From the trenches of Atlanta, Georgia came two intrinsic individuals with contrasting personalities but a common capacity to grant us a world with their musical ingenuity: André 3000 and Big Boi—together as a duo known as OutKast. It’s official this rap duo is one of the greatest to appear in the world of music and have made enormous strides in proving their rightful place amongst others at the top. The album that they are most well known for would be Speakerboxx/The Love Below album because it gathered Grammy awards and broke records that hadn’t been done since Hill’s Miseducation. But this is merely a statistic, I want to expose as many layers as I possibly can, without over analyzing and ruining the simple joy of just witnessing their mutual amazingness. {click the link}
First we must distinguish in their many albums (in my opinion are just as worthy of a lengthy conversation) these two share together a common bond to appease an audience. They are such polar opposites, and yet are similarly inspired to give us the truth on life how they see it. Big Boi: your “typical” homie, big man equals big spirit…in his case it would be all in his swag {for lack of better terms}. From his pimped-out persona to his smooth wording of the harsh world, you have no other choice but to be intrigued. And if you’re easily impressed by something abnormal—then André’s your man. Entirely strange, but completely sure of himself, he makes perfect sense as the antithesis to Big Boi. Though André still manages to remind you he’s a man of his own accord and nothing less.
Now it’s been a long 7 years since that bomb album dropped, but I still hear every beat and every lyrical mind-twister as if I were 15 and bumpin it in my brand new nano iPod all over again. As much as I love them both individually, I have to say that André killed it that year. He proved that rap and hip-hop could be so much more by openly merging them with jazz and futuristic embellishments. Not to discredit Big Boi, who definitely still had some bangers—together that album was double the pleasure. Sure! releasing a double disc album had been done before, but who ever conjured the idea the way they did? [To quickly side-track: think long and hard about their illustrious careers. HOW? I ask you, how did they imagine the plot that is Idlewild?! I mean that film was wonderful. Did anyone realize that it came strictly from the premise of Speakerboxx/The Love Below combination? Go back and relive the film, listen carefully to the song choices and the soundtrack and understand that that entire project was meticulously thought out and carried through TWO different vessels: 1) a double-disk album with 2 separate artists and 2) a friggin hip-hop musical movie! They told the story of love and romance and the struggles of the hustle in a time that doesn’t exist anymore, but still has plenty of remnants. Hooooowww?]. As I was saying, in which I hope I’m saying anything at all and not rambling, but once again I want to show the level of outstanding ability that dwells in today’s music and genres. This duo is a prime example of wonder and skill, and we’re allowed only so much through them because the manipulation of the industry. These two men deserve the prestige of fame, but thankfully are humble enough to not be tampered by the weight of celebrity. Simply genius.
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