fresh to me. Read more

Published on 1 Aug 2006 by mike

1.0 out of 5 stars Tedious
I found The Love Below very gimmicky and tedious - apart from Hey Ya.
I listened to it once and that's enough.
And another thing. Read more

Published on 17 May 2005 by Ahmed E Cohen

4.0 out of 5 stars Keep 'Em Coming
For years now, Outkast have entertained the masses whilst keeping the major hip hop heads more than happy with their witty blend of old skool beats, clever wordplay and an... Read more

Published on 29 Mar 2005 by Mr. T. J. Girling

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fab!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This album was a great suprise to me- because it was cheap I was expecting it to be not so good, but when I put it in my cd player I was amazed. Read more

Published on 22 Mar 2005 by coolio_jammy

5.0 out of 5 stars 2 cds of brilliant tunes, and refreshingly different
This album really suprised me at how good it was and how much value for money the 2 cds are. Unlike nelly (and releasing 2 cds and forcing fans to pay seperate for both of them)... Read more

Published on 8 Mar 2005 by richard

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars, without a doubt
There hasn't been a rap record yet that is more deserved of five stars. It is simply spectacular. Two full legnth discs of pure genius. Read more

Published on 3 Feb 2005 by andy

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