ive only played speakerboxxx disc once, and after reading all the posts on here about it sounding very prince ! , i think it sounds much more like george clinton !

no doubt sum1 will come along and point out g clinton influenced p, and p influenced andre so its a case of what goes around comes around i suppose !


good album whoever influenced it !!!

You're right, the speakerboxxx album is probably more Clinton than Prince, but what about "The Love Below". That disc has Prince written all over it.

listened 2 both yea i hear p, but still think g clinton is stampin all over this double cd !!!

danielboon said:[quote]ive only played speakerboxxx disc once, and after reading all the posts on here about it sounding very prince ! , i think it sounds much more like george clinton !
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Did anyone debate or even comment on "speakerboxxx" soundin like prince? Thats silly.. Andre disk what ure talking about right?

Hey ya is very much on the radio over in the Netherlands and it reminds me more of Frank Zappa with a slight more commercial flavor.

Henk said:

I think it sounds really New Wave. But The Love Below definitely has a Prince vibe. I havne't listened to the Speakerboxxx CD yet. By the way, Henk, who is that girl in your avatar? She's gorgeous!

guitarslinger44 said:

Check your 1999 (the new master), than you'll know who she is

Henk said:

Zappa? In no ways! Really, if this reminds you of Zappa, then...then...then...

sorry 4 any confusion i was reading on the org that the new outkast was very prince sounding / influenced, i was told by a friend speakerboxxx disc was very prince i just dont get it, and 4 all u guys tellin me its the love below disc, which is very prince i dont get that either sorry.

the nu album by outkast-speakerboxxx-love below imho sounds very george clinton WHO indeed influenced prince !

so mayb we r all correct !

g clinton = prince = outkast !

calm yo asses down its just an honest opinion !

honest !

abierman said:

Then what?
The singing and the little weird things in the melody remind me of old Zappa (Freak Out era). I discussed it with other people and they don't hear it either. Maybe it's just my association.

OutKast is like the Parliament-Funkadelic of the millennium!

It has both influences to me. Anybody growing up in the era of P-Funk will say George Clinton, those growing up on Prince will say him.

They dig both P-Funk and Prince and you can even hear Hendrix in guitar parts...a melting pot.


P.S. I'll tell you something quite funny played a friend Bootsy's greatest hits and he said...Hey that guy sounds just like Prince. I started laughing!


"OutKast is like the Parliament-Funkadelic of the millennium! "---their image is very much in that vein.

love below is very much George Clinton on it. Only Prince reference really is "She Lives In My Lap" "pink & Blue" and maybe "She's Alive"

Did u hear "Stanklove" off of Stankonia? That was very very George Clinton..early 70's. Same vein as "Vibrate"

sirnozedevoidofunk said:

Yes! The screwed background voice Dre uses in Vibrate is reminiscent to Prince and the wailing in the background of "Stankonia a.k.a. Stanklove" sounds like some early Funkadelic shit.