As it is their habit, as the LP draws to a close they slow things down with that “watching ceiling fans go round” music. Andre and Whild Peach’s “Matron Angel” is as dope as any song they’ve done that fits that billing (save of course “Spottieottiedopaliscious”). I wouldn’t call the album perfect, as I could do without “Makes No Sense At All” and the rather mundane “Greatest Show On Earth” with Macy Gray. But a classic album doesn’t necessarily have to be perfect from front to back and Idlewild is every bit the classic that their previous works have been. If you think in 5 years this album won’t be held in the same esteem as certified classics ATLiens and Aquemini then you’re sadly mistaken. Only the infinitely talented duo known as Outkast could manage to exceed the ridiculous expectations for this opus. Here is to hoping that the curtain they alluded to on Aquemini isn’t closing on the greatest twosome music has ever seen.

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