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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - Outkast
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91 out of 100

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9.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 217 Ratings

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  • Summary: 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 of two solo discs: one each for Big Boi (Speakerboxxx) and Andre 3000 (The Love Below).

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Dot Music
    100
    Their records sound very different, but they're both astounding.
  2. Stylus Magazine
    100
    You could of course, if you like, rip the best tracks from each album and burn them together into some kind of RIAA-baiting SuperLoveBoxxx CDR that creams all opposition with its x-ray vision, amazing strength and ability to leap multiple genres in a single bound, but that would be missing the point.
  3. Rolling Stone
    60
    Each of these albums is as noteworthy for what's missing as for what's there.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 159 out of 174
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 174
  3. Negative: 11 out of 174
  1. MalikM.
    10
    This IS THE GREATEST ALBUM I EVER HEARD ANDRE 3000 IS A MUSICAL GENIUS
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. KidA
    5
    Don't see me as a hater, I love Stankonia, but this album is just not that great
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. DorianL
    2
    2 for effort. This is the worst album of theirs that I have heard, this album made me lose alot of respect for Outkast although I have listened to them from the start. I just don't even want to listen to Idlewild. I still love the rest of their albums… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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