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I would have much rather taken more songs than adding unnecessary interludes. The consensus in rock circles had unfairly anticipated that The Love Below would reign supreme over Big Bois Speakerboxxx, since Andre was the one with the guitar in the fuzzy boots. The 4-1 rebound marks the third separate. Metacritic Music Reviews, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by Outkast, This Grammy-winning follow-up to their smash 2000 hit 'Stankonia' is an OutKast album in name only, as it is structured in the form. It almost felt like overkill, just to have a full tracklist, because in reality, there's about 13 actual songs, with 5 to 6 interludes. OutKasts double-disc 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below' (Arista) returns to the pinnacle of The Billboard 200 reflecting in the final full sales week of 2003. Another gripe I have with this album, and it is minimal, is the amount of skits and interlude before each song. All three MCs do their thing here, but I admit the song doesn't really do much for me. A lot of people love the song "Flip Flop Rock", as Killer Mike and Jay-Z make appearances and while the song is quite enjoyable, it falls into the territory of being dope but forgettable, even with a Jigga verse. It's a great showcase of skill on this song.Īndre makes an appearance on the booming track "Knowing," and manages to take it up a notch with a cool hook, while Big drops gems and knowledge on conditions of the world, and more specifically, our neighborhoods and the people in them. Big manages to do his thing and goes toe to toe lyrically with Luda here, as the two seemingly compete for the shine and best verse on the song. He managed to recover quickly with the posse cut "Tomb of The Boom", which features Ludacris in his prime dropping a solid feature verse, while Big Gipp and Konkrete come with solid and aggressive verses as well. While I respect Big and his lyricism on each of these songs, they missed the mark for me personally, though "Church" is at times an enjoyable listen, the production on these three tracks bring them down a notch. Admittedly, the period where we arrive to the songs "Bust," "War," and "Church" is my least favorite part of the album.