Just an observation...

From 2000's "Stankonia"

1. The beginning of "Ms. Jackson" started off with a backwards congas playing and then the snare dropped in the same pattern as "Starfish and Coffee."

2. The "B.O.B." video showed Andre displaying his permed-out Prince-like wig (circa 1979's "Prince" or 1988's "Lovesexy"). Anyone also notice how the beat sounded very similar to the way Sheila E. used to pound the hell outta some drums?

3. "Red Velvet" uses Linn Drums throughout the entire song and on Andre's verse he uses the "Bob George" and "Camille" voices.

4. I can't put my finger on it now, but "Toilet Tisha" just sounds like a Prince hommage to me!

Also...notice how the album cover just has Big Boi and Dre standing in front of a flag w/ not writing on the front of it. I always thought Prince was one of the first artists to do this on a lot of his albums ("ATWIAD," "Parade," "SOTT," "Lovesexy," "Batman")

okaypimpn said:

im so glad u posted about this! I was really surprised with Stankonia...i was in Sam Goody and they were playing their album...then I was all sayin, "aaah, that South Coast bullshit.." then all of a sudden "PAAAH!" (the Linn Drum sound).

I listened 2 the album at anotehr reka sto, and bought it immediatley, it is very very good. I was wondering if any of their other albums are like that!?

I always thought that "Da Art Of Storytellin" f/ Slick Rick; had a very Prince sounding type of beat, like a skeleton of Kiss or sum bootleg...

just lookit how Andre dresses in So Fresh So Clean video with them tight ass pants on..lol! Very Prince.

paisleypark4 said:

Where is the South Coast?

Up until Stankonia, OutKast didn't really have any songs that sounded like a Prince track. Maybe "Synthesizer" from Aquemini and that's only because of the Camille voice, but other than that, nothing else.

P.S. Don't hate on the South! J/K!!!

okaypimpn said:

hmm... New Orleans (which is one of my favortie vacation spots), Mississippi, Georgia, North & South Carolina Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee

I dont hate on the South, its just the stuff the South and midwest come out with that just dont get me. All that slangin and weak ass keyboard made beats are just lol. Outkast is the shit though after I heard Da Art Of Storytellin' and the Stankonia album...then i just heard the Ghetto Musik that u posted...DAMN im ready 4 them!

paisleypark4 said:

You must be from up North to be so against the south.

paisleypark4 said:

You must be from up North to be so against the south.

paisleypark4 said:

You must be from up North to be so against the south.

Okay...I don't know why this thing posted three times.

i dont hav nuthin against the South, but their music is just :butt: they dont b talking about nuthin but ramblin about the $$ and shit. The beats are , come on now...them hi hats they keep putting in every single thing is rediculous. The Casio keyboard made beats are so so so whack and captures no full beat or bass and is irritating 2 the ear...

Well, Im from New York, and no i dont like everything that NY comes out with. I live in mpls now, and they are doing that midwest shit i cant stand that just sounds like a rip off of the South Coast (Nelly/ Bone Crusher) woo, i can go on n on...lol

ay man u got dat info on the Outkast new double CD? It was posted but i never looked at it, u remember?

I like Outkast but they're too "out there" 4 me,,I want to like their stuff but there's no motivation if u know what I mean.

paisleypark4 said:

LOL I know I'm going off topic but damn talking about a revesred situation. I'm from MPLS but I live in NYC, you're from NYC but you're living in MPLS,,,now thats life's comedy fo real

paisleypark4 said:

So what do you like?!

What info are you referring to? All I know is it's a double album entitled "Big Boi and Dre Present...Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" and is slated to hit stores August 22 or 29.

Harlepolis said:

Wait a minute, Harlepolis. You understood Lauryn Hill's Unplugged CD, but OutKast is "too out there for you?!!!" WTF??? J/K!!! You know I'm just fuckin' witcha!!!

okaypimpn said:

No, I could totaly understand where u coming from lol but keep in mind that Lauryn Hill(same as Erykah) are always talking about personal demons and what not if you know what I mean, I could relate 2 them. In Eryka/L-Boogie's case, its about lyrics rather than music.

I could dance to Outkast,,,but it would take a hard work 4 me to just sit with the walkman in my lap and the lyrics booklet in my hands. You feel me?

But then again,,U could be a good help

Harlepolis said:

I hear ya'. I'm probably more biased to OutKast anyway because they put Atlanta on the map...not only because they are the greatest hip-hop duo of all time!!! Maybe next to Run DMC.

okaypimpn said:

Now, how could I miss the connection between A-Town and you? See, now I'm getting it but hey, who could blame ya, its all about representin', my brotha

Harlepolis said:

yeah if u can listen 2 Prince, and Parliamentfunkadelicmanship, then Outkast's Stankonia shouldnt b a problem! Outkast's lyrics in that album are good! And not all of it is fast

Harlepolis said:

Now ya' feelin' me!!!

paisleypark4 said:

Well,,,I don't want to make ya'll mad or anything but I threw "Stankonia" a while after I bought it perhaps I should borrow it from somebody?




















Ummm,,,don't hound me ya'll

Harlepolis said:

NOOO!!!

Harlepolis said:

OH UR GONNA GET IT!!!

no just kiddin...my dumb ex stole it from me so i dont hav it no mo, but got sum on tape. Yeah u should borrow it from some1 though!

paisleypark4 said:

Yeah, Harlepolis. You know I was just playin witcha! But seriously, you need to get your hands on another copy before Speakerboxxx/The Love Below drops.

okaypimpn said:

Awww

See I know I'd make one helluva mess with that confession, I borrowing it now. What do u guys think I should listen the most?

Harlepolis said:

Tracks 1-23.
[This message was edited Wed Jul 9 13:28:34 PDT 2003 by okaypimpn]

Stanklove

Red Velvet

Humble Jumble (f/ Erykah Badu)

Call b4 I Come

?

BOB

really all of it is good (except like maybe 2 of em i think..lol, the ones that feature sum rappers..)