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Aquemini is OutKast's third studio album, released on September 29, 1998. The album title represents Big Boi and André 3000's personalities by combining their Zodiac signs: Aquarius and Gemini.

Expanding on the outer space-inspired sounds of the duo’s previous record (ATLiens), Aquemini incorporates influences of 1970s funk, southern soul, gospel, country, psychedelic rock, and more. It explores various themes lyrically — including individuality, human nature, addiction, self-inflicted struggles, technology, and relationships — while blending together science fiction concepts and urban narratives.

This website was illustrated, designed, and coded by Marissa Hart for the BFA Communication Design Capstone in Illustration in Spring 2025, at WashU’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.

Fonts used: Space Grotesk, Gil Modern & Tuppence.

Special thanks to my professor Shreyas R. Krishnan, TA Maddie Baker, and the illustration cohort for their support and advice throughout the semester!

TRACKLIST ALBUM CREDITS
  • [Verse 1: Sleepy Brown]

    Dickie shorts, Lincoln's clean

    Leanin', checking out the scene

    Gangsta boys, Bigga's lit

    Ridin' out, talkin' sh*t

    N*gga, where you wanna go?

    You know the club don't close 'til four

    Let's party 'til we can't no more

    Watch out, here come the folk— "Damn"

    Oh, Lord

    [Verse 2: André 3000]

    As the plot thickens, it gives me the dickens, reminiscent of Charles

    A lil' discotheque nestled in the ghettos of N*ggaville, USA

    Via Atlanta, Georgia

    A lil' spot where young men and young women go to experience they first little taste of the night life

    Me? Well, I've never been there

    Well, perhaps, once, but I was so engulfed in the Ol' E', I never made it to the door

    You speak of hardcore

    While the DJ sweatin' out all the problems and troubles of the day

    While this fine, bow-legged girl, fine as all outdoors, lulls lukewarm lullabies in your left ear

    Competing with "Set It Off" in the right

    But it all blends perfectly, if you let the liquor tell it

    "Hey, hey—look, baby, they playin' our song!"

    And the crowd goes wild, as if Holyfield has just won the fight

    But in actuality, it's only about 3 a.m., and three n*ggas just done got hauled off in the ambulance, sliced up

    Two n*ggas done started busting—"Wham! Wham!"

    And one n*gga done took his shirt off, talking 'bout, "Now, who else wanna f*ck with Hollywood Court?"

    It's just my interpretation of the situation

    [Verse 3: Big Boi]

    Yes! When I first met my

    SpottieOttie
    Dopaliscious Angel...

    I can remember that damn thing like yesterday

    The way she moved reminded me of a brown stallion horse with skates on, you know?

    Smooth, like a hot comb on nappy-ass hair

    I walked up on her and was almost paralyzed

    Her neck was smelling sweeter than a plate of yams with extra syrup

    Eyes beaming like four karats apiece, just blindin' a n*gga

    Felt like I chiefed a whole O of that Presidential

    My heart was beating so damn fast

    Never knowing this moment would bring another life into this world

    Funny how sh*t come together sometimes, you dig?

    One moment, you frequent the booty clubs, and the next four years, you and somebody's daughter raisin' y'all own young'n

    Now, that's a beautiful thang

    That's if you're on top of your game and man enough to handle real-life situations, that is

    Can't gamble feeding a baby on that dope money

    Might not always be sufficient

    But the United Parcel Service and the people at the post office didn't call you back because you had cloudy piss

    So now, you back in the trap

    Just that: trapped!

    Go'n' and marinate on that for a minute