bobthepoppop / Reacting to 'Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik' by Outkast

Loving your reactions! New to the Patreon man had to finally show the real support. Hoping you consider adding some Action Bronson to the list!

Adam Liber

2022-04-16 20:13:23 +0000 UTC

I agree with that. But even more reason to listen to Carter I to see the transition. Carter I is a different era and excellent in its own right.

Dylan Woods

2022-04-03 05:09:54 +0000 UTC

I hadn't heard this album before either! Ooh it's good

Joshua Brice

2022-04-01 21:03:31 +0000 UTC

I will say I love Carter 1 but I think Wayne really comes into his own with Carter 2 and isn’t dependent on the bling rap sound.

Lex

2022-04-01 17:34:27 +0000 UTC

I respect that position! I might agree! :D

Dylan Woods

2022-04-01 17:13:33 +0000 UTC

Carter 1 is the best Wayne album imo

Jakob Roloff

2022-04-01 17:08:16 +0000 UTC

I'd really like him to start with Carter I. See the development. They are all excellent and all unique. Wayne is an important enough artist that it's worth starting with the first of his main-line albums. Carter I was the perfection of the Mannie Fresh/Hot Boys era sound which is wholly different from Carter II and III. There is no rush and its always best to start earlier imo. I tthik it's fine to skip Block is Hot and 500 Degreez but best to listen to Carter's in order. Too many are sleeping on Carter I.

Dylan Woods

2022-03-31 22:27:22 +0000 UTC

If you’re a fan of southern rap then you might wanna move Lil Wayne up on your list. A lyrical monster with fun vocal inflections. I’d start with Tha Carter 2 personally, but his most celebrated work is Tha Carter 3

Lex

2022-03-31 20:44:17 +0000 UTC

lol, thank you ❤😂

Bob_the_Poppop

2022-03-30 02:41:33 +0000 UTC

This album is the college dropout of Outkasts career

Mohammad Moeladawilah

2022-03-28 22:46:16 +0000 UTC

Three Six Mafia is an extremely influential especially for modern rap. They became more influential in the 2010s than they were in the 2000s. For whatever reason artists started mining their dark production and fast delivery in the modern era. I think I know which albums don't show up in the comments as much. The first is We Can't Be Stopped by The Geto Boys. The Geto Boys were a three-man group of Bushwick Bill, Scarface, and Willie Dee. This was Scarface's group before he went solo. They have several albums, but this is their best and most popular. The cover is iconic. The other I don't see too often is 400 Degreez by Juvenile. Before Lil Wayne, Juve was the best and most popular member of the Cash Money recording label. The label which spawned Lil Wayne, Drake, and Nikki Minaj. Juve was part of a group called the Hot Boys with Lil Wayne and Turk, kind of like a hood-rap boy band, and he was the older and more experienced one. He's like the big brother of lil Wayne, who even named his own record 500 Degreez. Understanding the legacy of the Hot Boys and Cash Money is essential for understanding Lil Wayne. And this is the best and most popular record they produced in the 90s. Here is a best of Cash Money list and as with all lists 400 Degreez takes the top spot. http://www.definearevolution.com/2017/01/dar-hip-hop-10-most-important-cash.html

Dylan Woods

2022-03-28 17:41:53 +0000 UTC

praying u can do this full time so you can enjoy these albums on a different level thru weed

Rasha Rahman

2022-03-28 16:59:43 +0000 UTC

YESSSS THREE 6 MAFIA ARE SO GOOD.

allie hernandez

2022-03-28 16:55:07 +0000 UTC

I added a couple of these albums to the list, those that I recognize (and therefore have been suggested before). I really wanna try out Three 6 Mafia

Bob_the_Poppop

2022-03-28 13:10:26 +0000 UTC

Same. Thirded.

Dylan Woods

2022-03-27 23:59:13 +0000 UTC

Juvenile – 400 Degreez I second this !!

daredevil777

2022-03-27 23:44:32 +0000 UTC

Agreed 100%.

Bakke

2022-03-27 16:13:17 +0000 UTC

Yep. I just wanted to stick to the 90s so I don't recommend 20 albums. And when I recommend an artist I go with their earliest most essential album. Once Bob listens to it then it's a good idea to recommend other albums by the same artist.

Dylan Woods

2022-03-27 14:20:29 +0000 UTC

Great comment. Soul Food and The Diary is to me essential albums. Also want to add that some of Scarface' later albums are amazing as well. The Fix is great, and his run with Made, Emeritus and Deeply Rooted are honestly my favorite run of albums in his discography. Scarface is an absolute legend.

Bakke

2022-03-27 13:07:22 +0000 UTC

When I first heard Outkast it was a single off the LaFace Christmas album. Player's Ball is really a Christmas song.

Eric Beehler

2022-03-27 03:56:58 +0000 UTC

I was thinking about leaving a comment, but you covered basically everything that I was thinking and then some. This is my favorite Outkast album. I’ve gone back and forth between each of the first three, and I love all of them, but I ultimately settled on this one.

Chance

2022-03-27 00:06:47 +0000 UTC

I like that you refocused and tried not to think about ATLiens. It’s tough not to let other people influence your enjoyment of an album, but it’s important to try. Just enjoy it for what it is. Who knows, it might be your favourite Outkast album – it’s some people’s favourite. That’s going to be a challenge for Drake, given that there’s so much negativity around him. If you don’t like it, you don’t like it. But it’s gotta be because you don’t like it, not because other people don’t. Don’t get the wrong impression about Outkast. They will continue to have an edge. They’re not going to become soft on later albums. But they will become more experimental. Andre will become a David Bowie like figure, and Big Boi will double down on being a G. The more eccentric Andre becomes the more gangster Big Boi will be, both in style and lyricism. They balance each other out that way. I don’t agree that this album is forgettable or non-essential. It has some of Outkast’s best songs on it like Players Ball and Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. Yes, they do define their sound on ATLiens, but this is a solid project with some undeniable tunes. As much as this album draws from West Coast production, it still has an identity of its own. Russell Simmons, the co-founder of Def Jam, didn’t like the album because he thought it was too different. He didn’t know what to make of it. “At the time, I didn't understand their music—it sounds so different from what I was used to that I foolishly ... claim[ed] that they 'weren't hip-hop.' The same way people didn't understand 'Sucker MCs' a decade earlier, I didn't understand that instead of operating outside of hip-hop, OutKast was actually expanding hip-hop. They were offering one of the most honest expressions, and expression so honest that it went completely over my head at first." – Russell Simmons. Outkast were also booed on stage at the Source Awards for being from the south, but also because they didn’t sound like other groups on the radio. So while they will become more innovative going forward, there was definitely something different about them from the beginning. A lot of people have been talking about the Dungeon Family. The Dungeon was where Outkast and other members of the collective recorded their music. It was a dirty studio in the basement of Rico Wade’s mother’s house. Organized Noize did production for members of the family, most notably Goodie Mob, who released Soul Food in 1995. That’s an album you should add to your list. Killer Mike and Future also came from the Dungeon. As for Southern hip-hop. I’ll just stick to the 90s. But here are some of the most essential albums. The Geto Boys – We Can’t Be Stopped (1991) Scarface – The Diary (1994) Three Six Mafia - Mystic Stylez (1995) 8Ball and MJG – On Top of the World (1995) Goodie Mobb – Soul Food (1995) UGK – Ridin Dirty (1996) Juvenile – 400 Degreez (1998)

Dylan Woods

2022-03-26 22:17:35 +0000 UTC

This is the greatest duo in hip-hop history.

FuzzyDunlop

2022-03-26 22:00:43 +0000 UTC

If you want more southern hip hop, you should check out a T.I. Album. He helped define the trap sound modern guys like Travis Scott and Playboi Carti still use to this day

Bdh II

2022-03-26 18:37:00 +0000 UTC

I'll do deluxe verion 👍

Bob_the_Poppop

2022-03-26 14:03:07 +0000 UTC

Most of these artists are on my list, but goddamn lol... that's a lot of music! The journey continues 🤘

Bob_the_Poppop

2022-03-26 14:02:55 +0000 UTC

I've been listening to it all morning, love it

Bob_the_Poppop

2022-03-26 13:59:20 +0000 UTC

Definitely doing more Outkast in the future. I'm really excited to hear their evolution

Bob_the_Poppop

2022-03-26 13:58:42 +0000 UTC

I'm kinda falling in love with southern hip-hop with this album. I love the slower beats

Bob_the_Poppop

2022-03-26 13:57:45 +0000 UTC

Hell yeah! Friend of mine made it for me

Bob_the_Poppop

2022-03-26 13:56:06 +0000 UTC

I'm loving the bass lines in this album

Bob_the_Poppop

2022-03-26 13:55:51 +0000 UTC

Definitely gonna keep going

Bob_the_Poppop

2022-03-26 13:55:17 +0000 UTC

I really wanna check out Three 6 Mafia now. It was intrigued by their highlight in the Netflix hip-hop series and I'm loving the southern style so far, so I want more

Bob_the_Poppop

2022-03-26 13:54:50 +0000 UTC

Please when you react to WTT in April make sure it’s the deluxe edition there’s 4 extra songs and all of them are pretty essential

NiFr

2022-03-26 13:18:38 +0000 UTC

This is a classic album but Internet sentiment would have you believe Outkast doesn't start until ATLiens. This album was bumped around the whole country when it dropped and won a Source award, which lead to Andre's infamous "the south got something to say" speech. Puff Daddy even directed the video for Player's Ball because he loved the song so much. Also, as far as classic 80's and 90's groups worth reacting to, you haven't even scratched the surface. De La Soul have multiple classics, The Roots have made some of the best albums in hiphop history, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, Gangstarr, Heltah Skeltah, Brand Nubian, Goodie Mob have two incredible albums, Bone Thugs n Harmony, The Pharcyde, 8ball and MJG, Tha Dogg Pound, Mobb Deep's first two albums, The Geto Boys, Black Star, and many more. Those aren't minor groups, they all played a large part in forming hiphop and influenced many of the artists you've already reacted to.

Jae

2022-03-26 10:24:47 +0000 UTC

Gotta go on the full outkast journey, It will be well worth it. They really come into their own as it goes on

neff118

2022-03-26 06:58:34 +0000 UTC

Loved your thoughts on the "True Dat interlude", had a similar experience in high school and it completely changed my life for the better, it's so refreshing to just switch gears in life when it feels like you reached a dead end, or a dangerous road, even though you might come off as antisocial to others.

Christopher Bloom

2022-03-26 06:39:55 +0000 UTC

So happy you did this! Players ball is probably my favorite outkast song of all time and this album is a personal classic for me

Sam G

2022-03-26 06:39:33 +0000 UTC

I love that you did this album first dude because when they won AOTY @ the Grammys for “Speakerboxxx/Love Below”, they made it clear to mainstream audiences to not overlook their first albums. A lot of media were going around saying that “Stankonia” was their first album. This led to Andre saying the infamous “Stankonia ain’t Outkast first album.” Line. Always struck a cord with me because even at their peak winning AOTY, they still felt the need to make their voices truly heard.

Rigo Ceballos

2022-03-26 05:31:40 +0000 UTC

i wish bob had a little more context for this album. it probably sounds great in a vacuum because these are (to him) new flows and new kinds of instrumentals. however this album only vaguely sounds like the outkast that everyone knows and loves and it honestly isn't that southern sounding apart from the lyrics and dre and big boi's voices. it sounds like a couple of kids from atlanta trying to make west coast music. they are rapping like souls of mischief (bay area) and the beats are in the dr dre/battlecat/dj quik (LA) mode of live instruments laying down grooves with samples woven in. this is not reallly a knock on teenage dre, big boi, and organized noize; being beholden to your influences is fine and not uncommon for a first album, especially in the 90s. i think this album is borderline forgettable in the grand scheme of hip hop history and is closer to a snapshot of young legends in the making (organized noize included) rather than a highly regarded classic that said it's a pretty good intro to southern rap because it's easy on the ears and has that classic southern hard/smooth and fast/slow contrast. and dre and twan are spitting and talking that shit. i'm glad bob enjoyed it so much. i'm looking forward to when he gets around to the truly good outkast albums and gets to experience the genre-breaking/bending/defining songs they created

wxshxd

2022-03-26 04:26:01 +0000 UTC

I commented too early, I should have known you would be digging into who did the features and the production. 😆 But I’m really glad you did this one, other albums might be considered stronger but this is a great debut with some awesome tracks, and it gives a great reference before getting into their following projects as well as comparing it to other artists you’ve listened to around ‘94. I’ve gotten so I look forward to your additional thoughts almost as much as the original reaction since it’s obvious how much you really dig into the album on following listens in just a few days. It adds so much to the experience, and I haven’t seen many other channels follow up like that besides maybe mentioning it offhand in a different reaction. Glad you enjoyed this one, excited to see the rest of the catalog when you get to it. M

Tim P

2022-03-26 03:00:36 +0000 UTC

I feel like this album and AtLiens are the closest to traditional southern rap Outkast has done. To me from Aquemini on is where the they really began to experiment with the sound and the funk really took over and the sound got bolder. I love all of the albums though!

Lowkey_kountry

2022-03-26 01:16:55 +0000 UTC

This is a great intro to southern hip-hop where a lot of cool albums don’t get their due. There’s not many who can match OutKast’s output. Definitely can’t wait to see you move into artists like Killer Mike and Little Brother

Victor Romano

2022-03-26 00:31:36 +0000 UTC

great reaction, I love southern hiphop !! I also always really loved the outro track players ball (reprise) !! The delivery on that verse is cold

daredevil777

2022-03-26 00:15:38 +0000 UTC

If you’re looking for adjacent music (either for reaction or to listen in your own time), Goodie Mob, Organized Noize, and Dungeon Family are affiliated with and/or have included OutKast. Dungeon Family is basically OutKast’s supergroup, almost like Wu Tang but with their own Southern style. CeeLo Green is another standout, also a member of Dungeon Family and Goodie Mob. You may have heard him as the vocalist from Gnarls Barkley (their huge song was “Crazy”) and his solo work (“Fuck You”, or “ Forget You” as the radio version).

Tim P

2022-03-25 23:01:30 +0000 UTC

Driven – Outkast (Television Documentary) https://youtu.be/a8EST8iq8R4 This is a documentary that talks about their childhood and how Andre and Big Boi got together and made their first album. Outkast Wins Best New Artist https://youtu.be/vwLG7aSYM3w Outkast wins best new artist and people booed. Andre says "The south has something to say and that's all I gotta say." This is from a documentary about the rise of Atlanta in hip hop: 'ATL: The Untold Story of Atlanta's Rise in the Rap Game'. The Dungeon Rare Footage (1995) https://youtu.be/DF-d07vbRcA Footage from the dungeon where the album was made. Vlad TV – Organize Noize Interview https://youtu.be/02oqo7bYAGY Organized Noise interview with VladTV about their relationship with Outkast. Rhythm Roulette – Organized Noize https://youtu.be/0G4fmSMzM_A This is a program where they have a producer (or producers) take a few records and turn them into a beat. Organized Noise did their thing here. It’s cool because you can see the process from scratch.

Dylan Woods

2022-03-25 22:16:26 +0000 UTC

Can’t wait until you do ATLiens and Aquemini. This is my favorite group of all time

Harold Raymond Payne

2022-03-25 22:00:25 +0000 UTC

Also, LaFace records wanted them to make a song for the label’s Christmas album. They came back with “Player’s Ball”. The label wasn’t happy about it but the song is straight fire, with some interesting holiday themed lines.

SlumpJones

2022-03-25 21:58:18 +0000 UTC

Never heard this one. Love their later albums tho. Let’s see how it goes.

CRASH

2022-03-25 21:56:57 +0000 UTC

that DOOM shirt 🔥

Psykopomp

2022-03-25 21:50:11 +0000 UTC

I said on twitter I was excitecd to see your reaction to the bass on the title track and you did not disappoint lmao. Happy you started with this album for that reason alone.

Spencer Thompson

2022-03-25 21:35:19 +0000 UTC

Hell. Yes.

Bob_the_Poppop

2022-03-25 21:28:04 +0000 UTC

So glad you’re digging into OutKast. They’re hands down my favorite hip hop group. If you have the time check this out, it’s one of Andre 3000’s best verses, imo. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=awMIbA34MT8

SlumpJones

2022-03-25 21:23:40 +0000 UTC

This will be my first listen of this as well lol Listened to a bunch of Outkast but i never felt a need to check the debut, hope you keep going with their discography.

Christopher Bloom

2022-03-25 21:21:26 +0000 UTC

Bobs first foray into 90’s Southern hip hop Lessgoo, now we need Three Six Mafia - Mystic Styles and DJ Screw - 3 ‘n the Mornin’

Cullen Hendricks

2022-03-25 21:17:49 +0000 UTC

Hey Bob. I heard you say that you like a fast flow and harmonizing. You should listen to Bone Thugs N Harmony. Please add their LP ‘East 99 Eternal’ to your list. They are one of the best rap groups of the 90s with a very unique sound.

Brandon Williams

2022-03-25 21:12:26 +0000 UTC

Bob if you go full time reactor were gonna have to get you smoking herb and do a month of just Weedsmoker albums to get you fully initiated hahah

Paul Salvador Estrada

2022-03-25 21:10:38 +0000 UTC

this album is great !! but still, definitely big boi and andre finding their feet. aquemini and ATliens are definitely something you'll enjoy more.

allie hernandez

2022-03-25 21:06:50 +0000 UTC

I'm surprised by this because I enjoyed this album quite a bit. I'm gonna have to get into ATLiens soon.

Bob_the_Poppop

2022-03-25 20:58:05 +0000 UTC

ATLiens would have been a better choice for their first listen. This album doesn’t come close to their later work. But I understand why you felt the need to listen to it first.

Brandon Williams

2022-03-25 20:50:15 +0000 UTC

This is my least favorite outkast album and its nothing like any outkast after this imo but I'll watch for support

John

2022-03-25 20:40:01 +0000 UTC

Haven’t watched it yet, I will later tonight. But I just wanted to say as I’m sure others have already have, please continue with Outkast. This is probably one of their weaker albums but it’s still really really good. Their other albums are classic so definitely check them out. As someone from the south I have a lot of pride in southern hip hop (that’s the only southern pride I have lol I hate it here). Please continue your outkast journey soon

Thesacster

2022-03-25 20:37:59 +0000 UTC

Well done, Alex. You can reclaim your crown 👍

Bob_the_Poppop

2022-03-25 20:30:33 +0000 UTC

Can't wait to watch. There is one more group from the 90s you want to check out and that's The Roots. They are the live band for Jimmy Fallon nowadays but all their music and beats are live instruments. Black thought is considered one of the best lyricists of all time. Would recommend "Things Fall Apart" or "Undun"

Jeremy Hebert

2022-03-25 20:26:21 +0000 UTC

https://youtu.be/0yPagRrAgIU - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik https://youtu.be/vFofKGKlWo4 - Player’s Ball https://youtu.be/CssC-DY4lO8 - Git Up, Git Out here are all of the official music videos!! :)

Alex Bowlin

2022-03-25 20:23:10 +0000 UTC

Reacting to 'Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik' by Outkast

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Loving your reactions! New to the Patreon man had to finally show the real support. Hoping you consider adding some Action Bronson to the list!

I agree with that. But even more reason to listen to Carter I to see the transition. Carter I is a different era and excellent in its own right.

I hadn't heard this album before either! Ooh it's good

I will say I love Carter 1 but I think Wayne really comes into his own with Carter 2 and isn’t dependent on the bling rap sound.

I respect that position! I might agree! :D

Carter 1 is the best Wayne album imo

If you’re a fan of southern rap then you might wanna move Lil Wayne up on your list. A lyrical monster with fun vocal inflections. I’d start with Tha Carter 2 personally, but his most celebrated work is Tha Carter 3

lol, thank you ❤😂

This album is the college dropout of Outkasts career

praying u can do this full time so you can enjoy these albums on a different level thru weed

YESSSS THREE 6 MAFIA ARE SO GOOD.

I added a couple of these albums to the list, those that I recognize (and therefore have been suggested before). I really wanna try out Three 6 Mafia

Same. Thirded.

Juvenile – 400 Degreez I second this !!

Agreed 100%.

Yep. I just wanted to stick to the 90s so I don't recommend 20 albums. And when I recommend an artist I go with their earliest most essential album. Once Bob listens to it then it's a good idea to recommend other albums by the same artist.

Great comment. Soul Food and The Diary is to me essential albums. Also want to add that some of Scarface' later albums are amazing as well. The Fix is great, and his run with Made, Emeritus and Deeply Rooted are honestly my favorite run of albums in his discography. Scarface is an absolute legend.

When I first heard Outkast it was a single off the LaFace Christmas album. Player's Ball is really a Christmas song.

I was thinking about leaving a comment, but you covered basically everything that I was thinking and then some. This is my favorite Outkast album. I’ve gone back and forth between each of the first three, and I love all of them, but I ultimately settled on this one.

This is the greatest duo in hip-hop history.

If you want more southern hip hop, you should check out a T.I. Album. He helped define the trap sound modern guys like Travis Scott and Playboi Carti still use to this day

I'll do deluxe verion 👍

Most of these artists are on my list, but goddamn lol... that's a lot of music! The journey continues 🤘

I've been listening to it all morning, love it

Definitely doing more Outkast in the future. I'm really excited to hear their evolution

I'm kinda falling in love with southern hip-hop with this album. I love the slower beats

Hell yeah! Friend of mine made it for me

I'm loving the bass lines in this album

Definitely gonna keep going

I really wanna check out Three 6 Mafia now. It was intrigued by their highlight in the Netflix hip-hop series and I'm loving the southern style so far, so I want more

Please when you react to WTT in April make sure it’s the deluxe edition there’s 4 extra songs and all of them are pretty essential

Gotta go on the full outkast journey, It will be well worth it. They really come into their own as it goes on

So happy you did this! Players ball is probably my favorite outkast song of all time and this album is a personal classic for me

I feel like this album and AtLiens are the closest to traditional southern rap Outkast has done. To me from Aquemini on is where the they really began to experiment with the sound and the funk really took over and the sound got bolder. I love all of the albums though!

This is a great intro to southern hip-hop where a lot of cool albums don’t get their due. There’s not many who can match OutKast’s output. Definitely can’t wait to see you move into artists like Killer Mike and Little Brother

great reaction, I love southern hiphop !! I also always really loved the outro track players ball (reprise) !! The delivery on that verse is cold

Can’t wait until you do ATLiens and Aquemini. This is my favorite group of all time

Also, LaFace records wanted them to make a song for the label’s Christmas album. They came back with “Player’s Ball”. The label wasn’t happy about it but the song is straight fire, with some interesting holiday themed lines.

Never heard this one. Love their later albums tho. Let’s see how it goes.

that DOOM shirt 🔥

I said on twitter I was excitecd to see your reaction to the bass on the title track and you did not disappoint lmao. Happy you started with this album for that reason alone.

Hell. Yes.

So glad you’re digging into OutKast. They’re hands down my favorite hip hop group. If you have the time check this out, it’s one of Andre 3000’s best verses, imo. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=awMIbA34MT8

This will be my first listen of this as well lol Listened to a bunch of Outkast but i never felt a need to check the debut, hope you keep going with their discography.

Bobs first foray into 90’s Southern hip hop Lessgoo, now we need Three Six Mafia - Mystic Styles and DJ Screw - 3 ‘n the Mornin’

Hey Bob. I heard you say that you like a fast flow and harmonizing. You should listen to Bone Thugs N Harmony. Please add their LP ‘East 99 Eternal’ to your list. They are one of the best rap groups of the 90s with a very unique sound.

Bob if you go full time reactor were gonna have to get you smoking herb and do a month of just Weedsmoker albums to get you fully initiated hahah

this album is great !! but still, definitely big boi and andre finding their feet. aquemini and ATliens are definitely something you'll enjoy more.

I'm surprised by this because I enjoyed this album quite a bit. I'm gonna have to get into ATLiens soon.

ATLiens would have been a better choice for their first listen. This album doesn’t come close to their later work. But I understand why you felt the need to listen to it first.

This is my least favorite outkast album and its nothing like any outkast after this imo but I'll watch for support

Well done, Alex. You can reclaim your crown 👍

https://youtu.be/0yPagRrAgIU - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik https://youtu.be/vFofKGKlWo4 - Player’s Ball https://youtu.be/CssC-DY4lO8 - Git Up, Git Out here are all of the official music videos!! :)

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