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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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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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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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ChrisWSep 23, 2006Outkast is just adding to the demise of Hip-Hop. Please somebody... make Hip-Hop return!!!!!
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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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TomasK.Aug 25, 2006Outkast sucks
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RyanssJul 26, 2007
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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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MahjeedMAug 17, 2006
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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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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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RobAug 17, 2006
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nateAug 22, 2006this album is a breath of fresh air into a comatose rap game.
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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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TwanAAug 29, 2006nobody else can do it like them.
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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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CBSep 2, 2006blah
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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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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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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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ErikAug 18, 2006Aaron, FYI: This is Outkast's 6th album, not their 4th.
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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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AfromanAug 24, 2006Greating album
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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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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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GaborAAug 28, 2006
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MichaelCAug 29, 2006
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richardjAug 29, 2006
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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.