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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: T-Mo]

    Piece by piece, this puzzle comes together

    Sever your ties with the bad guys, let the lies go

    If you wanna be a ho, go 'head and don't be scared

    Many a b*tch, represents, and is led

    Whichever way no I'm not gay

    And really don't give a f*ck bout what you doin

    Long as I pave the way

    For my Southwest GA warriors

    To come in packs, to feed, takin what we need

    To succeed, you know what we gon' do, on this road

    We gon' explode, now are you ready for this territory

    Makin our life one big story to tell

    Reality amongst the youth, long as, breath is in my body

    I got proof, I'm not scared

    If you scared, say you scared

    [Verse 2: Big Gipp]

    Who's scared?

    In this world I'm Gipp, in second the mutant

    The third the Geechee, how many ways can you reach me?

    Now most be scully, went from clean to muddy

    Polished to shine, the season to rhyme

    Been down like brown, like dirt to the ground

    Been lookin for love, now I bubble like suds

    Others flew sky high, while others were duds

    Live high up on the hills, to escape the floods

    Situation they change, like faces and names

    Went from cool to plain, from lame to flame

    Man down or not, man plans or plots

    Give a F*CK what you think, we ain't movin out this spot

    And I'm out

    If you scared, say you scared

    [Verse 3: André 3000]

    Yo, paragraph indent, I make intense sense

    N*ggas on that Gil Scott dope—hint, hint

    At age fifteen they start smokin' Billy Clint'

    Now he's twenty-one and wants to know where the time went

    Hey, hey, hey, what's the haps? Well see your time elapsed

    Have you ever thought of the meaning of the word trap?

    Baboon on your back, but what's sad is that crack

    Was introduced to Hispanic communities and blacks

    But then it spread to white and got everyone's undivided attention

    'Cause your daughter is on it and you can't hide it

    Maybe your son tried it

    Rehab too crowded

    You scared, she scared, they scared, I said

    They scared they scared to talk about it

    Bout it, bout it, bout it, bout it, bout it

    If you scared, say you scared

    [Verse 4: Big Boi]

    February 1st, 1975's my birthdate

    The player the B-O-I, was brought onto this Earth on Thursday

    I think see, my cap I twist it back from all the dank

    But if you see me on the Ave, you betta believe I tote that shank

    So what y'all thought, bruh?

    I gotta protect my name and what we fought for

    Southernplayalistic ATLiens in your sock drawer

    No lockjaw, we got that raw sh*t and all the trimmings

    Even though we got two albums, this one feel like the beginning

    The intro, the Goodie—we kinfolk

    N*gga, it's fin to jump off

    But now it's time I lay low

    'Cause I believe the track gon' cut off

    Psych, the track is bumpin' like pussies on some

    So if you scared, say you scared, 'cause everybody can die tonight

    'Cause my heart don't pump no Slushee

    You touch my n*ggas you touch me

    I blow up the microphone, like Marilyn Manson

    You can't hush me, yeah

    [Verse 5: Khujo]

    Heat'll make anything move

    Even Tyson, can get laid down, with this tool

    Just cause the name say Goodie, you take us for fools

    Out they rabbit ass mind, don't give me mine

    I go off like mines, blowin suckers to smithereens

    We was never folks if we fell out over this lil' cream

    Or let some soft legs come in between our dreams

    We live like Kings, and die like f*ckin' men

    I don't care how rough you roll, we can't be shut down

    Ain't no openin' up shop, we already established

    You lap doggin', we boss hoggin

    Grown men, don't beg for attention

    Keep wishin', high heels clickin'

    Paper champions, leavin' with they feet behind

    Zap em for the pumpkin, at twelve

    On the bottom bunk, holla at me

    Six to the left, last one, can't turn over with dirt on ya

    Slain dead, devils, don't have enough to purchase my essence

    In da head, missin ounces, zip code, eight miles

    Suckas, think I got they package

    But they still eatin moo-moo, oink-oink

    And fowl-fowl-fowl-fowl..

    [Outro]

    The truth hurts, but you can't be scared of it

    So remember that, OutKast, Goodie Mo-B

    Still standin for somethin while y'all fallin for nothin

    Stop dyin over this lil concrete and lil paper

    We get this sh*t together our power's in numbers

    You can deny the lie but you can't deny the truth

    You scared, you scared, say you scared!