Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is a double album by American hip hop duo OutKast, released September 23, 2003 on LaFace Records. Clocking at over two hours and a quarter, it includes a solo album from both of the group's members. Speakerboxxx has Big Boi performing tracks more representative of the older OutKast style, while The Love Below, the solo project of André 3000, is performed in a more innovative style, covering genres as diverse as funk, s...
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is a double album by American hip hop duo OutKast, released September 23, 2003 on LaFace Records. Clocking at over two hours and a quarter, it includes a solo album from both of the group's members. Speakerboxxx has Big Boi performing tracks more representative of the older OutKast style, while The Love Below, the solo project of André 3000, is performed in a more innovative style, covering genres as diverse as funk, soul, jazz, and pop music.
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below received widespread acclaim from music critics, based on an aggregate score of 91/100 from Metacritic. The album was supported with the Billboard Hot 100 #1 hits "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move". As part of its success, it won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making it only the second rap album to ever win the award after The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in 1999.
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below represented a departure on Outkast previous work. First of all, the album worked as two albums...
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