Ok, Atlanta chumped big time at the Super Bowl. Starting with
\nEugene Robinson’s debacle with an undercover police officer and
\nending by the beginning of the second half of one of the most
\nboring games in recent memory, Atlanta may need some cheering up.
\nAnd it won’t come way by reading Tom Wolfe’s latest book, “A Man In
\nFull”, which depicts Atlanta in a semi-negative light, but no more
\nnegative than any big city.<\/p>\n
No, if you want a quick pick-me up in regards to what Atlanta
\nhas to offer, look no further than
\nAquemini<\/i>, the latest album by Outkast. The third album by
\nAtlanta rappers Big Boi and Andre Benjamin is as inventive and
\nout-there as their last album,
\nAliens<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The “which coast is better debate” is now ran its course for
\nrap. And it looks like the south rose in 1998 with the rise of
\nMaster P’s army at No Limit Records. However, the Outkast shine in
\ntheir region far brighter than anyone in the No Limit arsenal
\n(sorry, Snoop Dogg) for refusing to obey any set format. From the
\nreliable old-school funk of the 70s funk bands to obscure as hell
\nmusical additions for rap (harmonica),
\nAquemini<\/i> is full of diversity and more important, mad
\nflow.<\/p>\n
Yes, mad flow.
\nAquemini<\/i> is so good in some areas, it makes a total white
\nbread boy like myself use “mad flow” for the first time in any of
\nmy reviews. Highlights include the breathless word flow of songs
\nlike “Rosa Parks,” “The Art Of Storytellin’ (Pts 1 and 2) and “Skew
\nIt On The Bar-B.” The entire album is so funky, I had trouble
\npicking out when the great George Clinton dropped in for a cameo
\nappearance (“Synthesizer”).<\/p>\n
But for all the fresh outlets that
\nAquemini<\/i> offers, it does resort to the typical “playa”
\nfantasy of many male-oriented rap albums released in the ’90s.
\nMakin’ dough, gettin’ the honeys and keepin’ your game in check are
\nall themes covered extensively in
\nAquemini<\/i>.<\/p>\n
But Outkast is not souly concerned with “makin’ it.” They want
\nto enlighten your ignorant ass as well with different, mad beats,
\nas they say in one of their interludes. Unfortunately, my car
\nstereo is no more, so I only got a chance to listen to this album
\nabout three or four times. Which is all right,
\nAquemini<\/i> is well worth the price of a CD, and I’ll probably
\nshell out my $15 as soon as my state refund comes in. Until then,
\nI’ll have to deal with the hooks of “Chonkyfire” and the chorus of
\n“old school playas in new school fools\/Say I be Got damn it the
\ndone change the rules” going through my head. Beleive it, the album
\nis addictive, even for non-rap fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":27362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6468],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-38727","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-outkast","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38727"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}