Two dope boys in a Cadillac have returned with yet another stirring pot o' sonic jambalaya from the ATL. Aquemini, the third album from southern rap pioneers OutKast, continues on the same path as the others towards conscious living, controlling the "game" of one's life, and making really great music.

Some believe the group can't decide who to be -- from pimps on their debut LP Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, to interstellar travellers on their sophomore opus ATLiens -- and they make mention of that confusion on a skit on the album. However, through all those physical manifestations and switches of theme as guests on other albums (as on soundtracks or with other groups in the Organized Noise produced Dungeon Family), they remain two young men trying to grow up and write excellent lyrics.

The hot single "Rosa Parks" has already been getting lots of airplay at dance and urban radio stations across the country, with listeners humming the catchy and inventive choruses ("... ah ha hush that fuss/Everybody move to the back of the bus/Do you wanna bump and slump wit us/we the type of people make the club get crunk ...") and bouncing to the upbeat guitar strumming. Much of the album is slower paced but keeps with the same quick-tongued lyrical drawl that OutKast is famous for. Other great songs include the second single "Skew It On The Bar-B" with Raekwon the Chef of Wu-Tang fame, "Synthesizer" with George Clinton and two parts of "Da Art of Storytellin.'"

With the combination of their astrological signs (Aquarius plus Gemini equals Aquemini, the 13th sign), OutKast set another strong cornerstone in the foundation of southern hip hop well worth listening to above and beyond the Mason Dixon line.