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  • Artist: OutKast
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: September 23, 2003
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Contains explicit content
  • Genre: Rap

Review

To call OutKast's follow-up to their 2000 masterpiece Stankonia the most eagerly awaited hip-hop album of the new millennium may be hyperbole, but not by much. In its kaleidoscopic, deep-fried amalgam of Dirty South, dirty funk, techno, and psychedelia, Stankonia was fearlessly exploratory and giddy with possibilities. It was hard to imagine where the duo was going to go next, but one possibility that few entertained was that Big Boi and Andre 3000 would split apart, each recording an album on his own and then releasing the pair as the fifth OutKast album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, in the fall of 2003. Although both albums have their own distinct character, the effect is kind of like if the Beatles issued The White Album as one LP of Lennon tunes, the other of McCartney songs -- the individual records may be more coherent, but the illusion that the group can do anything is tarnished. By isolating themselves from each other, Big Boi and Andre 3000 diminish the idea of OutKast slightly, since the focus is on the individuals, not the group. Which, of course, is part of the point of releasing solo albums under the group name -- it's to prove that the two can exist under the umbrella of the OutKast aesthetic while standing as individuals. Thing is, while it would have been a wild, bracing listen to hear these 39 songs mixed up, alternating between Boi and Dre cuts, the two albums do prove that the music can be solo in execution but remain OutKast records through and through. Both records are visionary, imaginative listens, providing some of the best music of 2003, regardless of genre. If conventional wisdom, based on their public personas and previous music, held that Big Boi's record, Speakerboxxx, would be the more conventional of the two and Andre 3000's The Love Below the more experimental, that doesn't turn out to be quite true. From the moment Speakerboxxx kicks into gear with "GhettoMusick" and its relentless blend of old-school 808s and breakneck breakbeats, it's clear that Boi is ignoring boundaries, and the rest of his album follows suit. It's grounded firmly within hip-hop, but the beats bend against the grain and the arrangements are overflowing with ideas and thrilling, unpredictable juxtapositions, such as how "Bowtie" swings like big-band jazz filtered through George Clinton, how "The Way You Move" offsets its hard-driving verses with seductive choruses, or how "The Rooster" cheerfully rides a threatening minor-key mariachi groove, salted by slippery horns and loose-limbed wah-wah guitars. It's a hell of a ride, reclaiming the adventurous spirit of the golden age and pushing it into a new era.

By contrast, The Love Below isn't so much visionary as it is unapologetically eccentric. And as the cocktail jazz pianos that sparkle through the first few songs indicate, it's not much of a hip-hop album. Instead, Andre 3000 has created the great lost Prince album -- the platter that the Purple One recorded somewhere between Around the World in a Day and Sign 'o' the Times. It's not just that the music and song titles cheekily recall Prince -- "She Lives in My Lap" is a close relation of the B-side "She's Always in My Hair" -- it's that Dre disregards any rules on a quest to create his own interior world, right down to a dialogue with God. The difference between Andre 3000 and Prince is in that dialogue, too: Prince was tortured; Andre is trying to get laid. That cheerfully randy spirit surges through The Love Below, even on the spooky-serious closer, "A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre," and it gives Andre the freedom to try a little of everything, from mock crooning on "Love Haters" to a breakbeat jazz interpretation of "My Favorite Things" to the strange one-man funk of "Roses" and the incandescent "Hey Ya!," where classic soul and electro-funk coexist happily. So, both records are very different, but the remarkable thing is, they both feel thoroughly like OutKast music. Big Boi and Andre 3000 took off in different directions from the same starting point, yet they wind up sounding unified because they share the same freewheeling aesthetic, where everything is alive and everything is possible within their music. That spirit fuels not just the best hip-hop, but the best pop music, and both Speakerboxxx and The Love Below are among the best hip-hop and best pop music released this decade. Each is a knockout individually, and paired together, their force is undeniable. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks



CD 1

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Intro (Lyrics) OutKast (1:29)
Ghetto Musick Bunny Sigler, Kenny Gamble, André Benjamin, Antwan Patton OutKast (3:56)
Unhappy (Lyrics) Antwan Patton, David Sheats OutKast (3:19)
Bowtie (Lyrics) Phalon Alexander, Antwan Patton, Patrick Brown OutKast, Jazze Pha, Sleepy Brown (3:56)
The Way You Move Carlton "Carl Mo" Mahone, Antwan Patton, Patrick Brown OutKast, Sleepy Brown (3:54)
The Rooster Carlton "Carl Mo" Mahone, Antwan Patton, Donnie Mathis OutKast (3:57)
Bust (Lyrics) Myrna Crenshaw, Antwan Patton, Michael Render OutKast, Killer Mike (3:08)
War (Lyrics) André Benjamin, Antwan Patton, David Sheats OutKast (2:43)
Church (Lyrics) Kevin Kendricks, André Benjamin, Myrna Crenshaw, Antwan Patton, Patrick Brown OutKast (3:27)
Bamboo (Interlude) OutKast (2:09)
Tomb of the Boom (Lyrics) Cameron K-Oz Gipp, Antwan Patton, Chris Bridges, Nathaniel Elder, Cory Andrews, James Patton OutKast, Big Gipp, Ludacris, Konkrete (4:46)
E-Mac (Interlude) OutKast (0:24)
Knowing (Lyrics) Antwan Patton OutKast (3:32)
Flip Flop Rock (Lyrics) Shawn Carter, Antwan Patton, Michael Render, David Sheats OutKast, Jay-Z, Killer Mike (4:35)
Interlude OutKast (1:15)
Reset (Lyrics) Thomas Burton, Antwan Patton, Willie Knighton OutKast, Cee-Lo, Khujo Goodie (4:35)
D-Boi (Interlude) OutKast (0:40)
Last Call (Lyrics) André Benjamin, Antwan Patton, James Hollins, Brian Loving OutKast, Lil Jon, East Side Boyz, Slimm Calhoun, Mello (3:57)
Bowtie (Postlude) Phalon Alexander, Antwan Patton, Patrick Brown OutKast (0:34)


CD 2

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
The Love Below (Intro) André Benjamin OutKast (1:27)
Love Hater (Lyrics) Kevin Kendricks, André Benjamin OutKast (2:49)
God (Interlude) André Benjamin OutKast (2:20)
Happy Valentine's Day (Lyrics) André Benjamin OutKast (5:23)
Spread (Lyrics) André Benjamin OutKast (3:51)
Where Are My Panties? OutKast (1:54)
Prototype (Lyrics) André Benjamin OutKast (5:26)
She Lives in My Lap (Lyrics) Willie Dennis, Isaac Hayes, Roger Troutman, Doug King, Brad Jordan, Eric Vidal, André Benjamin, Dino Hawkins OutKast, Rosario Dawson (4:27)
Hey Ya! (Lyrics) André Benjamin OutKast (3:55)
Roses (Lyrics) André Benjamin, Antwan Patton, Matt Boykin OutKast (6:09)
Good Day, Good Sir OutKast (1:24)
Behold a Lady André Benjamin OutKast (4:37)
Pink & Blue (Lyrics) R. Kelly, André Benjamin OutKast (5:04)
Love in War (Lyrics) André Benjamin OutKast (3:25)
She's Alive (Lyrics) Kevin Kendricks, André Benjamin OutKast (4:06)
Dracula's Wedding (Lyrics) André Benjamin OutKast, Kelis (2:32)
My Favorite Things (Lyrics) André Benjamin OutKast, Norah Jones (5:13)
Take Off Your Cool (Lyrics) André Benjamin OutKast (2:38)
Vibrate (Lyrics) André Benjamin OutKast (6:33)
A Life in the Day of Benjamin André (Incomplete) André Benjamin OutKast (5:11)

Credits

Zaza (Guitar), Richard Adkins (Violin), Kevin Brandon (Double Bass), Mark Cargill (Violin), Charles Veal (Violin), Charles Veal (Concert Master), Reggie Doizier (Mixing), Reginald Dozier (Engineer), John Frye (Engineer), John Frye (Mixing), John Frye (Pre-Mixing), Brian Gardner (Mastering), Bernie Grundman (Mastering), Joi (Vocals), Joi (Vocals (Background)), Louis Kabok (Violin), Kevin Kendricks (Guitar), Kevin Kendricks (Keyboards), Debra Killings (Bass), Debra Killings (Vocals (Background)), Gina Kronstadt (Violin), Aaron Mills (Bass), Jeff Moses (Assistant), Kevin O'Neal (Double Bass), OutKast (Executive Producer), Neil Pogue (Mixing), L.A. Reid (Executive Producer), Robin Ross (Viola), Jim Sitterly (Violin), Darryl Otis Smith (Guitar), Tibor Zelig (Violin), Benjamin Wright (String Arrangements), Benjamin Wright (String Conductor), Michele Nardone (Viola), David Arenz (Strings), David Braitberg (Strings), Jay-Z (Vocals), Jazze Pha (Vocals), Jazze Pha (Vocals (Background)), Jeffrey Schulz (Art Direction), Jeffrey Schulz (Design), Matt Still (Engineer), Dexter Simmons (Mixing), Tomi Martin (Guitar), John Krovoza (Cello), Jonathan Mannion (Photography), Lil Jon (Vocals), Yarda Kettner (Violin), Mr. DJ (Producer), André Benjamin (Guitar (Acoustic)), André Benjamin (Guitar), André Benjamin (Keyboards), André Benjamin (Programming), André Benjamin (Sax (Tenor)), André Benjamin (Vocals), André Benjamin (Vocals (Background)), André Benjamin (Producer), André Benjamin (Soloist), Patrick Morgan (Viola), Myrna Crenshaw (Vocals), Myrna Crenshaw (Vocals (Background)), Antwan Patton (Keyboards), Antwan Patton (Programming), Antwan Patton (Vocals), Antwan Patton (Vocals (Background)), Antwan Patton (Producer), Antwan Patton (Drum Programming), Donnie Mathis (Guitar), David Whild (Guitar), Greg Burns (Assistant), Victor Alexander (Drums), Big Boi (Producer), Big Gipp (Vocals), Big Gipp (Vocals (Background)), Carl Mo (Producer), Regina Davenport (Production Coordination), Regina Davenport (A&R), Regina Davenport (Artist Coordination), Darrell Thorp (Mixing), Cutmaster Swift (Producer), Cutmaster Swift (Cut), Kevin Smith (Bass (Electric)), Kelis (Vocals), Marvin "Chanz" Parkman (Organ), Marvin "Chanz" Parkman (Keyboards), Darrel Thorpe (Engineer), East Side Boyz (Vocals), Torkil Gudnason (Photography), Robert Hannon (Engineer), Richard Keller (Strings), Richard Keller (String Arrangements), Alex Reverberi (Assistant), Slimm Calhoun (Vocals), Pete Novak (Engineer), Pete Novak (Mixing), Pete Novak (Pre-Mixing), Ludacris (Vocals), Cee-Lo (Vocals), Richard Furch (Engineer), Sleepy Brown (Vocals), Sleepy Brown (Vocals (Background)), Killer Mike (Vocals), Killer Mike (Vocals (Background)), Malik Albert (Assistant), André 3000 (Producer), Brian "Big Bass" Gardener (Mixing), Joe-Mama Nitzberg (Creative Director), Norah Jones (Vocals), Rajinder Kala (Conga), Mark Casillas (Violin), Bonnie Hayes & the Wild Combo (Vocals), Rabeka Tuinei (Assistant), Terrence Cash (Engineer), Moffett Morris (Bass (Upright)), Martin Smith (Cello), Brian Paturalski (Engineer), Greg Price (Assistant), Vincent Alexander (Engineer), Vincent Alexander (Assistant), Chris Carmouche (Engineer), Chris Carmouche (Assistant), Chris Steffen (Assistant), Warren Bletcher (Assistant), Kevin "KD" Davis (Mixing), Theresa Wilson (A&R), Mello (Vocals), Mello (Vocals (Background)), Donald Whittemore (Assistant), Marcy Vaj (Viola), Tori Alamaze (Vocals (Background)), Mildryln "Big Gul" Andrews (Vocals (Background)), Eleanor Arnez (Strings), Marianne Lee Stitt (Vocals (Background)), Russell Buelna (Assistant), Catherine Chan (Cello), Jeminesse "Slimm Jim" Smith (Programming), Lisa Chien (Cello), Moka Nagatani (Engineer), Sanford Salzinger (Strings), Rosario Dawson (Vocals), Dojo5 (Producer), Jared Robbins (Assistant), Konkrete (Vocals), King Stephen (Vocals), Padraic Kernin (Engineer), Padraic Kernin (Assistant), John Frisbee (Director), Hornz Unlimited (Trumpet), Hornz Unlimited (Horn), Hornz Unlimited (Horn Arrangements), Josh Monroy (Assistant), Neal H. Pogue (Mixing), Eric Johnson (Strings)
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Studio album by OutKast
Released September 23, 2003
Recorded September 11, 2001—September 17, 2003
Genre Hip hop, funk, soul, pop, jazz
Length 56:26 (Speakerboxxx)
78-79 min. (The Love Below, exact length varies depending on pressing)
135 min. (total)
Label LaFace, Arista
Producer André 3000, Big Boi, Carl Mo, Mr. DJ, Cutmaster Swiff, Dojo5
Professional reviews
OutKast chronology
Stankonia
(2000)		 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
(2003)		 Idlewild
(2006)
Singles from Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
  1. "Hey Ya!"
    Released: September 9, 2003
  2. "The Way You Move"
    Released: September 9, 2003
  3. "Roses"
    Released: February 23, 2004
  4. "Ghetto Musick"
    Released: 2004
  5. "Prototype"
    Released: 2004

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is the fifth studio album by American hip hop duo OutKast, released September 23, 2003 on LaFace Records in the United States. Issued as a double album, it clocks at over two and-a-half hours and consists of a solo album from both of the group's members.[11] Speakerboxxx has Big Boi performing tracks that are rooted in basic hip hop,[12] while The Love Below, the solo project of André 3000, covers musical styles such as soul, pop, funk, and jazz.[13]

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below received widespread acclaim from music critics, based on an aggregate score of 91/100 from Metacritic.[14] It was supported with the hit singles "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move", which both reached number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. As part of its success, the album won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making it only the second rap album to ever win the award after 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.[15] It was the first album (and to date, the only album) with a Parental Advisory label to win the Grammy Awards Album of the Year

Contents

Music

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below represented a departure on Outkast previous work. First of all, the album worked as two albums on a single set, with the first (Speakerboxxx) working as a Big Boi solo project and the second (The Love Below) as a André solo album. Critics pointed on this fact, and many interpreted as an initial problem that finally succeed as a favorable point. Stephen Thomas Erlewine compared this expanded creative freedom between each members of the group with what happened to The Beatles in 1968, saying "the effect is kind of like if the Beatles issued The White Album as one LP of Lennon tunes, the other of McCartney songs — the individual records may be more coherent, but the illusion that the group can do anything is tarnished. By isolating themselves from each other, Big Boi and Andre 3000 diminish the idea of OutKast slightly, since the focus is on the individuals, not the group. Which, of course, is part of the point of releasing solo albums under the group name — it's to prove that the two can exist under the umbrella of the OutKast aesthetic while standing as individuals." [16]

Most critics were also particularly more interesed in André's half of the album than on Big Boi's solo venture, due to the experimentation with several music genres on The Love Below. The intro of the album was already a trip on classical music, "Love Hater" has purely jazz influences (apart from a cover of "My Favorite Things", a Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein tune), and the rest was a combination of soul, funk, R&B, and hip-hop. Will Hermes from Entertainment Weekly pointed that André's album "is as strange and rich a trip as pop offers nowadays, a song cycle about love's battle against fear and (self-) deception that's frequently profound, hilarious, and very, very sexy." [17] Prince's influences are very notable on André 3000, as it is particularly noted on the track "She Lives in My Lap" (very reminiscent to Prince's "She's Always in My Hair"), a funky piece where Dré's voice is accompanied by a female voice in a style similar to the one of Prince's bandmates Diamond and Pearl. The Love Below also found André singing more than rapping (a fact that found criticism on many fans familiarized with OutKast previous style). Hermes noted: "Dre sings more than raps here, which could be a problem, as his nasal drawl isn't the greatest instrument. But hip-hop, like punk, is about making magic with limited means through the sheer force of creative will, and whether he's cooing baby noises on the Goth-soul cha-cha Pink & Blue or scatting with multiplatinum siren Norah Jones on the interlude Take Off Your Cool, Dre's limitations read here like strengths."

The Love Below is substantially longer than Big Boi's Speakerboxxx, clocking for almost 78 minutes, compared to 56 minutes for Speakerboxxx. Featured guests on Speakerboxxx include Sleepy Brown, Jazze Pha, Jay-Z, Cee-Lo, Killer Mike, Goodie Mob, Lil' Jon and Ludacris. Guests on The Love Below include Rosario Dawson, Norah Jones, Kelis, and Fonzworth Bentley. Songs that were to be featured on The Love Below included "Millionaire" featuring Kelis and "Long Way to Go" featuring Gwen Stefani. Those two were scrapped, and instead included in the collaborators' own albums—Tasty and Love. Angel. Music. Baby., respectively. Big Boi included André 3000 in producing and co-writing quite a bit of Speakerboxxx. On the other hand, the only song on The Love Below featuring a verse by Big Boi is "Roses".[18]

Reception

Commercial performance

After achieving three #2 albums in the U.S., OutKast finally achieved their first #1 album with Speakerboxxx/The Love Below when the album debuted at the summit of the Billboard 200 on October 11, 2003 with over 510,000 copies sold in its first week. It became the biggest debut for a double album during the Soundscan era (beginning in 1991) after Shania Twain's Up!, which debuted with 874,000 copies the previous year. During the following week, the album managed to sell at least 235,000 copies, staying another week at the top. Then it spent three weeks inside the top 5 until it returned to the top for one more week, selling almost 142,000 copies. Sales maintained strong during the following weeks, spending another four weeks at #1 between January and February of 2004. In all, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below achieved a total seven weeks at #1, 24 weeks at the Top 10, and 56 weeks (over a year) inside the Billboard 200, a notable feat for a double album. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below has been certified diamond and 11 times platinum by the RIAA for shipping more than 11 million units (in this case, 5.5 million double album sets), becoming the best selling rap album of all time. [19]

In terms of singles, the album was very successful. "Hey Ya!" went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, topping the charts there for 9 weeks. The song also topped the charts in Canada and Australia and charted in 28 countries around the world. "The Way You Move" also topped the U.S. charts in 2004 and has charted in 17 countries around the world. "The Way You Move" knocked "Hey Ya!" off the top of the charts in the U.S., the sixth time a recording act has replaced itself at number one since Elvis Presley first did so in 1956. As well as breaking "Hey Ya!"'s run at number one, "The Way You Move" broke OutKast's overall run at the top spot, only staying there for one week before it gave way to "Slow Jamz" by Kanye West featuring Twista and Jamie Foxx. "Hey Ya!" was also the first ever platinum download on iTunes. The third single released from the album was "Roses" from The Love Below while the fourth and fifth singles released were "Prototype" (The Love Below) and "Ghetto Musick" (Speakerboxxx) respectively. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is OutKast's first album to have more than three singles and two #1 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

Critical response

Very-well received by critical community in general, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll. In Australia, Hey Ya! was voted #2 on the 2003 Triple J Hottest 100, the biggest alternative music poll of its type in the country. In the jazz periodical Down Beat the album was voted as best "beyond" album. Most importantly, the album was nominated for a total six Grammy Awards, winning three of them (Album of the year, Best Urban/Alternative Performance for "Hey Ya!", and Best Rap Album) (OutKast lost on the categories for Producer of the Year, and Best Short-Form Music Video and Record of the Year, both for "Hey Ya!"). It was only the second rap album to receive the Grammy for Album of the Year.

Track listing

Speakerboxxx (Disc one)

Producers are noted with superscripts:
(a) Big Boi, (b) André 3000, (c) Mr. DJ, (d) Carl Mo & Big Boi, (e) Cutmaster Swiff, (f) Big Boi & Mr. DJ.

  1. "Intro" – 1:29 e
  2. "Ghetto Musick" (Bunny Sigler, Kenny Gamble, André Benjamin, Antwan Patton) – 3:56 b
  3. "Unhappy" (Antwan Patton, David Sheats) – 3:19 c
  4. "Bowtie" (featuring Sleepy Brown & Jazze Pha) (Phalon Alexander, Antwan Patton, Patrick Brown) – 3:56 a
  5. "The Way You Move" (featuring Sleepy Brown) (Carlton "Carl Mo" Mahone, Antwan Patton, Patrick Brown) – 3:54 d
  6. "The Rooster" (Carlton "Carl Mo" Mahone, Antwan Patton, Donnie Mathis) – 3:57 d
  7. "Bust" (featuring Killer Mike) (Myrna Crenshaw, Antwan Patton, Michael Render) – 3:08 a
  8. "War" (André Benjamin, Antwan Patton, David Sheats) – 2:43 c
  9. "Church" (Kevin Kendricks, André Benjamin, Myrna Crenshaw, Antwan Patton, Patrick Brown) – 3:27 b
  10. "Bamboo" (Interlude) (performed by Big Boi & Bamboo) – 2:09
  11. "Tomb of the Boom" (featuring Konkrete, Big Gipp and Ludacris) (Cameron K-Oz Gipp, Antwan Patton, Chris Bridges, Nathaniel Elder, Cory Andrews, James Patton) – 4:46 a
  12. "E-Mac" (Interlude) (performed by E-Mac) – 0:24
  13. "Knowing" (Antwan Patton) – 3:32 c
  14. "Flip Flop Rock" (featuring Killer Mike and Jay-Z) (Shawn Carter, Antwan Patton, Michael Render, David Sheats) – 4:35 f
  15. "Interlude" – 1:15
  16. "Reset" (featuring Khujo Goodie and Cee-Lo) (Thomas Burton, Antwan Patton, Willie Knighton) – 4:35 a
  17. "D-Boi" (Interlude) (performed by Henry Welch) – 0:40
  18. "Last Call" (featuring Slimm Calhoun, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz & Mello) (André Benjamin, Antwan Patton, James Hollins, Brian Loving) – 3:57 b
  19. "Bowtie" (Postlude) (Phalon Alexander, Antwan Patton, Patrick Brown) – 0:34
The Love Below (Disc two)

All tracks were produced solely by André 3000 except "Roses", which was co-produced by Dojo5.

  1. "The Love Below (Intro)" (André Benjamin) – 1:27
  2. "Love Hater" (Kevin Kendricks, André Benjamin) – 2:49
  3. "God (Interlude)" (André Benjamin) – 2:20
  4. "Happy Valentine's Day" (André Benjamin) – 5:23
  5. "Spread" (André Benjamin) – 3:51
  6. "Where Are My Panties?" (performed by André 3000 & Toni Hunter) – 1:54
  7. "Prototype" (André Benjamin) – 5:26
  8. "She Lives in My Lap" (featuring Rosario Dawson) (Willie Dennis, Isaac Hayes, Roger Troutman, Doug King, Brad Jordan, Eric Vidal, André Benjamin, Dino Hawkins) – 4:27
  9. "Hey Ya!" (André Benjamin) – 3:55
  10. "Roses" (André Benjamin, Antwan Patton, Matt Boykin) – 6:09
  11. "Good Day, Good Sir" (performed by André 3000 & Fonzworth Bentley) – 1:24
  12. "Behold a Lady" (André Benjamin) – 4:37
  13. "Pink & Blue" (R. Kelly, André Benjamin) – 5:04
  14. "Love in War" (André Benjamin) – 3:25
  15. "She's Alive" (Kevin Kendricks, André Benjamin) – 4:06
  16. "Dracula's Wedding" (featuring Kelis) (André Benjamin) – 2:32
  17. "The Letter (Interlude)" (only on select pressings of the album) - 0:20
  18. "My Favorite Things" – 5:14 (not listed anywhere in the artwork in some editions)
  19. "Take Off Your Cool" (featuring Norah Jones) (André Benjamin) – 2:38
  20. "Vibrate" (André Benjamin) – 6:33 (certain pressings), 6:38 (certain pressings)
  21. "A Life in the Day of Benjamin André (Incomplete)" (performed by Benjamin André) (André Benjamin) – 4:50 (certain pressings), 5:11 (certain pressings)
Sample credits
  • "Ghetto Musick," from "Speakerboxxx," contains samples of "Love, Need & Want You" by Patti LaBelle.
  • "She Lives In My Lap," from "The Love Below," contains samples of "Mind Playing Tricks 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.
  • "My Favorite Things" from "The Love Below" contains samples from John Coltrane's 1960 recording by the same name.

Chart performance

Album

Year Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Top Canadian Albums Top Internet Albums
2004 1 1 4 1

Singles

Year Song Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles Rhythmic Top 40 Top 40 Mainstream Top 40 Tracks Canadian Singles Chart Modern Rock Tracks Adult Top 40 Latin Pop Airplay Top 40 Adult Recurrents
2003 "Hey Ya!" 1 9 – 1 1 1 1 16 13 34 6
2004 "Ghettomusick" – 93 – – – - – – – – –
2004 "Prototype" – 63 – – – – – – – – –
2004 "Roses" 9 12 5 7 4 7 – – – – –
2003 "The Way You Move" 1 2 1 4 1 1 – – 34 – –

Personnel

  • OutKast – Executive producer[20]
  • André Benjamin – Soloist, vocals, background vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, *tenor sax, programming, producer
  • Big Boi – Vocals, producer
  • Aaron Mills – Bass
  • Jef Van Veen - Drums
  • Alex Reverberi – Assistant
  • Antwan Patton – Vocals, background vocals, drum programming, keyboards, programming, 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
  • Cee-Lo – 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 – Background Vocals
  • Jazze Pha – 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 Kendricks – Guitar, keyboards
  • Kevin O'Neal – Double bass
  • Kevin Smith – Bass – Electric
  • Killer Mike – Vocals, background vocals
  • King Stephen – Vocals
  • Konkrete – Vocals
  • 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 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

See also

References

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