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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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GlenCOct 1, 2003Both CDs are excelent, they havent even left my cd player since i purchaced them!
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sanjuandemarcoSep 30, 2003this album is fastastically superb. outkastcadillacmuzik at its best. the love below is the funkiest to date....and speakerboxxx is hip hop on acid. buy the album. drink. swish. swallow.
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AndrewCSep 30, 2003Not as good as Stankonia or Aquemini, but still outstanding. The only thing that hurts the discs are that dre's songs are very repititious and big boi taints his work with rappers that aren't up to par with himself (ludacris).
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agentfSep 29, 2003Either cd could be candidate for album of the year, though short on tracks featuring both dre and big boi. This is really two excellent solo albums... dre's cd is very likely to be misunderstood and unappreciated by some.....but it is nothing short of genius!!!!!
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jasonSep 29, 2003Big Boi's cd is just a great hip-hop album, with great track after great track. It's true that Andre's disc is weird. But it's also true that with each listen it gets better and better. These two cds make the perfect combination.
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epr_paradoxSep 28, 2003andre 3000's love below is some of the most original music released in this decade. together with speakerboxxx this 2 disk set stands as a much needed burst in hip hop evolution.
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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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DCipher_7Sep 27, 2003
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AndreNSep 27, 2003Please get these cds, they're absolutely amazing. They have become the soundtrack of my life.
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carlosSep 27, 2003this album is insane and couragous it better get album of the year
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justinjSep 26, 2003Unbelievable. Both of these discs completely blow me away. Dre and Big continue to push the envelope and find new outlets for their creative genius. BUY IT NOW!
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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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KdogKdogSep 26, 2003Best hip-hop album I ever heard and I've heard 'em all. Very unique and different. Whatever I'm feeling at the time, I just put that CD on. awesome.
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ByroniusPunkSep 26, 2003I don't like most hip-hop, and I especially dislike the cutesy-poo (or alternately thug b.s.) skits that come between songs. OutKast is truly in a class of its own. The skits are on point, as is the rest of the double CD set. This is a masterpiece...Probably the best of 2003.
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StrugglinForeverSep 26, 2003The CD combined is TIGHT. The Love Below is just what music needs right now (Something different). I'm tired of hearing the Hip Hop and R&B blend (Rappers trying to sing over a R&B hook). Outkast separated the two. With Big Boi covering the Hip Hop and Dre with his melodic CD.
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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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adamkSep 26, 2003Best album in 20 years
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natashasSep 26, 2003i love the cd especially dre's because he has a lot of nice beats and words in his songs. the love below makes you wanna love somebody and speakerboxxx just makes you wanna go out and party somewhere also the lil interlude with his song is very nice his son sounds real cute!
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stevenhSep 26, 2003outkast has again shown why they have been on top of there game as a group since 94, and all the hating groups need to stop with the break up rumors
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TavaresSSep 25, 2003If I could give it a 20 I would. Both CDs are innovative and creative. Definitely album of the year and raises the bar for music across all genres. The re-evolution is upon us!
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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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JavierDSep 25, 2003
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MrsDre3000Sep 25, 2003Perfect!!! Big Boi is still bangin and Andre 3000 is so talented I practically cried listening to him.
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NigelCSep 25, 2003The only reason i didn't give it a ten is because i haven't figured out what the hell "The Love Below" is!
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daverSep 25, 2003
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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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GRegSep 25, 2003slick as a curl, smooth as a pearl
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hardCoreizdamanSep 25, 2003so damn stanky!
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ListnerSep 25, 2003Ill admit when i first hey ya I was like what the hell but i kept listening to both cds and i think this is the best album i bought by far it.
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AaronBSep 25, 2003I will have to say I was disappointed when I heard Andre wouldn't be rapping on this upcoming album, but now that i have been listening I am in love with this cd. Big Boi brings more of the same Outkast goodness while Dre takes a leap and I think his stuff is incredable. This album is so original for a hip-hop album that no wonder they keep gettting nominated for awards.
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EnriqueGSep 25, 2003Masterpiece is the word.this is the real hiphop no bling bling just real hip hop
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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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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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AshSSep 24, 2003
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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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gabrielhSep 24, 2003i love this album cause here we have two individuals who do not let egos get in the way and it is completely different tone from what other artist have to say. They do not fear in trying new things and we need more groups such as Outkast who are willing to experiment with sound and talk about things we can relate too. Gabo Mad Ciphas
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TimWSep 24, 2003not as solid as stankonia, but bigger, bolder and more matured. Outkast is definately pushing the envelope in a genre that's grown stale. There are only a few musicians/bands out there right now who are able to be both commercial and experimental, Outkast is successful in both arenas!
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RichardESep 24, 2003I think these cds,with out a shadow of a doubt, are two of the brilliant cd' of our generation. I think our kid's kids will listen to the cds in 25 years and say.......DAMN, Ahead of thier time.
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ArisMSep 24, 2003Bout' time for something different and the boyz are on point as usual. Love the diversity.
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DRobSep 23, 2003OutKast continues to raise the bar for other so-called "hip-hop artists". Music is SUPPOSED to be ever-evolving while keeping it's true roots. They hardly ever sample songs and their message is the same on both individual albums to a trained ear...wake up and spread love. Heed #8/Speakerboxxx and #14/Love Below- same message, different messenger. They did it again....
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AshekyssssSep 23, 2003its hot!
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CoreyWSep 23, 2003
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ChrisCSep 23, 2003This album has got to be tha best of all tha outkast collection. If you've never heard outkast pick this album up... Believe me ya'll thank me latta
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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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amboseliaSep 21, 2003
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AndrewDSep 19, 2003Top album of the year so far. Best hip hop double album to come out EVER ( even considering 2Pac & Notorious BIG)!
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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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olerSep 18, 2003album of the year. no doubt.
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LeeFSep 18, 2003My god this album is heavenly. Perfect....
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AlexC-SmithSep 17, 2003cd of the year. waaaaahhh
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TomastSep 17, 2003Ingenious. Dre`s part "Love Below" would itself be best album of the year.
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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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Awards & Rankings
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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.