Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Released September 23, 2003
Recorded 2001–2003
Genre
Alternative hip hop funk psychedelic soul electronic pop jazz
Length 134:44
Label
LaFace Arista
Producer
André 3000 (also exec.) Big Boi
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is the fifth studio album by American hip hop duo Outkast. It was released on September 23, 2003, by LaFace Records. Issued as a double album, its playtime of more than two hours is distributed over solo albums from each of the group’s members. Big Boi’s Speakerboxxx is a Southern hip hop album with a P-Funk influence, while André 3000’s The Love Below features psychedelic, pop, funk, electro, and jazz styles.
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below received widespread acclaim from music critics, who praised the consistency of Big Boi’s Speakerboxxx and the eclectic musical style of André 3000’s The Love Below. The album was supported with the hit singles “Hey Ya!” and “The Way You Move”, which both reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, and the top five hit “Roses”. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below has been certified diamond and 11 times platinum by the RIAA (each disc in the double album counted as a separate unit for certification). As of March 2012, it has shipped 5.7 million units in the United States.
Track listing
Speakerboxxx
1. “Intro” Cutmaster Swift 1:29
2. “Ghetto Musick”
André Benjamin Antwan Patton Kenny Gamble Bunny Sigler
André 3000 3:56
3. “Unhappy”
Patton David Sheats
Mr. DJ 3:19
4. “Bowtie” (featuring Sleepy Brown and Jazze Pha)
Patton Patrick Brown Phalon Alexander
Big Boi 3:56
5. “The Way You Move” (featuring Sleepy Brown)
Patton Carlton Mahone Brown
Carl Mo Big Boi[a]
3:54
6. “The Rooster”
Mahone Patton Donnie Mathis
Carl Mo Big Boi[a]
3:57
7. “Bust” (featuring Killer Mike)
Patton Michael Render Myrna Crenshaw
Big Boi 3:08
8. “War”
Benjamin Patton Sheats
Mr. DJ 2:43
9. “Church”
Benjamin Patton Kevin Kendrick Brown Crenshaw
André 3000 3:27
10. “Bamboo (Interlude)” (performed by Big Boi and Bamboo) 2:09
11. “Tomb of the Boom” (featuring Konkrete, Big Gipp and Ludacris)
Patton Cameron Gipp Chris Bridges James Patton Cory Andrews Nathaniel Elder
Big Boi 4:46
12. “E-Mac (Interlude)” (performed by E-Mac) 0:24
13. “Knowing”
A. Patton Benjamin
Mr. DJ 3:32
14. “Flip Flop Rock” (featuring Killer Mike and Jay-Z)
A. Patton Render Shawn Carter Sheats
Big Boi Mr. DJ[a]
4:35
15. “Interlude” 1:15
16. “Reset” (featuring Khujo Goodie and Cee-Lo)
A. Patton Willie Knighton Thomas Burton
Big Boi 4:35
17. “D-Boi (Interlude)” (performed by Henry Welch) 0:40
18. “Last Call” (featuring Slimm Calhoun, Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz and Mello)
A. Patton Benjamin James Hollins Brian Loving
André 3000 3:57
19. “Bowtie (Postlude)” 0:34
Total length: 56:16
The Love Below
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. “The Love Below (Intro)” 1:27
2. “Love Hater”
Benjamin Kendrick
André 3000 2:49
3. “God (Interlude)” (performed by André 3000) 2:20
4. “Happy Valentine’s Day” Benjamin André 3000 5:23
5. “Spread” Benjamin André 3000 3:51
6. “Where Are My Panties? (Interlude)” (performed by André 3000 and Toni Hunter) 1:54
7. “Prototype” Benjamin André 3000 5:26
8. “She Lives in My Lap” (featuring Rosario Dawson)
Benjamin Willie Dennis Isaac Hayes Brad Jordan Doug King Dino Hawkins Roger Troutman Eric Vidal Nick Vidal
André 3000 4:27
9. “Hey Ya!” Benjamin André 3000 3:55
10. “Roses”
Benjamin A. Patton Matt Boykin
Dojo5 André 3000
6:09
11. “Good Day, Good Sir (Interlude)” (performed by Benjamin André and Fonzworth Bentley) 1:24
12. “Behold a Lady” Benjamin André 3000 4:37
13. “Pink & Blue”
Benjamin R. Kelly
André 3000 5:04
14. “Love in War” Benjamin André 3000 3:25
15. “She’s Alive”
Benjamin Kendrick
André 3000 4:06
16. “Dracula’s Wedding” (featuring Kelis) Benjamin André 3000 2:32
17. “My Favorite Things”
Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers
André 3000 5:14
18. “Take Off Your Cool” (featuring Norah Jones) Benjamin André 3000 2:38
19. “Vibrate” Benjamin André 3000 6:38
20. “A Life in the Day of Benjamin André (Incomplete)” 5:11
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