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Universal acclaim- based on 401 Ratings
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Positive: 356 out of 401
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Mixed: 23 out of 401
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JamieNov 2, 2004They could've fit all the good songs onto one EP (Hey Ya, Roses and Good Day Good Sir)
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JamieNov 2, 2004They could've fit all the good songs onto one EP (Hey Ya, Roses and Good Day Good Sir)
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GordonSOct 17, 2004
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JelaniTJan 30, 2004One of the most innovative solo / group productions ever made. Dre's set grabs your attention with Hey Ya and Pink and Blue. Big Boi keeps said attention and earns your respect for both artists' talent and overall musicianship; which ranges from the way, Way, WAY out there funk and pop (Dre) to down home, deep fried, beat laden hip hop sensibilities (Boi). Its good all around!
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JesusQJan 5, 2004
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HKJan 6, 2004Speakerboxxx - SIC!!! The love below - SUXXX!!!
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DanCFeb 1, 2004If these two CDs are not the greatest hip hop CDs ever, they are seriously close!
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chrisFeb 13, 2004
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MeloMar 30, 2004
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KennyBMar 5, 2004I apolgize for grabing it so late. Big Boi did his thisle(as usual) and 3000 dropped the best record (sleeper) since " Here My Dear",Marvin Gaye...Thank yall Peace..
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clairegJun 10, 2004its wiked
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JuliusDJul 13, 2004The Love Below is the best album I have ever owned. Of course, number #2 is Stankonia. Speakerboxx is completely off the hook! These cats are funky!!!
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KyleighHFeb 11, 2006This album is also cool. I love the song "Roses" and I even saw the music video for it on MTV and thought it was terrific. I give this album two thumbs up.
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JamesNov 1, 2007Outkast is the greatest hip hop group out there today!
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DavidHApr 25, 2007
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RabZNov 2, 2003Hey ya! 2 for 1....Great. What kan be better then this.
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BoydBOct 14, 2003this album is there 2nd best next to there 1st one.... i did not think it could be done and they did it.....
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jormanOct 15, 2003Can somebody suck the underwear out of my ass cheeks? I mean, seriously, I feel like a Banana-Mör bar. Robin Williams is on the PHONE. THE PHONE.
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BrandonROct 17, 2003This is one of the best Outkast albums. A lot of people do not understand the statements that Andre is to make, but that why he added 3000, because he is ahead of his time. To all the critics of 3000, close your mouth and open your mind. Stop looking at the way he dresses and listen to the music.
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BennieJOct 19, 2003If there was ever a doubt about who is #1 - ERASE IT! Funky, complex, brilliance!
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diggerdigDec 11, 2003I like every song on The Love Below. I really think "Hey Ya" is the best song. Andre 3000 was a genius when creating this song. I especially like the line"give me some surgar, i am your neighbor ahh" and "shake it like a poloroid picture". Those lines are just genius.
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deucejakeDec 12, 2003Anybody who doesn't like this album should be ripped apart by wild dogs and then slowly fed into the incinerator of darkest hell. If you don't like Outkast you don't like music. And you're an un-American terrorist (just like King George II).
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AdonisOct 22, 2003I give it a 5 because only half of the cd is even worth hearing. How can you call youself an hip hop artist, when u sing (very badly at that) the entire album.
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TerrencWOct 23, 2003Perfection of one's art has been attained. If perfection is attainable. OUTKAST has found it and went miles beyond it.
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ThaGMannnOct 23, 2003
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omega374Oct 25, 2003i haven't heard it yet, but i think since big boi and andre 3000 are hot they deserve a ten. Detroit WHAT
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jeremiahmOct 25, 2003Big Boi's album was decent. I dont know what is on the mind of andre. He loosing it more and more every year outkast comes out with a new cd.
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zachdoggOct 28, 2003pure genius... adrenaline rush on both sides.. Outer Space meets parts unknown.. great job to both.. Speakerboxx the slightly better cd though..
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NealSSep 12, 2003Great album, the first disk continues the 'outkast' feeling. The 2nd CD is excellent in it's own way. It explores a lot of untouched areas by hip-hop artist. When i noticed the track with Norah Jones (Take Off Your Cool), I was shocked. Great purchase.
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AbramBSep 18, 2003This album is weird as hell at first...keep listening. PLEASE. This albums takes a keen year to understand it. Keep listening to it over and over again. It may be too overwhelming at first, but once you listen through it a few times you'll love it.
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JasonCSep 22, 2003This particular cd far surpassed anything that had ever been attempted to be created. The love below is the decades best most intresting album. Me being from the south, Huntsville, Alabama i am proud to play this cd anywhere i go. Not to be forgotten Big Boi's Speakerboxxx shows why outkast, cee lo green, and ludacris are the tightest lyracist out. Frankly put these guys is (off the brain).
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CoreyWSep 23, 2003
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AshekyssssSep 23, 2003its hot!
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kenmSep 24, 2003Perfect. @ unique and totally different cd's that are the two best hi hop cd's of the year by themselve's. Outkast has outdone itself again.
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AshSSep 24, 2003
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PoundsKbfunkSep 24, 2003Q magazine writes, "The Love Below isn't really hip hop at all", but so what if it not hip hop-it's better than hip hop-it's music!! Album of the year! Hands down!
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AdamMSep 24, 2003Outkast continue to flip it better than any group in the game. Continuing to diversify as their careers lengthen, they're sure to impress us for years to come. Dope underground shit: Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
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JeffSep 25, 2003Few commercial artists around take as many risks as this album does. Buy this CD now...thank me later.
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daverSep 25, 2003
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kaydeeSep 25, 2003This is by far the best Outkast album ever. READ MY TEXTThis album will sell 10 million copies by the end of the year.
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lewisalexSep 26, 2003love adre3000's cd, but big bois is garbage. what they need to do is stay together and keep putting out the hits.
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JaredBSep 26, 2003Phat, ill, and everything else inbetween, a true collaboration of talents. Allowing the personalities of each to shine in one beautiful jewelry case is my heaven! Thank you Outkast for breaking your second release into my top 10 albums of all time. Aquemni, meet SpeakerboxxTheLoveBelow.
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carlosSep 27, 2003this album is insane and couragous it better get album of the year
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DCipher_7Sep 27, 2003
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EmersonDSep 28, 2003Arguable flaws, truly visionary, I would really rate them separately as Speakerboxxx 9 and The Love Below 10, but putting them together Andre brings up the average just enough. Best rap group ever, and not an easy thing to admit either.
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icecoldNov 2, 2004No one has ever done it , two of the greatest cd's packages together? It like a two for one lapdance! CLASSIC.
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dougdFeb 12, 2004Outkasts is tight but what is the deal with all the pianno music on the Love below,but i like Hey ya ,and the way u move, so gotta give it up soooo. i gavem a 10
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jamikawApr 11, 2004i think it rocks it would have 2 b the best cd i really like the song roses and prototype. OutKast rocks
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jimfJun 17, 2004GREATEST ALBUM EVER
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GaborAAug 24, 2004
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EthanKNov 23, 2005**** rolling stone magazine. this album is genius.
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JuliaWNov 7, 2005Soooooooooo good
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TheHamsFeb 14, 2006The Love Below is extraordinary. It alone deserves a 10. However, Big Boi's half sounds extremely over-produced. The beats are just horrible. Stankonia was much better.
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ScottW.Aug 19, 2007The secouned is a tie at 8.0 Very fun guys to listen to, and without a dull moment once again makes this a fine secound installment.
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ksnizzleNov 11, 2003Totally unique and untouchable. Outkast has two minds that work together as one, or in this case two cds that are like no other in the game. That is why they continue to be the best in the game. They are not afraid to do what they feel. Classical, if you don't like it, then you can't appreciate good musick.
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BigWormNov 17, 2003
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AndrewRNov 21, 2003
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JessicaNov 26, 2003
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HourKitttDec 24, 2003This album restored my faith in hip hop. It's simple as that. I got scared that everything would turn in to eminem&co-style shit. Until two dope boyz came back and made my day. May their future be a bright one. Praise be.
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KiriCNov 24, 2005WTF is with all the people that didn't give this album 10!This is by far one of the biggest leaps in hip-hop/rap history. sheer originality explodes from every song, i would say it is up there with stankonia by far.
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briangNov 25, 2005One of the most creative, open-minded albums ever composed. Freedom of expression reigns to the point of laughablility, yet the intelligence and depth of thought goes far beyond anything comical. It's painfully insightful about todays life in love.
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DanielJDec 14, 2005Speakboxxx is the best hip hop album ever...bar none! The Love Below is strange but still entertaining.
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Oct 17, 2010I can't believe people gave this album negative reviews. It is obviously in the top five for best hip hop of the decade, and probably in the top 20 for best overall in the decade. Andre 3000 is a great producer, and I love the way he mixes hip hop, soul, poetry, and jazz into the music he makes. 2 cds are better than 1. Great job.
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Aug 27, 2010First, I don't like giving negative reviews. So, that is the primary reason this album receives a 6 instead of a 5 from me. I absolutely love many of the tracks on this disc, but it does need some editing in my opinion. Many of these songs find their way to my play lists, and many of them do not.
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May 15, 2011great music and themes. great achievement. .......................................................................................................... another great album by outkast. one of the best albums of the decade
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Jul 22, 2012For those who rate this album low simply don't appreciate music that pushes boundaries and would rather hear the same thing over and over again. This album won album of the year at the grammy's and that should speak for itself.
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Apr 11, 20158/10 .................................................................................................................................................
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Mar 7, 2016this album is awesome. love the production and music themes. Outkast knows how to craft good music. this one is up there with their past works. straight classic.
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Dec 21, 2021OutKast's duo have made a cohesive statement that not only cries at the boundaries of rap music but vaults over them to a place where the music sounds like neon colors and the only rule is that you must free your mind. Your ears will follow.
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Apr 17, 2012OutKast's duo have made a cohesive statement that not only cries at the boundaries of rap music but vaults over them to a place where the music sounds like neon colors and the only rule is that you must free your mind. Your ears will follow.
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MojoThe genius of past Outkast isn't diluted or diminished across these disks, rather it's doubled, expanded and explored. [Sep 2003, p.99]
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Speakerboxxx--by itself the album of the year--makes the failings of The Love Below all the more evident.