![]() ![]() Awarded a GRAMMY® for Album of the Year in 2004, this was one of OutKast's (and pop music's) finest hours. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. In mashing up so many sounds so successfully, the album closed the door on hip-hop's boom-bap '90s period, ushering in an era of sonic cross-pollination between hip-hop and pop that persisted into the next decade. The Love Below c (Android, Iphone), Outkast - The Love Below (Intro), The Love Below - Rotten Fruit from a Shitty Tree, The Love. D2 'My Favorite Things' is not listed on the sleeve, only on the label. Selling more than 10 million copies, Speakerboxx/The Love Below was OutKast's least classically hip-hop album to date it was an ambitious amalgam of funk, soul, R&B, disco, and rock (try classifying the snarky kiss-off "Roses"). A double album, sides A through D are Big Boi's album, Speakerboxxx while sides E through H are Andr 3000's album, the Love Below. Two of OutKast's most enduring and innovative tunes are here: Big Boi's "The Way You Move" (a '70s funk throwback in the style of Cameo and Chic) and "Hey Ya" (André 3000's kaleidoscopic, decade-defining rave-up). It was essentially two solo albums: André's The Love Below and Big Boi's Speakerboxx, packaged as a double record. ![]() While it showed the growing divide between André 3000 and Big Boi (and presaged their long hiatus), OutKast's fifth studio effort was a highwater mark for the group all the same.
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