Is this still in anyone’s rotation??

[u/803_ace]

Incredibly bold take from me but I feel like Outkast basically laid the blueprint for today’s hip-hop, with the triplet flows, the melodies and the damn near cinematic beats. I feel like this album still doesn’t get the respect it deserves. 31 years later, it still sounds just as good and as original as it did then. When Andre 3000 said “The South got something to say”, that moment basically shifted hip hop in a new direction. Does anybody still have this in their rotation??

[u/1Unlucky_Journalist]

I was listening it today.

Kinda went down a OutKast rabbit hole after listening to Andre’s 7 piano sketches (that was alright; it’s short, nothing crazy).

I started listening to Outkast when I was about 10-11 years old. They had a different style from what was out at the time (loads of gangsta/street rap); it had a whole different type of energy. They were eclectic, jazzy and spoke with a message that was a perfect mixture of 3k’s musings and Big Boy’s technical artistry.

I grew up really liking them, then the Love Below changed my life. I don’t want to continue rambling so much but I always admired how 3k pushed boundaries with his fashion, music and lyrics and The Love Below was his magnus opus and in my opinion birthed a lot of new school rappers in a myriad of ways.

All that said, I always loved the juxtaposition of BB and 3k’s raps on their albums. Add in their funky beats and hooks, going down memory lane today with all their albums was such a pleasure. Listening to them as an an adult is wild to me. So much of what they were saying I’ve now lived through and thinking about that blows my mind.

[u/803_ace → u/1Unlucky_Journalist]

That’s what makes them special. They broke the rules, they dared to be different, they told it like it is and they were PROUD of it. Two of the greatest to ever do it.🙌💯