What most of you fail to realize is that BOL gets paid to hate on people. He not only hates on the aforementioned MCs, but also dudes like Lupe and Kanye, and even the Roots.

It’s BOL’s opinion. If he wants to be a D-bag and it gets you riled up, then he’s doing his job.

With that said…Bol who do you listen to? And who good has EVER come out of St. Louis???

“Are you an outkast,” obviously fucking not, as for me “fuck being anything else.”

Now i do believe that Hip Hop has lost alot of its flair and creative content, but i cant blame the whole south, especially when there is Ludacris, Field Mobb, Goodie Mobb (or probably just Cee Lo) UGK, 8Ball & MJG, Scarface, Devin Tha Dude, and a few other acts that actually have some contetnt in their lyrical delivery and music.

Never have I heard a seen a bigger batch of bullshit burn my blinkers (eyeballs, people) than this haystrung bitch-ass bastard named Bol.

HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU EVEN ATTEMPT TO TAKE A PICK-AXE TO THE PILLARS OF THE SOUTH AND OF HIP-HOP PERIOD?!

Understand that Outkast not only is the greatest rap duo of all-time, not only the greatest hip-hop duo of all-time…but one of the greatest MUSIC GROUPS PERIOD! What you saw with these cats with that CLASSIC cut “Southernplayalistic” was two of the rawest MCs and lyricists PERIOD. Big Boi with that speedy choppy spit and ‘Dre with that undeniable country twang. That album is not only classic; it’s RELIGION. People STILL live to and OFF OF that LP. ATLiens saw these two transcend the borders of rap game and take the listeners into their realm–which by the way was, as the song goes, “out of this world”. Lyricism, production–all out of this world. “Elevators” and “Mainstream” are the two best cuts of that, in my opinons. “Elevators” had EVERYBODY lifted before John Legend could even try it. Then, just to prove their greatness, they beat the whole world upside the head with “Aquemini”. Just as the title of the album says, these two are intertwined; one is both, and both are one. This is where Dre 3000 began hi personal transformation; and OutKast got better because of it. Who else in thier right mind could dance around with Parliament boots on, football pads and a blond wig and STILL kill it? Meanwhile Big Boi was filling our collective domes with more knowledge than the professors at damn Princeton EVER could. And, as if these two didn’t know of their OWN greatness, I point to this line from Dre’s verse in the CLASSIC untouchable “Rosa Parks”: “that I wanna hear when I’m going down/when all’s said and done and they got a new joe in town/when the record player get to skippin and slowin down/all y’all can say is them niggaz done earned the crown/but until then…”

WHAT MORE NEED BE SAID ON THAT? (And who knew Dre would be prefacing “chopped and screwed” at the same time?)

Stankonia lifted these two to a whole ‘nother plateau not a nann nother artist or group can ever HOPE to reach. NONE. This was the evolution of hip-hop, not to mention the evolution of an undescribable sound. With this album, OutKast broke out of every possible hole they could have possibly be pigeoned into. No one expected it, and yet still, EVERYONE ATE IT UP.

Then came Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, which showed Big can carry an album on his own (and quite masterfully, I might add). Meanwhile, 3000–I can’t even put it into words. He did what he WANTED TO DO and blew the hell out of EVERYONE, and yet can’t nobody deny the skills or the ascent these two made with this album.

That’s the reason OutKast is hands-down THE GREATEST. The shit they put out 12 YEARS AGO is STILL being broken down today and a lot of it STILL shoots over folks’ heads; that’s just how deep them niggaz was and still is. Each successive album further pushed the boundaries of rap, then hip-hop. Now, you can’t even really classify their music into one genre. And that’s the other thing about OutKast and why they the best: on top of stayin relevant for so long, they’ve also managed to appeal to the masses–hard-core street; casual listener, the rocker, heavey-metal banger–even old white folks alike (tell me if the whole world wasn’t singing “Hey Ya!” when that dropped.)

I could go on, but there’s no need to, since it’s all been said. People know that, on the mic, few are better (if any) than 3000–and he don’t even have to RAP to show it. Thing about is, Big is RIGHT UP THERE WITH HIM. See how many people try to imitate Big’s flow–ain’t gon happen.

See Bol…if you opened your east-coast-thickened cranium up and looked into it THAT DEEP, and pulled that same slab of concrete out your east coast/NY-lovin ASS once in a while, you’d know this and could see it for yourself. You probably thought your lil’ blog entry was all roses and stuff. Um…how did that hook from “Roses” go again?

Enough said.

That was me. And I still stand by it, my oppinions on ‘Kast records are the opposite of Bol. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik IS better than Stankonia. I liked Kast better before the wigs and parachute pants.

Just because a glorified internet journalist says something, doesn’t mean its true.

the rest – XXL

the writer of this article has probably never stayed in the south to understand the tone, flow of mood of the albums he didnt give XXL’s too. the reason why outkast is so good is because they exemplify the south. to call is boring is to admit that you dont understand outkast