{"id":4932,"date":"2023-10-18T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=4932"},"modified":"2023-10-10T12:30:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T16:30:38","slug":"arachnophonia-outkast-aquemini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2023\/10\/arachnophonia-outkast-aquemini\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnophonia:  OutKast &#8220;Aquemini&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/tag\/arachnophonia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arachnophonia<\/a>   (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.richmond.edu\/music\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parsons Music Library<\/a>\u2018s collection.<\/p>\n<p>All links included in these posts will take you to either the <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/1fl54dq\/alma9912757783606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">library catalog record for the item in question<\/a> or to <a href=\"\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">additional relevant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Outkast\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">information from<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/aquemini-mw0000043056\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">around the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s installment of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/tag\/arachnophonia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arachnophonia<\/a> is by student manager Deisy (class of 2024) and features <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/1fl54dq\/alma9912757783606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OutKast&#8217;s 1998 album <strong>Aquemini<\/strong><\/a>.  Thanks, Deisy!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/1fl54dq\/alma9912757783606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>OutKast<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/1fl54dq\/alma9912757783606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Aquemini<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/10\/OutKast-Aquemini.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/10\/OutKast-Aquemini.jpg?resize=500%2C500\" alt=\"OutKast - Aquemini\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/10\/OutKast-Aquemini.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/10\/OutKast-Aquemini.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/10\/OutKast-Aquemini.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/10\/OutKast-Aquemini.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/10\/OutKast-Aquemini.jpg?w=1417&amp;ssl=1 1417w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/10\/OutKast-Aquemini.jpg?w=1168 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dynamic duo that swept the Hip hop scene in the late 1990s\/early 2000s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/outkast-mn0000420381\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OutKast<\/a> consisted of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andr%C3%A9_3000\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andr\u00e9 3000<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Boi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Big Boi<\/a>.  With only six studio albums and 32 singles, OutKast made a big name for themselves in hip hop, and disbanded in 2007. They have very memorable songs that many have heard in movies and radio such as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PWgvGjAhvIw?si=s_sEBlxjT8fGghmv\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hey Ya!<\/a>&#8221; And &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MYxAiK6VnXw?si=xHE_51_wwU5E6Acf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ms. Jackson<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many of their albums live in the Parson Music Library at UR. My favorite of the bunch must be <em><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/1fl54dq\/alma9912757783606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aquemini<\/a><\/em>, released in 1998. Their music is the type to transition into our current media in the best way possible. <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/1fl54dq\/alma9912757783606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This album<\/a> can be a refreshing break from the current hip hop and musical scene. Songs to check out form the album include: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/R5uoxivoSSo?si=h5zvXCggE0yjdFE-\">Chonkyfire<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0PT-LQI9S80?si=usaGqn_pVbAnODM3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mamacita<\/a>,&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/F0tamp9XdqU?si=w_qwPWz2idRKZ726\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Da Art of Storytelling<\/a>.&#8221;  <em><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/1fl54dq\/alma9912757783606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aquemini<\/a><\/em> is definitely worth checking out from <a href=\"https:\/\/library.richmond.edu\/music\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parsons Music Library<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: Arachnophonia (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library\u2018s collection. All links included in these &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2023\/10\/arachnophonia-outkast-aquemini\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15223],"tags":[230910,230912,230913,230909,61217,230860,230915,230911,191328,230916,61214,230908,13996,1344,230914],"class_list":["post-4932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collection","tag-andre-3000","tag-andre-benjamin","tag-antwan-patton","tag-aquemini","tag-arachnophonia","tag-arachnophonia-23-24","tag-atlanta","tag-big-boi","tag-deisy","tag-g-funk","tag-hip-hop","tag-outkast","tag-rap","tag-soul","tag-southern-hip-hop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgMV3E-1hy","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4932"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4939,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions\/4939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}