Outkast: Aquemini Vinyl 3LP
$42.95
<p><i>Before <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?&q=to%20pimp%20a%20butterfly&filter=Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Kendrick%20Lamar%22" target="_blank">To Pimp A Butterfly</a>, there was <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=aquemini" target="_blank">Aquemini</a>.</i> On their third album, <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?&q=outkast&filter=Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Outkast%22" target="_blank"><strong>Outkast</strong></a> steer the soulful boom-bap of their first two records further south, helping to usher the nascent country-fried trap sound of the dirty south into the mainstream. With production duties split between <strong>Organized Noise</strong> & ‘Kast themselves, elements of soul, jazz, gospel and electro are chucked in to a funky stew of 808s and live instrumentation, laying the foundation for some of <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?&q=Big%20Boi&filter=Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Big%20Boi%22%20OR%20Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Big%20Grams%22%20OR%20Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22El-P%20%2B%20Killer%20Mike%22%20OR%20Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Outkast%22%20OR%20Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Run%20The%20Jewels%22" target="_blank"><strong>Big Boi</strong></a> & <strong><a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=andre+3000" target="_blank">Andre</a></strong>’s best songs ever. The player and the poet are on ten, trading bars about spirituality, race, drugs, poverty, ‘Lac grills and trapping. Featuring a now legendary collab with <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=raekwon" target="_blank"><strong>Raekwon</strong></a> (check them all crammed in the booth together trading darts at the end of “Rosa Parks,” pre high-speed internet collabs just hit different), plus guest turns from <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=George+Clinton" target="_blank"><strong>George Clinton</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=erykah+badu" target="_blank"><strong>Erykah Badu</strong></a> & most of the <strong>Dungeon Family</strong>, not to mention some of the most hilarious and bizarre rap skits of all time. Spread across 3 LPs and clocking in at nearly 75 minutes without a single bad song (no, not even “Mamacita”). Recommended.</p> <ul> <li>black triple vinyl pressing</li> <li>music label: La Face 1998</li> </ul> <h6>reviewed by peanut dust 03/2017</h6>