> “If niggas all dogs, then what you call broads?/Felines in heat, meowin’ for some yarn balls” -André 3000 (“Mamacita”) > “Smooth like a hot comb on nappy-ass hair” -Big Boi (“SpottieOttieDopalicious”) > “Ridin round our hood talkin’ that dumb shit, your cabbage is cracked, like plumber’s ass” -Big Boi (“Skew it on the Bar-B”) > “Forever hollering ‘Hootie Hoo!’ when we see cops” -(“Slump”) > “Doing doughnuts ’round you suckas like them circles around titties” -Big Boi (“Rosa Parks”) > “Question: Is every nigga with dreads for the cause?” -André 3000 (“Aquemini”) > “You get a lot of love ’cause of what you got/Say they happy for you but they really not” -Erykah Badu (“Liberation”) > “If you ain’t got no rims, nigga, don’t get no wood grain steering wheel” -Big Boi (“Aquemini”) > “Have you ever thought of the meaning of the word ‘trap’?” -André 3000 (“Y’All Scared”) Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city is noticeably seasoned with spices from OutKast’s masterpiece, particularly on songs like “Real” and “The Art of Peer Pressure.” 1” for Born Sinner’s “ LAnd of the Snakes.” Everyone from Lloyd (“Southside”) to Curren$y to Lupe Fiasco (“$Nitches”) to Jill Scott to Lil Wayne (“Right Above It”) have cut slithers from Aquemini-and that’s just what you can find in the credits. Cole sampled the same track for his own 2010 single “ Who Dat,” also lifting the beat of “ Da Art of Storytellin’, Pt.
That epic brass break in the middle of Beyoncé’s “ Flawless (Remix)”? It was pulled from “SpottieOttieDopalicious.” J. 29)-you’ve probably caught its influence in today’s generation of musicians. Where have I heard this before? If you’ve never listened to Aquemini-which celebrates its sweet 16th birthday on Monday (Sept. This, too, is a peak Aquemini moment (dude, there are soo many). (But don’t snooze on this either): Erykah Badu’s magical verse on “Liberation.” Her voice is sweet as syrup on biscuits, as she details the binding chains of fame. The autobiographical leftover from the group’s 1994 debut Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik is a full-circle moment for OutKast, as a young Daddy Fat Saxxx recounts the monotonous plight of ATL D-boys and serves another STFU to those same doubters addressed on “Return of the ‘G.’” Most slept-on: While André tends to absorb the most praise for his extraterrestrial lyricism, Big Boi impressively holds down “West Savannah” for dolo.
1,” which chronicles fictional friends Suzy Skrew and Sasha Thumper, two girls lost in the world. That funky-ass hoedown harmonica on “Rosa Parks.” The too-real narration of “Da Art of Storytellin’, Pt. Raekwon saying “spontangling,” and us knowing exactly what he means. The smokin’-word poetry and soul-feeding horns of “SpottieOttieDopalicious.” André 3000’s quadruple(!)-time flow to close out the title track (arguably a top-5 ’Dré verse). Peak moment: Honestly, there are way too many on Aquemini. Sleepy Brownĭeep albums cuts: “Return of the ‘G,’” “Aquemini,” “SpottieOttieDopaliscious,” “Slump” The singles: “Rosa Parks” “Skew It on the Bar-B,” feat Raekwon “Da Art of Storytellin’ (Pt. Selling point (in one sentence): The most important (if not best) rap album to come out of the Dirty South, the classic Aquemini LP was perhaps the first major wrecking ball to begin destroying the wall of elitism erected by stubborn New York rap purists. VIBE spotlights some of music’s most essential timepieces for Gen Y
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