Im currently in love with this cd, it took me a few listens to dig the love below, but wow, this cd is banging!

I would say its the best double album since SOTT and certainly a lot better than everything prince has done since then!

It really made me want to scream at prince to get his act together and spend a decent amount of time recording his next cd!

Favourite Tracks

Bowtie
The Way you Move
Knowing
Flip Flop Rock
Reset
Last Call
+
The whole of love below minus Vibrate

FunkyBrotha said:

I'd agree with part one and disagree with pt. two (see Lovesexy and The Gold Experience).

FunkyBrotha said:

u ma dog n all but, minus VIBRATE? It would be LACKING BIGTIME without Vibrate! Oh god. Then Flip Flop Rock? oh no.

But yes i agree it is the 2nd best double album since Sign O The Times.

Outkast are the most over rated act of 2003

ok flip flop rock was a bit of a joke! maybe vibrate will grow.

over-rated??? its the only true fresh sound to come out of music this past 12mnths!

garnis said:

that's bullshit.

mrdespues said:

garnis never likes anything. don't expect him to start now.

I don't know about the "greatest" double album. Especially when you've had stuff like Gratitude, The White Album, London Calling, Exile on Main St., and of course, Sign O' The Times. It is a great album with and origianl concept and goal in the hip-hop game, nevertheless.

NWF said:

he said "since" SOTT

mrdespues said:

Whatever! They are average at best, yet are adored by MTV and the rest of the music press. 2003 Most Over Rated Act...Outkast

garnis said:

perhaps. but when you're that good, people have a tendency to gush.

Before rushing to judgment, you'll want to check out this video from another noteworthy album -- Saddamboxx/The Love Below:

http://www.liquidgenerati...utkast.asp

FunkyBrotha said:

not

speaker boxx/the love below

is sweet

but it's not the greatest

and vibrate is the ish



why scream at prince 2 get

his act 2 gether?

i'd rather thank him 4

being so creative and daring

4 over 2 decades

i'd say he's a tough act

2 follow


keep inspiring us prince

we love ya!

It's not the greatest double album since SOTT, and I'll tell you why. Big Boi cannot really carry a whole album by himself without Dre. Speakboxx has some interesting moments, but as a whole, it's not something I'd listen to on purpose. The Love Below will be hailed as a classic in years to come regardless of what you fools here wanna say about it.

garnis said:

So whats your fair rated act of 2003?

BlueNote

Man... This album was just good for two spins, after that it got boring and now it collects dust next to that overrated crap "Common" album...

Neversin.

I pretty much agree with Sumtymes's post. Its got a couple of cool jams but not as praiseworthy as the press is making it out to be. A lot of cool artists popped up this past year, but went unrecognized (as usual). If not for that annoying, Toni Basil-sounding "Hey Ya"with that 80s drum beat, Outkast would have been in the shadows as well.
[This message was edited Sat Jan 10 8:34:34 PST 2004 by BlaqueKnight]

I don't think it should count as a double album. If both guys did both CD's together, then it would count. But it's more like a package than anything else, one CD per artist.

While I really love the album I don't think it would have been as good as the two artists doing a CD (hell, two CDs!) together. My favorite songs on both discs tend to be when they are together. Still, I haven't heard it in quite a while so maybe I'll give it another chance. I think it would be overated if so much music this year wasn't crap. It certaintly was one of the better albums of last year.

VinnyM27 said:

There was good music in 2003. Maybe you missed it.

BlaqueKnight said:

Splain Lucy! The one that that really struck me that this was a bad year for music was David Bowie's "Reality". Last year "Heathen" was my favorite album and this one was so...blah! Still, while I barely listen to it, it's one of my favorites of last year becuase there was so little new stuff I ended up buying (and I hardly think I missed anything great).
[This message was edited Sat Jan 10 11:04:39 PST 2004 by VinnyM27]

Best 2lp since SOTT is All Eyes On Me(Pac), but of course its an opinion. Also I wouldnt but it in the same class of Lovesexy Gold or TRC. To me its only advantage is it being 2 disc long, but I like none the less. I think it really gets a lot of recognition because of the horrible state that music is in 2 day, which would make it more enjoyable.

please delete this ignorant assed thread it keeps getting worse which each response except mine

I hope you mean "Of 2003" If so, u can stop reading, it doesnt apply to u.. if u think its the "Greatest".. then


Not only are u downgrading the people that inspired that half ass act, but u have no sense of music that once put them where they currently stand.. I dig outkast, but this is going way too far.
[This message was edited Sat Jan 10 11:30:26 PST 2004 by Sdldawn]

He said.."since SOTT"

its still a comment

smokeverbs said:

tru, maybe it is the best hip hop double album2 come since Notorious BIG's "Life After Death"

see, this is exactly what happens when someone with real talent gains success in a world where Britney Spears is one of the best selling female artists. They deserve credit, but not praise.

If more of the people with real talent got the same attention that jokes like G-Unit or Britney Spears got y'all wouldn't be trippin over them so much


so, in my book, it's not the "greatest" anything

I think it's real damn hard to put out a double album that isn't at least 50% filler, and Outkast deserves credit for putting out two solid discs of good music. I don't know if I'd call it one of the "greatest" double albums just yet, though I can't think of any from the past few years that hold a light to it. In general? Yeah. White Album, SOTT, Sandanista!, probably some others that aren't coming to mind off the toppa my head at the moment...but it's definitely a proud achievement that they've put out that much solid music in one product and people are excited about it to the extent that it's become the mainstream success that it is.

how can it be when mostly -love below- is championed?

it's really hard to compare double albums now, and around the time of SOTT because albums are so much LONGER now. Released today, SOTT would be on one disc. Same with most double albums in history. And alof of albums released these days... for instance, Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos... would have to have been a double album 15 years ago. So it's apples and oranges.

That being said... what double albums have come out since SOTT? There can't be many if any more original and fun than Spearkerboxxx/The Love Below