Outkast - Aquemini [PA]

Artist:

Outkast

See Also:

Gang Starr Eric B. & Rakim Run-DMC Various Artists - The Lounge Below: A Tribute To Outkast

Description:

Outkast: Big Boi, Dre (rap vocals).
Additional personnel includes: T-Mo, Big Gipp, Cee-Lo, Raekwon, Khujo, Masada, Witchdoctor (rap vocals); Erykah Badu, Joi Gillian, 4.0, Pat "Sleepy" Brown (vocals); Donny Mathis (acoustic guitar); Preston Crump (electric guitar, bass); Craig Love (guitar); Marvin "Chanz" Parkman (keyboards, bass); LaMarquis Jefferson (bass); Victor Alexander (drums); Omar Phillips (percussion); Organized Noize (programming); David "Mr. DJ" Sheats (DJ); George Clinton, Lil` Wil, Debra Killings, Playa Paul (background vocals).
Producers include: Organized Noize, Outkast, Donny Mathis, David "Mr. DJ" Sheats.
Engineers include: Neal H. Pogue, Bernasky Wall, Kevin Parker.
"Rosa Parks" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group.
Every once in a while someone makes an album that actually means something. This time around, Outkast is that someone, and AQUEMINI is that album. With their first album, Outkast created Southern hip-hop, and with their second album, they further defined it. Then, rap groups from the South really took off, and took the sound of the South with them, far from the boundaries set by Big Boi and Dre. However, the two innovative MCs break new ground with AQUEMINI, their third album, not to reclaim their reign of the dirty South, but to establish their mark in the universal scheme of hip-hop.
Rap music needs AQUEMINI for its lyrical consciousness, its musical creativity, and its accessibility. One of the album`s most impressive qualities is its ability to keep it real without self-consciousness. Outkast takes an everyday situation and turns it into an amazing storytelling journey into outer space. Songs such as the seven-minute "SpottieOttieDopaliscious" that feature live instruments and poetic lyrics are Outkast at their best.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Hold On, Be Strong
2. Return of the "G"
3. Rosa Parks
4. Skew It on the Bar-B - (featuring Raekwon)
5. Aquemini
6. Synthesizer - (featuring George Clinton)
7. Slump
8. West Savannah
9. Da Art of Storytellin` (Part 1)
10. Da Art of Storytellin` (Part 2)
11. Mamacita
12. Spottieottiedopaliscious
13. Y`All Scared - (featuring T-Mo/Big Gipp/Khujo)
14. Nathaniel
15. Liberation - (featuring Cee-Lo)
16. Chonkyfire

Album Information

Release Date:

09/29/1998

Type:

Performer

Genre:

R&B

Subgenre:

Southern Rap

Label:

LaFace (USA)

Catalog Number:

26053

Original Release Year:

1998

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

George Clinton; Goodie Mob; Raekwon; Witchdoctor; Erykah Badu; Joi; 4.0; Khujo; T-Mo; Big Gipp; Cee-Lo

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