New Outkast, holy god.

So I've had the new Outkast since the day it came out and can't beleive I've yet to say anything about it. Album of the year, this coming from only a minor fan of hip-hop. Seriously Big Boi has some groovy songs but I think at the end he may suffer from the "Guest star" thing that happens with most hip hop. His strongest songs have that nice P-Funk thing going on. Dre 300....WOW. I love his entire album. Seven years from now I think Hey Ya is going to be one of the best singles released this decade. I love everything about that song, the breakdown is fantastic. "Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor OW!

 

Best line on the album (best line of the year?) "stank you, smelly much".
They've really taken the P-Funk thing to the next level (a lot of Prince influence, too!).
This gets my vote for album of the year (right after HTTT) if Lewis Taylor's Stoned, Part 2 gets delayed.

 

While I still prefer their previous albums where they're on the same tracks, Spearboxxx/Love Below is a gem. Dre's album is a sprawling, delightful mess. Big Boi showed that he's more than just the "straight" rapper of the team and has a nice range of sounds, too, though more grounded.

"Might as well have fun 'cause your happiness is done and your goose is cooked..."

 

Anybody tried the vinyl? Wondering if I should stick with CD for this one... purchase is imminent.

 

Yeah, the album and "Hey Ya" absolutely own. Now, don't read this part if you want to stay in love with the song... but "What's cooler than being cool? Ice cold" is an extreeeeemely lame line in an otherwise phenominal song.

 

The endorsement here is all I need to get this CD!

Outkast are NOT your typical rappers! Hell, they don't even sound like rappers most the time.

 

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I totally agree...I still feel like Hey Ya is *half* of a great song, degenerating as it does into something that sounds like an improv near the end.

("You know what to doooooooooooo" et all)

 

"You make me talk baby talk
Just me and miss lady
She makes me talk baby talk
Got me talkin like a baby
Like ga ga and goo goo"

Now THAT'S a love song.

 

I'm not much of a Hip hop fan, but "Hey Ya" is a great tune. "Shake it like a Polaroid picture!" Great line.

 

I'll be the first one to admit that I'm nothing close to a rap/hip-hop fan, but I will say that the chorus of "The Way You Move" is one of the catchiest things I've heard in a long time

 

The chorus of "The Way You Move" sounds A LOT like Earth Wind & Fire, doesn't it?

 

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Ice Cold is Dre 3000's alter ego character throughout the movie. I don't think it's trying to be the most badass line ever...just say it with a goofy smile on your face to all your friends and make it a catch line...or maybe it's just my generation that appreciates the postmodern humor aspects of it. However, the part that used to be my signature before the Bones got me "I wanna see y'all on y'all baddest behavior/lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor!" is perhaps the best couplet I've ever heard in a hip-hop song.

 

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Which movie?

 

I just heard some samples, and this is some pretty inventive stuff. Is this coming on hi rez?

Has anyone checked the temperature in hell? It must be going down.....me liking hip hop?

 

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Haha, that's what I get for posting when I'm exhausted. I meant album. Silly me.

 

I saw DVD-A at Media Play last week.

Hmmm.... LP or DVD-A? I can't decide.

 

The DVD-A is actually for their last album "Stankonia"

 

That's right... the one I saw was a DVD-A single for "The Way You Move/Hey Ya"

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...ref=sr_1_1/102-9386589-3328910?v=glance&s=dvd

Guess I'll pick up the LP this weekend.

 

Well guy's, after reading this thread, you all got me wanting to try this CD out. I'll check back!

 

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Yeah, the Prince thing is why I think that whole album has generational crossover appeal even to those who don't like rap/hip-hop. Speakerboxxx, on the other hand, is not what I'd call conventional, but much more hardcore hip-hopish. But get 'em both and listen to them at least once anyway!

 

That's a DVD-V (regular DVD video) single, not DVD-A. I don't believe
DVD-A singles exist yet.

 

Any word about a DVD-A release for the latest? (Since it's DVD-A, I'll want to pick up the CD, too, but I'd sure like to know if a hi-res/surround release is coming!)

 

I'm happy that many of you concur that this album is a masterpiece! This could be the first rap album to a win an album of the year Grammy.

 

Ooops. That's what I meant. I was on my first cup of coffee when I wrote that!