Regarded by many as the greatest Southern rap album ever, 1998’s Aquemini is the connective tissue between Outkast’s beginnings as regional hip-hop heroes and the duo’s full-fledged pop stardom. While their first two LPs featured no shortage of André 3000 and Big Boi’s tongue-twisting rhymes and the Dungeon Family collective’s off-kilter beats (courtesy of Organized Noize and...(展开全部) Regarded by many as the greatest Southern rap album ever, 1998’s Aquemini is the connective tissue between Outkast’s beginnings as regional hip-hop heroes and the duo’s full-fledged pop stardom. While their first two LPs featured no shortage of André 3000 and Big Boi’s tongue-twisting rhymes and the Dungeon Family collective’s off-kilter beats (courtesy of Organized Noize and themselves), Aquemini was the creative leap forward that turned an already critically acclaimed group into thought leaders of the hip-hop avant-garde. Long jam sessions with a rotating cast of live musicians yielded their lushest music and most adventurous arrangements to that point; lyrically, the pair began exploring different avenues of creative thought. But instead of breaking up the band, they leaned into that duality while giving the music a singular cohesive vision. Big Boi (an Aquarius) remained vivid in his tales of harsh street realities, while André 3000 (a Gemini) began embracing more conscious material and flights of kalimba. Together, as Big Boi raps in “Return of the ‘G,’” “We worked for everything we have and gon’ stick up for each other, like we brothers from another mother/Kind of like Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.” Produced mostly by the duo and Mr. DJ, Aquemini’s sound is a mix of the distinctly Southern and the distinctly alien. Nowhere is this more apparent than the single “Rosa Parks,” which is built on hollow snares and punishing bass but beams with earthy acoustic guitars and a harmonica solo courtesy of André’s stepfather, Pastor Robert Hodo. Or take the “Da Art of Storytellin’” suite: “Pt. 1” tells tales of earthly vice over a head-bobbing swirl, while “Pt. 2” speaks of the apocalypse through mountains of distortion. Elsewhere, slower songs like the title track, the indelible “SpottieOttieDopaliscious,” and the sprawling jam “Liberation” shimmer like an update on the opulent arrangements of Isaac Hayes or Earth, Wind & Fire. It’s an album that prophesied the future of Atlanta—a misunderstood scene that was once dismissed as “regional,” but eventually became the center of the rap universe itself.
0 有用 tata 2021-07-24 20:31:11
3000真是太骚了,这张就是好听,玩的也有明星样子了。
2 有用 采样蟑螂 2021-05-16 19:55:31
滚石500名是不是都挺吊的 七星
3 有用 skyline 2018-12-02 12:09:57
相比之下,kendrick lamar的编曲就是一泡屎。
0 有用 Dxxm🏴☠️ 2017-08-12 00:22:27
(4.5)
10 有用 lostbook失書 2022-02-03 10:04:26
Arthur哥听的太尖了 就这水平我劝你别听歌了
0 有用 王小佐 2024-10-04 02:26:18 英国
9/10 有一些吊炸天,有一些听不懂 最好:Chonkyfire,Liberation,Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 2),Return of the "G"
0 有用 越柬全权大使 2024-11-03 03:34:25 上海
感觉ATLiens没这张耐听,没双张傻乐,暂时感觉有点贬值
2 有用 协议和 2024-09-05 02:23:28 江西
我还是觉得这张是他们最好的专辑 流畅丰富又不像二专后半张大量氛围堆叠有些疲乏 各单曲质量平均 还大概率影响了后世喇嘛做出好孩子疯城 对P-funk元素的运用更多是全面吸收而不是简单的拼贴 和四专五专比整体性要好太多了
0 有用 呆子 2024-09-14 19:00:05 广东
A+ 最喜欢的outkast
0 有用 2noWfall 2024-10-16 22:01:12 北京
再次确认自己不是不爱听西海岸/南方说唱,只是不喜欢新说唱