×   Hold On, Be Strong 2  Return of the “G” 3  Rosa Parks 4  Skew it on the Bar-B 5  Aquemini 6  Synthesizer 7  Slump 8  West Savannah 9  Da Art of Storytellin' (PT. 1) 10  Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 2) 11  Mamacita 12  SpottieOttieDopaliscious 13  Y'all Scared 14  Nathaniel 15  Liberation 16  Chonkyfire
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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
  • [Intro: André 3000]

    Woo, woo

    Yosky-wosky, peesky-weesky

    What'cha wanna do-ski?

    Nathaniel

    N*ggas get jacked like Daniel

    Something I can't handle

    Yo, unkay

    [Verse 1: André 3000]

    Yo, this is my story, this is my song

    And to them rudypoots don't attempt to try this at home

    It's just a poem until y'all learn right from wrong

    Know when to bless a situation, when to grab the chrome

    But it's back on, another stormy night in Atlanta, Georgia

    Overcast, but on behalf of OutKast, I cordially

    Invite you to an emotion-filled theater

    Bring your umbrellas, 'cause young fella it gets no weirder

    [Hook: André 3000]

    We reign, reign, supreme, 'preme

    Dungeon, dungeon kings

    Do you know what brings rats, mice, snakes up out of they hole?

    Chonkyfire, spliced with rock n'roll indubitably, piper pied

    Now hold on, my brother, no, no, no, no, can't stop the stride

    Do you know what brings rats, mice, snakes up out of they hole?

    Chonkyfire, spliced with rock n'roll indubitably, piper pied

    Now, now just hold on, my brother, no, no, no, no, can't stop the stride

    You are now entering the fifth dimension of ascension

    Our only intention is to take you high

    [Verse 2: Big Boi]

    To make one bob they head would be the track job

    Your job's to spit that fire

    Some of y'all MC's take this rhymin' for granted, I won't comply

    With that slackin', poppin' and crackin' fourth ward say we snappin'

    They want that hardness that oddness that gets a n*gga to start this

    What's happenin', see if I do what you won't do today boy

    Will I live tomorrow like you can't even live 'cause you strayed

    Motivational skills lackin', when I see you n*gga you packin'

    Understand that though, you behind a $75,000 car doe

    But still stay with mom though, playing the King like Don doe

    You choked up, you was the n*gga that supposed to be so locced up

    Makin' them think Hip Hop is dead, exhume the body if you ain't scared

    And if I see you in the streets I'd dap you down like you was Greg, yeah

    [Hook]