×   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: Big Boi]

    Yeah, I’m back off in this b*tch one more time

    To drop this rhyme, about where my roots at

    Yeah, Westside is in the house

    Frazier Homes is in the house

    Cloverdale is in the house

    And Savannah, GA is in the house, so check it…

    [Verse 1: Big Boi]

    February 1st, 1975 it happened

    Was born in West Savannah way before I started rappin'

    My mamma had a n*gga at the age of fifteen

    My daddy was sellin' that sack, now he's gots responsibilities

    Stayed at me granny's while me mammy was at work

    And she couldn't watch my every move so sh*t I started servin'

    Around Frazier Home, down in the Westside projects

    Changin' over foodstamps, and hittin' a lick was next see

    I'm just a playa like that, my jeans was sharply creased

    I got a fresh white t-shirt and my cap is slightly pointed East

    So flyin', or floatin', a Brougham is what I'm sportin'

    Sade is in my tape deck, I'm moving in slow motion, boi

    So meet me deep in the streets that's where I learned the capers

    Us lickin' blunts, lickin' leaves, rolling reefer papers

    I'm slightly slouched, in the seats off in my bucket

    But the n*ggas around the Ave. and the hoes, they love me (Yeah)

    They wanna be me and my family too

    Because the money that I make be puttin' cable off in every room

    So follow the fiends, follow my lead through the nooks and crannies

    It's everyday life off in my hood so come and holla at me

    But go 'head on, with that foolishness b*tch

    Let me get lovely with my swerve because I'm true to this sh*t

    And if you coming with eight dollars, you sh*t out of luck

    Because the Westside ain't taking no shorts on the dime

    So fire it up

    [Hook: Sleepy Brown]

    Now, now, now, nine in my hand, ounce in my crotch

    Diggin' the scene with a gangsta slouch, mmmmhmmmm!

    (like that now, like this, and it don't quit, and it don't stop)

    Nine in my hand, ounce in my crotch

    Diggin' the scene with a gangsta slouch, mmmmhmmmm!

    (and it don't stop, and it don't quit, it's like that and ah)

    [Verse 2: Big Boi]

    See, n*ggas in the South wear gold teeth and gold chains

    Been doing it for years, so these n*ggas ain't gone change

    They coming around the ghetto so you might call em soul

    Been wearing furry Kangol's, so that sh*t is old

    You might slang a rock or two just to pay the rent

    Five dollars for a table dance so now your money's spent

    You listen to that booty shake music in your trunk

    As long as there's that "tic tic" followed by that bump

    I'm down to stick a ho if she got a G-string

    'Cause the n*ggas in the Point ain't changed, man

    You might call us country, but we's only Southern

    And I don't give a f*ck, P-Funk spot to spark another

    [Hook]