Best Southern Rap
The band employed a large number of musicians for the album, who frequently entered and exited the studio throughout the recording process and had a major influence on the writing development of the album's songs. The album was certified platinum in November 1998, only two months after its release, and was certified double platinum on July 2, 1999 by the Recording Industry Association of America.
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"I bought this album on accident when I was showing a friend how to use the Amazon Music App."
"Transports me to beyond all that trouble."
"Standing for something while y'all falling for nothin!"
OutKast recorded ATLiens in sessions at several Atlanta studios-Bosstown Recording Studios, Doppler Recording Studios, PatchWerk Recording Studio, Purple Dragon Studios, and Studio LaCoCo-as well as Chung King Recording Studio and Sound On Sound Recording in New York City.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I am an artist myself and I would say this and any outkast album has influenced me in my music. Outkast really pushed the envelope when it came to music."
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"Softly as if I played piano in the dark. Found a way to channel my anger not to embark. The world's a stage and everybody gots to play they part. God works in mysterious ways so when he starts. The job of speakin' through us we be so sincere with this here. No drugs or alcohol so I can get the signal clear as day. Put my Glock away I got a stronger weapon. That never runs out of ammunition so I'm ready for war, okay?"
"This Georgian rap group's second studio album "ATLiens" has a sci-fi and non-traditional summertime feel to it in my own opinion."
"I love every outkast album but this one is truly the perfect album."
"One of the great pure hip hop albums."
"You would think that people selling records would know how to package them."
(4-LP set).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"For those of you who have heard this album but are unfamiliar with Outkast's earlier works, allow me to give you a quick summary. Speakerboxxx. When I first heard Dre and Big Boi were doing solo albums I was a little skeptical. Speakerboxxx starts out with a short intro and then gets into the powerful uptempo beat of "Ghettomusik". The production is great and Big Boi's laid back and mellow flow goes well with the beat. Standout tracks on this album include the radio smash "The Way You Move", "War", "Church", "Tomb of the Boom", "Flip Flop Rock" and "Reset". I wouldn't mind seeing a video for this song but I doubt Big Boi will choose it as a single. Andre produced all tracks on his disc and the only guest appearances are from Kelis on "Dracula's Wedding" and Norah Jones on "Take Off Your Cool". By now the whole world has heard the hit single "Hey Ya" so I won't bother explaining that one."
"This was a ground breaking album at that time."
"Everyone likes at least a song or two from this album."
"got this for my brother and he love it."
"They sprinkle every inkling of music into each of their albums i.e. rock, soul, blues, funk, country, classical, hip hop, r&b, techno, breakdancin, gospel, jazz etc. Check `Ghettomusick' on Big Boi's album with its incredible beat (don't even know how to categorize it), then it breaks into some slow Patti Labelle sample, and then Andre comes in rhyming the chorus super fast and it is simply musical heaven. Or check `Roses' on The Love Below, with the chorus `Roses really smell like Booboo' and Andre singing about wishing some girl would crash into a ditch and die. Then Big Boi comes in and backs up his boy, rapping about the challenges of coping with relationships gone horribly wrong as well as checking the girls who think they are `all that'; then Killer Mike comes in at the end chanting `Crazy B!tch'. On Speakerboxxx, the gospel tinged, `Church' displays the groups religious side, with an incredible break `Why Are We Here?'. Andre talks about falling in love on the great and metaphorical `Dracula's Wedding' featuring Kelis. And featuring Kelis on the track (who is not known to be conventional and experiments with different type of music as well) just added to the song's aura. `Bowtie' on Speakerboxx brings back that old Bootsy Collins/George Clinton funk with some southern playalistic type of vibe; Sleepy Brown knocks it out the box."
"Another great album done a little differently die to the fact that each artist basically had their own album with their own twist on it musically and they are totally different!"
Best Pop Rap
Originally released in 1984, Bob Marley's LEGEND illustrates the remarkable life and recording career of one of reggae music's most important figures.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"If you have a home theater with 5.1 Surround sound and an appreciation for the art of music and quality audio, you will LOVE this set."
"Bought it as a surprise for my mother to go along with a Bluetooth suitcase record player from Amazon as well."
"THE MOST GORGEOUS VINYL IN MY COLLECTION!!!"
"Great song."
"How can you go wrong with Bob Marley?!?"
"I love Bob Marley and this CD has lots of the old favorites."
"What can I say, It's one of my all time favorite artist and albums. Wore the last disk out."
"There is just something about Bob Marley's music and sound."
Best West Coast Rap
The very first double album in rap, "All Eyez on Me" was a critical and popular success, shooting all the way up to number 1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Very good product 100% recommended, 2 thumbs up!"
"i am so happy with my cd purchase."
"Classic Tupac a must own for anyone that loves Hip Hop a man with many talents gone too soon Rip ."
"Big Tupac fan was happy when the cd arrived."
"One of my favorite albums ever."
"I bought the vinyl version of this album as a Christmas gift for my son."
Best International Rap
Triumphant 2005 album from the huge New Zealand dub & roots kings!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The composition of the songs are flawless too, long and dramatic intros, good instrumental breaks, nice blend of instruments, and the drum beat always kicks in and stops at the right time and at a good amount."
"After that initial purchase I have bought up every Fat Freddy release I can find and can't wait for more either."
"Uno de mis álbumes favoritos de Fat."
"There is a lot of great music out there in the rest of the world and ya gotta travel outside to U.S. to discover the sounds."
"A friend was playing "Wandering Eye" one night on a playlist and I said to her, "that's the best song you played all night!""
"I purchased 2 of Fat Freddys albums for my husband."
"Simply put."
"Love these guys, found them via some Budos Band and Menehan Street Deptone stuff, quite happy about it..."
Best Old School Rap
SOLID GOLD HITS is considerably more concise than the previous compilation, spanning just one disc and containing a mere 15 songs compared to the 42 on Sounds.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Bought this for my mom for nostalgia purposes."
"Got exactly what I ordered, brings back some memories."
"I haven't purchased a CD in years but when my husband bought a vintage car without Bluetooth/AUX port, I decided as a gag gift I'd get him this CD."
"Obviously this record is awesome."
"I got it for their popular radio hits (i.e. No sleep to Brooklyn and Fight for your right) and ended up very surprised on how much I enjoyed the lesser known (to me) hits like Brass Monkey."
Best East Coast Rap
Import only budget vinyl pressing of this classic 1994 release.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Even though I already have it..."
"Deep lyrics, deep bass, deep beats."
":) People should get to know what a classic hip-hop album sounds like not the trash people hear on a daily basis."
"Best album ever, the bible of hip hop."
"Mixing the beats with Nas and his vivid rhymes, you have a master piece."
Best Experimental Rap
The album is back-to-back classic Beastie Boys anthems including 'Hold It Now, Hit It,' 'Brass Monkey,' '(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party),' 'No Sleep Till Brooklyn' (featuring Slayer's Kerry King) and 'Girls.'.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Excellent record."
"The CD sounds amazing after all these years."
"Gotta go hear some Rhymin and Stealin to make me happy again :)."
"Brings back memories of H.S."
"First CD I ever got, excited to have it on vinyl now too."
"Anyone who likes the Beastie Boys should definitely purchase this album, even if you've heard it all already. If you haven't, strap in and prepare for great rhymes, clean beats and some thick bass. I strongly caution anyone who leans toward cheaper headphones as the basslines in some of these songs will wreak havoc on lower quality drivers."
"this is a great album."
"sounds great, great album."
Best Rap & Hip-Hop Bass
Platinum selling, Grammy nominated recording artist Drake releases his hotly anticipated sophomore album, TAKE CARE.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great artist."
"I still primarily listen to this album!"
"I love all the slow, easy listening songs on this album, way better than what's on the radio. I also looked up the wikipedia page for the album, so many producers worked on this album and it shows. * Note: The Motto didn't come on the download, so I might just have to download it at an extra cost. Best songs: - The Ride, I like how he goes in and out of first person / third person."
"good album fast delivery."
"I love this Album."
"Absolutely love this album..so much so that this is my second time purchasing it... First the cd now digital."
"This album rocks because Drake makes good music."
"Great album, fantastic price for a vinyl."
Best Gangsta & Hardcore Rap & Hip-Hop
Dr Dre - Chronic - LP Vinyl Album.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I like this album and it has a few danceable singles."
"I'm collecting Dr. Dre albums and realized I still didn't have 'The Chronic.'."
"Super fast delivery Ed you can't go wrong with dr. Dre Snoop Dogg all of their."
"Classic.. why wont you want this."
"We all have that one thang of music that set the mode of programming that would dictate the art of our soul forever..."