Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is the 2003 album by Outkast. It went on to sell 11 million copies in the US and hit #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. It contains the #1 hits "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move" and the top 10 hit "Roses." The album earned the group 3 Grammy awards. Issued as a double album, its playtime of more than two hours is distributed over solo albums from each of the group's members. Speakerboxxx is the solo project of Big Boi and 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. The album is a concept album with the intention of each disc delivering each member's individual perspective and sound. Speakerboxxx demonstrated more social awareness than its counterpart, with themes of family, philosophy, religion, politics and a wider emotional terrain, from melancholy to outrage to expression. The Love Below's abounding theme is love, examining the emotions one experiences when falling in love and loving oneself.
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