Outkast
GenePontecorvo
5,612 Posts
What's so wrong with "The Love Below/Speakerboxxx"? Maybe you hate Andre's record. Big Boi's lp is still a damn good Outkast record. Throw on the four songs from the other one that might make an Outkast record and there you go.Am I completely out of touch or did "Idlewild" movie and soundtrack barely make a ripple. I've never even heard that record. The movie keeps comin on cable.....guess I should Tivo it. This is the enthusiasm I feel though. Why is that?
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It's not bad... but it's not an Outkast album.
Most of Andre's contributions could've been left off.
I really like the two tracks with Janelle Monet (whomever she might be).
I picked up an ep samplr of Idlewild, but haven't really listened to it all that much. I could say that about the majority of records I've bought in the past year. A messy room makes it hard to even remember where anything is.
Yeah I ride for Janelle Monae. Her "Lettin Go" song as well as the Scar track to the Purple Ribbon All-Stars are king kufi classics. At the right party they get people dancing.
Speaking of which I picked up the Sleepy Brown album today, it's not that great. Not terrible but not that great. THe best song to me is probally Margarita.
As for "Morris Brown" it was hastily put together and it wasn't a true Outkast record, but it did have some of the best songs of the year ("Morris Brown", "Hollywood Divorce", "Peaches" & "The Train" come to mind.)
Scar is that dude.
I never understood the hate on Love Below. Still enjoy it!
Easily the worst OutKast record... and I did enjoy it but feel very little impetus to return to it the way I do their previous records.
I tried a few times to craft a rebuttal here but you're basically right. Maybe you are selling short the "thump" factor of "Speakerboxxx". i.e., in the whip
Being a fellow Atlien, OUTKAST is done!!
Andre is done rapping & Big Boi......
They have some classic songs/albums but nothing can remain the same.
^^^^^Flagrant abuse of "classic"
Where have you been the past eight months?
HELL NO!
I've BEEN seeing that joint played at a lot of parties and it's gotten people open. Women love that track (and i'm not talking about becky's and shit).
More songs could use some Rosario Dawson.
- spidey
Expansive use of "a lot" and "parties" = hearing this played in San Francisco at casual gatherings a few times when it came out
Sayin!
- spidey
come on, parties where people attend and not some "yo im playing the cocktail lounge at a hotel from 1:20-9:17" ish.
Can we get a ruling from deej on the boy's usage of "parties"?