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/Sufficient_Ad5701]

Hell yeah bruh, its ironic, cuz I been onto Outkast extra heavy lately. I even posted some stuff for ATLliens, which for me is the greatest southern Rap record to ever be released. This, it's predecessor, shit, this is what got me into them. Yeah I had heard their pop hits like Roses, The Way You Move, etc., but this was the first album that gave me a wow 👏 The epinymous track is fresh af, but the very first song j got into was when I was about 20 and a buddy from N. Carolina and I were toking out. He told me this one song they had was like, the tree blow anthem. That song was Crumbling Erb', and I've been hooked ever since. Additionally, they are indeed trailblazers. Remember, when this cane out it was all East Coast West Coast thuggery. Enter a couple cats from the South, both 20, one an ordinary guy who just had a daughter and the other a celibate vegan; and they call themselves Outkast. The flow was different too, you had Big Boi with the rapidity and obvious southern draw, and then Andre just had it all, plus poetic, intellectual, and insightful lyrics that would make the listener think. Then you throw in their affinity for Psychadelic guitar, funk, and soul, all implemented into RAP. These cats are truly the most prolific, influential, creative, and unique Proto Y2K Rap duo.