speakerboxx / love below

180g vinyl

In the beginning there was Outkast, the prolific Hip Hop duo hailing from Atlanta, who made music sound like Soul Food; fatty, funky, fresh. Then, in 2003, Big Boi and Andre 3000 released solo-albums under their shared moniker and named it Speakerboxxx / The Love Below, and saw that it was good. And so did we.

Both albums display the playful experimentation of their two very distinct styles and yet it is still undoubtedly an Outkast album. Big Boi takes us into a darker, 808-fuelled world of true Hip Hop on Speakerboxxx, while Andre 3000's eccentricity is given free rein on The Love Below, with pit stops at crooner-Jazz, Soul and Funk.

Side A

1. Intro
2. GhettoMusick (Club Mix)
3. Unhappy
4. Bowtie
5. The Way You Move (Club Mix)

Side B

1. The Rooster
2. Bust
3. War
4. Church (Main)

Side C

1. Bamboo (Interlude)
2. Tomb Of The Boom
3. E-Mac (Interlude)
4. Knowing
5. Flip Flop Rock

Side D

1. Interlude
2. Reset
3. D-Boi (Interlude)
4. Last Call
5. Bowtie (Postlude)

Side E

1. The Love Below (Intro)
2. Love Hater
3. God (Interlude)
4. Happy Valentine's Day
5. Spread
6. Where Are My Panties

Side F

Side G

1. Good Day, Good Sir
2. Behold A Lady
3. Pink & Blue
4. Love In War
5. She's Alive

Side H

1. 1. Dracula's Wedding
2. 2. My Favorite Things
3. 3. Take Off Your Cool
4. 4. Vibrate
5. 5. A Life In The of Benjamin Andre (Incomplete)