Editing Aquemini (section)

=== Accolades ===
''Aquemini'' has been included in several publications' best album lists. In 2003, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked it number 500 on its list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]. The staff explained the inclusion by stating: "OutKast unleashed an explosive hip-hop that deployed live musicians, social commentary and a heavy dose of deep funk".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/outkast-aquemini-20120525|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #500|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=May 31, 2009|access-date=September 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019204608/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/outkast-aquemini-20120525|archive-date=October 19, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The album was placed at number 11 on the list of the "100 Best Albums of the Nineties" by the same magazine.<ref name="Rolling">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-nineties-20110427/outkast-aquemini-20110429|title=100 Best Albums of the Nineties: #11| magazine= Rolling Stone |date=April 27, 2011|access-date=September 13, 2013}}</ref> In 2020, they revised their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list and re-ranked the album at number 49, calling it "the greatest record ever to come out of the Dirty South."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/outkast-aquemini-4-1063184/|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #49|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=October 9, 2020}}</ref>

''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' called the album "the best Atlanta hip-hop album of all time".<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/08/the-five-best-atlanta-hip-hop-albums-of-all-time.html|title=The Five Best Atlanta Hip-Hop Albums of All Time|author=M.T. Richards|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|date=August 13, 2013|access-date=September 13, 2013}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' ranked the record at number 50 on their "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s", describing it as "smooth and well-conceived".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/6/|title=Top 100 Albums of the 1990s|author=Pitchfork Staff|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=November 17, 2003 |access-date=September 13, 2013}}</ref> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' included it on three  of their lists. They ranked it number 35 on the "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s" and number three on the "Top 20 Albums of '98".<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|volume=15|issue=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YG5YubNw1pgC&pg=PA91|title=Top 20 Albums of '98|date=January 1999|access-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Spin90s">{{cite journal|journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|volume=15|issue=9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGjsvmNt8UgC&q=outkast+aquemini+spin&pg=PA136|title=The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s|date=September 1999|access-date=September 17, 2013}}</ref> The magazine also ranked it 76th on their 2010 list of "The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years".<ref name="Spin25">{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/spin25/readers-poll-spin-25-results/?page=9|title=125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=February 15, 2012|access-date=September 17, 2013}}</ref> In 2004, ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]'' ranked it 185th on their "Top 101-200 Favourite Albums Ever" list.<ref name="Stylus101-200">{{cite web|url=http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/top-101-200-favourite-albums-ever-the-stylus-magazine-list.htm|title=Top 101-200 Favourite Albums Ever|work=[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]|date=March 22, 2004|access-date=September 17, 2013|archive-date=December 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212200814/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/top-101-200-favourite-albums-ever-the-stylus-magazine-list.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' named it the 20th greatest album since 1993.<ref name="Vibe93">{{cite web|url=http://www.vibe.com/photo-gallery/greatest-50-albums-since-93?page=32|title=20. Aquemini (1998)|work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|date=April 18, 2013|access-date=September 21, 2013}}</ref> ''[[Ego trip (magazine)|Ego trip]]'' ranked it the second greatest hip hop album from 1980 to 1998,<ref>{{cite book|first1=Sacha|last1=Jenkins|author-link1=Sacha Jenkins|first2=Elliott|last2=Wilson|author-link2=Elliott Wilson (journalist)|first3=Jeff "Chairman"|last3=Mao|first4=Gabriel|last4=Alvarez|first5=Brent|last5=Rollins|date=1999|title=Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists|chapter=Hip Hop's Greatest Albums by Year: 1998|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]]|pages=337|isbn=0-312-24298-0}}</ref> while ''[[Hip Hop Connection|Hip-Hop Connection]]'' ranked it the 11th greatest rap album from 1995 to 2005.<ref name="HHC100">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Hip Hop Connection|Hip-Hop Connection]]|title=The 100 Greatest Rap Albums 1995–2005|date=March 2006|issue=198|pages=45–74}}</ref> ''[[New Nation]]'' named it the 80th best album by black artists.{{CN|date=December 2023}} In 2017, ''[[The Boombox]]'' ranked it second on a list of the 50 greatest alternative hip hop albums.<ref name="boombox">{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Todd "Stereo"|date=July 26, 2017|url=https://theboombox.com/50-greatest-alternative-hip-hop-albums-all-time/|title=The 50 Greatest Alternative Hip-Hop Albums of All Time: No. 2 'Aquemini'|website=[[The Boombox]]|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref> The album was also included on [[Apple Music 100 Best Albums|Apple Music's 100 Best Albums]] list at number 41 in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apple Music 100 Best Albums |url=https://100best.music.apple.com/us |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Apple Music 100 Best Albums |language=en-US}}</ref>

The album was included in ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''{{'}}s "500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die" (2003),<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line --> |title=500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die|magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|location=New York|page=91|publisher=[[Dennis Publishing Ltd]]|date=April 2003|volume=2|number=3|issn=1534-0554}}</ref> [[Continuum Books]]' ''[[33⅓]]: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums'',<ref name="3313 Aquemini">{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Schmelling|title=33⅓: OutKast's Aquemini|publisher=[[Continuum Books]]|year=2009}}</ref> and ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''{{'}}s "The Ultimate Music Collection" (2005).<ref name="Ultimate Q">{{cite journal|journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|title=The Ultimate Music Collection|date=April 2005}}</ref> The lead single "[[Rosa Parks (song)|Rosa Parks]]" was nominated in the category [[Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group]] at the [[1999 Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/15/parks.settlement/|title=Rosa Parks settles suit over OutKast CD|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=September 13, 2013|date=April 15, 2005}}</ref> The album's twelfth track "SpottieOttieDopaliscious" was ranked at number 16 on Pitchfork Media's list of the top 200 tracks of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7853-the-top-200-tracks-of-the-1990s-20-01/|title=Pitchfork Top 200 Tracks of the 90s|author=Pitchfork Staff|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=September 3, 2010|access-date=September 13, 2013|archive-date=July 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719223302/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7853-the-top-200-tracks-of-the-1990s-20-01/|url-status=dead}}</ref>