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05-27-2003 08:29 PM |
New Music
EW's summer music column is out and there are some very interesting albums dropping.
My most-awaited album (next to D'Angelo, of course) is the OutKast double album Speakerboxx/The Love Below, in stores in August:
"To follow up 2000's ''Stankonia,'' one of the most critically acclaimed hip-hop albums in recent memory, the Atlanta duo took their time creating this ambitious two-CD set, with one disc (''Speakerboxx'') concocted by Big Boi, the other (''The Love Below'') by Dre. ''Mine is more hip-hop-based,'' says Big Boi. ''Dre's doing more funk-based stuff.'' While Big Boi's disc features Jay-Z and Goodie Mobb, Dre's includes a solitary, if unlikely, guest: Norah Jones. ''It's still a unified front,'' Big Boi adds; he and Dre produced tracks and rapped on each other's discs. ''This is just our way of telling two perspectives of the story.'' "
Full text of article: http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,4...walbum,00.html
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