Secondly, those musical elements are varied, and bring in elements of soul, funk and quite a bit else.
There are a good number of real instruments and actual musical elements (rather than just beats and shouting). First of all, I don't know if they used any samples, but I think possibly not. After reading about the album, and catching some hints as to why some people reckon this is one of the most influential rap albums ever, I knew some stuff to listen for. On my first listen, the things that impressed themselves on me were: 1) quite a lot of use of nasty words, 2) some pretty explicit sexual stuff and 3) some of the fastest rapping I have ever heard. These words are used so liberally in rap that they have little impact any more, which is a problem for rappers - what do they need to say in order to be edgily offensive these days? How can they climb the potty-mouth ladder to new heights? It's a toughie.
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There's one, that's actually two words, that is generally considered to be about the sweariest of swears in the US, and there's another, which can only be used by people of colour to describe themselves, and if anybody with skin as pale as mine were to even think of writing it, I would have a lot of offended people tutting at me. One problem with rap is the normalisation of nasty words. There is a problem with rap, well, more than one possibly. The first listen - I was quite non-plussed. On this occasion, reading made a difference. I listened to this twice, and in-between read about it. It was the first after creating their own studio, so they felt able to take their time recording it. They are best known for the chart hit "Hey Ya." About the Album: They produced 6 studio albums, and were one of the most successful hip hop groups of all time. OutKast were a Southern Hip-Hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1992-2006 and again in 2014.
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