Which is the best Outkast album?
 

Which is the best Outkast album?

I can't believe this... I voted for the wrong album on my own poll. I actually meant to vote for Stankonia, but accidentally voted for the disappointing Speakerboxxx/Love below.

I hate having to choose between the first three. They were all classics in their own way. I'm going to have to go with Aquemini as my personal favorite.

i don't own any of their earlier albums, but i think speakerboxxx/the love below is a fantastic album....

I was disappointed by that I have to say. If you were impressed by that though then you will definately love some of their older albums.

Really didn`t see what the big deal was about Speakerboxxx/Love Below , but props for them for trying to do something a bit different from your usual hip hop album.

Between Skankonia & Aquemini for me , not listened to them in ages so I couldn`t say which was better offhand

i liked the song roses....

reminded me of the preps at my school.

It was between those two for me aswell. Stankonia has more of a 'sing along, radio friendly' feel about it for me but it has all those killer songs on there. Aquemini pays for repeat listenings, which I have done many times, but Stankonia still has that edge.

I could never get into Stankonia or Speakerbox/Love Below. To me thats the point when Andre crossed the line from brilliant to insane. That damn Erykah Badu.

They most definitely tried to do something different with Speakerboxx, both with themselves and rap/hip-hop in general, it was a very bold move..
I would say it'd be hard to choose betwenany of them esepcially the 1st 3, each one is good in it's own way

You can tell the changes between Outkast through each album, especially with Andre. I think they realised with Stankonia that that would be the album where they 'blew up' in terms of media coverage and all that. So the band had to do something to make themselves stand out from the crowd, obviously not thinking their ultra original music wasn't enough. I think Dre proved his point with Stankonia, so toned it down a lot more for Speakerboxxx/Love Below. He's now more stylish than crazy, at least in my eyes. Yes, he still wears clothes that no-one but him would wear, but it's now more of a self expression. And since Dre got into acting he's toned it down a LOT more. He's now almost :GASP!: normal...

my opinion, speakerboxxx' version of "favorite things" is pretty catchy. I also like "she lives in my lap", aquemini and crumblin' herb, oh yeah, so fresh so clean & git up git out git somthin. all have their own vibe.

www.makethebeats.com = that ****

I will have to say speakerboxx because it has all my fave songs from them on it

Gah, if only I hadn't voted for Speakerboxxx/Love Below. Then it wouldn't be leading over the far superior earlier albums.

What was so special about Speakerboxxx or LoveBelow? I guess its just the direction of mainstream southern rap...I just don't like it.

Aquemini defines Outkast for me.

it was special because you know how every band has to have one cd that has the best songs on it? well that's what one theres was.

I think that they did have most of their best songs on it because they were so enjoyable to listen to.:D

I agree with Aquemini. Never before have I heard a rap album mean so much! There were fun songs, there were songs with statements and it felt like one of those albums where the stars aligned for the group (no astrology pun intended)!!!!

I still stick with speakerboxx don't care what anyone else thinks here.

I didn't think the best songs were on Speakerboxx/Love Below by any stretch of the imagination... Perhaps some of the most popular songs were on there, but not their best. There are also very well known songs on Stankonia, and IMO that is a far superior album to Speakerboxxx/Love Below.

their first album was the best the other ones are not even close. outkast is good but the rest of their albums to me only have 3-5 tracks that are good. their albums are overrated.

Their albums are in no way overrated, with the exception of Speakerboxxx/Love Below. Each album has it's own sound and it's own message. Every album is different from the one previous to it. You get rappers out today who release the same shit all the time, but not Outkast. With each of their albums they manage to spread themselves to a new group of people, and they dabble with other genres throughout each album. Outkast are the pinnacle of the rap game-they have everyone wondering what they will do next and what fresh sounds their next album will contain. Look at the people who have posted on this thread have had to say-many can't choose between which Outkast album is their favourite. For a Rap group to make such equally astounding albums is surely a testament to how great they are?

How is Speakerboxx/Love Below winning this contest?
That just goes to show that only radio-friendly, pop smash hits qualify an album as great.

It`s probably the only one people actually own.

The same way people think Ace Of Spades is Motorheads best album

I accidentally voted for Speakerboxxx/love below which doesn't help in a poll where only 13 people have voted. And like Urban said, everyone else only vote for that one because it's the only one people own. Or the people that don't own it vote for it because it has Hey Ya on it.

Yeah, or it could be just like we said, and you actually have't heard any of their other albums. That is what I'm placing my money on.

i liked this one as well, some

Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

You find their other albums boring? If there is one thing that you can't label Outkast as it is boring. I would bet my house that you don't own any of their previous albums. In fact, I would place a small bet on the fact that you don't even own Speakerboxxx/love below, that you heard Hey Ya and Roses and decided that was the best album.

me??? or them?

That kid with the pink writing. I can't be bothered to check his name.

Oh really, you've heard most of their songs :rolleyes:

I totally believe you.
Speakerboxxx/Love Below sucked.

I 100% disagree with you saying you have heard most of their songs. My betting is that you have heard 2/3 songs from every album and now think that you have heard them all. And bungalow I wouldn't call Speakerboxxx/Love Below crap, just disappointing. Love Below was still in my CD player after around 2 weeks when I first bought it.

Speakerboxxx/Love Below was directed at the pseudo intellectual crowd who somehow manage to feel smarter by pretending to like records that are "critically acclaimed." It was a major disappointment for those of us who had been fans since the beginning.

Best three Albums…
1. Aquemini
2. ATLiens
3. Southernplayalistic…

The rest are insignificant.

Stankonia was insignificant? Apart from the fact that it showed a major change of direction for Outkast ye it was TOTALLY insignificant:rolleyes:

To be fair it had Ms Jackson on it

I seriously wanted to kill them for that song.Why do you think I ended up going with Aquemini once I remembered it was on Skankonia

It was only significant in that it marked the begining of the end of Outcast as a quality HIP-HOP group. They morphed from a hardcore hip-hop duo to MTV darlings under the guise of "musical creativity." I'll admit that Stankonia had its moments and wasn't quite as disapointing as Speakerboxxx/Love Below, but by in large it fell short of the mark when compared to their earlier work.