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.
1 有用 冰大汉 2011-04-21 13:55:36
骚
26 有用 crascopy 2020-03-02 00:57:25
91/100 超级p funk有没有(还有点neosoul,可见他们的影响在这张已经不用局限于嘻哈界了,而是对于整个黑人音乐大体系都有融合改造之功劳),听说他们的二三专是南方嘻哈的翻身作,那我得说这个质量绝对不止是翻身了,简直是上天了
4 有用 C.W. 2018-04-18 16:07:59
90年代的嘻哈听到现在最喜欢这张,气质和那个时代所有说唱音乐都不一样。有人说Kendrick的GKMC受这张影响很大,确实很有道理,看看这登峰造极的制作,这配器的层次感极其相似。他们对主题的把控能力谁又能达到呢?做这样内容的专辑比做一张硬核或者G-rap还是难的,我想
2 有用 黏黏雲端 2021-11-29 21:12:48
Synthesizer挺好玩,他们还没被南部嘻哈污染的时候还挺好听
0 有用 五摆五折 2018-02-26 18:23:52
8.5分
0 有用 不再吃蛋黄派了 2025-11-13 22:09:08 江苏
顶级制作不多说
0 有用 Logic_Hao 2025-10-13 15:52:36 北京
4.0 Apple Music百大最佳专辑第41名。 一张绝不会出错的专辑,稳得很。
0 有用 祸羊 2025-11-03 11:54:36 辽宁
(*^ω^*)
0 有用 贵族之家 2025-10-28 20:40:59 山东
豆瓣什么时候改下他们的资料,简介怎么还写着英国歌手😑 熊-
0 有用 虫儿飞 2025-10-31 22:06:44 江苏
把说唱做成了既复古又前卫的电影,迷人的声线把你掰弯