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  Outkast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
From the moment Speakerboxxx kicks into gear with "GhettoMusick" and its relentless blend of old-school 808s and breakneck breakbeats, it's clear that Boi is ignoring boundaries, and the rest of his album follows suit.
Big Boi's Speakerboxxx is a hop, skip, and a jump from the latter's funky synth workouts, machine-gun drum patterns, ball-breaking bass, and rat-a-ta-tat rhyming.
But Speakerboxxx doesn't quite achieve the transcendence of Stankonia -- the hooks aren't there, and neither is their earlier albums' sense of risk and possibility.
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 BBC - Urban Review - Outkast, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Of the two Speakerboxxx is most clearly the offspring of 2000's masterpiece, Stankonia.
Since this is not the case, Speakerboxxx drags The Love Below down (pardon the pun).
Speakerboxxx is cool too, but I havent actually listened to it properly.
www.bbc.co.uk /music/urban/reviews/outkast_speakerboxxx.shtml   (3830 words)

  
 Up & Coming Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below is what happens when artistic growth remains unhindered by fears of commercial success.
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below is probably Outkast's greatest creation - better even than Aquemini - and perhaps, artistically, the greatest hip hop album of all time.
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below is a vibrant masterpiece that won't be duplicated or easily surpassed any time soon.
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 :: MVRemix: Album Reviews - Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below ::
Instead of selling two separate solo albums, Outkast has returned with a double album where one CD is basically a solo LP from Big Boi (“Speakerboxxx”) and the other is a solo LP from Andre 3000 (“The Love Below”).
While “Speakerboxxx” is more of a typical Southern hip-hop album, Big Boi’s maturity is evident.
Big Boi’s “Speakerboxxx” is also entertaining but does not have the innovative quality of the past Outkast releases.
www.mvremix.com /urban/reviews/2003/outkastspeaker.shtml   (2184 words)

  
 OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
What Big Boi’s Speakerboxxx lacks in shock value is made up for with exceptional craftsmanship.
The Isaac Hayes guitar and Kool & The Gang horns of “The Rooster” beautifully bridge the gap between hardcore rap and solid gold soul; “War” criticizes the 2000 presidential election over a throwback break; “Bowtie” is likely the funkiest track of OutKast’s career.
Speakerboxxx is the innovative hip-hop smorgasbord listeners have come to expect, and it’s the perfect counterweight to Dre’s zany brilliance.
www.angelfire.com /music5/sweeney/outkast.html   (350 words)

  
 User Comments for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast
Speakerboxxx is a classic Outkast album in style, while The Love Below is a 360 Degree turn.
Speakerboxxx is the more similar to an older Outkast album but its not nearly as good and not only becuase of Dre's absence.
Anyways, back to Speakerboxxx, i also think it was too short as a whole album, due to little skits in between songs and that annoying "speakerboxxx" techno sounding whatever-it-was thing.
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 Outkast - Stankonia, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Review
Speakerboxxx kicks in right away with an past Outkast styled intro.
Speakerboxxx sticks to a little more tried and true form.
In the end, Speakerboxxx reigns supreme but I would have to say that I think this collection could have easily been a single album.
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 Outkast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below | Album Review @ Music-Critic.com : the source for music reviews, interviews, ...
The Love Below, André 3000's disc, is the big offender on this score; it worships the P.Funk and the Prince funk and the indie rock and the drum'n'bass and the Broadway ballad, no two tracks sound anywhere like each other in the least.
The other disc, Big Boi's Speakerboxxx, runs more than 20 minutes shorter, but manages to essay straight-up hip-hop, smooth soul with rapping, rock with rapping, gospel with rapping, songs with horns and strings and hella guest appearances, wild, out of control, messy like a two-year-old.
Speakerboxxx is by far the most consistent of the two.
www.music-critic.com /urban/outkast_speakerboxxxlovebelow.htm   (797 words)

  
 OutKast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Big Boi's Speakerboxxx is largely a funk and Dirty South blended party record; André 3000's The Love Below features only brief instances of hip hop, presenting instead elements found in funk, RandB, and pop music.
The final singles were André 3000's "Prototype", which was paired with a science fiction-themed video about alien visitors, and Speakerboxxx's "Ghetto Musick," which featured both members of OutKast and a sample from a Patti LaBelle song.
It featured sparring 1950s-style gangs, one representing Speakerboxxx, and one representing The Love Below, parodying the widespread arguing among critics and fans as to which half of the album was better.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/OutKast   (2404 words)

  
 Music: Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below [varsity.co.nz]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Antwan "Big Boi" Patton wears the crown on Speakerboxxx while Andre "3000" Benjamin adorns the cover of The Love Below, dressed as the modern cupid who uses a gun because arrows are ineffectual these days, as he points out on Happy Valentine's Day.
It's been mooted by the duo that Speakerboxxx is for getting hyped in your car while The Love Below is for chilling out in the bedroom.
For the price of one album you get a wonderful hip-hop explosion in Speakerboxxx and a flawed excursion into funky loverman land in The Love Below.
www.varsity.co.nz /music/articles.asp?id=3692   (1300 words)

  
 Outkast - Speakerboxxx - Andre 3000 - Last.fm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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 CD Reviews: Review of Speakerboxxx-The Love Below by Outkast
But overall, I thought their latest release was inconsistent and, on several levels, disappointing.
My main problem with this two-disc set (Speakerboxxx is Big Boi’s contribution; The Love Below represents Andre 3000’s) is that many of the cuts start on one groove then, after you’re hooked on that initial groove, they do an about-face and go in a completely different direction.
This release only certifies my belief that all you need is a couple great tracks to make any CD successful.
www.bullz-eye.com /cdreviews/tolliver/Outkast-speakerboxxx_the_love_below.htm   (441 words)

  
 OutKast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003): Reviews
This Grammy-winning follow-up to their smash 2000 hit 'Stankonia' is an OutKast album in name only, as it is structured in the form of two solo discs: one each for Big Boi (Speakerboxxx) and Andre 3000 (The Love Below).
Big Boi's Speakerboxxx coolly upstages its counterpart: though it, too, provides the world with one earthshaking single, it differs from The Love Below in that it also manages to maintain consistent brilliance and emotional complexity throughout.
[Speakerboxxx:] A worthy addition to the impressive OutKast catalogue....
www.metacritic.com /music/artists/outkast/speakerboxxxthelovebelow   (757 words)

  
 Hear/Say: America's College Music Magazine - Reviews - Eels: Shootenanny   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
He even comes close to playing straight up rock 'n' roll on "Hey Ya." Some of the more sensitive songs smack of RandB cliches, but the production and eclectic arrangements make the disc hold up.
Speakerboxxx is a far more frenetic affair, yet doesn't suffer for it.
Speakerboxxx is likely to yield the singles even though
www.hearsay.cc /reviews/albums/07-03-10-03/Outkast.html   (292 words)

  
 IGN: Speakerboxxx Review
The album begins with radio ga-ga, static and dial turning glitches that fade into female voices that chant "Speakerboxxx" (you will hear from these ladies time and time again throughout the album) while fast break rhythms cascade underneath.
Then the "speakerboxxx" females return, ending the album with the words that sucked us into the mix in the first place.
It could have been much tighter had he excised all the interludes and pulled in the reigns on the use of the female "Speakerboxxx" drops that frequent the empty spaces between tracks.
music.ign.com /articles/458/458445p1.html   (1341 words)

  
 eBay - speakerboxxx cd, Speakerboxxx The Love Below PA, CDs items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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 Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Review - sputnikmusic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Andre is less generous with his guest appearances, but listening to him with Norah Jones on Take of Your Cool is beautiful.
I think the highs in The Love Below outshine those in the aforementioned, but I think Speakerboxxx is more consistently good from song to song.
Seriously, they are the only hip hop group (in the mainstream) that aren't disposable.
www.sputnikmusic.com /review_1417   (1414 words)

  
 The Scribe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The new release picks up where "Stankonia" left off, with the duo writing rhymes and composing soulful grooves that get listeners thinkin' and booty-shakin' at the same time.
What makes "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" different from previous Outkast releases though, is that it's actually broken into 2 different discs, one featuring Big Boi ("Speakerboxxx") and the other featuring Andre 3000 ("The Love Below"), hence the large number of new tracks.
Although "Speakerboxxx" seems more vocals-driven, there's also some heavy jazz and funk influence, making each track filled to the rim with sound.
www.uccs.edu /~scribe/archived/October22/entertainment1.php   (466 words)

  
 Virginmega.com - REVIEWS - Album Of The Week - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
On both counts, the guys have manufactured what is sure to be essential for frat parties across America for years to come.
Big Boi's Speakerboxxx is full of super-fine rhymes.
His craft is his word and he knows who's going to compliment it best which is why such playas as Ludacris ("Tomb Of Boom") and Jay-Z ("Flip-flop Rock) season his tracks just right.
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 OutKast: Speakerboxxx / The Love Below [2003] Shaking Through.net: Music: Review
OutKast: Speakerboxxx / The Love Below [2003] Shaking Through.net: Music: Review
Big Boi certainly doesn't lack the skills or confidence to go it solo, but one can't overlook the talented heavyweights bolstering his rapid, rough-hewn rhymes.
Contact us at shaking@shakingthrough.net if you wish to use any of the material published here.
www.shakingthrough.net /music/reviews/2003/outkast_speakerboxxx_the_love_below_2003.html   (988 words)

  
 Blogcritics.org: Outkast- Speakerboxxx/The Love Below?
On what is traditionally the cd cover you have a picture of Big Boi sitting in a woven chair with peacock feathers.
An example would be Ghettomusik one of my favorite Speakerboxxx tracks.
I love the end of the song where they really put you in the southern mood to 'praise the Lord'.
blogcritics.org /archives/2003/10/02/183357.php   (2059 words)

  
 Paste Magazine :: Review :: Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below :: Arista (Page 1)
That addressed, Big Boi’s Speakerboxxx keeps pushing ahead, but at a pace similar to the group’s first few albums.
The overall sound is funky, soulful hip-hop with a serious edge.
If Speakerboxxx is a logical progression in the Outkast evolution, Dré’s The Love Below is an alien asteroid crashlanding unannounced into your stereo.
www.pastemagazine.com /action/article?article_id=317   (841 words)

  
 Paly Voice: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below climbs charts with new sound   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Another unique and appealing song on The Love Below is "A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre," which combines a quick turntable beat with a jazzy accompanying trumpet in the background.
The first disc, Speakerboxxx led by Big Boi, is dominated more by upbeat and powerful beats than the other disc.
It features a lot of electro-beats with a sightly retro and funky feel.
voice.paly.net /view_story.php?id=1118   (697 words)

  
 Speakerboxxx vs. The Love Below
I prefer Andre 3000's The Love Below, because I think the songs are more original than Bigboi's Speakerboxxx.
However, that's not to say that Speakerboxxx doesn't have great stuff on it.
I haven't heard the full albums, but I get the sense that Andre 3000's is better.
www.musicbanter.com /showthread.php?t=16   (74 words)

  
 eBay Canada - Speakerboxxx The Love Below PA Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
I think the greatest failing of this effort -- and it's a minor "greatest" -- is that it sits exactly at the cross-streets of hip hop and rap.
One on kitty-corner, you've got Andre Benjamin's THE LOVE BELOW, and on the other it's Antwan Patterson's SPEAKERBOXXX.
I'm not going to get into the semantics of hip hop's definition except to say 'BOXXX is a more logical extension of the path of Outkast whereas 'BELOW is entirely something else -- oddly, I feel 'BELOW is deeper entrenched in hip hop while 'BOXXX is less so.
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 Rolling Stone : OutKast Film "Speakerboxxx"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The HBO movie will begin filming in May and star Big Boi and Andre 3000.
There's a girl named Caroline that's from the Roses clique of people, and then there's the Speakerboxxx gang and the Love Below gang.
Basically what happens is a love triangle when Caroline from the Roses clique dates both Dre and Big Boi, and the two find out about each other and fight over her."
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5937221/outkast_film_speakerboxxx   (342 words)

  
 Bubba Sparxxx "Deliverence" vs Big Boi "Speakerboxxx" - SOHH.com Global Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Bubba Sparxxx "Deliverence" vs Big Boi "Speakerboxxx" - SOHH.com Global Forum
Both were excellent albums by two dirty south emcees..both had nice production..so its time for them to go face to face..which were you feeling more off lyrics,production,replay value etc.
Speakerboxxx, but Deliverence is already the most slept on mainstream album this year, **** is top 5 release of the year, great album
forums.sohh.com /showthread.php?t=402305   (625 words)

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