Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

ok I do like it but unforch for me it is a bit too long for my liking and not every track is hitting as hard as i'd like.. its a 3.5 for me

C'est le genre de rap/hip-hop que je préfère, faque je vibais bien au moment de me rendre compte que C'EST TELLEMENT LOOOOOOOOOONG JME SUIS DÉJÀ TAPPÉ 2h15 DE METALLICA HIER, POURQUOI JE DOIS ME REFARCIR UN AUTRE ALBUM QUADRUPLE OSTI!!! J'AURAIS MÊME PAS LE TEMPS D'ÉCOUTER LE NOUVEAU KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZZARD WIZARD!!! C'est quand même un trois, mais en dessous de 1h ça aurait été un quatre! J'dis ça, j'dis rien...

2 stars for the Speakerboxxx and 4 stars for The Love Below, which had some real bops

Highlight Song/s: War, Tomb of the Boom, Last Call, She Lives in My Lap and My Favorite Things This album is quite long; it being 135 minutes long. It was a bit difficult to get through. I like how the album is structured with the intros of both discs and the interludes with all of it being spread among the rap tracks. My favourite of all probably is the first 3 tracks of disc 2 with the jazzy instrumentation, even if one of them is a interlude. Now some things I don't like. Disc 1 had too many soul choruses, I was pretty over it by the end of the first disc. The track 'Reset' had what sounds like someone eating a bag of chips which bothered me a lot, which was kind of surprising. I don't think this is a bad album, I believe it's just that I really don't think the OutKasts are for me.

Double album so going into I knew it'd be long. Wasn't my style so it felt as long as I expected. But I enjoyed a lot of it. I could handle it better in bits and pieces and appreciate different styles and a few appearances of rappers I'd hear of later

Standout tracks: Unhappy, Knowing It might be because I just listened to the whole double album in one go but The Love Below was way less interesting than Speakerboxxx in general. Unsure if as an album/double album it would go on a "1001 to hear before you die"

3/4

I think there's a lot to love about this album (or rather, albums). It's a lot to swallow for sure with 40 songs and 2 full albums with different vibes. Speakerboxxx was definitely my preferred portion. The Love Below was also great, but not quite as consistent. I can appreciate a good rap album. The songs were catchy and the flow was great. I just think the length of it makes it difficult to get through, and, while there are definitely some great songs on this album, there are definitely a good amount of mediocre ones.

Jesus Christ, I usually listen to several albums a day outside of my daily album but I had to find time all throughout the day for this one due to its sheer length. Built off of one solo album by both Big Boi and Andre 3000 put together into one really long album, this is arguably Outkast’s most well regarded album. So I’ll split my review in two as well Speakerboxxx: Big Boi’s half of the album is a progressive hip hop sound. Overall I enjoyed this half of the album but I found that it was a sound I wasn’t wholly fond of being that I’m not exactly a hip hop guy in my music. But I really liked “The Rooster” and “Knowing”. Other than that I felt that this half of the album was too long especially considering the length of the entire record. I award this half of the album a 3/5 or so, due to it not being a sound I love but still being pretty good. The Love Below: Andre 3000’s half of the album largely departs from the hip hop sound of Big Boi’s part in favor of a soul, pop, and jazzy sound that I enjoy significantly more. I found myself enjoying much more of this one and not just because of the excellent “Hey Ya!”, but “Love Hater”, “Prototype”, “Roses”, and “Love In War” were all tracks I found myself enjoying quite a bit. But again this half of the album is around 80 minutes long which is kind of excessive for a regular album and I do believe is too long especially adding on the length of Speakerboxxx as well. Overall I’d give this part of the album a light 4/5 Overall: As you may have guessed if you read my review I found this album far too long, 2+ hours was too much, while I enjoyed much of it I found myself wanting the album to end fairly frequently due to the sheer length. This is not to say I didn’t like the sound of the music, I did especially The Love Below but I will likely never sit through the entire record ever again, and because of that I will give this album a 3/5 but be aware it’s closer to a 3.5/5

Two albums in one day? Feels like cheating, but okay... I've heard OutKast's other albums, but I never got around to this one because I didn't quite like them enough to want to listen to two hours of them. So basically, I only knew "Hey Ya" off this album, which led me to assume that The Love Below was the main draw of this album. As it turns out, I was wrong; Speakerboxxx is actually great! Production sounds so cool, and I fall more in love every time I hear those horns. Also, it turns out that I've almost certainly also heard "I Love the Way You Move" and just never realized it (are we *sure* the hook there isn't sampled from somewhere? It feels like it should have always existed!) It's maybe a bit long, but still an easy 4. As for The Love Below: It's fine, I guess? Everything sounds fairly nice, but the songs lack memorability outside of the aforementioned "Hey Ya". I was feeling like it was starting to drag well before it even finished. Honestly, it's probably a 2? So that averages out to a 3 for the whole album, obviously.

Pues me ha sorprendido para bien por todo el mix de estilos que tiene No suelo escuchar mucho rap así que me esperaba un album basicamente de eso y NO Con temas de jazz y D&B ya me ha super ganado Le pongo un 7/10 en escala wow

Shouldn't this count as two albums?. I preferred "Speakerboxxx" over "The Love Below". The latter is too poppy for me. I wish this album had "Ms. Jackson" on it. Hopefully, I get a fantastic album this week. 3 stars for "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below".

Intro n/a GhettoMusick 3.2 Unhappy 3.3 Bowtie 3 The Way You Move 3.1 The Rooster 3.4 Bust 3.2 War 3 Church 3.1 Bamboo (Interlude) 2.7 Tomb of the Boom 3 E-Mac (Interlude) n/a Knowing 3.2 Flip Flop Rock 3.2 Interlude n/a Reset 3.1 D-Boi (Interlude) n/a Last Call 2.8 Bowtie (Postlude) n/a The Love Below (Intro) n/a Love Hater 3.4 God (Interlude) 3.2 Happy Valentine's Day 3.3 Spread 2.4 Where Are My Panties? (Interlude) n/a Prototype 3 She Lives in My Lap 3.1 Hey Ya! 3.8 Roses 3.3 Good Day, Good Sir (interlude) n/a Behold a Lady 3 Pink & Blue 3 Love in War 3.1 She's Alive 3.3 Dracula's Wedding 3.1 The Letter n/a My Favorite Things 3.3 Take Off Your Cool 3.4 Vibrate 3.3 A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre (Incomplete) 2.8 Score: 3.132258065

Musically is very interesting. It is too long though. The hits are music jewels.

it's okay - not my thing. very long but cool album to have on : 3,5 stars

Worlds longest album but solid

Decent

Pretty good

Cover is whatever. 1. Into. 2. Funky. Fun. Good song. Maybe great. 3. Funny. Also sad. Also good song. 4. Good song. Entertaining. 5. Radio hit. Still good. Lyrics are not 💯 but close. 6. Good song. 7. Ok. I'm no gangsta, but a cool song. 8. Ok. 9. Music is interesting. I kinda like it. energetic throughout 10. Interlude. Cute kids. 11. Ok. 12. Interlude. It is what it is. 13. Meh. 14. Great song. Great lyrics. Great beat tempo. Probably didn't need JAY-Z. 15. Interlude. This one's kinda stupid. 16. Meh. On second listen, I like it. Mellow. 17. Interlude. It is 18. Upbeat and fun. Better than ok. 19. Postlude. 20. Into. Ok. 21. Ok. Just gott fun, I guess. 22. Interlude. For over two minutes. FYI, he's a cool guy. Never cheated. Except that one time (and probably every time). Sweet bitches, am I right? LOL. 23. Funky, fun. This shit is funny. 24. Whatever. 25. His play or something. And you is a ho, bitch. Is this supposed to be serious? 26. Also, whatever. Does Andre know he's fucking hilarious? 27. LOL. Ok. 28. Radio hit. Great song. Oddly, doesn't fit the album because it's not absurd. 29. Also great. Also, like the previous song, like Andre put down the pipe (or picked it up) and wrote a song that wasn't entirely "huh?" Taking a look at the credits, Big Boi clearly tempers Andre's weirdness. And can make his. 30. Interlude. He's being intentionally funny, I know this now. 31. The opening to The Love Below is weird and there's too much of it before getting to "good" music. I don't know if Andre knew this, but Big Boi definitely did. This is a pretty good song but a bit flat. 32. Whats. 33. Not bad but not great. 34. Again, I don't think Andre is the hit maker. This is whatever. 35. Weird topic, if course, but a good song. 36. Letter. Whatevs. 37. Jazzy. Classical . But seems like filler. 38. Norah Jones! Good song. Maybe great. 39. Chill. I can read a book while this plays. So... 40. Whatever. OVERALL: Big Boi might be more grounded than Andre 3000. Speakerboxxx half has ok songs. With one great song. The Love Below half has great songs interspersed with whatever shit. Making this an average album.

good for background listening

A two-hour double hip-hop album—Speakerboxxx/The Love Below was always going to be a love-it-or-hate-it experience for me. I went in curious and open-minded, but I knew this would be a serious time commitment. This is truly an album of two halves. The Speakerboxxx side delivers a lively, confident set of energetic hip-hop tracks. While some lyrics feel a bit dated, the overall production is vibrant and punchy. The clear standout is "I Love the Way You Move"—an absolute banger that still hits hard. It's a perfect reminder of why OutKast made such a mark in their prime. Then comes The Love Below. Honestly, the first eight tracks were a struggle—slow, dated, and lacking anything catchy or engaging. But just as I was ready to write it off, it pivots into two phenomenal tracks: "Hey Ya!" and "Roses". These songs completely change the momentum and show André 3000's flair for genre-bending brilliance. Side two is saved—barely—but it took a long detour to get there. In conclusion, I loved moments of this album. There’s greatness here, but it’s buried under too much filler. Trim about ten tracks, and this could easily be a 5/5. As it stands, it’s a fascinating but flawed listen. Favorite Tracks: I Love the Way You Move, Hey Ya!, Roses Least Favorite: Love Hater was a low point, the interludes were unnecessary, and most of the first nine tracks on The Love Below could have been cut. Album Artwork: Not exactly wall-worthy, but it reflects the bold, dual-natured concept of the album.

"Hey Ya" was inescapable, and for good reason. Probably the funkiest track since prime-Prince. But hard to ignore the fact there's a lot of filler here. Would a single album featuring more combined efforts have worked as well - hard to say, but I can't say I'd want to listen to all 2+hours back-to-back again.

An over two-hour album is ambitious as hell and insane lol could have used some editing, but wow what a time capsule

Way to Long ang bloated

Did this have to be a double album? Other than that it’s the best of Outkast

Реально удивили. Про рэп вспоминают на этих альбомах нечасто - и это явный плюс. К тому же, есть нестандартные треки и довольно интересные. В общем, 5 баллов из 10 за оригинальность.

Preferred the second half to the first, some good tracks. A very long album though, basically 2 albums.

First half was okay. The second half was the better more memorable listen

Bow tie and The Rooster were the top two songs, outside of Hey Ya which is obviously their no.1 song. Album is well produced and flows together well however it was too long for me and felt like a lot of the songs were filler/repetitive. 6/10

Speakerboxxx: Very busy sounding. Some great tracks, but overall to me it sounds like an overload of sounds sometimes. Favorite Track: Reset with Khujo Goodie and Cee-Lo. The Love Below: Has some classic tracks, like Hey Ya and Roses, but has too many tracks I would skip. Favorite Track: Roses Overall: damn long album, with some great tracks, but doesn't come close to the earlier Outkast albums for me. Speakerboxx 3 stars Love Below 2.5 stars

I haven't listened to this album since grad school. "Speakerboxxx" drags on forever and the songs are middling aside from "The Way You Move", while "The Love Below" is the superior of the two discs as a humorous homage to Parliament-Funkadelic. The 00s production values on "Speakerboxxx" also sound dated.

Would have been 4/5 for speakerboxx alone but despite aa on sprawling album the Love Below holds it back (despite som standout moments). Sounds like what it is two separate albums presented ad one to maintain the Outkast brand going a little longer. Ideally would have been 3.5/5 but just not quite strong enough for a 4 as a cohesive album.

4 for Speakerboxxx, 2 for Love Below

I'm not sure whether to rate this as one (bloated, occasionally self-indulgent, with flashes of brilliance) album or two albums, the first of which is interesting and fun and the second of which has one absolute classic but is otherwise kind of dull. I guess that all works out to a 3.

its difficult to average the scores of these two pretty different albums

Remember so many of the songs on this album from days in middle school (?). Don't remember Rosario Dawson being featured on one of them. Overall enjoyable and nostalgic but also a bit longer than I remember, which of course makes sense being a double album.

I think this is one I'll have to come back to. Hits and misses, but I do appreciate the eclectic and experimental nature of it all.

Way too long to listen to all of it. I like some songs, and think they're good, but not really my thing.

I liked it, has some bangers but its too long for me and some songs just didnt hit

Fav: Church Least Fav: Where Are My Panties The correct opinion is Speakerboxxx > The Love Below (but they’re both good in their own ways)

didnt finish finish another time

Years ago I would have said The Love Below hands down, but there's a lot of filler. I might even be a Speakerboxxx man these days.

I owned this on CD and clearly never listened to it all the way through as it's a little not great outside the hits

The fifth best Outkast album. Good but too much filler.

I’ve been down this road before. Andre 3000 is such an intriguing person that my mind when listening to these guys is probably more open than it is with other groups. The problem is, is every time I listen, I’m disappointed. Outlast heavily rely on their hits to propel them into stardom. There is a huge disconnect between those hits and everything else. The first half of this album is like an experimental Parliament album but it doesn’t work. The feel is there but it’s just flat. There’s swearing and sampling and decent beats but even that can’t carry this album. It’s passable, just not Dr.Dre the Chronic…

Sind paar Klassiker drauf (z. B. Hey Ya), aber auf die Dinger find ich es auch ein bisschen nervig. ;-)

liked songs: The Love Below (Intro), Love Hater, Prototype, Hey Ya!, Good Day, Good Sir (Interlude), My Favorite Things, Take Off Your Cool I got whiplash when Speakerboxxx ended and The Love Below started. Not a big fan of the offering from Big Boi, but I have to say I'm impressed with André 3000's half. There's some crazy range and really interesting songs (not to mention Hey Ya!). Speakerboxxx: 1.5 The Love Below: almost a 4 Average: 3

Listened to this one before. It’s way too long if I remember right.

Speakerboxxx 1. Intro / 5 Just an intro nothing special 2. Ghetto music / 6 Pretty cool, Interesting changes, Not something i would listen to though 3. Unhappy / 6 Muaa 4. Bowtie / 6.5 Pretty cool, still nothing very special 5. The way you move / 6.75 Smooth, cool, nothing that would make me write back home tho 6. The rooster / 7 Interesting, nice flow, almost makes the playlist 7. Bust / 7.25 This just makes the playlist, Interesting mix of rap, guitar vocals 8. War / 7 Another interetsing mix, don't really like the flow 9. Church / 7.25 Groovy, could make for a good house remix, you can hear the gospel/praise influence 10. Bamboo (interlude) / 5 For what it's worth 11. Tomb of the Boom / 4.5 Simply not so good 12. E-Mac (interlude) / 6 For what it's worth 13. Knowing / 7.5 Nice beat/flow, love the vocals 14. Flip Flop Rock / 7.25 Pretty cool, makes the playlist 15. Interlude / 6 For what it's worth 16. Reset / 7.5 Smooth R&B, mellow vocals and rap 17. D-Boi (nterlude) / 6 For what it's worth 18. Last call / 5.5 Muaa. just average 19. Bowtie (Postlude) / 7 Cool for what it's worth The love below 1. Intro / 2.

Interesting double album. Fun history about why that is. Both albums have their bangers, but then they have quite a few songs where it's just there. You can feel the vibes, but not always straight through. Can't deny Hey Ya, Roses, or The Way You Move......but also that's a lot of filler. Stays solid 3, maybe 3.5.

3 Songs that are pretty good, but also a lot of shrapnel on here. Crazy that this is a 2h long record.

I enjoy most of it, but it's just too much music for it to be getting a higher score than three stars. Cut the album in half and you'll have a four star album, closing in on five. Overall I enjoy The Love Below more than Speakerboxxx and I generally enjoy the more experimental material over the more traditional hip hop material.

I have not listened to a lot of Outkast, until today. They are undeniably a very talented and influential duo and I enjoyed listening to this. However, they should have released this as 2 albums. For a single release it is too long and self-indulgent. A lot is good, but there is a lot that doesn't need to be here. There is probably a really great 45 minute album in here somewhere.

Little bit of a mixed bag, & a little long, but overall still enjoyable.

Man this was LONG, but they sure cover some ground stylistically. I think I prefer the first disc more overall - specifically The Way You Move and Rooster. On the second disc - that cover of My Favorite Things is pretty fun and the final track too. Hey Ya! and Roses on the second disc have just been played so so much - hard for me to appreciate those. Probably need a little more time with this one.

Forty tracks, really? This was like watching a very long full 15 rounds of boxing, where 95% of the time the fighters spent dancing around, hugging, and throwing empty punches. A couple (literally) of knock out punches were landed. Rounding up because they were heavy hitters. 2.5/5

Man, I wanted to like this more than I did. Solid but just too much here. Edit down to the best rather than putting errthing in there. IMO Stankonia is a better album so hopefully we see that show up.

Why doesn’t this shit let me rate by .5? Good album I liked it more than any of the other albums we listened to. That song with Kelis is legit a 10/10

long album jesus i loOoOve da way u mooove solid, back loaded

This is a LONG ASS album oh my!!! There are some certified BANGERS in this one, but idk the length of this was a lot. I like that it told a story at least?

Too long

I dont listen to rap albums much. Engaging project though. Enjoyed the second half more. - GhettoMusick - Unhappy - Church - Knowing - Flip Flop Rock - Love Hater - God (Interlude) - Happy Valentine’s Day - Spread - Roses - She’s Alive - Take Your Cool Off

Would be a 4 if it wasn’t 135 minutes long. Some bangers on here for sure

I can understand the appeal of this album. I did prefer The Love Below (second half) over Speakerboxxx. This really touches on a lot of genres and is more accessible than I would have expected. Honestly the length is probably the biggest drawback in my eyes, but nonetheless, I could see listening to this again.

Voor een lang album alsnog engaging en entertaining. Weinig nodig om te zeggen over Outkast, vm wel de eerste keer dat ik een album volledig luister. Lastig raten, aan de ene kant veel interessante elementen, aan de andere kant misschien ook door de lengte en vele nummers veel mindere of forgettable nummers. 7/10

Still not impressed

Coming back to this one due to length

A number of fantastic grooves on this album. Disc 1 was a better listen than disc 2. The album is way too long. 3 stars.

3.5

3 or 4 five star songs. Overall great double album. Maybe a touch too long 3.75

Before this album I only knew OutKast from their two hits. I was pleasantly surprised by this album. It’s a double album and it also feels like two different albums, probably why they chose two names. I liked “The Love Below” more. The interludes are funny but sometimes also distracting, overall a good album and one to revisit one day. Favourite songs: - The way you move - Spread - Hey Ya!

Well, turns out The Future didn't actually end up sounding like quite what we thought it'd sound like back in '02. But what we thought it'd sound like still occasionally sounds cool. Like with so many double LPs: there's certainly a fantastic 45 minutes of music in here somewhere. As it is though, this is just way. Too. Much. They threw literally everything AND the kitchen sink at this, and then decided to grab some lampshades and wear them as hats, if memory serves (but after 2+ hours of basically ADHD-turned-music, how could it possibly?).

Speakerbox 4 Love below 3

This is one of those albums I never owned but became really familiar with over time since it always seemed like someone nearby was playing it. Overall, it’s a cool album with an interesting concept, each MC takes their own disc in a unique direction, giving a taste of their individual styles. Unfortunately, like a lot of albums I’ve heard over the years, this one has lost some of its appeal just from being overplayed in the past.

swag.

Speakerboxx ist fast unhörbar, The Love Below hat 3-4 gute Nummern, der Rest ist so naja. Es gibt bessere Outkast Alben…

I liked the songs "GhettoMusick" and "Hey Ya!"

Preferred speaker box to love below, obviously hey ya is a classic and roses is great and the album in general was very good but I expected love below to have more poppy tunes and to be more accessible. Still good but long run time to get through it all

Suffers from the same problem most double albums have, would have been far better with some serious editing 3.5*

Very innovative especially for a rap album from 2003. Pretty interesting at the start but it really really dragged on

some iconic songs but kinda mid

#528.Speakerboxx is a solid 4, but The Love Below is a weak 3. I guess that averages to 3.5, but I'm going to round down because fuck it. 3/5: half good

I like hip hop/ rap music this was welcomed. I also like Outkasts most popular songs, I didnt realise they had this many sounds or had these other sounds. I liked the album but something I probably wouldn't listen to again.

Long but enjoyable. Some legitimate hits.

Speakerboxx - 4/5, the Love Below 3/5

Roses smell like poo poo lol. Outcast bring a nice sexy tone to rap. With creative beats and lyrics about love, this album stands out to me. And there are some killer features in this album too. It's a bit long for my liking, but still a solid album.

i’m not a big hip hop listener but this was an interesting experience! i definitely like the love below more with the genre fusion stuff, but i definitely didn’t hate speakerboxxx either. this only counting as one album is kind of cheating though, especially since i just happened to get this on saturday in the evening after enabling weekend albums <.<

The beats are very 90s style, but overall too long. The beats get annoying after a while, but I get it was kind of new at the time. I listened to it pretty quietly so I did not pay attention to the lyrics. Only song I really knew was Hey-Ya lol I liked the second half much better.

This album could definitely use some editing down- it has a lot of hits and jams, but also a lot of filler songs and a few too many skits. The hits are definitely good, but some of the b sides really better capture Outkast's sound. Overall- decent album

Of course I knew Hey Ya! from this album, but not the rest. I know other projects that Andre did or contributed to, so I was expecting to prefer his part than Big Boi's one... And that was actually the contrary. The first part is really good, solid beats, solid flow, not boring one second. The Andre 3000 part is way more chill. Too chill, there are not so many songs that keep you awake in the midst of all this mellow, down tempo songs. Could have been way better, imho.

En cuisine, j'aime à peu près tous les plats, tous les aliments. Je suis ouvert à toutes les saveurs. En musique, c'est différent: mon ouverture n'est pas aussi grande; mon oreille aime certains types de sons plus que d'autres. OutKast n'est pas dans ma palette de goûts, mais j'ai eu l'impression que c'était un excellent album pour une personne qui aime cette musique. Je pense même que les fans doivent être du genre trop enthousiastes et parler de «génie». C'est généreux et foisonnant d'idées, comme si on visite l'atelier de l'artiste. À l'auditeur de faire sa sélection; le groupe ne veut rien jeter, veut tout montrer. À partir de la pièce «Church», mon intérêt a quintuplé. Ça demanderait une cinquantaine d'écoute pour faire le tour!! Du costaud.

Speakerboxxx : Prod crap qui vieilli mal. Church, c'était le summum des fréquences désagréables. Flip Flop Rock c'était aussi bon que du Linkin Park. À mi-chemin, j'ai pris le temps de calculer qu'il fallait attendre 1h25 avant d'entendre Hey Ya!. The Love Below : Dès que ça part, on comprend qu'on est entre meilleures mains avec André 3000. C'est wild, éclaté, ça part dans tous les sens en restant cohérent. Suffit de regarder la pochette pour avoir une idée avec lequel des deux t'as le goût de faire le party. 5 étoiles pour Love Below, 1 pour Speakerboxxx ou 4 étoiles pour Love Below et 2 pour Speakerboxxx pour une triste moyenne de 3 dans les deux cas.

Lets get the first part out of the way. This is and should be two albums, and I spread the listening over a few days. It's too long to listen to in one sitting. That said, it was more enjoyable than I expected. I'm not a fan of Outkast for the most, but the Big Boi songs that leaned heavily into R&B were good, and I enjoyed the Andre 3000 songs more than I expected. Particularly the Jazz-heavier songs and the ones that were not heavily misogynist (which were too many).

Great concept with some solid bangers but didn't enjoy listening to it through the day very much

There’s some great songs in here, but this is WAY too long with way too many not-great songs.

Good listen.

Some interesting stuff her. But OMG way too loooooooooonnnnng.

The South got something to say - the 'Nevermind' of hip hop. Iconic.

Fond memories of this growing up, but it doesn't really do it for me anymore. Not sure exactly why. Too frenetic, maybe.

Das ist viel zu lang wirklich, einfach über zwei Stunden. Es sind aber gute Lieder bei und wäre es kürzer und die weniger guten Lieder wären nicht da, wären es vier Sterne. Sehr vielfältig

One of those albums that I don't enjoy that much (not my thing), but I can see the creativity and quality. It's much more than hip-hop, it's an album of two halves but both are quite quirky and very varied. Love the funky and jazzy (esp. on The Love Below) elements.

Man undrar lite om de någonsin gjorde en annan platta? Alla bangers samlade på en!

I played the hell out of these albums when they came out, so much hoping that Outkast would once again rise to the heights they had with Aquemini, and wanting to like them more than I did. I do like it for how much it highlights the differences in Big Boi's and Andre's production styles, but I think ultimately they are better as a duo. Speakerboxxx (3/5) is a little too maximalist to enjoyably listen to the whole thing in one sitting, so I tend to replay Love Below (3.5/5) more often. 3.25/5

So. Long.

Ok.

Good album if it’s what you like

This album was too long and I think that if you want me to listen to a 2 hour long album it should be perfect. The good songs were great from this album but there were also a lot of duds.

Solid 3.5. loved the music, but I just can't get into calling women bitches.

Hella long

This is a 2 for one artistic special. I would give 4 stars but having 2 albums is just so long for one sitting. I liked having both Rap flavor and then artistic exploration with Andre 3000. I also wasn't expecting Andre’s portion to be a love centered album.

Enjoyed this.

i’m gonna be so honest that i didn’t listen to all of it but hope to at some point. it’s just such a long album and feels not particularly inspired like so much of their other stuff does

Basically two distinct albums. Speakerboxxx is consistently very good, but mostly didn't stand out to me to be honest. The Love Below isn't a hip hop album -- it's also probably got the record's highest highs and lowest lows. Overall, I'd say the album is like a 7/10... but Outkast has better.

Could have made one sweet album instead of two decent ones

Speakerboxxx was somewhat disappointing, but I enjoyed The Love Below. The mixes are better and it kept me more interested in the marathon of an album that this is.

TWO AND A QUARTER HOURS? I enjoyed Stankonia more than I thought I would but I thought it was overly long Liked the first few songs and perked up when I heard The Way You Move. As the album continued I enjoy myself but I got to thinking, a lot of albums deal with one or two major themes and have a line they stick to. This album feels very much like a big melting pot or mosaic of ideas, themes and styles. The interludes are fun and creative, but after a while this just became a bit full on for me. There are songs here I would return to without a doubt (it's got Hey Ya! and Roses for fuck's sake) but as an album it's a bit much. Probably great to put on at a party or hangout, but who is putting on a whole album at a party instead of a collaborative playlist/jam where the vibe is 'improved' by some really funny, original and tolerable person who puts on Ram Ranch? Also just to reiterate, this album is really fuckin long Highlights: The Way You Move, Bust, War, Tomb of the Boom, The Love Below, Love Hater, Hey Ya!, Roses, My Favorite Things

3 sterne

2 étoiles pour le premier album, 4 pour le second, un 3 bien tassé.

6/10 Too long. No shortage of ideas at least. Speakerboxx was easily the more interesting half, despite Hey Ya. Highlights: Hey Ya Roses Unhappy GhettoMusick Church

This is just too long. Definitely preferred The Love Below over Speakerboxxx. Favourites: The Rooster, Church, Reset // Love Hater, Spread, Prototype, Hey Ya!, Roses

Sie sind auch gut, weil sie selbstironisch bleiben.

It was good to give Speakerboxxx a shot. I always stuck with The Love Below but Speakerboxxx seems to be a solid Atlanta hip hop record and I liked it. The Love Below was, as ever, marvellous. Soulful and weird and also holding a few bangers. Too many tracks across the two though.

Vibed thru most of it, kinda lost me at some points tho(mostly speakerboxx), can tell they were experimenting which is cool but some of them were unfortunately misses. Definitely liked The Love Below more than Speakerboxxx, surprised to see more people prefer Speakerboxxx, but hey different strokes ig…🤷‍♀️ 3.5/5

The Good: Andres 3000! The Bad: a double album… The Ugly: still not sure if the triple x on Speakerboxxx has additional connotations that would ensure for a rated X album. Though I am one who does not like rap… this album was something worth my time. Big Boi surprises with his first couple of tracks, laying down some great sampling, and bringing us rap that excludes the usual references to dicks et al Andre 3000 is just the perfect party host to make you wanna have some fun! Though this is not a double album experience that I will be repeating with frequency, I had a good time listening to it and will, when I remember, repeat it at least one more time the next 12 months 3*

I like mellow music, soulful music and folk music and artist like the limiters and Damian rice and Michael Kiwanuka and Celeste

In flip flop rock, he mentioned Commander Picard. At the time the song was released, Picard was a captain. Otherwise, no notes. Also, these guys be horny as hell.

This would easily be a 5 star album if all the filler and half of Andre's experiments were cut. As it's presented, I can't go higher than a 3.

Some hits, but a bunch of chaff as well

hey ya is an instant classic but the rest is just ok 3/5

Esta ha sido una escucha exigente, un doble álbum con una duración total de más de dos horas. La verdad es que no le he podido prestar mucha atención a las letras, aunque en general me han parecido buenas. Sobre todo, el famoso tema "Hey Ya!" tiene una letra más profunda de lo que podría parecer, sobre la inevitable caducidad del amor. Musicalmente, tiene momentos muy buenos. El primer álbum es un rap más tradicional, con toques soul y R&B, mientras que el segundo es más pop y experimental. En general, un álbum muy interesante, que me ha hecho apreciar a Outkast más allá de sus temas más populares. Le resto puntuación por su duración excesiva, ya que creo que me podría haber ahorrado la escucha de la mitad de los temas.

Thank God I got this on a Friday. A 2hrs 14min running time is long for a movie. I chopped it in two. There is undeniable brilliance on both sides. I personally liked The Love Below, despite its lurches towards novelty/comedy, more because rhythmic chattering over robot beats just isn't my thing. The problem - with both "albums" - is the lack of editing. Speakerboxxx falls off at Flip Flop Rock; The Love Below around Love in War. Honestly as impressed as I was by Andre 3000's imagination, I found myself praying that the album was over after each track from there to the end. There may be a five-star album among these 40 tracks, but no matter how great some of the material is, if you end up hoping it will end, it ain't a classic.

Speakerboxxx >>> The Love Below

Too long

I was in middle school when this album came out. Banger then. It just doesn’t hit the same now.

back in my day, this would have been considered a quadruple album. hell, the album itself is divided into two parts… “speakerboxxx” and “the love below”. each part is the length of what would be a traditional double album. it was a slog to get through, being over 130 minutes long. but enjoyable nonetheless the less. could do without the moments of misogyny though. it does seem that they missed an opportunity, though. when guns n’ roses put out use your illusion, they buy it out in two parts because each part was long enough to be a double album. outkast could have gone with this strategy and had way more album sales.

Listened to whole thing and kinda dug it. Needed to be edited down or split into an extra album or two but I guess their way worked well enough.

Started out pretty eh for me, but around when The Rooster came on I realized I was bopping to it without even thinking about it. Killer Mike's entry on Bust was a delight. However, but the time I had made it into disc 2 I was getting bored, redeemed to some degree by Hey Ya! both otherwise I was fully "done" with this before its substantial play length had finished and had to start skipping.

Love em. Hate em.

- Right, so it's a double album, the first made by Big Boi, and the second by Andre 3000 - I can't say it was the easiest album to listen to, because it was so long, I really needed 2 sessions to get through it, listening to each one - Speakerboxxx was a good hip-hop album, I really did enjoy the themes he was illustrating throughout the record, and the beats were pretty dope, though I wasn't as moved by the sampling, which for me has always been an issue with Outkast - The Love Below was slightly unexpected, it was more of a funk, soul, jazz album, and shows Andre 3000's artistry and daring to move outside of his comfort zone - Roses really smell like poo-oo-oo.

A bloated journey. There are some incredible moments in here but my god it's just so much to package together. Some of the most genre defying and iconic songs ever composed, sandwiched between musical waste. 3/5

This album is frustrating because it really highlights why these two people need each other. Can't help but feel that there is a good to Great single album stretched out over a double album

I liked this a lot more than I thought I would!

I found it fascinating that this double album from Outkast was initially conceptualized as a separate album for each part of the duo, before ultimately being reworked into a double album for the duo. Speakerboxxx is comprised mostly of Big Boi's material, where The Love Below is predominantly Andre 3000's work. They individually bring different things to the table and it's interesting and fun to hear those at play on separate ends of this double album. While I feel like the individual stylings of both Big Boi and Andre 3000 are able to shine on their respective parts of the double album, they and their production team also managed to find a way to marry all of the stylings together in order to create a cohesive Outkast double album experience. The balancing act that is struck between showing Outkast individually AND as a funky hip-hop duo is quite impressive. While I would say all of the genres blend pretty well in this double album, if I had to try to distinguish between the main sounds on each part, Speakerboxxx seems to lean more in the direction of hip-hop where The Love Below leans toward funk/jazz/soul. I liked this album okay, maybe not quite as much as I thought I would. But I definitely feel like its a worthy inclusion. Outkast redefined the musical spaces that they touched, and their work is excellent and provocative.

3.5

Love OutKast, but this isn’t their best

There's a really good album buried in here somewhere, as well as a really bad album. Best tracks are Hey Ya and Favorite Things.

Not really my genre of music but it had some pretty enjoyable songs. Or at least the songs did have whole sections I liked

I’ve heard Speakerboxxx/The Love Below before, but this listen gave me a new appreciation for it, especially Speakerboxxx. The songs are expertly crafted, and Big Boi’s performance is a masterclass in rhythm. His delivery is sharp, percussive, and almost instrument-like in its precision, blending seamlessly with the vibrant, groove-heavy production. The tracks on Speakerboxxx exude energy and confidence, making for a consistently engaging and fun listen. This is the kind of hip hop that really resonates with me—clever, dynamic, and endlessly enjoyable. The Love Below, however, feels more hit-and-miss. Andre 3000’s willingness to experiment is admirable, but it comes at the expense of the sharp lyricism and intricate rapping that made him a legend. It’s like watching Michael Jordan play baseball—while he’s undeniably talented, you can’t help but wish he’d stick to what he does best. That said, Andre is incredibly versatile, and when his experiments work, they shine. Tracks like Hey Ya are undeniable pop masterpieces that showcase his creativity and charisma. Ultimately, while I admire the ambition of The Love Below, it doesn’t connect with me as consistently as Speakerboxxx. Even so, I appreciate the boundary-pushing nature of the album as a whole. Standout Tracks: The Rooster / Hey Ya Score: 3/5

So similar to Houmous & Chutney’s double album, Houmous/Chutney. Equally as long. Equally as anxiety inducing but with some absolute bangers here and there. The most tracks from any of our albums that ended up on our best of. The Best of Houmous & Chutney. 3.1

There are some songs on this album (albums?) that I really, really enjoy. And then the rest of it I don't care much at all. The skits feel like a huge waste of time and take you out of the mood. Overall a 3, because the great songs are still great. Seriously, how is Hey Ya! so catchy still?

It was alright

My second time listening to this record. First was when I listened to the Rolling Stone 500. Form my memory I enjoyed it more the first go around. There is a lot of interesting stuff on there. I just didn’t connect with it this go around.

Has the potential to be a great album, with lots of variety and great tracks. However there's a ton of filler and unnecessary interludes, and, at well over two hours in length, the album is far too long to thoroughly enjoy. 3 stars.

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On its surface and from a musical perspective, I found each track to be uniquely disjointed and not always in a good way. Some tracks switch tempos at awkward intervals while others play straight through swapping vocals. I found Speakerboxxx to be be much too long. Each song plays like a novel within itself and true appreciations of the deeper meanings within the album require multiple listens. I'm talking days, not hours. (Also, Rosario Dawson?) Based on the length of this album and the time it was released, I think this was perfect for the time it existed. These days, we're overwhelmed with information and choices, we're spread thin more individualized and opinionated and have short attention spans. Though there's some good stuff but there's nothing that makes me want to pay attention to it. For this album to exist today, it would need to slap me in the face and irritate me or someone I decided I don't like. It would have to take sides, make some egregious declaration and alienate someone. But mostly it would need to be much (much) shorter.

“Aquemini” should have been the second Outkast album on the list. That said, “The Way You Move” and “Hey Ya!” are hot yet approachable jams, and I understand why they are probably Outkast’s most famous and enduring songs. But there were 22 tracks between those 2! And another 12 after. This massive double album is fine as a concept, but just overkill in execution no matter how many interludes you have.

It’s overstuffed and definitely bloated, but the sheer creativity and ideas explored make it an interesting sound album

Speakerboxxx: 3/5. All around solid, not very exciting hip hop tracks, with two or three notable exceptions. But even the many prominent features can't really elevate the album. The Love Below: Definitely more experimental and artsy, leading to more surprises and standout tracks. In positive and negative. Though, the positives clearly outweigh the negatives. "Prototype" to "Good Day, Good Sir" is a joyride. The rest is somewhere in between okay, forgettable, and annoying. 3.5/5

Two solo albums as a double album. The second disc is the better one.

This is a tough one - I liked Speakerboxxx more, although there’s a lot of misogyny throughout it. The Love Below got better as it went along - but it was a bear to get through. Hard to see me going back to do a relisten to this entire double album again.

This album is incredibly long. That being said, I never really got tired of it. Even after almost 40 tracks. There were lots of great songs on here and just overall well produced and created.

Meh

Desperately needed some editing, would make a great single album

Preferred Speakerbox

Not for me… not at all.

If you have an album with 40 tracks, there’s something wrong with you. I don’t care if it’s two albums. Release them seperately 😭

Most of the deep cuts in Disc 1 were forgettable except for Reset and Last Call. The album only really starts to pick up (and become steamier) in Disc 2. I loved Love Hater and Love in War. Hey Ya is always a bop.

It’s ok, not a must listen in my opinion

Never saw the allure. I like it and all. But I dunno.

Another one I've heard before! This is an odd album, because it's basically two solo albums combined into a double album, with each member taking creative control of one half. It's not bad. I tend to prefer the Andre 3000 half, especially musically, but Big Boi has some good lyricism and beats on his end, too.

Good album with lots of different sounds. I see there's a strong jazz influence along with soul and r&b. Favorites were Unhappy and Reset. Probably didn't need to be a 2 disc album but good nonetheless.

Some good ones in there.

Truth be told, I've always preferred Speakerboxxx to The Love Below, which despite having the the hit singles and some truly great moments, is way too long, pretentious, and with plenty of mediocre filler. The world did not need to hear "Where Are My Panties?" or "She's Alive". If Aquemini or Stankonia is a 5, then Speakerboxxx is a 4 and Love Below a 3.

It's nice to have some rap/pop after all that rock, but I don't know if I ever gonna hear that again.

love some of the hits but this is no aqemini or stankonia or even ATLiens. good tho

Two solo albums in a OutKast trenchcoat masquerading (unsuccessfully) as a single cohesive mass. It's a very long album, but ultimately it's pretty good still Standouts Bowtie Hey Ya! Roses ?/5

A lot of good music here but just too much filler. They should have pruned some of these songs and skits to make it one solid Outkast album instead of two solo albums. I like The Love Below better than Speakerboxxx and I lean more towards Andre 3000 over Big Boi, but I think they compliment each other well. Outkast keeps Andre from going too flutey and Big Boi from going too Ludacrissy.

Way, way, way, way too long. They are not good enough to give themselves 2 hours. Some bangers but lucky to get a 3 on balance.

# Playlist Track - Hey Ya # Notes - There are some amazing moments in this! Examples: - The synths in "GhettoMusick" - The jazzy bass in "My Favorite Things" - The groovy guitars in "Happy Valentine's Day" - That being said, the album is way too long and those moments end up spread too thin. - Kinda cool, happy to pick some tracks for my playlists, but not coming back for the entire thing.

This is one of those albums I never owned but became really familiar with over time since it always seemed like someone nearby was playing it. Overall, it’s a cool album with an interesting concept—each MC takes their own disc in a unique direction, giving a taste of their individual styles. Unfortunately, like a lot of albums I’ve heard over the years, this one has lost some of its appeal just from being overplayed in the past.

Die Banger sind und bleiben natürlich Banger, sonst ganz nett, aber zu lang

It was okay. Super long though, but good beats. Odd lyrics

Some classics on here. Enjoyed listening to this album again.

Always felt a bit daunted by this album's length. A day isn't long enough to cracking that.

There actually is a more iconic hip hop duo than Big Boi and André 3000. It´s hip hop albums and being waaaaay too long.

Largísimo pero no me convence. Supongo que hay algo de valor aquí pero siento que fue una canción muy muy larga que no pude terminar.

3.5/5

I just don't understand double albums sometimes. Separately they're good, but it makes listening to it all at once a chore. The Love Below was the better of the two. 3/5

Don’t know if I’ve ever been completely on the Gram train, but this album is a solid one. Think it’s more that I’m not the biggest country fan, and still don’t quite get why he’s so important and constantly referenced in rock crit circles.

Previously rated: #131 - Stankonia (2/5) **************************** Album #565 These album(s) seem to be more mature than Stankonia, though they still have their moments (Roses smell like poo-poo??). I will say the production on this is excellent. Everything sounds really good. The rapping on the first disc isn't quite my style. It's fast without much inflection or character. The second disc is more funk/R&B, sounding more like Prince or Kool & the Gang, but still having hip-hop in it. Hey Ya! is the clear standout track to me, but I also liked what they did with Rogers & Hammerstein's My Favorite Things.

I've never understood why this was so big. I just don't get it. 3

I remember purchasing this when it came our and being blown away by the creativeness of a group releasing two albums in one. It was great to be reunited with it but I am not convinced it's an album that will go back into regular circulation.

Live below carries

Not Outkast's best album but still a fun, funky sexy time. For a double album the runtime flies past, barring the middle of the love below

Over 2 hours? Yikes. This shouldn't be a chore, really. There was a lot of good stuff on it, but I just felt like this could have been edited down to maybe 90 minutes: lose the interludes, the "Where Are My Panties?", maybe "Roses" (roses really smell like poo poo. Deep, man.) You can definitely feel the influence of other acts before them, especially Prince. So many different styles in each of the songs, which is always good. It's not hard to believe "Hey Ya!" came from this, but if people were expecting a whole album of that, they are in for a surprise. I hover between a 3 and a 4 for this album. It's just that for every 2 good songs, there is at least one song that... yikes. The fact that it was over 2 HOURS long probably turns it to a 3 for me. Top tracks: "The Way You Move," "Bust," "Flip Flop Rock," "Valentine's Day," "Prototype"

Way too long, but I decided to consider this as two separate albums, which is really what it is. Big Boi's Speakerboxxx is a funky groove but like a lot of rap the lyrics are definitely not for me. I'd probably give it a 4. Andre 3000's The Love Below was ok but didn't draw me in as much. I got pretty bored with it after a while. I'll give it a generous 3. So, 3.5 average, which I'm going to pull down to a 3 for just being too damn long. Favorite tracks: GhettoMusick, The Rooster, My Favorite Things (high point on the second album for me).

1e album geskipt The love below eerste 3 nummers is niks album begint goed te worden na happy valentines day 1e helft zeer sterk, tweede helft neemt de kwaliteit iets af

Both albums are a lot of fun. Low brow, but fun. Each individual album is too long, together they represent an awful lot of skits. Speakerboxx 3.5 / The Love Below 3

Man this one is a tough one to rate. "Speakerboxxx" is easily a 4 for me. Then "The Love Below" is hovering somewhere between a 2 and 3 for me. NGL that disappointed me. There are elements to the second album that I enjoy, thematically. But some of the delivery and backing sound I dislike. I guess that says something to me about which half of the duo I prefer. I guess the closest I can come to right would be a 3.

(7.6) ★★★½

I especially like The Love Below, but as a doubt album this is too much for me of a style I don't care that much for. 3.5 stars

Moments of greatness, but bloated and messy as is. I prefer the Speakerboxxx half. 3.5 stars.

Not very memorable. Got bored.

Has some obvious classics but largely not my style, fine for background listening

Both halves are good, but it's a lot to listen to.

2.5 rounded up soooo fucking long and for what reason. neither of these albums needed to be an hour long…. and while i get the reason it was packaged this way, i think it could’ve been interesting to see what it was like if they had actually tried combining these into a single album. idk. album too long my brain is melting highlights: ghettomusick, unhappy, the rooster, church, prototype, hey ya!, my favorite things (feb 25 2026)

a couple of bops and a lot of filler. standouts: Last Call, Hey Ya

Filler, lengthy, ambitious

Occasionally very puerile and stupid; occasionally very good, never boring despite its length.

Takes me back to high school

You prob know what your are getting into, its fine.

Ok, not sure how to rate this. It’s a good album but just not for me. Hey Ya rocks though. They sound great.

I got halfway through disc 1, it's okay and I'll go back and try to finish the album (I really hate long albums now).

Audacious and fun, but 20 years later I still don’t really understand why it’s a double album rather than two releases.

Quite fun and interesting 6/10

Middle of the road fare

Too bloody long mate!!!

This album is too long. I don't understand why it wasn't released as 2 albums since that's basically what it is. There are some major hits on here, but they are buried by a bunch of forgettable tracks.

Too fucking long, even though I admit it’s a double album. Good stuff. Sounds to me like 90s hip hop. Surprising that this is the origin of Hey Ya

This was so long. There were some very enjoyable tracks. I think I enjoyed Andre 3000's side a bit better. Especially odd tracks like an instrumental version of My Favorite Things. Perhaps I am a prude, but it was a little too sexually explicit for me to really love it. And to many interlude/skits.

Great album, too long for my preferences.

Again, this is not what I usually listen to and so this makes it hard to rate. However, some of the music definitely feels accessible. It is okay, but not great in my book.

Is it their best album? No. Is it a good album? eh. Are the hits good? Yes. It was different and a good way to try and keep the group together but let them do their own thing.

I prefer stankonia but this one is great too

The funky edge of both albums is seductively infecious. The growing contrast of OutKast's two stars is evident. Big Boi is motivated rap: contmeplating the ongoing cyles of violence after 911, asking the for meaning of life and praying for repentence. Andre 3000 is party pop: contemplating his lady spreading, asking where her panties have gone and thanking the Lord that she "got that thang". Three and a half shakes of a polaroid picture.

Look there's some really good stuff in this, but definitely not enough to fill 2 albums. This could have been a solid 4 with some heavy trimming. 2.5, rounded up to 3 because I'm feeling generous today

Я никогда не слушал Ауткаст, уж тем более альбомами. Я знаю, кто такой Андре 3000, слушал его прошлогодний флейтовый эмбиент пис (который очень даже, в общем-то), но вот гипер-влиятельный южный (поп) хип-хоп вместе с Биг Бои - никогда. Собственно очевидно, сольное творчество каждого из них с этого двойного альбома не говорит мне ничего в контексте группы, что несколько грустно. Музыка неплохая. Они умеют сделать хук, вот что. Мне больше понравилась вторая половина. Лучшая песня - Hey Ya!

anything can happen in the bronxxxx

Lots of good music but would have benefited from being 2 albums instead of one… liked it a lot but docking for being unnecessarily long

I didn't get through both discs but it was pretty good

I get that it’s a double album, but I don’t get why it had to be 2 1-hour+ albums, instead of 2 45-minute albums. It just goes on too long. Great and not so great songs on both discs.

Some decent songs in it that I didn't expect to like but a lot of filler.

Okay so this is really TWO albums, apparently marketed together. I found the second disc to be much more interesting. Speakerboxx is fun, good beats but nothing particularly groundbreaking. Good party album. I am not a fan of the interludes. I really didn’t need to hear a toddler talk into the mic, sorry kid. The Love Below was musically and lyrically more creative, although as a woman I did cringe at some of it.

2,5

Actually not bad as background music. Not my thing but could listen to again

Primera vez escuchando este trabajo. El año 2003, el dúo de Atlanta nos regalaría el trabajo que sería convencionalmente entendido como el último de la agrupación. Así, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below funciona como dos álbumes solistas contenidos en un extenso álbum doble: La primera parte correspondiente a Big Boi y la segunda a Andre 3000. Respecto de la calidad del trabajo pueden decirse varias cosas. En lo principal, que es el trabajo más débil de la agrupación. Ello es evidente si consideramos que el elemento esencial de la agrupación se pierde: la química. Es bien sabido que Aquemini (1998) recibe su nombre de la mezcla de los signos acuario y géminis, haciendo alusión al encuentro de los dos artistas para entregarnos un mismo trabajo (el cual es considerado uno de los mejores de la historia del hip hop). Aquí esa química se pierde, privando al oyente de la combinación BigBoi/3K y limitándola a un par de canciones. Otro factor importante para mi análisis es la extensión del trabajo: con 2 horas 15 minutos y 40 canciones (contando los interludios), este es con creces el trabajo más largo del dúo. Si bien la agrupación nos había entregado antes trabajos extensos (con duraciones +60 minutos) este trabajo es significativamente largo. Ello probablemente se debe a que buscaban crear un álbum para cada uno de los integrantes. No obstante, considero que 2h 15m es quizás demasiado para un Lp que cuenta con un numero no menor de canciones que, más que aportar, rellenan. Ahora, ¿Qué sea el trabajo más débil lo hace necesariamente un mal trabajo? No. Este trabajo destaca en composiciones, letras y flows, lo cual ya es consolidado como la marca distintiva del dúo de Atlanta. Por una parte, el álbum de BigBoi es consistente, remarcando el lado hip hop de la banda sin perder las influencias de otros géneros. Por otra, el álbum de 3K contiene las partes más altas del trabajo, pero también las más bajas, distanciándose un poco del rap y acercandose más al Neo-Soul. En síntesis: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below se trata de un buen álbum, el cual no llega a la altura de sus predecesores, pero cumple someramente las expectativas. FAVTRAXS: GhettoMusick, Bowtie, The Way You Move, Bust, Flip Flop Rock, Reset // Love Hater, Spread, She Lives in My Lap, Hey Ya!, Roses, My Favorite Things, Take Off Your Cool LEASTFAV(S): Behold a Lady, She's Alive 3.5/5

El primer disco puag. Pero el segundo bastante bien. Tiene Hey ya!

y’all don’t wanna hear me you just wanna dance ‼️‼️ Speakerboxxx is ehh - too many damn interludes and sounds all the same The Love Below was really fun to listen to 🙏🙏 hey ya! Supremacy

love below daughter or speakerboxx son??? Love outkast sm and there were so many CERTIFIED BANGERS on this double album but the INTERLUDES PLEASE STOP!! Speakerboxx started solid but I fully lost the plot at the end but love below was very good throughout and actually felt like a collective album 😭😭 (sorry big boi) Anyways highlights were bowtie, ghettomusik and love hater also roses was a silly listen 🌹💩 Solid 3.5/5

Oh Andre my glorious king... to have your brain and your wit and your creative vision.... I will admit I will ride for this album (albums??) HARRRDDD because its just sooooooooo fun and silly I also think its insane that this album is not just AWFUL, considering Outkast was just falling apart by this time, I mean this is literally two solo albums with each of their distinctive styles glued together and promoted as one. The fact that their respective sides are consistent at ALL is astounding, but the chaos is definitely there and it damages the value of the album as a whole. If you treat this project as two separate albums you can totally see the value in both, but I felt myself growing bored of Speakerboxxx as I got further into it, though it started off VERY strong. I feel that the only way this works as one full project, is that once Speakerboxxx starts to fall flat and bore you, you're hit with the refreshing and eclectic side of The Love Below which I feel, is better as a whole and it's hard not to give it that when it has Hey Ya!, Prototype AND Roses on it. There are a considerable number of skips but for a double solo album with a 2 hour runtime, I didn't expect less. ALL of the singles off this album are spectacular, but its brought down overall with all the bullshit sandwiched between it and that the two sides do nottttt fit together well. Definitely not the best Outkast project, still super fun though. I guessed I would end up giving this album a 4/5 or even a 4.5/5 but listening to it all the way through at once definitely makes that an unrealistic rating. 3/5

Familiar songs, sing along

Not too knowledgable about 2000s hip hop. What I do know I'm not too fond of, but this starts off strong. Front half (Big-Boi) is a perfect combo of quality production that doesn't overshadow the rhymes and flow. Really like it all. Back half (André 3000) unfortunately fails to live up to the front. It was actually REALLY hard to sit through. Production is too busy. Vocals are too sing-songy and it's laced with far too much pop influence. Upon completion, I cannot even be diplomatic... it's fucking awful. Should've left this a Big-Boi solo album clocking in at half the time.

Objectively good but

6 / 10 Poco escuchado. Tiene el éxito Hey Ya, y poco más interesante.

High quality hip hop but even at half the time it’s too long

So I find it particularly difficult to rate hip hop albums because they are so foreign to what I tend to listen to. Clearly I like some of it. I can also appreciate the artistry of it even if sometimes am uncomfortable with the lyrics. This album even has songs I recognize due to their popularity. 3.4

Fortuna che l’ho già ascoltato. Tra le due metà preferisco Speakerboxxx ma anche l’altro non è male

This is such an odd double album. A few good tracks, some bizarre, some skits. Not really my thing, but I enjoyed it for the most part.

The big hits are great. Loved the addition of R&B and jazz, just way way too long.

The last thing I was expecting from this hip hop album was hearing such a varied setlist which includes radio friendly hits such as The Way You Move, Flip Flop Rock, Hey Ya, and Roses. However throughout as you progress into the second half of the album Andre 3000 lets you take a peek into his new found love of eclectic indie vibe feels of R&B and Jazz with tracks such as Prototype, My Favorite Things, and Take Off Your Cool (feat Norah Jones). You can definitely see a switch flip on as a precursor to Andre's focus and personal projects with his flute 21 years later today. I enjoyed the trip.

Not my favourite Outkast album.

Lots to enjoy.

A bit long so I didn’t listen to all of it but I liked most of what I heard and enjoyed the sense of fun

I liked it! I drove in GTA5 while listening to this. Good soundtrack. Nothing extremely special tho.

good rainy music. feeling artistic in this loft rn

Not bad. Didn't realise it was a double solo album. I remember Hey Ya from the radio, but the rest was a bit of a slog to get through. Much prefer Andre 3000's album to Big Boi.

Wow what a journey! 2 hours is a hell of a long album but there are some bangers on here.

Two hours fifteen is a big commitment, and I don't think I was really rewarded for it. A few fun tracks on either half, some interesting cameos, all of which would have happily spanned 40 minutes. It's wild that this album has some of the most successful hits of the decade sandwiched in this chaotic oddessey of sound.

Didn’t love the album, but there is a reason why “Hey Ya” has 1.4 billion streams on Spotify alone.

cool

1. intro - 0 2. ghetto - 1.5 3. unhappy - 1 4. bouutie - 1 5. you move - 2.5 6. roozter - 0 7. buzt - 1 8. uuar - 0 9. church - 1 10. bamboo - 1.5 11. boom - 0 12. e mac - 0 13. knouuing - 1 14. flip flop - 0 15. interlude - 0 16. rezet - 1 17. d - boi - 0 18. lazt call - 1.5 19. bouutie - 0 20. love belouu - 0 21. love hater - 1 22. god - 1 23. valentinez - 1.5 24. zpread - 1 25. pantiez - 2 26. prototype - 2 27. my lap - 0 28. hey ya - 3 29. rozez - 1.5 30. good day - 0 31. lady - 1.5 32. pink and blue - 1 33. uuar - 0 34. alive - 0 35. draculaz - 0 36. the letter - 0 37. thingz - 1.5 38. your cool - 1 39. vibrate - 1 40. andre - 1

Bueno

Ei kuulosta vanhentuneelta 2000-luvun alun koneinstrumentaatiosta huolimatta. Asiaan voi vaikuttaa se, että duo käsittelee melodiaa kuin se olisi muovailuvahaa. Onko levy liian pitkä? Sisältääkö se myös filleriä ja jazz-flirttailua? Totta kai, mutta samalla nöyrryn sen massan edessä.

Funny, stupid, wonderful songs about life from a perspective.

Speakerboxxx - 2 The Love Below - 4

Wow that’s a lot of music. I consider myself a fan of Outkast but I’m both overwhelmed and underwhelmed by this collection—and I do think collection is a more accurate word than album, because this is two solo albums mashed together without much cohesion between the two projects (aside from both being packed full with mostly unfunny skits). Both of them are solid but not especially memorable, and listening to them back to back doesn’t elevate either of them. I think it deserves a spot on the list because it received so many accolades at the time and it produced one of the biggest singles of the decade, but I don’t think it’s an ideal showcase of this duo’s talents. Best song: Hey Ya

I enjoyed speakerboxxx way more thsan TLB, but a double album is just too much bloat. the singles off these are eternally fantastic, I'll never tire of hearing Hey Ya, Roses or The Way You Move. Outkast produces some really cool and unique music trying all sorts of different sounds, My Favorite Things turns all weird and jazzy/trance, or Take off Your Cool with Norah Jones. The experimentation is awesome but the experimentation doesnt always hit the mark.

Listened to about half but not whole-heartedly.

Good listen, Im not usually into rap/hip hop, but some of the songs on these albums (The rooster, Ghettomusick, Spread, Draculas wedding) I really fw. Cool album overall 👍

I listened and can appreciate the commentary on social justice and occasional environmental themes but even Norah Jones and the ubiquitous hit "Hey Ya" do not sway me on this one.

Great parts. It is just. so. long.

Basically two solo albums. Weakest “OutKast” album in their catalog.

If it didn’t take me all day to finish the double album, maybe I’d be more pleased. There’s so much happening here that I’m unable to process currently, but it isn’t so odd you can’t find a track or two to enjoy while stumbling into another couple songs that are tougher to admire. I’m just saying, maybe breaking up would’ve been easier than 2hrs and 15mins.

two albums in one. overall good but doesn't captivate at the first listen.

Good

Too long.

I don't think I know any album that would have reason to be a lot more than 1h long. It feels stretched.

Not bad.

Cool enough

The highs of this album are incredibly high, but it is also too bloated to really be next level great.

I liked the last OutKast album I listened to on here (Stankonia), even though I found it to be a bit long. Turns out, it wasn’t that long. I wasn’t sure about how this album would go, since it is (I believe) the longest one I’ve heard so far. But luckily, it didn’t feel like 2+ hours. I would have preferred if it had been two separate albums rather than two in one though. 7.5/10 Top 3: 1. Hey Ya! 2. Reset 3. Prototype

This album was very consistent, with highs and lows regularly. The big issue is after an hour and a half you feel the lows more than the highs. Favourite track: Dracula's Wedding.

Not their best work.

This album is alright, definitely not the best OutKast album, but alright. Just too long to listen to

Got the makings of one really amazing album here. First half was better.

I love OutKast but this is long for a double. It’s even long if you think of it as two separate solo albums, which it kind of is. Still some amazing tracks on here. I enjoyed it, but 2/3 of the way through u was ready to listen to something else

Lots going on, generally pretty good.

Mixed, a lot of it was really good, though the album was long. The two CDs were pretty different, for obvious reasons. I need a best of single CD i think.

Excelente sonido. Demasiado largo y agotador. No pude terminarlo.

Couple of decent songs but not my jam.

Первая часть была неплохой. Ритмичный быстрый рэп с яркими припевами. Если бы он был один, то получил бы 4. Второй же чувак, хотя и более мелодичный, но при этом немного нудный. Его я задолбался слушать, ставлю ему 2. Итого 3.

I love OutKast - bought this cd when it came out when I was in high school. I don’t like this album as much as aquemini or atliens, but still a good listen.

this is really two albums presented as one to collectively promote these solo acts under the outkast name. brill marketing move. Spkrbx: 2; TLB: 4; so 3 overall.

I'm not a hiphophead, and find myself gravitating more toward The Love Below & its more experimental approach than Speakerboxxx and its more straight ahead hip hop. Overall it's kind of a tedious listen, but it does have its moments.

hmmm 2 hrs of this? We'll see how long I last. There some decent songs on there. But I'm only giving it a 3. The whole second disk is a little funky .

Funny how different both guys are stylistically. I'm more into the weird/funky shit that Andre did on the second album. In the end, this was a bit too much OutKast, as much as I enjoy them

Too long

Mega mid

Good. Enjoying the entire album