sizes: [[300, 250]] //example: [[300,250], [300,600]] Studios,[11] Doppler Studios, and Purple Dragon in Atlanta. LEAVE THIS SITE IMMEDIATELY. :visited { Text-Decoration : None; color: #333; } el.parentNode.insertBefore(s, el); apstag.setDisplayBids(); height: 220px; [12] Located in midtown Atlanta, Bosstown developed a sentimental value for Outkast, who later bought the studio in 1999 and renamed it "Stankonia" after their fourth studio album. [60] Vibe included it as one of the "150 Essential Albums of the Vibe Era (1992–2007)". googletag.pubads().refresh(); display:none; Album Rating: 4.0Just out of curiosity, what do all of you hate about Speakerboxxx so much? } The record received positive reviews from critics and helped distinguish Southern hip hop as a credible hip hop scene, amid East Coast and West Coast hip hop's market dominance at the time. [1] During school, they participated in rap battles in the cafeteria. [34] By March, the single had sold 500,000 copies and risen to number one on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles, topping the chart for six weeks. :active { Text-Decoration : None; color: #333; } $('#hidebox').show(); [20][21] It also features digital hip hop production elements such as programmed snare beats, booty bass elements,[20] including Roland TR-808 clave rhythms,[9] and old school hip hop elements, including E-mu SP-1200-styled drums and turntable scratches. Copyright The Closure Library Authors. --> "[50] Steve Juon of RapReviews was more receptive, calling it "a stellar debut album", albeit with some musical flaws, including the "monotonous bassline and chorus" of "D.E.E.P. lastXhr; list-style: none; $(document).ready(function() [17] In Oliver Wang's Classic Material, music writer Tony Green delineates the album's release "at the tail end of a second hip-hop 'golden age,' a two-year period (1993–94) that spawned Wu-Tang's Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle, De La Soul's Buhloone Mindstate, Nas's Illmatic, and A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders", and comments that "like many albums released during that period, Southernplayalistic alluded to its roots ... while clearing the way for a new direction that used the peach cobbler soul funk of the Organized Noize production crew as a starting point. padding:20px; }); } display: block; Album Rating: 4.5fuck the haters. left:0; Album Rating: 4.0Yeah, buddy! [38] It also reached number three on the Billboard Top R&B Albums, remaining on the chart for 50 weeks. text-align: right; [38] By June, the album had sold 500,000 copies. } }); Every single Outkast album other than Speakerboxxx is gold. [31] It has an extended guitar solo and musical similarities to Funkadelic and Bootsy Collins. .ui-menu-item{ _comscore.push({ c1: "2", c2: "6772046" }); I've read all 9 of my reviews and this is my best one to me. Although a little bit too dependent on overly simplistic and programmed snare beats, the music is unconditionally excellent, with languid, mellow melodies sliding atop rapid, mechanical drums. [12] The album was mixed at Sound on Sound in New York City, Bosstown, D.A.R.P. • Buckley, Peter, ed.