Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Aquemini
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Recording== [[File:Hitsville USA.jpg|right|thumb|280px|Producer Neal H. Pogue compared the recording of ''Aquemini'', with its wide variety of live musicians, to that of 1960s [[Motown Records]] ([[Hitsville U.S.A.|former headquarters]] pictured).]] Due to OutKast's newfound commercial success and higher budget for the album, the group enjoyed a more relaxed schedule and "could really just live" at the studio.<ref name="Makingof">{{cite news|url=http://clatl.com/gyrobase/the-making-of-outkasts-aquemini/Content?oid=1552576&storyPage=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102220931/http://clatl.com/gyrobase/the-making-of-outkasts-aquemini/Content?oid=1552576&storyPage=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2012|title=The Making of OutKast's Aquemini|last=Carmichael|first=Rodney|date=June 24, 2010|access-date=February 18, 2012|work=[[Creative Loafing (Atlanta)|Creative Loafing]]}}</ref> The duo and studio musicians lived and worked in the studio for weeks straight, with Big Boi noting, "It usually takes us two to three years to make a record because we take our time; we ain't giving you that fast food, trying to meet a deadline. It ain't done until it's done sonically."<ref name="remembers">{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/09/big-boi-remembers-outkasts-aquemini-15-years-later/|title=Big Boi Remembers OutKast's 'Aquemini' 15 Years Later|last=Rys|first=Dan|date=September 30, 2013|access-date=January 28, 2014|work=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]}}</ref> For ''Aquemini'', the duo used live instrumentation and improvisation, bringing a baby grand [[piano]] into the studio and hiring musicians who played "everything from stoner [[funk]] to [[prog rock]]".<ref name=Westhoff110>Westhoff, 2011. p. 110</ref> The producer Neal H. Pogue recalled, "That was the beauty of making all those records – having musicians come in and out. It was almost like a [[Motown Records|Motown]], that's what we had. Or like a [[Stax Records]] thing. That's what I loved about it. It brought back that whole feeling of making records. It was organic."<ref name="Makingof"/> Much of the music on ''Aquemini'' was formulated during jam sessions, in which one musician would begin with creating a chord pattern and the rest would incorporate their instruments following that sequence. While recording ''Aquemini'', André 3000 drew influence from reggae music and listened to [[Bob Marley]] constantly during the sessions.<ref name="Makingof"/> After the musical aspects of a song were developed, André 3000 and Big Boi would then create lyrics that they felt would fit with the tone of the song.<ref name="Makingof"/> For the record, André 3000 did most of the album's production, while Big Boi crafted [[Hook (music)|hooks]] for the songs.<ref name="remembers"/> André 3000 and the producer [[Mr. DJ]] learned about beat creation through observing the members of [[Organized Noize]] at work, with Mr. DJ observing that despite André 3000's normally frugal lifestyle, his enthusiasm for production led him to splurge on costly recording equipment.<ref name="Makingof"/> At one point, André 3000 attempted singing and modifying his voice with pitch-correction equipment, but Big Boi warned him that this would alienate the group's urban audience.<ref name=Westhoff111>Westhoff, 2011. p. 111</ref> Another point of contention was the order of the track listing; Big Boi wanted to begin the album with "Y'all Scared" while André 3000 and the other producers and musicians wanted the first track to be "Return of the G", preferring that the record start with a song with just the duo as opposed to one with multiple collaborators. Big Boi missed his flight to attend the album mastering session and by the time he arrived, the others had already settled on a cohesive track list for the record. After a long, heated discussion, Big Boi eventually agreed to opening the album with "Return of the G".<ref name="Makingof"/> The album features the song "West Savannah", which had been recorded during the ''Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik'' sessions, and was included on ''Aquemini'' to give listeners a "bonus" that had sentimental value for the duo, as well as to pay homage to Big Boi's family living in [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]].<ref name="Makingof"/>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Aquemini
(section)
Add topic