Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below

Really two albums by two artists but packaged as a single release, this album followed up on one of the most intelligent hip-hop records in many years (2000’s Stankonia). Andre 3000 (The Love Below) and Big Boi (Speakerboxxx) managed to produce two contrasting but equally brilliant pieces of work. The Love Below provided a mash of jazz and funk while Speakerboxxx was more traditional Outkast full of gritty hip hop beats and grittier lyrics. Individually brilliant but together, greater than the sum of their parts.