Although its release was a year ago, the album still represents how the Southern players surpass the wavelength of some veteran rappers.

Positive creativity, as well as some of that raunchy Southern hospitality for which they are known, complements the lyrics of Outkast. Some of the best lyrics come from the spaced-out-sounding track Babylon.

With Dre’s Southern accent, he is able to captivate the audience with his shock-valued words, I came into this world/high as a bird/from second-hand cocaine powder/I know sounds absurd/I never toot it/but it’s in my veins.

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Lyrics like these fill the album and make the average person wonder about their lifestyle. Tracks, Elevators and Jazzy Belle easily pull the ears of today’s generation into listening to the positive messages as each are complemented with up-tempo beats.

While the album contains many hot tracks, there are some that Outkast could have kept in their archives. Not to be mean, but honestly, they did not have to include Wheels of Steel.

What was the point? Maybe it was the music that was chosen for the track. I don’t know, but the mix of scratching records made it even more awful. It kind of sounds like a bad theme to The Twilight Zone.

But, other than that out-of-place whack track, Outkast has developed a sound that is guaranteed to stick around for a while. And even with little representation among rappers from the South, Outkast has definitely put themselves and Atlanta on the musical map.