OutKast wore their musical connections easily, and sometimes literally. The references to 70s funk and soul weren't just in the deep, colour-saturated funk underpinning the whole album... It's also a very musical album. Sure, there are samples, but it's mostly real musicians playing guitars and horns, or in the case of the charmingly named South Central Chamber Orchestra, strings and woodwind. SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT’S CERTIFIED TO RELEASE OUTKAST’S AQUEMINI 25 TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION& SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW 20 TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON LIMITED VINYL Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, released on September 23rd, 2003, also included historic singles. Both “Hey Ya!” and “The Way You Move” captured #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the album itself debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. It received a rare Diamond-certification from the RIAA and took home “Album of the Year, ” “Best Rap Album, ” and “Best Urban/Alternative Performance” for “Hey Ya!” at the GRAMMY® Awards. Oh well. Any group that can present a strong as "West Savannah" and have it only be the fourth or fifth-best song on its parent album rules as far as I'm concerned, and this is a high point in the artistically barren world of late '90s hip-hop. a b Green, Tony (December 1998). "OutKast: Aquemini". Spin. 14 (12): 178 . Retrieved September 13, 2013.

Aquemini is the third studio album by American hip hop duo OutKast, released on September 29, 1998 through LaFace Records. T Skew it on the Bar-B ( Not a big fan of this one, but it's still a good song, big boi saves the song imo, the raekwon verse didn't fit at least imo) After the release of ATLiens, André 3000 entered a relationship with neo soul singer Erykah Badu, who was part of a burgeoning movement in the urban music scene described as "more bohemian than ghetto". [9] André 3000 adopted a more flamboyant style of dress during performances in promotion of ATLiens that included large glasses, blond wigs, and marching band uniforms. Badu gave birth to his first child in November 1997, which presented new artistic inspiration for the rapper. [9] Recording [ edit ] Producer Neal H. Pogue compared the recording of Aquemini, with its wide variety of live musicians, to that of 1960s Motown Records ( former headquarters pictured).Smith, Troy L. (April 21, 2020). "100 greatest hip hop albums of the 1990s". Cleveland.com . Retrieved August 21, 2021. In 1994, Outkast released their debut album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, which was recorded when members Big Boi and André 3000 were 18. Bolstered by the success of " Player's Ball", the record established Outkast as prominent figures in the Southern hip hop scene. [2] After the album was certified platinum, LaFace Records gave Outkast more creative control and advanced money for their 1996 follow-up album ATLiens. [3] On ATLiens, André 3000 and Big Boi abandoned the "hard-partying playa characters" of their debut album in favor of personas that were more futuristic, and produced many of the songs on their own for the first time. [4] [5] Critics praised the group's maturing musical style on the record, which debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and sold nearly 350,000 copies in its first 2 weeks of release. [6] [7] The single " Elevators (Me & You)" reached number 12 and spent 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [8]

Wang, Oliver (2003). Classic Material: The Hip-Hop Album Guide. ECW Press. p.134. ISBN 1550225618 . Retrieved April 16, 2016. Released as the follow-up to the duo's 1996 album AT Liens, Aquemini expands on the previous record's outer space-inspired compositions by incorporating live instrumentation. Founded in 2010 Get On Down has reissued classic Hip-Hop albums spanning the 80s, 90s and 2000s on vinyl, CD, cassette, 7-inch, and as deluxe box sets and limited edition bundles celebrating landmark releases. Get On Down continues to support Hip-Hop culture by releasing and distributing albums by independent Hip-Hop artists and producers from the East Coast to the West Coast and Down South. More recently Get On Down has added funk, soul, and jazz albums that were integral to the foundations of Hip-Hop. Visit www.getondown.com and follow on IG @shopgetondown to get new Hip-Hop releases and limited edition reissues. Powell, Mike. "Atlanta to Atlantis: An OutKast Retrospective". Pitchfork . Retrieved 25 January 2022.Art of Storytelling PT II ( The first 45 seconds will blow your mind, the best verse in the history of Kast, and big boi holds his own) Lastly, Outkast released an HD version of their music video for “Rosa Parks” today (watch HERE) and last week, “The Way You Move” received the HD treatment as well (watch HERE). Offiziellecharts.de – OutKast – Aquemini" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 23, 2020. The clean version of the album has all of the skits in between the songs removed. The interlude "Nathaniel" was omitted, as was the fifth verse of "Liberation".