4/23/2021 0 Comments Outkast Aquemini 320 Rar
Witchdoctors statement.in the oven I got your favorite, Stouffers lasagnaThats how much I want ya is pretty funny, though, since its oddly specific and all. 12. SPOTTIEOTTIEDOPALISCIOUS (FEAT SLEEPY BROWN) Certainly not what you would expect to hear on a hip hop record, but this is Outkast were talking about here.This wonderfully historic day was met with five high-profile rap albums seeing daylight for the first time: A Tribe Called Quests The Love Movement, the crews final album; Brand Nubians Foundation, the crews reunion disc; Mos Def Talib Kweli Are Black Star, the underground pairing of the year; Jay-Zs Vol.Hard Knock Life; and Outkasts Aquemini, Big Boi and Andre 3000s third album.I recall vividly driving over to Best Buy after class to pick up as many discs as I could afford, since back then I apparently had money to burn (thanks, American economy).
However, I only ended up getting four of the five aforementioned discs, for reasons that I still cannot quite understand to this day. The Tribe album was a no-brainer, as they are my second favorite rap group of all time (right behind the Wu-Tang Clan) and I had been assigned to write a review of The Love Movement for the college newspaper for that weeks issue (and, even though I tend to be incredibly conceited most of the time, even I have to admit that the final review was pretty shitty: the writing has truly improved over time). Given this bloggers obvious affection for the Shawn Carter catalog, obviously I had to pick up the Jay-Z disc as well. I think I snatched up the Black Star album because I kind of liked Definition, and would later be blown away by the brilliance that was Respiration, and somehow the Brand Nubian disc found its way into my hands because DJ Premier produced the leadoff track. Also, Dont Let It Go To Your Head was a favorite of mine around this time, although I couldnt tell you what that song sounds like today for the life of me.) Yes, my two readers, thats right: I somehow rationalized not buying Aquemini the day it dropped, and Im still pissed at myself. You can rest assured that I corrected that problem the following week. Aquemini, whose title is (as you may have guessed) a combination of the astrological signs Aquarius and Gemini, was the first album in a long while to receive the fabled five mic rating in The Source, which, back then, meant that the album was pretty fucking close to perfect. The liner notes abandoned the comic book concept introduced on ATLiens (thankfully), opting to keep things simple by ( gasp ) printing the song lyrics instead. Other than the fact that Andre resembles a skinnier Kool Keith on the first page of the booklet, with a goofy wig and all, this move was very highly appreciated. Aquemini went on to sell seventy bajillion copies, and it raked in critical acclaim by the boatload. Fans were quick to revel in the brilliance of the album, a clear antidote to the radio-friendly pap that was coming out of New York at the time, even though Outkasts first single Rosa Parks dominated urban radio in its own right. Aquemini was the rare hip hop album that combined rap musics swagger with spoken word, RB, social commentary, and uniquely abstract musical styles in enlightened coherence. ![]() ![]() RETURN OF THE G This song would have been better utilized as the intro to Aquemini, with its slow-grinding, Giorgio Moroder-sampling beat helping to ease your way back into the world of Andre and Big Boi. ROSA PARKS Wow, I havent heard this song in years. Even with the bizarre inspiration for the songs title and hook, this track still bounces along nicely. The harmonica breakdown is something I completely forgot about, and it fits like a glove. ![]() Also, Big Boi and Andre usually complement each other on Outkast tracks, but on here, Dre inadvertently destroys Big Boi over a beat that hes clearly more accustomed to. SKEW IT ON THE BAR-B (FEAT RAEKWON) The theme to Police Woman sets the tune for a terrific-but-still-kind-of-weird collaboration between Outkast and Raekwon the Chef, with a final product that is to this day lovingly referred to in my household as the kangaroo song. The video is awfully plain, though. AQUEMINI Very reminiscent of something that would have appeared on the second half of ATLiens.or, at least, it was, until the beat slightly switches up midway through the song. Although the hook is a bit too wordy for its own good, the listening experience is pleasant enough. SYNTHESIZER (FEAT GEORGE CLINTON) This is actually the first time I have heard this track in its entirety since I first bought Aquemini, and I gotta say, I have to agree with my former self, as this song kind of blows. SLUMP (FEAT BACKBONE COOL BREEZE) Andre 3000 doesnt even appear on this track, and if I had to choose between an Outkast song and a Big Boi solo track featuring two of his random weed carriers, Outkast would win the day every. Single. Time. 8. WEST SAVANNAH According to the outro of Slump, Big Boi wrote this song around the time Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik was recorded, and if thats the case, it could have made an already good album even better. Dre doesnt bother to appear on this song, either. DA ART OF STORYTELLIN (PART 1) A great song, even though the stories Big Boi and Dre (yes, he somehow found his way back from the restroom) tell are really fucking depressing. Mr. DJs beat is undeniably entertaining, as well. DA ART OF STORYTELLIN (PART 2) And as good as Part One is, Part 2 is even better, with a much darker tone to accompany the tales. This song fucking rocks, and the vocal distortion effects on Andres voice actually work. MAMACITA (FEAT MASADA WITCHDOCTOR) A pretty ridiculous misstep by Outkast. The beat is slow-driven and all of the rhymes are technically proficient, but the quote-unquote hook makes me want to strangle somebody out of general principle. Witchdoctors statement.in the oven I got your favorite, Stouffers lasagnaThats how much I want ya is pretty funny, though, since its oddly specific and all. SPOTTIEOTTIEDOPALISCIOUS (FEAT SLEEPY BROWN) Certainly not what you would expect to hear on a hip hop record, but this is Outkast were talking about here.
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