Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Outkast-speakerboxx-lovebelow.jpg
Studio album by OutKast
Released September 23, 2003
Recorded 2002 03
Genre
Hip hop funk psychedelic soul electronic pop jazz
Length 135:00
Label
LaFace Arista
Producer
Andr 3000 Big Boi Carl Mo Mr. DJ Cutmaster Swiff Dojo5
OutKast chronology
Stankonia
(2000) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
(2003) Idlewild
(2006)
Singles from Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
"Hey Ya!"
Released: September 9, 2003
"The Way You Move"
Released: October 2, 2003
"Roses"
Released: May 25, 2004
"GhettoMusick / Prototype"
Released: November 23, 2004
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is the fifth studio album by American hip hop duo Ou
tKast. It was released on September 23, 2003, by LaFace Records. Issued as a dou
ble album, its playtime of more than two hours is distributed over solo albums f
rom each of the group's members. Big Boi's Speakerboxxx is a Southern hip hop al
bum with a P-Funk influence, while Andr 3000's The Love Below features psychedeli
c, pop, funk, electro, and jazz styles.[1]
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below received widespread acclaim from music critics, who
praised the consistency of Big Boi's Speakerboxxx and the eclectic musical style
of Andr 3000's The Love Below. The album was supported with the hit singles "Hey
Ya!" and "The Way You Move", which both reached number one on the US Billboard
Hot 100, and the top five hit "Roses". Speakerboxxx/The Love Below has been cert
ified diamond and 11 times platinum by the RIAA (each disc in the double album c
ounted as a separate unit for certification). As of March 2012, it has shipped 5
,702,000 units in the United States.[2]
Contents [hide]
1 Background
2 Recording
3 Composition
4 Critical reception
4.1 Accolades
5 Commercial performance
6 Track listing
7 Personnel
8 Charts
9 Certifications
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
Background[edit]
Following the release of OutKast's fourth studio album Stankonia (2000), Andr 300
0 felt urged to do something different from his previous projects and moved to L
os Angeles to pursue an acting career. He was relatively unsuccessful, obtaining
a minor role in Hollywood Homicide (2003) and a one-episode appearance in the d
rama series The Shield. He quickly returned to music and began recording a solo
album that was very different from the material he had recorded as part of OutKa
st. The output was a blend of pop, jazz and funk with live instruments and singi
ng instead of rapping.[3] When writing songs he used a micro cassette recorder i
n order to "record melodic ideas and lyrics, then build the melody around the ly
rics".[4]
The CD artwork is designed so that the Speakerboxxx artwork is on the front of t
he case, whereas the Love Below artwork is on the back of the case. These images
are merged on the artwork displayed on online stores (Front cover on left, back
cover on right).
Recording[edit]
The recording of The Love Below began at Andr 3000's Los Angeles home, which was
unconventional for the time, but he was enabled to do so by the recent release o
f Pro Tools software.[4] As a frequent collector of music equipment, Andr 3000 ha
d a wide variety of equipment at his disposal, including a drum machine, keyboar
ds and various synthesizers.[5] He also enjoyed the atmosphere of recording at h
ome instead of a studio, saying to XXL, "it didn't start in the studio because i
f you have a bunch of people around, they're coming from the party and I'm in th
ere singing falsetto ... those vibes didn't match." His initial sessions were ha
mpered by his inexperience with Pro Tools and, unaware how to edit his recording
s, he opted to record songs such as "Pink & Blue" in their entirety.[4] Other ge
ar used included an Avalon VT737 SP and AD2055 EQ and AD2044 compressors for his
vocals.[5] After creating five songs, he informed Big Boi of the solo project h
e had been working on.[3]
Big Boi had already recorded some songs when Andr 3000 had contacted him, but aft
er their conversation he decided his next project would be Speakerboxxx.[3] Desc
ribing his approach in the studio, Big Boi later commented to XXL, "the idea was
just to keep it funky, keep it jamming, it's always bass-heavy. And lyricism, i
t's all about lyrics, taking pride in your pen and your pad." His favorite song
to record was "Unhappy". He spent several days working on "Unhappy"'s hook befor
e driving to his mother's home and playing the song in her driveway, to which sh
e responded enthusiastically.[4] At some point in the recording, the project mov
ed to OutKast's Stankonia Studios in downtown Atlanta, which had been used to re
cord OutKast's previous release and namesake. John Frye, the studio manager and
an engineer, would later recognise that much of the media attention surrounding
the album's recording was concerned with Andr 3000 and Big Boi's working relation
ship and why they had chosen to record separately. He concedes that both enjoyed
working solo and were doing so more frequently, but they continued to share and
critique each other's music.[5]
John Frye also describes how the format of the projects changed rapidly. Initial
ly intended as two separate solo releases, they decided to merge their work and
create a soundtrack album as Andr 3000 had initially intended. The duo then began
preparing to work on a motion picture, but reconsidered and compromised by inte
rpolating background noise into songs, such as the slamming of car doors and foo
tsteps.[4][5] They eventually settled on releasing a double album. Frye noted th
e end of the recording sessions as particularly stressful for Andr 3000, who he d
escribed as drained from working at four studios simultaneously. In total, an es
timated 120 songs were recorded for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.[5]
Composition[edit]
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below' is a two-disc set that features thirty-nine tracks,
including several interludes and a postlude.[6] It is a concept album with the
intention of each disc delivering each member's individual perspective and sound
.[4] The Love Below is substantially longer than Big Boi's Speakerboxxx, clockin
g in at almost 78 minutes, compared to 56 minutes for Speakerboxxx. Featured gue
sts on Speakerboxxx include Sleepy Brown, Jazze Pha, Jay Z, CeeLo Green, Killer
Mike, Goodie Mob, Lil Jon and Ludacris. Guests on The Love Below include Rosario
Dawson, Norah Jones, Kelis, and Fonzworth Bentley.[6]
Speakerboxxx is built on Southern hip hop[3] Speakerboxxx demonstrated more soci
al awareness than its counterpart, with themes of family, philosophy, religion,
politics and "a wider emotional terrain ... from melancholy to outrage to expres
sion."[3]
In contrast, The Love Below was identified as far more musically experimental. I
ts sound was described as jazz and funk with comparisons to the work of Prince.[
3] The disc's abounding theme is love, examining the emotions one experiences wh
en falling in love and loving oneself.[3] Roni Sarig suggests that Andr 3000's sp
lit with neo soul singer Erykah Badu had influenced much of the lyrical content
on the album, which he sees as concerned with the search for true love.[3]
Critical reception[edit]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 91/100[7]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[8]
Blender 5/5 stars[9]
Entertainment Weekly A[10]
The Guardian 5/5 stars[11]
The Independent 5/5 stars[12]
Los Angeles Times 4/4 stars[13]
NME 8/10[14]
Pitchfork 8/10[15]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[16]
The Village Voice A-[17]
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacri
tic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream pub
lications, the album received an average score of 91, based on 26 reviews.[7] In
his review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called both discs "visionary,
imaginative listens, providing some of the best music of 2003, regardless of gen
re".[8] Will Hermes wrote in Entertainment Weekly that the album's "ambition fli
es so far beyond that of anyone doing rap right now (or pop, or rock, or R&B)".[
10] Blender magazine's Kris Ex felt that it "holds an explosion of creativity th
at couldn't have been contained in just one LP".[9] The Guardian's Dorian Lynske
y described both discs as "sublime ... hip-hop's Sign o' the Times or The White
Album: a career-defining masterpiece of breathtaking ambition".[11] According to
Andy Gill of The Independent, the album set "a new benchmark not just for hip h
op, but for pop in general".[12] Stylus Magazine's Nick Southall called it "a se
ries of spectacular moments and memorable events".[1] NME magazine's John Mulvey
described its two discs as "two Technicolor explosions of creativity that peopl
e will be exploring, analysing and partying to for years".[14] Sal Cinquemani fr
om Slant Magazine wrote that it is "greater than the sum of its parts, and this
kind of expertly crafted pop and deftly executed funk rarely happen at the same
time not since Stankonia, at least."[18]
In a mixed review, Rolling Stone writer Jon Caramanica was ambivalent towards An
dr 3000 expressing his "right to be peculiar in a hip-hop context".[16] Pitchfork
's Brent DiCrescenzo felt that Speakerboxxx "manages to maintain consistent bril
liance and emotional complexity throughout", unlike The Love Below.[15] In The V
illage Voice, Robert Christgau said the double album could have been "the classi
c P-Funk rip it ain't quite" had Speakerboxxx alone been issued with "Roses", "S
pread", "Hey Ya!", and "an oddity of [Andr 3000's] choosing". He nonetheless comm
ended what he described as "commercial ebullience, creative confidence, and wret
ched excess, blessed excess, impressive excess".[17] In The Rolling Stone Album
Guide (2004), Roni Sarig wrote that, "for sheer breadth, ambition, and musical v
ision, there's little doubt Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is a classic."[19]
Accolades[edit]
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below was voted as the best album of the year in The Villa
ge Voice's Pazz & Jop critics poll. In Australia, "Hey Ya!" was voted No. 2 on t
he 2003 Triple J Hottest 100, the country's biggest alternative music poll of it
s type. The album was nominated for six Grammy Awards, winning three (Album of t
he Year, Best Urban/Alternative Performance for "Hey Ya!" and Best Rap Album). O
utKast's other nominations were for Producer of the Year, Best Short-Form Music
Video, and Record of the Year, the latter two both for "Hey Ya!". Speakerboxxx/T
he Love Below was the second hip hop album to receive the Grammy for Album of th
e Year (following The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in 1999).
In 2009, NME ranked Speakerboxxx/The Love Below number 44 on its list of the top
100 greatest albums of the decade,[20] while Newsweek ranked the album number o
ne on its list of the ten best albums of the decade.[21]
The jazz periodical Down Beat chose it as the best "beyond" album. In 2012 Compl
ex named the album one of the classic albums of the last decade.[22] In 2013, NM
E ranked Speakerboxxx/The Love Below as #183 on their list of the 500 greatest a
lbums of all time.[23] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You M
ust Hear Before You Die.[24]
Commercial performance[edit]
After having had three number two-albums on the US Billboard 200, OutKast enjoye
d their first chart-topping album with Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. The album de
buted at number one during the week of October 11, 2003, selling more than 510,0
00 copies in its first week. It became the second-biggest debut for a double alb
um during the SoundScan-era (beginning in 1991). The album sold 235,000 copies i
n its second week, holding its position atop the Billboard chart. Speakerboxxx/T
he Love Below spent the next three weeks in the top 5 before returning to the to
p spot for one more week. Sales remained strong, and the album would spend anoth
er four weeks at #1 between January and February 2004. In all, Speakerboxxx/The
Love Below amassed a total of seven weeks at #1, 24 weeks in the Top 10, and 56
weeks on the Billboard 200. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below has been certified diamo
nd and 11 times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sh
ipping more than 11 million units (in this case, 5.5 million double album sets,
which are double-counted by the RIAA).[25]
The single "Hey Ya!" went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States
, topping the charts there for nine weeks. It was the act's second #1 single, fo
llowing 2000s "Ms. Jackson". "Hey Ya!" also topped the singles charts in Canada
and Australia and charted in 28 countries around the world. "Hey Ya!" was also t
he first platinum download on iTunes. Follow-up single "The Way You Move" knocke
d "Hey Ya!" off the top of the charts in the US in February 2004, just the seven
th time a recording act replaced itself at No. 1. "The Way You Move" topped the
singles chart for one week. The third single released from the album was "Roses"
from The Love Below, which reached #5. The fourth and fifth singles released, "
Prototype" (The Love Below) and "GhettoMusick" (Speakerboxxx), did not chart.
Track listing[edit]
Speakerboxxx
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Intro" (produced by Cutmaster Swift) 1:29
2. "Ghetto Musick" (produced by and featuring Andr 3000)
Antwan Patton Bunny Sigler Kenny Gamble Andr Benjamin
3:56
3. "Unhappy" (produced by Mr. DJ)
Patton David Sheats
3:19
4. "Bowtie" (featuring Sleepy Brown and Jazze Pha; produced by Big Boi)
Patton Phalon Alexander Patrick Brown
3:56
5. "The Way You Move" (featuring Sleepy Brown; produced by Carl Mo & Big Bo
i)
Patton Carlton "Carl Mo" Mahone Brown
3:54
6. "The Rooster" (produced by Carl Mo & Big Boi)
Patton Mahone Donnie Mathis
3:57
7. "Bust" (featuring Killer Mike; produced by Big Boi)
Patton Myrna Crenshaw Michael Render
3:08
8. "War" (produced by Mr. DJ)
Benjamin Patton Sheats
2:43
9. "Church" (produced by Andr 3000)
Patton Kevin Kendrick Benjamin Crenshaw Brown
3:27
10. "Bamboo (Interlude)" 2:09
11. "Tomb of the Boom" (featuring Konkrete, Big Gipp and Ludacris; produced
by Big Boi)
Patton Cameron Gipp Chris Bridges Nathaniel Elder Cory Andrews James Patton
4:46
12. "E-Mac (Interlude)" 0:24
13. "Knowing" (featuring Andr 3000; produced by Mr. DJ)
Patton Benjamin
3:32
14. "Flip Flop Rock" (featuring Killer Mike and Jay Z; produced by Big Boi,
and Mr. DJ)
Patton Shawn Carter Render Sheats
4:35
15. "Interlude" 1:15
16. "Reset" (featuring Khujo and CeeLo Green; produced by Big Boi)
Patton Thomas Callaway Willie Knighton
4:35
17. "D-Boi (Interlude)" 0:40
18. "Last Call" (featuring Slimm Calhoun, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz and M
ello; produced by Andr 3000)
Patton Benjamin James Hollins Brian Loving
3:57
19. "Bowtie (Postlude)"
Patton Alexander Brown
0:34
All tracks on The Love Below were produced solely by Andr 3000 except "Roses", wh
ich was co-produced by Dojo5.
The Love Below
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "The Love Below (Intro)" Benjamin 1:27
2. "Love Hater"
Benjamin Kendrick
2:49
3. "God (Interlude)" Benjamin 2:20
4. "Happy Valentine's Day" Benjamin 5:23
5. "Spread" Benjamin 3:51
6. "Where Are My Panties?" 1:54
7. "Prototype" Benjamin 5:26
8. "She Lives in My Lap" (featuring Rosario Dawson[26])
Benjamin Willie Dennis Isaac Hayes Roger Troutman Doug King Brad Jordan Eric Vid
al Nick Vidal Dino Hawkins
4:27
9. "Hey Ya!"
Benjamin
3:55
10. "Roses"
Benjamin Patton Matt Boykin
6:09
11. "Good Day, Good Sir" 1:24
12. "Behold a Lady" Benjamin 4:37
13. "Pink & Blue"
Benjamin Robert Kelly
5:04
14. "Love in War" Benjamin 3:25
15. "She's Alive"
Benjamin Kendrick
4:06
16. "Dracula's Wedding" (featuring Kelis) Benjamin 2:32
17. "My Favorite Things"
Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II
5:14
18. "Take Off Your Cool" (featuring Norah Jones)
Benjamin
2:38
19. "Vibrate"
Benjamin
6:38
20. "A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andr (Incomplete)"
Benjamin
5:11
Note
In 2003, the album was reissued with "The Love Below" having a revised track lis
ting. A 21-second skit was placed before "My Favorite Things", entitled "The Let
ter". To make room, the radio excerpt from "A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andr" w
as excised, shortening the track to 4:50. This revised album now serves as the v
ersion for sale on MP3.
Sample credits
"Ghetto Musick", from Speakerboxxx, contains samples of "Love, Need and Want You
" by Patti LaBelle.
The first few seconds of "Intro" from Speakerboxxx is a sample of the beginning
of the song "Europop" from the Eiffel 65 album of the same name.
"She Lives in My Lap", from The Love Below, contains samples of "Mind Playing Tr
icks on Me" by Geto Boys and "Pistolgrip-Pump" by Volume 10.
"Pink & Blue", from The Love Below, contains samples of "Age Ain't Nothing But a
Number" by Aaliyah and "Why Can't We Live Together" by Timmy Thomas[citation ne
eded].
"My Favorite Things" from The Love Below contains samples from John Coltrane's 1
960 recording by the same name.
"Roses", from The Love Below, contains an Interpolation of "Purple Rain" by Prin
ce.
Personnel[edit]
OutKast executive producer[27]
Andr Benjamin soloist, vocals, background vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, p
iano, keyboards, tenor sax, programming, producer
Big Boi vocals, producer
Aaron Mills bass
Jef Van Veen drums
Antwan Patton vocals, background vocals, programming, keyboards, producer
Benjamin Wright string arrangements, string conductor
Bernie Grundman mastering
Big Gipp vocals, background vocals
Bonnie Hayes & the Wild Combo vocals
Brian "Big Bass" Gardener mixing
Brian Gardner mastering
Brian Paturalski engineer
Carl Mo producer
Catherine Chan cello
CeeLo Green vocals
Charles Veal concert master, violin
Chris Carmouche assistant, engineer
Chris Steffen assistant
Cutmaster Swift cut, producer
Darrel Thorpe engineer
Darrell Thorp mixing
Darryl Otis Smith guitar
David Arenz strings
David Braitberg strings
David Whild guitar
Debra Killings bass, background vocals
Dexter Simmons mixing
Dojo5 producer
Donald Whittemore assistant
Donnie Mathis guitar
East Side Boyz vocals
Eleanor Arnez strings
Eric Johnson strings
Gina Kronstadt violin
Greg Burns assistant
Greg Price assistant
Hornz Unlimited horn, trumpet, horn arrangements
Jared Robbins assistant
Jay Z vocals
Jazze Pha vocals, background vocals
Jeff Moses assistant
Jeffrey Schulz art direction, design
Jeminesse "Slimm Jim" Smith programming
Jim Sitterly violin
Joe-Mama Nitzberg creative director
John Frisbee director
John Frye engineer, pre-mixing, mixing
John Krovoza cello
Joi background vocals, vocals
Jonathan Mannion photography
Josh Monroy assistant
Kelis vocals
Kevin "KD" Davis mixing
Kevin Brandon double bass
Kevin Kendrick guitar, piano, keyboards
Kevin O'Neal double bass
Kevin Smith electric bass
Killer Mike vocals, background vocals
King Stephen vocals
Konkrete vocals
Lavish-J styling, photography
L.A. Reid executive producer
Lil Jon vocals
Lisa Chien cello
Louis Kabok violin
Ludacris vocals
Malik Albert assistant
Marcy Vaj viola
Marianne Lee Stitt background vocals
Mark Cargill violin
Mark Casillas violin
Martin Smith cello
Marvin "Chanz" Parkman organ, keyboards
Matt Boykin piano, keyboards, programming
Matt Still engineer
Mello vocals, background vocals
Michele Nardone viola
Mildryln "Big Gul" Andrews background vocals
Moffett Morris upright bass
Moka Nagatani engineer
Mr. DJ producer
Myrna Crenshaw background vocals
Myrna Crenshaw vocals
Neal H. Pogue mixing
Neil Pogue mixing
Norah Jones vocals
Padraic Kernin assistant, engineer
Patrick Morgan viola
Pete Novak engineer, pre-mixing, mixing
Rabeka Tuinei assistant
Rajinder Kala conga
Reggie Doizier mixing
Regina Davenport A&R, artist coordination, production coordination
Reginald Dozier engineer
Richard Adkins violin
Richard Keller strings, string arrangements
Robert Hannon engineer
Robin Ross viola
Rosario Dawson vocals
Russell Buelna assistant
Sanford Salzinger strings
Sleepy Brown vocals, background vocals
Slimm Calhoun vocals
Terrence Cash engineer
Theresa Wilson A&R
Tibor Zelig violin
Tomi Martin guitar
Tori Alamaze background vocals
Torkil Gudnason photography
Victor Alexander drums
Vincent Alexander assistant, engineer
Warren Bletcher assistant
Yarda Kettner violin
Zaza guitar
Charts[edit]
Album
Chart (2003/2004) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[28] 9
Austrian Albums Chart[28] 28
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[28] 21
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[28] 58
Canadian Albums Chart[29] 4
Danish Albums Chart[28] 13
Dutch Albums Chart[28] 15
French Albums Chart[28] 13
Finnish Albums Chart[28] 15
German Albums Chart[30] 21
Irish Albums Chart[30] 3
New Zealand Albums Chart[28] 3
Norwegian Albums Chart[28] 4
Polish Albums Chart[30] 35
Swedish Albums Chart[28] 11
Swiss Albums Chart[28] 11
UK Albums Chart[30] 1
US Billboard 200[30] 1
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop[29] 1
Certifications[edit]
Country Provider Certification
(thresholds)[31]
Australia ARIA Platinum[32]
Canada CRIA Gold[33]
Denmark IFPI Gold[34]
Germany BVMI Gold[35]
Hungary Mahasz Gold[36]
Japan RIAJ Gold[37]
Netherlands NVPI Gold[38]
New Zealand RMNZ 2 Platinum[39]
Norway IFPI Gold[40]
Switzerland Gold[41]
United Kingdom BPI 2 Platinum[42]
United States RIAA 11 Platinum (Diamond)[43]
See also[edit]
List of best-selling albums in the United States
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below at Discogs
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below at Metacritic
International chart positions at acharts.us
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Grand Champ by DMX
Measure of a Man by Clay Aiken
The Diary of Alicia Keys by Alicia Keys
Closer by Josh Groban Billboard 200 number-one album
October 5 18, 2003
November 9 15, 2003
January 4 17, 2004
January 25 February 7, 2004 Succeeded by
Chicken-n-Beer by Ludacris
Shock'n Y'all by Toby Keith
Closer by Josh Groban
Kamikaze by Twista
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