Title: A Necessary Addition to the Oukast Collection
Product review: Overall, an excellent collection, but too many tracks were included from Southernplayalistic. While those songs are quality, they are fairly standard hip-hop, especially when compared with the group's subsequent records. And why was the title track off ATLiens omitted? Inexplicable, especially since its listed among the liner notes. Guess you can't please everybody. As far as the new tracks go, none of them is particularly memorable. Funkin' Around and the After Party have strong jazz elements. The After Party seems like an afterthought best put on a B-side rather than an actual track. The raps in The Whole World are tight, especially Big Boi's, but what's up with Andre singing?! The hook is OK, but Dre's intro seems deliberately bad. Nonetheless, the album is a must for any Outkast fan.
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