In mashing up so many sounds so successfully, the album closed the door on hip-hop's boom-bap '90s period, ushering in an era of sonic cross-pollination between hip-hop and pop that persisted into the next decade.
2Pac - All Eyez On Me (Remastered) 2Pac - Me Against The World. The reaction to the record persuaded Antonio 'L.A.' Reid (LaFace President, CEO and co-owner) to sign the young duo as the label's first hip-hop. The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it. OutKast started their luminous career in 1994 when their classic hit, 'Player's Ball,' became an unlikely single on LaFace Records' Christmas album, a label traditionally known for its suave R&B music.
Selling more than 10 million copies, Speakerboxx/The Love Below was OutKast's least classically hip-hop album to date it was an ambitious amalgam of funk, soul, R&B, disco, and rock (try classifying the snarky kiss-off "Roses"). music (iTunes albums I own) The 1975 - The 1975. Two of OutKast's most enduring and innovative tunes are here: Big Boi's "The Way You Move" (a '70s funk throwback in the style of Cameo and Chic) and "Hey Ya" (André 3000's kaleidoscopic, decade-defining rave-up). While it showed the growing divide between Andr 3000 and Big Boi (and presaged their long hiatus), OutKasts fifth studio effort was a highwater mark for. It was essentially two solo albums: André's The Love Below and Big Boi's Speakerboxx, packaged as a double record. Outkasts fourth studio album Stankonia was their first to achieve success outside the United States as well as peaking at number two on the Billboard 200. While it showed the growing divide between André 3000 and Big Boi (and presaged their long hiatus), OutKast's fifth studio effort was a highwater mark for the group all the same.
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