Editing Aquemini (section)

==Release==
The group originally planned to create a film in conjunction with ''Aquemini'', completing a script three months before the release of the record. OutKast met with [[MTV]] for the project, who, despite liking the idea for the film, hoped to instead buy the project and cast [[Missy Elliott]] and [[Busta Rhymes]] instead, feeling they had more "star power."<ref name="Kasting">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KxYEAAAAMBAJ&q=aquemini&pg=PA24|title=Kasting a Wide Net|last=Conniff|first=Tamara|date=July 22, 2006|access-date=August 6, 2013|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> Although the duo recalls being "heartbroken" at the time, André 3000 and Big Boi continued to work on ideas for a collaborative film, eventually resulting in the 2006 musical ''[[Idlewild (film)|Idlewild]]'' starring the group.<ref name="Kasting"/> David Browne of ''[[The New York Times]]'' viewed the album art as an homage to [[blaxploitation]] films of the 1970s.<ref name="shrinking">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/arts/music/as-record-sales-shrink-so-does-album-cover-art.html?_r=0|last=Browne|first=David|title=The Incredible, Inevitable Shrinking Album Cover|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 12, 2011|access-date=January 28, 2014}}</ref> The record's title is a combination of the two members' zodiac signs, with André 3000 being a [[Gemini (astrology)|Gemini]] and Big Boi being an [[Aquarius (astrology)|Aquarius]].<ref name=Sarig174/> The packaging featured a sticker describing Big Boi as "the playa" and André as "the poet".<ref name="bill2018"/>

''Aquemini'' debuted behind [[Jay-Z]]'s ''[[Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life]]'' at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 200, the same opening position of both ''ATLiens'' and the group's next release, ''Stankonia''.<ref name="assault">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1430561/jay-z-outkast-tribe-stage-assault-on-album-chart/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140510224109/http://www.mtv.com/news/1430561/jay-z-outkast-tribe-stage-assault-on-album-chart/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2014|title=Jay-Z, OutKast, Tribe Stage Assault On Album Chart|work=[[MTV News]]|date=October 7, 1998}}</ref><ref name="beating">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1539767/outkast-take-a-billboard-beating-from-diddys-danity-kane/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513022713/http://www.mtv.com/news/1539767/outkast-take-a-billboard-beating-from-diddys-danity-kane/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 13, 2014|title=Outkast Take A Billboard Beating From Diddy's Danity Kane|last=Harris|first=Chris|date=August 30, 2006|access-date=May 10, 2014|work=[[MTV News]]}}</ref> The record sold 227,000 copies in its first week of release, ahead of [[A Tribe Called Quest]]'s ''[[The Love Movement]]'' and [[Lauryn Hill]]'s ''[[The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill]]''.<ref name="assault"/> In Norway and Germany, the album peaked at numbers 39 and 66, respectively.<ref name="Hung Medien">{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Outkast&titel=Aquemini&cat=a|title=OutKast – Aquemini|website=norwegiancharts.com|access-date=February 14, 2014}}</ref>

In 1999, civil rights activist [[Rosa Parks]] filed a [[Rosa Parks v. LaFace Records|lawsuit]] against OutKast for the song "Rosa Parks", claiming that the song used her name without her permission, constituting false advertising and an infringement on her right to publicity, in addition to [[defamation]] of character.<ref name="supremecourt">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/67849/supreme-court-parks-can-sue-outkast|title=Supreme Court: Parks Can Sue OutKast|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 8, 2003|access-date=May 11, 2014}}</ref> The lawsuit was dismissed on first amendment grounds that year by a federal judge, but the appeals court partially reinstated the suit in 2003, stating that the group must have an artistic reason for titling the song with her name.<ref name="supremecourt"/> The case was settled in 2005 with OutKast and LaFace Records agreeing to create educational programs to "enlighten today's youth about the significant role Rosa Parks played in making America a better place for all races."<ref name=settlement>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/15/parks.settlement/index.html?section=cnn_us|title=Rosa Parks settles suit over OutKast CD|work=CNN|date=April 15, 2005|access-date=May 11, 2014}}</ref>