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Generally favorable reviews- based on 94 Ratings
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Positive: 74 out of 94
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Mixed: 15 out of 94
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Negative: 5 out of 94
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May 8, 2016
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May 2, 20157/10 .................................................................................................................................................
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Jan 1, 2012This album is classy and i thought i was going to enjoy it. But i barely did. Even though it had class. It just made me miss the Outkast from "ATLiens", "Aquemini", "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik", & Stankonia, Dont get me wrong i did like "Speakerboxx/The Love below but not as much as the other classics
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Nov 21, 2010After the sheer brilliance of Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, this album was a colossal disappointment. Aside from the soulful hooks provided on the song 'Morris Brown', this album is largely forgettable.
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RyanssJul 26, 2007
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MattyWNov 18, 2006this album is class. highly original. My fave tracks are: the train, peaches, N2U, Bugg Face. My favourite track of all though is "call the law" as it is so different to everything.
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KmanSOct 21, 2006By far the worst hip hop album ive heard this year. Extremly disappointed. There is nothing much more to say.
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THawkOct 17, 2006This album to me is more than music, its a leeson on life yet a lesson in music history which Hip - Hop is the end product. I'd rather listen to "Makes No sense at All " than listen to all that crap they play on the RADIO !!! Hearin the same weak azz music 20 times a day, now that makes no sense at all !!!
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haywoodjiblomieyOct 16, 2006People who dont like this album have no ears. If they dont enjoy the sweet, sweet songs that this group has produced, that just means their minds arent developed enough to fully appreciate the smooth sounds of Idlewild.
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joshsOct 16, 2006This album is the best thing outkast has produced thus far. It shows a side to 3000 and big boi that puts them in a much more mature light. I love every track on the lp.
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Mars88Oct 1, 2006Hip hop is dead, and if anythjing, these guys are bringing it back, and making it alot more original than anyone else in hip hop (besides danger mouse)! keep going guys!
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aL.ckSep 29, 2006I realised i need to say something: the critics are expecting too much from outkast because their previous materials have been classic.Well i think this album is really good...
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DanielSSep 28, 2006Outkast is all about "breaking the mold" well, they smashed it with this record. Not thier best album but it is completely different and very enjoyable. You have to give it more than one listen though to truly enjoy.
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ChrisWSep 23, 2006Outkast is just adding to the demise of Hip-Hop. Please somebody... make Hip-Hop return!!!!!
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MiguelSSep 8, 2006Sorry, y'all, but this album is a major disappointment. Anyone who thinks "Mighty O" is a good soul/pop song needs to RUN out and buy some Motown. See what you're missing!
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[Anonymous]Sep 4, 2006What this is not that good. There 5 other albums are all at least 8.5's and this one is a 6. A average album that had a lot of misshaps
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MihaiPSep 2, 2006Man, people just don't seem to get it. I love every single Kast album to date, and I gave up on trying to compare them. Just accept the fact that they're ahead of the game, and keep an open mind. Billboard, Rolling Stone, and obviously some of these individual reviews are written by people lacking soul.
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CBSep 2, 2006blah
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ChadMSep 1, 2006There is nothing new or inventive on this album, there sound seems to be getting old, while at the same time, straying from what made them who they are. I know they are expiramental and trying to do something special but they just seem to miss the boat with this one.
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GHAug 31, 2006
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AndyAug 31, 2006What is wrong with these early reviews. This is such a good album. Ive only listened to it 3 times and its fucking great. Every tune is so catchy and ,as usual, the beats are sublime. Totaly agree with richard j. us brits have got sense m8
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TyeN.Aug 31, 2006
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jaysAug 31, 2006this is the first time that i've been truly let down by an outkast album. more 'graffiti bridge' than 'purple rain'. the roots' 'game theory' is VASTLY superior
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TwanAAug 29, 2006nobody else can do it like them.
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richardjAug 29, 2006
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MichaelCAug 29, 2006
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GaborAAug 28, 2006
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JosephAAug 28, 2006It took a minute for me to feel it, but it kept drawing me back and it grows on you. I love it now, plus after seeing the movie (which the album isnt really the soundtrack to) it seems more cohesive, where as before it seemed a little directionless. Movie and album recommended.
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NeilGAug 28, 2006Another indulgent outing badly in need of some strict editing. Andre 3000s contribution is inferior to Big Boi's (just like the last record !) but the media hype is in full flow and won't acknowledge this fact. This record feels like an endurance test and as such is entirely unsatisfying. Buy the Rhymefest record instead it is vastly superior or anything by Blackalicious !
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asfasasfasfAug 25, 2006not as good as the other albums but is too low and needs to be higher.
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TomasK.Aug 25, 2006Outkast sucks
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Atlien10Aug 24, 2006
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AfromanAug 24, 2006Greating album
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SpongeeeAug 23, 2006OutKast just keeps pushing the limit...this isnt even a rap, its a rag time, soul, blues fest that happens to feature rapping. From the first album, none have been similar, and this follows suit. I only wish Dre and Big were on more song together, but even then, you can tell that this is an OutKast album...they need each other.
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RobSAug 23, 2006
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beasteeAug 23, 2006This review is simple. Idlewild is a solid album. Put it on your iPod, delete the pointless filler interludes, and you have a ragtime rap hybrid that has moments of greatness.
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nateAug 22, 2006this album is a breath of fresh air into a comatose rap game.
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SamAug 21, 2006What is wrong with these early reviewers? OutKast have set such a high limit that when they come out with a solid album, it's considered to be worse than Christina Aguilera??? Ignore what's been written, pick up the album and enjoy.
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MLatilleonAug 21, 2006It's funky. Big Boi carries the load, but Idlewild has its moments. Andre 3000 needs to stick mainly to rapping and producing, but he's gotta do what he's gotta do. "Morris Brown," "PJ and Rooster," and "Hollywood Divorce" stack up with the best songs from Outkast.
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JasonAug 21, 2006
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FatherNathanielNAug 21, 2006Wonderfully Weird.
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ErikAug 18, 2006Aaron, FYI: This is Outkast's 6th album, not their 4th.
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RobAug 17, 2006
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MahjeedMAug 17, 2006
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AaronAug 15, 2006All over the place, not nearly as good as the first three albums . . . and altogether great. Don't be scared off by the diversity of the album, you'll like it . . . soon enough.
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Awards & Rankings
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Rolling StoneTheir weirdest music yet. [24 Aug 2006, p.89]
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Ambitious but flawed, at turns stunning, maddening and confusing, Idlewild is a curate's egg - but the good parts are implausibly delicious.
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OutKast have stretched rap's boundaries to the breaking point before, but this time their experiments come across as gimmicky or strained.