Both records are visionary, imaginative listens, providing some of the best music of 2003, regardless of genre. Thing is, while it would have been a wild, bracing listen to hear these 39 songs mixed up, alternating between Boi and Dre cuts, the two albums do prove that the music can be solo in execution but remain OutKast records through and through. Which, of course, is part of the point of releasing solo albums under the group name - it's to prove that the two can exist under the umbrella of the OutKast aesthetic while standing as individuals. By isolating themselves from each other, Big Boi and Andre 3000 diminish the idea of OutKast slightly, since the focus is on the individuals, not the group. Although both albums have their own distinct character, the effect is kind of like if the Beatles issued The White Album as one LP of Lennon tunes, the other of McCartney songs - the individual records may be more coherent, but the illusion that the group can do anything is tarnished. It was hard to imagine where the duo was going to go next, but one possibility that few entertained was that Big Boi and Andre 3000 would split apart, each recording an album on his own and then releasing the pair as the fifth OutKast album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, in the fall of 2003. In its kaleidoscopic, deep-fried amalgam of Dirty South, dirty funk, techno, and psychedelia, Stankonia was fearlessly exploratory and giddy with possibilities. To call OutKast's follow-up to their 2000 masterpiece Stankonia the most eagerly awaited hip-hop album of the new millennium may be hyperbole, but not by much. Last week's EAOTW: Nujabes -Metaphorical MusicĪlbum: Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below (LaFace)īackground/Description(sourtesy of ) Beginning with our classic list, we'll be moving chronologically to modern times. Welcome to the Essential Album of the Week discussion thread!Įvery Wednesday we will discuss an album from our Essential Albums list.
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