Outkast - Idlewild
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Lyrics: B
Content: B-
Production: C+
Creativity: A
Quality %: C
Bonus: N/A
Release Date: August 22nd, 2006
If you believed the rumors and speculation this album wasn't supposed to happen. In fact if you believed the rumors and speculation Outkast wasn't even supposed to be a group by now. Despite a legendary rap career and numerous acclaimed LPs rumors of Outkast breaking up have persisted for roughly the past 2 years. What many probably failed to understand was that the Atlanta Hip-hop, duo Outkast, made up of Big Boi and Andre 3000, have always been very distinct individuals. This joining of completely separate personalities and sometimes musical vision has led to some of the most dynamic, creative, and enjoyable Hip-Hop to be put out by any rap group in any era.
Idlewild though named for the movie with the same title, is not a soundtrack, at least not in the typical sense, in that almost none of the songs on the album appear in the movie. To some degree this should be expected since the movie Idlewild is a period film set in the 1930's. A better description of this album would be that the music is inspired by the film, in both instrumentation and mood. Unlike previous Outkast albums there isn't a clear hit or two on this album though there are some solid cuts like "Mighty-O", which features both Andre 3000 and Big Boi rhyming on the same track, a rarity these days. However, like much of the music Outkast has been putting out recently the music on Idlewild is basically separated with the duo's members not being featured on tracks together. Morris Brown wins with a big band sound courtesy of Atlanta HBCU, Morris Brown College's, Band being featured on the track. "The Train" is another solid groove as is "When I Look In Your Eyes" but overall there is just a solid album from Outkast though from a lesser group or pair of artist not only would this album have likely been bad, it would have been near impossible to imagine much less pull it off.
Overall: C+ :Review by Eyecalone
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Lyrics: B
Content: B-
Production: C+
Creativity: A
Quality %: C
Bonus: N/A
Release Date: August 22nd, 2006
If you believed the rumors and speculation this album wasn't supposed to happen. In fact if you believed the rumors and speculation Outkast wasn't even supposed to be a group by now. Despite a legendary rap career and numerous acclaimed LPs rumors of Outkast breaking up have persisted for roughly the past 2 years. What many probably failed to understand was that the Atlanta Hip-hop, duo Outkast, made up of Big Boi and Andre 3000, have always been very distinct individuals. This joining of completely separate personalities and sometimes musical vision has led to some of the most dynamic, creative, and enjoyable Hip-Hop to be put out by any rap group in any era.
Idlewild though named for the movie with the same title, is not a soundtrack, at least not in the typical sense, in that almost none of the songs on the album appear in the movie. To some degree this should be expected since the movie Idlewild is a period film set in the 1930's. A better description of this album would be that the music is inspired by the film, in both instrumentation and mood. Unlike previous Outkast albums there isn't a clear hit or two on this album though there are some solid cuts like "Mighty-O", which features both Andre 3000 and Big Boi rhyming on the same track, a rarity these days. However, like much of the music Outkast has been putting out recently the music on Idlewild is basically separated with the duo's members not being featured on tracks together. Morris Brown wins with a big band sound courtesy of Atlanta HBCU, Morris Brown College's, Band being featured on the track. "The Train" is another solid groove as is "When I Look In Your Eyes" but overall there is just a solid album from Outkast though from a lesser group or pair of artist not only would this album have likely been bad, it would have been near impossible to imagine much less pull it off.
Overall: C+ :Review by Eyecalone
