Aquemini
by OutKast
- Type: Album
- Released: September 29, 1998
- Label: LaFace, Arista
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:14:53
- Community rating: 4.47/5 from 26 ratings
Artists on this release: Big Boi, André 3000
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Aquemini' expands on OutKast's Afrofuturist concepts by grounding them in an organic sound built from live instrumentation, drawing widely from funk, southern soul, gospel, and psychedelic rock. The title signifies the album's central theme: the duality of its members, with André 3000's eccentric, introspective lyricism contrasting with Big Boi's grounded, street-centric narratives. This creative tension, channeled through ambitious production and genre-defying jam sessions, solidified the record as a landmark achievement in Southern hip-hop that fearlessly explored themes of identity, technology, and human nature.
Genres
Descriptors: rap, funky, soulful, experimental, classic
Tracklist
- Hold On, Be Strong (01:12)
- Return of the "G" (04:49)
- Rosa Parks (05:24)
- Skew It on the Bar-B (feat. Raekwon) (03:15)
- Aquemini (05:19)
- Synthesizer (feat. George Clinton) (05:11)
- Slump (05:08)
- West Savannah (04:06)
- Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 1) (03:42)
- Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 2) (02:52)
- Mamacita (05:52)
- SpottieOttieDopaliscious (07:06)
- Y'All Scared (feat. T-Mo, Big Gipp & Khujo) (04:50)
- Nathaniel (01:10)
- Liberation (with Cee-Lo) (08:46)
- Chonkyfire (06:11)
Credits
- André 3000 - vocals, kalimba, producer, rap, composer, lyricist
- Big Boi - vocals, producer, rap, composer, lyricist
- Erykah Badu - vocals
- Raekwon - vocals, featured artist
- George Clinton - vocals, featured artist
- The Four Phonics - vocals
- Ruben Bailey - vocals
- Big Gipp - vocals
- Pat Brown - vocals
- CeeLo Green - vocals
- Cool Breeze - vocals
- Delvida Flaherty - vocals
- Joi Gilliam - vocals
- Lil' Will - vocals
- Goodie Mob - vocals
- Witchdoctor - vocals
- Khujo - vocals
- T-Mo - vocals
- CJ Jones - vocals
- Jamahr Williams - vocals
- Whild Peach - vocals
- Ahjahne Green - vocal
- Sonja Mickey - vocal
- Theresa Hightower - singing
- Slick Rick - collaborator
- Donny Mathis - guitarist, producer
- Preston Crump - bass, guitar
- Marvin "Chanz" Parkman - keyboards, bass guitar, piano, synthesizer
- Omar Phillips - percussion
- Charles Veal - concert master, orchestral arrangements
- The South Central Chamber Orchestra - strings, woodwind, orchestra
- Craig Love - guitar
- Darian Emory - horn
- Jerry Freeman Jr. - horn
- Victor Alexander - drums
- OutKast - executive-producer, producer
- Organized Noize - producer, executive-producer
- Mr. DJ - producer, scratches, drum machine
- D.L. Warfield - art direction, design
- Nigel Sawyer - art direction [assisted by], design [assisted by]
- Courtney Taylor - creative director [creative coordinator]
- Antonio M. Reid - executive-producer
- Kenneth B. Edmonds - executive-producer
- Greg Hawkins - illustration [cover illustration]
- Brian "Big Bass" Gardner - mastered by
- Tom Smugala - photography by
- Neal H. Pogue - recorded by, mixed by, mixing engineer
- Blake Eiseman - recorded by, recording engineer
- John Frye - recorded by, recording engineer
- Ralph Cacciurri - recorded by, recording engineer
- Ryan Williams - recorded by
- Rico Wade - mentor
- Kenny Stallworth - recording engineer
- Earthtone III - arranger
- Rico Lumpkin - mixing engineer