Such strives paid off Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is ones of the highest selling hip-hop albums of all-time (11x platinum and counting). In a true testament to their name, OutKast ignored the resurgence of street sounds and continued to move against the grain. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below was released on Septemto massive acclaim. With the success of 50 Cent’s debut Get Rich or Die Tryin’ earlier that year , hip-hop was in a gangsta rap phase. The strive for independence is evident he can be found playing a handful of instruments over the course of the 20 tracks. André’s introversion can be seen as an asset.
Genre classifications may be abandoned, yet The Love Below ’s tight plot makes for a consistent listen. Influences were vast, with everyone from early ’60s Beatles to a late ’80s Prince providing a creative spark. The album tells the story of a notorious lady-killer who finds a woman so perfect that he stops to question his ways. Three Stacks doubles down on his “Gangster of Love” persona, which is emphasized by the pink gun-toting cover. The Love Below, on the other hand, completely ignored the notion of genres, instead prioritizing its narrative at the forefront. And by 2000, the pop music doors were completely ripped off their hinges with the release of Stankonia. The group dipped their toe into pop music on 1998’s Aquemini. When fans grew to love the duo for playa anthems on 1994’s Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, 1996’s ATLiens followed up with themes of extraterrestrials and philosophy.
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Nearly a decade deep into their professional careers, Big Boi and André 3000 had a firm reputation for delivering the unexpected. With OutKast’s 2003 double album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, the south was finally heard by the world.
This is the same rapper who stood alongside his partner, André 3000, at The Source Awards in 1995, when the famous words “The south got something to say” were uttered to a hostile New York City crowd. Outkast had just stepped on the Grammys stage to accept the Album of the Year award. “All thanks due to the most high for this one, all day long,” declared Big Boiat the Staples Center in 2004. Photo Credit: Arista Records We break down the creation of Outkast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below double album, through stories from many of its coveted collaborators
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