Every once in a while someone makes an album that actually means something. This time around, Outkast is that someone, and AQUEMINI is that album. With their first album, Outkast created Southern hip-hop, and with their second album, they further defined it. Then, rap groups from the South really took off, and took the sound of the South with them, far from the boundaries set by Big Boi and Dre. However, the two innovative MCs break new ground with AQUEMINI, their third album, not to reclaim their reign of the dirty South, but to establish their mark in the universal scheme of hip-hop.
Rap music needs AQUEMINI for its lyrical consciousness, its musical creativity, and its accessibility. One of the album's most impressive qualities is its ability to keep it real without self-consciousness. Outkast takes an everyday situation and turns it into an amazing storytelling journey into outer space. Songs such as the seven-minute "SpottieOttieDopaliscious" that feature live instruments and poetic lyrics are Outkast at their best.
"Rosa Parks" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group.
Outkast: Big Boi, Dre (rap vocals).
Additional personnel includes: T-Mo, Big Gipp, Cee-Lo, Raekwon, Khujo, Masada, Witchdoctor (rap vocals); Erykah Badu, Joi Gillian, 4.0, Pat "Sleepy" Brown (vocals); Donny Mathis (acoustic guitar); Preston Crump (electric guitar, bass); Craig Love (guitar); Marvin "Chanz" Parkman (keyboards, bass); LaMarquis Jefferson (bass); Victor Alexander (drums); Omar Phillips (percussion); Organized Noize (programming); David "Mr. DJ" Sheats (DJ); George Clinton, Lil' Wil, Debra Killings, Playa Paul (background vocals).
Producers include: Organized Noize, Outkast, Donny Mathis, David "Mr. DJ" Sheats.
Engineers include: Neal H. Pogue, Bernasky Wall, Kevin Parker.
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Hip-Hop
Track Listing:
A1 Hold On, Be Strong
A2 Return Of The "G"
A3 Rosa Parks
A4 Skew It On The Bar-B
B1 Aquemini
B2 Synthesizer
B3 Slump
C1 West Savannah
C2 Da Art Of Storytellin' (Pt. 1)
C3 Da Art Of Storytellin' (Pt. 2)
D1 Mamacita
D2 SpottieOttieDopalicious
E1 Y'all Scared
E2 Chonkyfire
F1 Nathaniel
F2 Liberation
