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Summary: Audio COCAINE!!!!
Comment: This is one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. PERIOD. Beats are SICK. Flows are SICKER. I often find myself replaying the same tracks over and over for hours. The album embodies hip hop as an art form, every track is excellent.
Case in point: This is the ONLY album I have bumped in my car for over 8 months now. I'm literally addicted. If you consider yourself a fan of hip hop and rap music, it is imperative that you memorize this album. Buy it, download it, borrow it, whatever; JUST GET IT.
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Summary: Good but not as good as other OutKast discs
Comment: A bit more of a stereotypical rap album than the group's later work, which is probably why I didn't like it much the first time I heard it. I'm not a fan of stereotypical G-Funk, see, and that's all I heard in it the first time through. God, was I wrong. It's deeper than that, even though it's not fully immersed in the "alternative" thing yet. So even the more "playa-business" oriented tracks - "Ain't No Thang," "Myintrotoletuknow," "Call of Da Wild," "Claimin' True," "Crumblin' Erb," "D.E.E.P." - has OutKast's trademark dark, quirky, layered production. And the classic songs kick as much butt as the best of OutKast's later albums do. The title track is a condensed Isaac Hayes epic with hip-hop beats; breakthrough hit "Player's Ball" has a great rolling beat, charismatic rapping, and a brilliant falsetto chorus; "Funky Ride" is laid-back and has a gorgeous psychedelic guitar solo; the lengthy "Get Up, Get Out" is a bit preachy but has a solid chorus and fantastic guitar parts; other than its annoying intro, "Hootie Hoo" is dark and creepy, with more sweet beats. So the only real problem I have with this, other than its less creative nature than future albums (which makes sense, because it was a debut) and the skits (which are dumb), is the general "sameyness" of the whole thing. Outside of the five tracks I mentioned as classics, everything on this album sounds the same. Now, I like the sound it's got going for it, so it's not too bad, but a bit of diversity would've been appreciated. It makes the album exhausting. Oh well, still great, though not as great as the next three.
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Summary: Classic for old school hip hop
Comment: If you didn't grow up with this, and don't already know the words, your either from siberia, into david hasselhoff, or a virgin. but seriously, don't hassle the hoff. with that said, growing up in L.A., this is a must have.
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Summary: Classic Album
Comment: In a time when G-Funk saturated the radio, Outkast first dropped their classic, southern fried twist with this breakthrough album. The production is dripping with 808 funk and stretched out, Cadillac Wah-Guitar riffs. The only album I feel rivals ATliens for best Outkast effort, and that's saying something.
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Summary: Old school
Comment: Great Old school. With the garbage that is coming out in the Hip-Hop world these days, this is a great throw back with outkast
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