Stankonia

pretty fire

It's better than Speakerboxxx which I scored 2. Interludes annoy me though (again) and it's still too damn long! Won't listen again.

CACETADA

En l’an 2000 on a eu le droit à une véritable déclaration de guerre à la monotonie, un majeur dressé bien droit face aux conventions du hip-hop de l'époque qui s’était un peu enfermé dans ses propres codes : le bling-bling d'un côté, le purisme poussiéreux de l'autre. Car André 3000 et Big Boi ont débarqué, fringués comme s'ils venaient de braquer une friperie sur Mars, et ils nous ont balancé Stankonia. Pour moi, Stankonia c’est le moment où le hip-hop a réalisé qu’il pouvait tout bouffer : le rock, le funk psychédélique, l’électro, le gospel, plus rien n'était sacré et tout était sujet à expérimentation. Je pourrais résumer Stankonia par... c'est électrique, ça vibre, c’est un mille-feuille sonore où chaque couche est plus savoureuse que la précédente. Et avec la précision chirurgicale de Big Boi et les envolées lunaires d'André, on est sur des masterclass permanentes. Je le dis souvent, Stankonia, il n'y a rien à jeter. Et c'est rare, un album de 24 pistes (en comptant les interludes) où tu n'as pas envie de presser le bouton "skip". Stankonia c’est un voyage total, une immersion dans un univers survolté. Et si on doit parler d'un moment de bascule, ce serait "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)". Ce morceau, c’est un attentat sonore purement et simplement. Car c'est généralement ce qui arrive quand tu injectes de l’adrénaline pure dans un beat de jungle et que tu laisses deux génies rapper par-dessus à une vitesse supersonique. C’est le morceau qui t'explique que le futur est déjà là et qu'il va beaucoup trop vite pour toi. En l'écoutant, on se rend compte que les frontières entre les genres n'existent que dans la tête des critiques étriqués. Ici, on s'en fout, on fonce dans le tas. C’est frais, c’est puissant, c’est l’essence même de ce que j'aime dans la musique : cette capacité à te surprendre, à te bousculer, à te faire dire "Putain, mais c'est quoi ce truc ?" tout en te faisant bouger la tête de manière incontrôlable. Mais attention, Stankonia ce n'est pas que de l'agression sonore, c'est aussi une science du groove absolument démentielle. Prenez "Ms. Jackson". Oui je sais, on l'a entendue partout et jusqu'à l'écœurement. Mais réécoutez-le avec des oreilles neuves. La structure est géniale, le message est d’une honnêteté désarmante. C’est de la pop de génie, mais une pop qui garde les mains dans le cambouis. C’est l’art de transformer une embrouille de famille en un hymne universel. Et que dire de "So Fresh, So Clean" ? C’est le sommet du cool. C’est le genre de morceau qui te donne l’impression d’avoir une démarche de mac alors que tu es juste en train de faire tes courses au supermarché. C’est velouté, c’est maîtrisé, c’est impeccable. Ce qui est fascinant, c'est que l'album traite de sujets lourds : la politique, la drogue, la vie dans le Sud, la sexualité, la célébrité. Mais il le fait avec une telle vitalité que ça n'a jamais l'air pesant. C’est une célébration de la vie dans toute sa complexité et sa bizarrerie. Et quand je dis qu'il n'y a rien à jeter, je pèse mes mots. Même les morceaux plus obscurs, les expérimentations un peu bizarres, tout fait sens dans cette fresque monumentale. C’est un album qui pue la liberté, et la liberté dans l’art, c’est ce qu’il y a de plus précieux. On est face à un disque qui a redéfini les règles du jeu. OutKast a réussi l'exploit d'être à la fois ultra-expérimental et massivement populaire. Ils ont prouvé qu'on pouvait être bizarre, profond, et faire danser la planète entière en même temps. Pour moi, Stankonia c'était l’album parfait pour entrer dans le nouveau millénaire. On laissait derrière nous les vieux schémas et on embrassait le chaos créatif.

8/10

Unique, but for me "Meh"; listened twice to see what I might have missed.

Awesome! Loved it.

sehr sehr gut

8/10 - some incredible songs on here which will go down in history as some of the best hip hop songs of all time i.e. BOB and Ms Jackson. But it also suffers from too many strange interludes as was the fashion of the time when it was released

Aquemini is not on the book ??? Wtf ?? Ms. Jackson is one of the best rap song all time. No its one of the best song of all time period. Really liked this one. Great lyrically and the beats are just as good. Its inconsistent so its not a 5. Would recommend if you like rap.

Outkast has many classics, this one is surely one of the greatest mainstream hip hop albums of all time 4.6/5

I'm familiar enough with the hits from this, and am looking forward to listening to the entire album. This is quite good.

262/1089 somehow never considered that Ms. Jackson was OutKast… but when it started playing it made so much sense a lot of this one sort of blended together, it’s not as strong as Speakerboxxx/The Love Below imo faves: Ms. Jackson, B.O.B. and Slum Beautiful 72/100

Some of the beats were decent, and a couple of vocal harmonies were pleasant on the ears, but as usual with these sorts of albums, the lyrics and rapping can get in the bin. It was a struggle of immense proportions to get through what I managed of it.

Such fun lyricism and performance that seems to be somewhat lost within modern rap. Really versatile flows that swap constantly in what seems to be an effortless fashion; somewhat second nature to them. Such phenomenal fresh production that is crystal clear 26 years later and wraps your head up in their unique sounds in a way that feels like surround sound even on macbook speakers.

Faves: Gasoline dreams So fresh so clean Ms Jackson BOB We luv deez hoez Humble mumble Slum beautiful

This album transported me back to a simpler time. I still fucking hate interludes though.

Is cool.

Erykah Badu Feature?! Nice

pretty amazing album that's just a little too bloated Will I listen to again: 100%

Could have used some editing but the flow is good and B.O.B. is outstanding

Fun to listen to

Sorry Mrs. Jackson, not quite 5 ⭐️

This was a fun listen. Spaghetti Junction, Humble Mumble, Red Velvet, Xplosion, Stankonia are all bangers that I hadn't heard before.

Saw someone say this was like a knock off 36 chambers and wanted to kms

i like wu tang and the other one more sounds abit general but cld be seinfield

Great album by a legendary group. Back half of the album slopes off for me. Not their greatest work but still an amazing album with plenty of repeatability

Has some great songs. "B.O.B." is just an amazing example of how great the duo can be. The skits are a bit cumbersome, and there are a few misses on the album, but overall its pretty good. 3.5/5 Will listen again

Love wholeheartedly

le doy un 5/10, no es un album que escucharia siempre pero tiene 2 temas que son buenisimos.

fire 😼

Top to bottom a great album.

Solid stuff. The skits annoy me less on this one than on previous albums. The music is fine, not mind-blowing. Ms. Jackson is a classic though.

Very cool thematic album

Fuckin great

Not exactly looking forward to this, but let's go Okay, so...I'm not gonna give this a 1 just because this is just so out of my normal listening sphere that it doesn't feel fair to. This type of stuff just isn't for me tho, like...I just don't think it ever will be? I'm sorry. I'll try whatever's on this list, whatever friends recommend, etc, but still nothing within this style has really stuck with me yet.

There's a lot to like on this album, particularly in the features, but there really is something I find extraordinarily uninteresting about Outkast. They really don't make music for me, and I feel like Andre 3k and Big Boi (whose voice I couldn't pick out of a crowd for the life of me) get outshone bye a lot of people here, namely Killer Mike, Gangsta Boo and B-Real. Even if it does get better as it goes on, and there are some really high highs, it just feels like such a slog to get through. I wish I could understand the hype around this, I just don't Favorites: So Fresh, So Clean, B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad), Humble Mumble

Not sure I was able to process all of this, but I was never bored and never not thinking I was in the presence of extraordinary talent.

This is an absolute mess. Five stars.

Funky hip hop. More good than bad - just about. Good pace throughout. Liked a fair few tracks including So Fresh So Clean and the frenetic Bombs Over Baghdad. And even more experimental like Toilet Tisha had a certain appeal. Generous 4. A bit more quality over quantity would help.

It's too long and a mixed bag for me. Can't be doing with all the skits. Miss Jackson a cut above the rest

Given how much I ended up getting into their Speakerbox/Love Below and then ATL/Aqu was feeling.a little let down by this one. Maybe for me the different directions they were heading in away from more their earlier (somewhat) more traditional hiphop would work better in the 2x solo album format. Struggling to hit a 4 but that was my Speakerbox rating which ultimately ended up being very much a round-down so evening out by rounding up here..

Another OutKast album that I find massively over rated and underwhelming. A few banging singles on here but there’s so many mid tracks. that it just fails to scrape a three. Overlong as is their want, with a hefty dose of those annoying skits it seems every rap album of this era has to contractually include. I’m starting to think I really don’t like OutKast outside of a few hit songs.

This wasn’t too bad as hip hop goes, not too many aversive noises and quite varied, but it went on way too long. 2.5

sgood

Pretty, pretty, pretty good

prety goo

its not my kind of music, but its a wide variated album with songs for everybody

Listened to this album the other day before it came up on the list. Solid 4-star album. Favorite track: B.O.B. Favorite skit: Kim & Cookie.

Like their other album on this list, I feel somewhat short changed. 73 minutes of self-indulgent rubbish. This time, the tiny saving grace is Ms. Jackson but, frankly, it's not as good an exchange.

Awesome album. Possibly too long, but you get a real mix of flavours throughout. Some tracks had a great funk and rhythm, others delivered hard flows. I felt great listening to this and will definitely be revisiting some of my favourite tracks. Favourites: Ms. Jackson Snappin' & Trappin' B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)

Couldn’t OutKast have like six classic albums instead of three (that I can think of)? Why is it so long???? It’s good, but not (what felt like) two hours good.

Sorry miss Jackson but this was mid

Rapp. But not too bad.

The first album in the generator that made me say “YYEESSS!!” when I saw it pop up. One of the greatest rap groups of all time, OutKast redefines the genre in this album. A mixture of tracks and interludes, some go hard, others humorous. There’s an undertone of joy in this album. I wish music videos were part of the 1001 experience as OutKast masterfully paired film with lyrics in Ms Jackson and BOB. Andre was right, “the South’s got something to say!”

No es mi onda pero me gustó

I liked so fresh, so clean and I am sorry ms jackson. other songs just didnt stand out

Hip Hop is pretty hit or miss for me, but this album was solely on the hit side. I have been a fan of Andre 3000 and Outkast in the past, but never really explored them outside their biggest hits. I have been recently obsessed with P-Funk and I clocked the influence as soon as the intro played. Andre 3000 is a well-rounded musician making hip hop music rather than a solely hip hop artist. For a double LP the album did a good job of keeping me engaged for the runtime. There are a lot of interludes; but they are so short that they do not take away from the album and act as a nice breaks in-between songs the Pre-Nump interlude especially got a laugh from me. Will definitely listen to this one again in the future. Favorite Track - Ms. Jackson Least Favorite Track - Snappin' & Trappin' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

no me gustó mucho la verdad, salvando a mr Jackson lo demás como que no me llegó

Not my vibe. ★★

Amazing album, 5 stars for B.O.B alone

I have heard about Outkast heard their famous songs but have not heard a whole album written by them. I enjoyed the album its just that old hiphop is not me. The production is crazy,beats,lyrics. I see he hype around the album and Outkast but its not just my type of music. It was nice listeing to it. My personal ranking is a 7.5/10.

Also listened to half of it, great music, great vibes. You feel like the coolest person on earth walking arpind while listening to this.

Most people will say that Aquamini is the best OutKast album but this one is actually my favorite. Andre and Big Boy's sound just bounce off each other so well here. It might be a bit too long (there does not need to be that many interludes on any album) but this is so packed to the gills with classics. Ms. Jackson, Gasoline Dreams, B.O.B, and So Fresh So Clean for starters. This is about as good as Southern Hip Hop gets. 10/10

Bombs over Baghdad is a 5 star track … not sure about the rest of the album though 🤷‍♂️. Also love that Chappelle quotes it in his black Bush skit 😂.

I’ve kind of avoided OutKast because I got so sick of Hey Ya but this is decent.

Hip-hop rap with samples/loops. Concept album? Almost.. Some funk influence in I'll Call B4 I Cum. First full track (Gasoline Dreams) reminds me of Public Enemy. Also Dr Octagonacologist but that was actually fun. Apart from Ms Jackson there's almost nothing melodic here. And at 1hr 13mins it's pushing it. Ah BOB is what we're here for. Dense rhymes and political lyrics, and even a hook! On another level to what came before on the album. Best track - Spaghetti Junction, BOB 3 stars - I expected more based on the Outkast I'd already heard

There are a couple of hits, it's well written beat wise. I get why they are a important group of the 00s hip hop scene and has a cultural impact. But for me personally it is not the most interesting music and i wasn't that into hip hop in my early days. otherwise it would have been higher

I’d give the album a 5/10. Love OutKast but this album just didn’t do it for me. Of course there are a few classic songs on here but the project overall wasn’t for me. A little all over the place but true to who OutKast is, out of the box.

Is great is OUTKAST so Obviousleeeeee

Insanely well produced. If anything would drop this down from a 5 its the skits/interludes, which I guess I just hate on any album since I seem to always have problems with them.

This is such a throw back to my high school days. Not really my favorite style any more, but I am definitely enjoying it. I am sitting at work bopping my head like Michael Bolton in Office Space. haha! Kim and Cookie?! OMG! I can relate so hard to that! B.O.B is amazing! The longer I listened to this album, the more I liked it!

Gas

Good! Chill hip hop/rap nice while I was painting. Cool and easy

probably the hip-hop album i've enjoyed the most on here so far but there were just tooooooooo many of those interludes. whole album in general was just way too long.

Banger after banger.

Rating: 4.8/5 Short Review: Explosive, weird, and wildly creative, this is OutKast pushing hip-hop into funk, psychedelia, and pure chaos. It’s dense but never loses its groove or sense of fun. Favorite Track: B.O.B. The energy is insane from the first second, with rapid-fire flows and a beat that feels like it’s about to burst out of the speakers.

Always perfectly incredible

best album oat

I’m surprised I didn’t like this more. A couple absolute gems, but just not enough to sustain throughout for me.

Southern hip hop, experimental funk Gasoline dreams Ms. Jackson B O B

It’s funky and I appreciate the rapid-fire rapping.

I like some Outkast songs but overall this wasn’t my favorite album.

2/5. Disappointed, had some goods but it was overall not great. Too much sex.

It's a great album no doubt, but there's too many skits and overall it doesn't consistently reach the peaks required for a 5 in my book. I don't care how good it is, 73 minutes is a LOT for one album. I have similar feelings to this as S/TLB but would probably give this the edge overall.

Probably high 3 if not low 4. Great flow, great beats, great riffs! It went a bit long, and I didn't like the horny tracks, but the other songs were great.

Obviously B.O.B. and Ms Jackson are incredible tracks, but I was impressed at how much I enjoyed this entire album, despite the 1 hour + runtime. Humble Mumble was a surprise standout. The only real negative were the interludes.

Es largo entonces se vuelve irregular, pero tiene momentos excelentes.

This record is incredible. Every single track flows perfectly from one to the next, making the project feel huge and connected. The individual tracks stand out absurdly, with hits and deep cuts scoring all 10s keeping the album consistent. The instrumentals are massive and engaging, making the whole album incredibly hooky. This record is absurdly gas, and completely breaks through the wall of the entire hip-hop scene, waymaking for the entire decade and the future of the genre's potential. This isn't just an album, it's a cinematic monument and experience of music.

I never disliked Outkast, but I didnt expect to actually really like this album. Sold. Please enter my collection.

I found a new song I hadn't known before (Gangsta Sh*t) which sounds very Memphis based.

i'm trying to like rap & hip hop but i'm finding it hard snappin' & trappin' one of the most horrible songs ive ever listened to but the rest of it was alright might have rated this higher if i didn't feel a bit overwhelmed by rap lately - i can see why it's good but i just didnt really enjoy listening to it and it was looong

So fresh and so clean & Ms Jackson are great songs on a very average album

Pretty interesting production, but the songwriting was not amazing

Never listened to Stankonia before this outside of Miss Jackson - pretty good. I can hear where modern ATL rap gets its' inspiration. Easy 4.

A few absolute classics, but the rest is just okay

No va

Just an all time classic. Peak southern rapping from Big Boi. Andre at the top of all of his powers. Would give more stars if I could.

Not for me

Rating: 9/10 Amazing, way too many skits and some weaker tracks prevent this from being a 5-star album.

Not as consistent as ATLiens or Aquemini, but still a great album

Imagine making an album and just casually having two perfect songs like “So Fresh, So Clean” and “Ms. Jackson” back to back. Just like that. Then again, the thing about Stankonia is that's it's all perfect songs.

this is a classic. some really fun stuff on here. i could really do without the interludes i just dont care for them. 7/10

Review got lost with bad signal but hey ho. In brief, enjoy the positive upbeat elements and that makes up for the lengthiness of the album and repetitive elements. Also nice interplay between the singers.

Tracks like 'So Fresh, So Clean' and 'Snappin and Trappin' just don't hit the mark for me. They represent what I often dislike about rap. Repetitive backgrounds and limited musicality with a rap layered over the top. Less 'sauce' and more substance, please. The album has so much content that it's probably impossible not to find a style that misses for me. However, a redeeming quality of the group is the diverse flow among the members, which adds an interesting element. It keeps the sound from going stale, and some of the delivery is the closest to singing I’ve experienced within this style of hip hop. While it does feature the occasional synth loop, its not too intrusive. You get a genuine variety of beats, styles, and instruments. The way they blend those with melody is, from that perspective, pretty cool. Ultimately, it’s an album that has a lot to say and doesn't rely just on being offensive, so I'm pleased with that. Especially as someone who has been very avoidant of R&B and Hip Hop in the past as a general rule. Not bad!

This is a very good rap album. But it's still a rap album. There is a lot in here that sounds ahead of it's time but it also falls down in some of the usual ways. It's overly long, annoying interludes, and at times is repetitive. The best thing about this album, other than it's prescience, is that it remains upbeat and fun to listen to despite some fairly hard themes. I didn't end up with the same fatigue as I sometimes have after an hour of violence and dark themes. Honourary mention for "Mrs Jackson" which is a great track that was played a lot during my uni days.

I am for real

Cant go wrong with OutKast. A pleasure to listen to one of their albums all the way through, should try it again honestly

Classic, revolutionary and unreal flow

Bangers are banging, but everything else is more meh... The beginning is great, but after bangers, it's just fillers. My favs were Ms. Jackson, So Fresh So Clean, Toilet Tisha (my fav besides the hits everyone knows)

I needed this today

They didn't have to give us 24 songs on one album, but they did. So many classic bangers.

2+ Stars (6/15)

Another album that is plagued by its size. There's plenty of good stuff here, and I can't deny that when Big Boi and Andre 3000 are together they have the ability to strike gold. But there are just as many misses here as there are mega hits. They're definitely an impressive duo, but this is ultimately a skip-around album. Personally, I can only handle so much of Andre 3000's channeling his inner Prince. Highlights: Ms. Jackson B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) We Luv Deez Hoez (feat. Backbone & Big Gipp) Lowlight: I'll Call B4 I Cum (feat. Gangsta Boo & Eco)

The bangers are banging.

They say a computer can make music better than OutKast can damn do it Motherfuckers! (Break!)

Many bangers.

As always, the skits just kinda take me out of it, but the music is absolutely top notch. And, while it's not quite at the level of ATLiens or Speakerboxx, it's still way better than rubber soul.

I 've heard this album a couple of times. Musically upbeat with manic vocals that sound like they're on crack. All in all, not much I liked about it. I suppose 'Bombs over Baghdad' stands out for me but apart from that, I wouldn't return to it. Just too busy and references to things I don't relate to,

ATLiens represent. What an album. How can you not love Outkast.

Ugh!

Decent 2. I was familiar with the 3 hire from this album but not much else. “Ms. Jackson” and “So Fresh, So Clean” feel nostalgic and fun for me. Overall, it was okay. “Humble Mumble” was my fave.

This is not my kind of music, but there were some songs on this album that I really liked – BOB, XPlosions, Hilble Mumble. The music was interesting on those songs. However, many songs were vulgar and turned me off. I also got tired of the album and stopped after “only“ 20 songs. An album that had potential but shot itself in the foot.

Prime OutKast is hard to beat

I've never listened to a whole Outkast album so this was enlightening. I can understand why they got more radio play than other hip hop bands but they still feel like a proper rap group. I didn't know how Southern rap was distinctive from other regions and this album gives me some sense of it--not that I could define it, but I think I can hear it. It's also interesting to hear Andre 3000's early years given all that he has gone on to do in the last 25 years.

Overall, pretty good album, some of the songs are mediocre, some are remarkable, some of their more popular songs are off Stankonia, and some I'd never heard but had me hooked nevertheless by it's beat primarily. I'd give this album a 7/10, cause as much as there are some serious bangers, some fall short for me.

Hip hop has never been my first choice, but here you have to admit it really slaps. 7/10

3.5! Some absolute classics on here, and I found it really easy to listen to even with the length. Ultimately not enough stood out for four stars, but I do love this band.

One of three candidates for the top album when I finish this challenge. The other two are Kid A and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Some really great tracks in here, although a little long + unnecessary skits.

there are a bunch of great songs on this album and many that I could do without. I'm also done with "interludes". drop about five songs and all the interludes and i would I give it another star

I’ll give it a 4 star but this album is definitely not their best. Lots of fillers. I think if you could trim this down to maybe 10 or 12 songs it would be a classic!

Somewhere between 3 and 4. Like most albums the whole is not as good as some of the parts. I will round up this time.

This one's a little long, and not everything works well for me, but I was pretty impressed overall. There's some really great tracks here. "B.O.B." was the song that really sold me on this album.

I've always struggled with OutKast - they're obviously insanely talented but it always comes across as cold. It's never hit me on a gut level, it's always academic appreciation. This album was no different. Is it because I'm not from Atlanta? Maybe. Talented? Yes. Worth being on this list? Yes. Will I go back to it? No. Best Tracks: Gasoline Dreams (with Khujo Goodie); Ms. Jackson; B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad

Hmm...I liked this less than expected based off my past experience listening to Outkast. Too many interludes that added nothing to the album. The songs that were hits were the best ones.

All-time classic, one of the best rap albums ever made

не моє... занадто жорстоко та мізогінно.. although, «Ms. Jackson» це слейно, це знайома база.

Some good tracks on here and some that feel like they were just experimenting and said wtf, throw it on anyway.

FUCK YEAHHHH! that was great, I'd never heard this one before, absolutely what I needed on a Thursday morning. Surprised they done have Aquemini on this, I definetely prefer it but this was still really enjoyable.

This album stanks but it's a good stank the kinda stank you rip and huff and you know it stank bad to other people but you luuurve that stank

I'm well aware of this album and the hits from it, but I never really bothered with it as I didn't think I'd enjoy a whole album's worth. I was very pleasantly surprised - there were a whole load of great tunes on here, in addition to Ms Jackson which is an all-timer (and gets better the more closely you listen to it; superb lyrics and theme). The skits are really annoying and prevent me giving this the full marks, but it's pretty close.

Great beats, great flows, great album. Knocked down 1 point because it is too long, and has too much filler.

Crazy! I've only ever known radio OutKast, but this goes hard! Fits right in there with Dre and Snoop and the like, didn't think of them like that at all. Hard to say no to Ms. Jackson, but then was gonna go with So fresh so clean, then miss badu came out! Forgot about that banger, 100% the pick. A few other fantastic songs tho, really enjoyed Slum Beautiful and Stankonia. 4.25/5.

Oohhh very fun, definitely knew a few songs but had never listened to t he album before. Don’t know if I’ll return to it, but glad I listened to it tho

I love this album and it has a bunch of excellent songs. I only rate an album five stars if it is flawless with no skips. This is almost there, but not quite. I wish I could give 4.5.

Listened while driving around. An absolute classic. I ended up liking it a bit less than I remembered on this listen. I forgot how long it is and (like pretty much all rap from this era) could really do without the skits and interludes. Regardless this album was way ahead of its time and rap still hasn't caught up in many ways.

Favorite tracks: So Fresh So Clean, Ms. Jackson, I'll Call Before I Come, B.O.B., Gangsta Shit OutKast have been unstoppable since the mid 90s, simple as. The duo of Andre 3000 and Big Boi deliver some of their hottest bars and most invigorated performances here, and the beats similarly do not disappoint.

Banger Album

Sehr geils album! Aber chli lang, find paar songs hett mer striiche chönne

Its a classic.

Respect the diversity of tracks and musical stylings, but did not enjoy it. Way too much funky and r&b. Liked Spaghetti Junction and Gangsta Shit as kinda more traditional rap songs, but nothing special. Ms Jackson is what it is, BOB was kinda neat, but overall not a fan.

uh what was that Anne Frank attic bar nice bassline on ms jackson why does this album have so many interludes ok spaghetti junction is fire S.J. so good it requires an interlude before AND after b4 I cum is making me realize I can't relate to this album and therefore my experience is lessened i figure this album requires more attention than I'm honestly willing to give yeah honestly I felt nothing and the album barely entertained me the whole way through

If there is one thing I have learned over the course of this project, it’s that the Brit’s putting the book together are actually dead on at picking a lot of these Gangsta Rap albums. Not only was I not expecting OutKast to have 2 albums on here, but I wasn’t expecting this one to also be so heavy on the P Funk. Last time I heard P Funk was with Funkadelic, and I gave that a 5 star rating. When you mix the 2 genres together here, you end up with a very uneven, but still pretty goated album. It’s uneven because over the course of its 1 hour and 13 minute runtime, I kind of got the point about 30 minutes in. They blow their load early with “Gasoline Dreams”, “So Fresh, So Clean” and the all time classic that most people probably recognize, “Ms. Jackson”. You then have to wait all the way until the middle of the album to hit my favorite song on the album, “B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad”, which has just an insanely good hook to it and a good rhythm that makes you want to dance. This album has, not including the skits or the intro, about 16/24 songs. I only really love the hits, you can take or leave the rest. Notably, they’re still really good, but the hits actually do blow me away for once with how good they are. I’m generally a bit of an outlier when it comes to picking my favorite songs on these albums, but yeah, the hits are the best here. This is my first of 2 OutKast albums I have rolled for this project, and after consistently hearing some great Hip Hop over the course of my journey, gotta say that I’m super excited to roll the second album from these guys as well. I didn’t love every song on the album, I end up skipping quite a few actually, but as a whole, and considering how good the hits are, I’m going to give this one a low 4, probably somewhere around a 4.2. It’s great, if not a little flawed, and when it’s good, it’s very good. The flows these guys both put out when on top of their game are some of the best I’ve heard so far, but they don’t land as often as I’d like them to. Good stuff as always. Carry on.

😐

I don't really like rap that much. It just sounded better when they weren't rapping but just funking and fucking around. Interludes are sick though. Class of 3000 somehow has better songs then most of this album which I think just shows that Andre 3000 what the good one out of this duo. In fact I found myself wishing the album was just the interludes and Andre repeating his lines over and over solo. I'd say a 2.5-3 I might try giving it more of a chance. When the beats are abrasive, strange, and trippy they sound really good. But most of the time I find myself not really bobbing my head but just kind of letting the music fly past me. If every song was like everything after "?" then it would be a 5/5. I feel like this album was ruined by rap cliches and a lack of funk. If this album was made in 1992 then it would be a 5/5 which is kind of funny

2/5 not for me

Some good tunes, but overall not really my vibe. Really liked B.O.B, though.

The good songs are really good, but theres a lot of filler it feels like. As far as pure rap, this is pretty good, but the album as a whole isn't higher than a 3 on a good day. The interludes are also annoying. This album is definitely before their time, it sounds more like a 2005 album than a 2000 album. So in that since, they are pioneers and I can see why more people would rate this album higher because of that.

Gasoline Dreams is a banger, literally. So Fresh, So Clean is so fun. Ms. Jackson is a classic. ? is so so good. This album unfortunately has way too many interludes, so scoring down based on that.

finally, some good fucking food

ok

I really enjoyed this!!

Outkast like these guys. I would like to come. Why is someone moaning though. Ig that is pretty funky. I like this I was just in a bad mood earlier. This is aura. It's very cool. I would play this to impress a girl. Oh this Ms. Jackson is weird. There are a lot of interludes which are not my favourite but it's chill. Meet me at the spaghetti junction bruh. Oh you don't have to call it's ok. I really liked this it's very vibey. Favourite: So Fresh, So Clean Least favourite: Snappin' & Trappin'

W raps 7.5/10

Bangers after bangers

Some classics, some mid.

Fine fkn art right there boys.

Awesome story telling as always from Outkast. Never have I heard an artist integrate their voice into the music better than Andre 3000. He doesn't just lay lyrics he breaths life into music. Though I think claiming that stankonia is the place from which all funk comes from is a bit bold. They most certainly are the funkiest rappers ever. 5 outta 5

There are the obvious hits but there are some really good lesser known tracks on here. I always loved the synth on Red Velvet, which provides some nice variety to the tone of the album. I have never been a fan of the skits in between tracks, which does spoil the flow somewhat.

Better quality overall than speakerboxx/love below. This album in particular showcases the unique flows and cadences that they bring compared to a lot of comparable east/west coast rap - I’m particularly interested in how the musical influences in and around Atlanta would have evolved their sound differently. I’ve heard them (particularly Andre 3000) compared to a modern day Prince and can see that coming through here, with blues, funk, jazz, soul influences all melded together somewhat in the beats and music similar to how ‘sign o the times’ also did. Singles also hold up really well.

Hip Hop isn't particularly in my genre wheelhouse, but I respect the art form. This was an interesting and very entertaining listen. I really liked the use of the "breaks' throughout. Do wish we got Hey Ya, but beggars/choosers and all that... ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Some great bits but way too long. Enough with the interlude skits.

not bad

Esta weno

The last true Outkast album (the others are a soundtrack and 2 solo albums stapled together) is appropriately the sound of two guys growing in different directions. Andre is digging deeper into funk and jazz influences and getting political while Big Boi is talking about how bitches just want your money. That's extremely reductive of course, but there's enough of that on Stankonia to keep it from feeling timeless. There's no doubting it's influence to both jazz rap and the southern rap renaissance that Outkast helped create, but the skits and some of the lyrics keep it a little too stuck in the late 90's. These guys as a fully collaborative duo were a shooting star that moved hip-hop forward in large strides, but their paths always seemed destined to diverge.

Not my cuppa tea.

Couple of good songs

Algunas canciones estuvieron buenas pero no es mi estilo.

Classic. High peaks in Ms. Jackson and So Fresh So Clean but some skips too

The Interludes mad me LOL. This album is awesome. These guys would be a great hang. Funky with a mix of lyrical singing and rap.

For me, OutKast can be a bit hit-and-miss at times. This album felt a little bit too inconsistent for me to call it great, but that isn't to say it isn't good. Pulling in some of the premium talent of the early noughties, this is a solid collection of tracks that showcases what the duo are capable of, so I think I'm going to give it a four out of five.

Took 41 days for hip-hop/rap to appear on the 1001 albums (still no metal). From “?” to album end, this probably deserves 5 stars. I’ll evaluate once I re-listen to this later. Yep. 5 stars

The question going into Stankonia was were any of the other tracks going to be up there with 'So Fresh, So Clean', Ms Jackson, and Bombs over Baghdad? Unfortunately the answer for me was no, which leaves this album a bit of a bloated mess at over 70 minutes.

Needs more jazz flute!!

Lots of upbeat, good quality songs, although a bit too frenetic for me.

Of its time. Favourite track: Ms. Jackson

++: So Fresh, So Clean, Ms. Jackson, D.F., Spaghetti Junction, I'll Call Before I Come, B.O.B., Humble Mumble, Drinkin' Again, ?, Toilet Tisha, Pre-Nump +: Intro, Gasoline Dreams, Snappin' & Trappin', Xplosion, We Luv Deez Hoez, Red Velvet, Gangsta Shit, Slum Beautiful, Stankonia (Stanklove) +-: I'm Cool, Good Hair, Cruisin' in the ATL -: Kim & Cookie 7,9/10

Eclectic like a mix of gangsta and conscious hip hop to psychedelic rock. The rhymes flow like quickly-melting butter. The album kinda gave me whiplash cause it's all over the place.

Its okay and surprise me at the first selection album.

Up & down, I liked Gasoline Dreams and Ms Jackson, didn't like Snappin' & Trippin' and We Luv Deez Ho*z. A lot of social commentary which I feel requires a second listen to fully parse, but at 1hr10ish for 24 different tracks I might not. Still engaging though

Power music, electric revival!!! Este álbum es una ambigüedad, a mi parecer, como un profeta anunciando todo lo que está por sonar en la década, y al mismo tiempo, ese anuncio no es más que una innovación del funk y el R&B de 30 años atrás. Un punto para señalar es que el disco me resulta muy masculino. ¿Hace falta mencionar el porqué? Basta con escuchar cómo comienza. Sin embargo, considero que éste álbum es el sello de calidad de los años 2000 y la escuela formativa para muchos de los artistas que les sucedieron. Me resulta valioso cuando es notorio que los artistas le ponen pasión a lo que hacen, y tanto Big Boi como Andre 3000 reflejan que todos los elementos utilizados en Stankonia realmente fueron estudiados para ser puestos en su lugar. También es muy llamativo el como se animaron a mezclar diversas temáticas. Por un lado, la insinuación sexual, por otro, un sonido melancólico (o nostálgico para quienes lo miramos hoy con años de por medio), luego la estética gangster que nunca abandona hasta el último minuto, supongo que para eso servirán los interludios, ¿No? Mención aparte y especial al gran amor que siento por el slap del bajo que suena en Ms. Jackson y también los versos cantados en Spaghetti Junction. El interludio de Kim & Cookie: una maravilla.

I love Outkast and have very fond memories of this classic album! I have to say, though, sacrilege as it may be, that like most hip-hop albums I've ever heard, it's too long and really dips in the second half. Lots of high highs in the first half. B.O.B is probably my favorite Outkast song!

I really really want to give this album 5 stars. And I would if we removed many of the repetitive hooks. I get a couple times in-between verses or a couple times to close this out. But some of the hooks are more than half the song. Even if the beat and melody took some variation in these it'd be fine. As is I get bored.

difícil ratear no es mi estilo

Ok so im not into rap.

Flowing and vibing. Sonoridades diversificadas, bom espírito e boa vibe. Um álbum muito interessante na descoberta do mundo Hip Hop dos 2000's

All time classic

I know the respect this album gets… not my jam

Great rapping, even better production. Doesn't get a 5 because out of the 18 or so songs in there, I enjoyed about 12/13. Favourite was Bombs Over Baghdad. High 4

Well I THOUGHT I knew this album. It’s an automatic 5 star. I relistened to it once, and thought yeah it’s pretty good. I relistened to it a second time with noise canceling headphones and it was like hearing the album for the very first time. I literally couldn’t stop listening to it because each song is just filled with really amazing production decisions to discover.

Super energetic with space to breath

Helllll yeah

High 3/low 4? I enjoyed speakerboxxx considerably more but this is still a fun record

I'm always a little nonplussed with OutKast, he deserves a spot on the list but I can't say how high

Much too much filler but the bangers slap heavy

Gangsta shit and bombs over bagdad

My only past experience with Outkast is Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, and it's safe to say that was not a positive experience. Without the much stronger disc 2 of that album, it would have nothing going for it, and even with that disc it's far too long for comfort. Stankonia is a more reasonable length (though still too long for an LP). There are plenty of good full-length tracks here and only a few duds* (plus all the interludes, which are throwaways almost by default), so it's easy to shave this down to 40-50 minutes. I have no idea why this wasn't done. Outkast's monotone moaning is nothing to write home about. The opening track, Gasoline Dreams (let's ignore the one minute of sexual moaning that is Intro), is yet another bland attempt at giving the police the middle finger. Which, don't get me wrong, is an important message. But apparently it doesn't make for good-sounding music. The next song, So Fresh So Clean, is a big improvement, mostly for the stylish falsetto chorus and wah-wah synth. There's also a nice keyboard line in the verses that imitates the chorus melody – a subtle detail, and very cool. Ms. Jackson is also an instant classic, and it's obvious why. The chorus is groovy, soulful, unmistakeable. In contrast, the verses are nothing amazing, though using reversed SFX is a fun touch. Bombs Over Baghdad is another pretty good song (and we're less than halfway through the album). The mood is rushed, aggressive, a call to action. You might notice I'm disregarding the interludes. There's a good reason for that. For reasons unknown, they leapt into the musical norm in the early 90s, and (at least in hip-hop and R&B) have been unshakeable ever since. "I'll Call B4 I Cum"? Oh dear. (Unfortunately, that synth riff goes kinda hard.) [*The duds in question include "?", Snappin' & Trappin', Gasoline Dreams, and Red Velvet.] 3/5 Key tracks: So Fresh So Clean, Ms. Jackson, Xplosion

Panache, confidence, maybe one great song, mostly matter without content, a chore I didn’t care to repeat.

A few good 'uns scattered amongst the endless skits and sketches. More annoying than enjoyable, was glad when it finished. BREAK!

Always enjoy listening to this. Although it’s not actually an album I go back and listen to in full very often. I think if I was nit picking I’d say the balance of skits to songs is a little off and it does run a little long. But none of that stops it from being one of the all time great albums.

Not my thing, but good quality music

You know, I could just say "It's Outkast" and not elaborate on anything, but that's not how I do things with these reviews, so I won't do that. I have to give my justification for why I feel the way I do about every album, okay? But yeah, Stankonia is fucking awesome. Outkast need no introduction. Obviously, they're masters at making iconic hip-hop hits, but their full album experiences are something else entirely. I've already reviewed their split double album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, but that was basically just two solo albums from Big Boi and André 3000 packaged together so it basically doesn't even count. Not that it's a bad album, but it's not what the full Outkast experience is like. This is the real deal. This is Outkast, and it's great. Stankonia is such a hard album to explain because it doesn't really do things the way that they "should" be done. I think the pacing is really interesting and different from most of its contemporaries. There are a lot of interludes, probably even too many of them, but the way they're weaved in with the songs makes Stankonia feel like a world of sorts. It helps that none of them are particularly bad interludes by interlude standards. They're probably my least favorite part of the album, but I can't help but find some level of appreciation in them. I really love this album's beats. The whole album's production veers wildly in hip-hop stylings, but remains consistently awesome throughout the 73-minute runtime. The varied influences from genres like rock and funk add to this and it's great. The rapping is just excellent too. Both André 3000 and Big Boi are great on their own, but they're even better when they play off of each other. They really highlight each other's strengths as a rapper. The features are all pretty good too. But of course, it's the songs that define the experience, and boy does Stankonia have some amazing songs. "Gasoline Dreams" is the first real song, and it's probably the best way they could've started the album off. The rock-influenced beat and politically focused lyrics set a great example for the things that make Stankonia stand out in Outkast's discography. It's great. I mentioned that Outkast have iconic hip-hop hits, and Stankonia gives us two in a row with "So Fresh, So Clean" and "Ms. Jackson." The former might have my favorite beat on the whole album, and the latter is genuinely a perfect song. I might as well talk about the album's other single now, that being "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)." This is probably the defining song of the album for me, and it's awesome. There's so much going on that just feels unreal and I love it. André's excellent verse work, the guitar solo near the middle, the whole "power music electric revival" section at the end. There really are no other songs like this. Obviously the hits are great, but even the deep cuts are worthy of praise. "Spaghetti Junction," "Humble Mumble," "Red Velvet." These are just really neat songs. Shoutouts to the Erkyah Badu feature on "Humble Mumble." She's great. So, yeah, Stankonia is super cool. It's the kind of album that breaks the boundaries of what is expected from hip-hop and I love it for that. It's not perfect, but it is iconic, and I think there's a good reason for that. 5/5.

Very high highs, very low mids. The first half of the album had me thinking this would be my first 5 star, with classics like Ms Jackson and B.O.B, but the second half felt like a bit of a let down, lacking the energy and pickup of the first. The interludes (or interlewds as they were) felt very out of place and jarring against the rest of the album and didn't add much to the cohesiveness of the record.

Was expecting more because I’ve heard so much about how fantastic OutKast are. I’ve had their other album already and I thought it was okay but this one just wasn’t for me. Too long and I had rap albums with those interlude/skit things, they annoy me. Ms. Jackson is great and that’s about the only song I really liked on this

felt as if i watched a stage play (in a good way)

This had some hits I didn’t expect. Fun and easy listening

Well this was definitely better than 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'. However, other than a few songs, I still wasn't a fan. The interludes felt unnecessary and overdone, and a lot of the songs went on for far too long. Their were some questionable lyrics throughout the album, but I was very impressed by the subject and lyrics of 'Toilet Tisha'. Two stars. (Favorite track: Mrs. Jackson.)

Very different and unexpected

För att vara rap ... ganska skönt sväng. Orkar inte bry mig om låtar eller texter, men beatsen och flowet har något. Svag fyra.

Vähän tuntuu taas menevän liian pitkäks tää levy ja kerkee kyllä tylsistymään svengien soidessa. Onhan siellä ihan kivoja biisejä joukossa, mutta suurin osa melkosta samaa mössöä

Ei menttaalitila jaksanu nyt yhtään tällästä, kai nykyskidit tälläst diggaa mut tämmönen kalkkis ku mä, mä en tsennaa tällasest melust yhtään mitään, dorkaa ja karmeeta, tuu points

Ei ihan perusräppäilyä, vaan mukavan erilaisia stygejä. Ei tätä silti heti uudestaan kuunnella tarvitse. 3/5

Nii tuoretta nii puhtoista ja bobi on goatti. Mut nelkku sit kokonaisuus.

Ihan hyviä biisejä, mutta saatana kun on pitkä levy tämäkin. Meinasi kyllä kyllästyminen iskeä. Mielestäni oli kyllä parempi, kun se aikaisempi Outkast mikä tässä on tullut. Mennään kolmosella.

Second best album of theirs.

I confess I skimmed through several tracks. Many of the songs are inventive and playful, with some great beats. But some of the lyrics were off putting and a little gross for my taste.

Their fourth album. Hip Hop. Good production and some okay beats. Mostly though it's jusy shouty shit. Half an hour too long at best and to be honest it's so boring !

it's alright

Very nice

not a rap fan but i appreciated some of the funky beats

amazing 5/5

This is their mountaintop album as far as I'm concerned. You could definitely trim the fat in a couple of places, but for the most part it's solid all the way through with some really high highs. 'B.O.B.' remains untouchable, and I'm still blown away every time I hear how Andre 3000 is able to rap over the beat on '?'

It was alright, definitely some good songs in here but it went on for soooo long. And too much moaning interludes for me.

Pretty great album. I lost some momentum near the very end but for the most apart I like the varried beats and flow. Andre 3000's voice is captivating to me. Some catchy unforgettable songs, and most of the new ones to me were similarly entertaining

3,8

I feel like this is the point where the challenge fails to be a useful exploration of music discovery. I’m not overly familiar with rap/hip-hop, and the few places I’ve connected to it share a lot of DNA with Jazz. I lack the knowledge and the bridges necessary to come to Stankonia from a place of understanding. In fact, it feels more like I’ve been dropped in the middle of an alien planet and asked to survive. I did not. I tried to find some positives. Ms. Jackson is listenable, and Spaghetti Junction has some nice beats. Musically, it’s often too chaotic (BOB). Lyrically it’s frequently too profane and just plain gross. For every song with a nice flow (Humble Mumble), there’s one that’s just irritating (Stankonia). It’s not the worst thing I’ve ever heard. The people who made it are clearly too talented for me to call this bad. It’s just entirely not for me.

Good album, I don´t think it´s overated as some reviews are pointing out. The last track that carries the album name it was ok, could be better, but I don´t think it trashes the whole thing. And besides that, in my honest musical view, anyone that is shitting this album don´t know nothing about music, it is GREAT. Progressive, experimental and fun to listen. Some lyrics are problematical? Yes. But the 2000´s were as well, like the 90´s, 80´s and 70´s. 4/5

No solo tiene 2 canciones de mi adolescencia, sino que tiene más buenos temas y featuring.

Loved this album. It’s their breakthrough into the mainstream. Ms Jackson is a classic song and really set the album off.

très bien mais album trop long

Original e c ok

C’est intéressant qq bons sons mais j’aime pas trop leur manière de rapper

I hated it. I just can't get into a whole genre where the music itself is awful and it's basically about shouty poetry. I've enjoyed something from every genre dating back to Gregorian chanting because there is always some sort of musicality to appreciate. But not this.

Standout tracks: Ms. Jackson Spaghetti Junction Humble Mumble Red Velvet Toilet Tisha I really wasnt a fan of this album. It felt very experimental and i couldn't get behind it at all. There were a few songs that i enjoyed but not enough to enjoy the album. There were tons of interludes giving the album more of a story telling feel compared to most hiphop albums which i thought was cool.

Only 2 songs are good

I'm not really a rap fan. This is more than just standard rap, though. It has fun drum beats, guitars, and melodies. I also heard different sounds and instruments being used as well as r&b influences. I didn't really care for the interlude tracks, however. Overall, a pretty fun listen with real life themes, but I will say the first half of the album is definitely stronger than the later half ("Gasoline Dreams" and "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)" in particular).

Being from the suburbs of Atlanta, I think I'm obligated to give this 5 stars. Really the epitome of 2000s hip-hop from the beats to the interludes to the lyricism. Some of the lyrics are a little misogynistic for my taste, but I'm blaming it on being a product of its time. Tons of bangers, truly iconic.

nunca había escuchado un álbum de rap. conocía un tema q es súper conocido. me gustaron los entretemas, me sorprendieron. no muchos temas me llamaron la atención igual, x eso 2 estrellas srry. CON EL ÁLBUM ANTERIOR LE PUSE 1 ESTRELLA SIN QUERER ERAN 3

Packed full of great songs. Bombs over Baghdad is a personal top for me

Too many interludes, too long, but good to listen to the non massive hits I hadn't heard in ages

Der eine Überhit ist der eine Überhit. Der Rest ist überdurchschnittlich Durchschnittlich.

I love the production of this album. I love some of the songs on this album. I'm not sure I completely love the album.

Well this was a bit of a treat to someone who had not heard it before. 3.5 for me

Good fun album. Starts excellently and maybe fades a little. Still, the standout songs mean it deserves 4* overall

My 4th favourite OutKast album, love it. Tom.

As Outkast entered the 2000s, their sound saw a pretty drastic shift from some of the more stylized and more lyrically dense music for a much more straightforward Pop Rap approach. Don't get me wrong this album is far from radio material but it is very obvious to see just how much more accessible the production, rapping, and even songwriting is here than some of the group's previous material. As much as I really wanted to love this album, I simply could not. The direction is a bit all over the place and the interludes really bog up what would be a pretty solid album into one I feel many people look back on quite too fondly and don't highlight the flaws enough. I feel when looking at this album and then again their iconic double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, the problems arising from this tonal shift with Outkast become more abundantly clear. They simply do not know how to cut out the fat and instead throw everything at you and hope for the best. Stankonia could have easily been a 30-40 minute long album but was instead stretched way past its' limit to 1 hour and 13 minutes and I find that to be quite excessive. For as negative as I am being I do not hate this album, but I feel its' nostalgia factor has worn off quite significantly in my mind.

Seems quite common now but this was a very different sound when released. Some huge tracks on there, could do without the late 90s/00s “skits” on every track though

Impressive

Really fun album

it's weird, it's funky, it's fresh

Maybe I was just not in the mood for it, but this felt way less consistent than I remembered. The highs were still really high, but the rest was kinda meh and bloated.

What a record. So many memorable and timeless hits that Outkast gave to us through this release. Their imaginative and innovative production style forever changed and cemented their place in hip hop and further brought southern hip hop onto the map. The chemistry these two display is uncanny and their styles are so different, but it all works in harmonious fashion. I loved this record when it was first released and that still rings true today.

I think I listened to this album for the first time when I was about 5 years old, I had heard the big tracks like Ms. Jackson and So Fresh, So Clean and B.O.B around as they were the big singles, but listening through the whole album reveals so much of what made this duo so powerful. Great hooks, great features, Big Boi and Andre 3000 have such different delivery and styles but meld it together to something really fantastic. I think if you care to learn anything about 2000s music, rap, Atlanta rap, or just want something to jam to this album is a must.

Fun as shit ngl 7.7/10 ?

Klart mere min generation af Hip-hop. muligvis fordi det går væk fra at tage sig selv alt for alvorligt. Her er der både plads til at variere lyden, men også stemningen - det er nok især fordi der er så mange gæster på albummet. Boogie baskeren: Ms. Jackson er altid et skønt genlyt. - Sjov detalje. PT. har Ms. Jackson 1.5 milliarder lytninger, mens "Good hair" har mindre end 3000 lytninger selvom nummeret kun er 14 sekunder. Så der er ret tydeligt ikke et album som bliver streamet fra start til slut normalt. :)

To gode hits og så en ørkenvandring gennem ulidelig hip-hop og interludes i hvad der føles som en evighed.

Absolutely phenomenal imo, such a great variety of beats, fun interludes, lyrics I haven't even begun to dig into. Somehow I'd never properly heard B.O.B before now and it's such a good track. Need to try Aquemini and Speakerboxx/love below

all of the tracks on here go crazy hard. obviously the well known hits slap but even the other tracks id not heard before are also great. few too many skits and interludes for my liking but think this was just a thing of the time this came out so i kinda feel like its maybe unfair to knock it down from a 5 just cause of this? outkast are really consistent its pretty nuts, kinda shocked aquemini isnt on this list tbh 5

75% goeie tunes op dit album

Already a favorite album. BOB, Miss Jackson, Gasoline Dreams, So Fresh So Clean are all time great songs. Only criticism is that it's a little too long.

There’s so much personality in André 3000 and Big Boi’s performances, which brings a tonne of energy to the album. Combined with some very punchy production (Especially on tracks like Bombs over Baghdad and Xplosion) and it’s hard not to bob your head for the entirety of the hour+ runtime. Not sure I can get into the interludes to be honest. When I’m already a little weary about how long this album is, they just get a liiiiittle annoying. Wasn’t really pulled in by the humour of them either. Heavily felt some fatigue on the back half of the album. If this was trimmed down it’d be an all-timer.

theres some real bangers on here but idrk why its so long. if it was trimmed a bit i prob would give it a 5 but still a valuable album in my collection

this freakin rules

Mrs. Jackson was familiar. The rest was too long. Maybe a good look at life in inner-city Atlanta. The usual macho bravado and libido of hip-hop, with the occasional smooth turn of a lyric but more often predictable.

This album holds a special place in my heart. I love old Outkast. Southernplayalistic, ATLiens, Aquemini, but then this album started the transition to the newer sound that produced Speakerboxxx/Love Below. Their style is unique and immediately recognizable. They put southern hip hop on the map. Both of them are incredible in their musical skills.

I did enjoy this album

Not bad, some catchy tunes, and some upbeat numbers, but also some less interesting raps

Never been a fan of southern hip-hop. Yet, have to admit that So fresh so clean, Ms jackson, B.o.B. are absolute timeless bangers. 4 out of 5

I haven’t listened to Stankonia front to back since probably 2002, so I’m excited to revisit it. T1 – Big Boi comes out swinging immediately. That opening energy is pure confidence. T4 – “So Fresh, So Clean” – “Gator belts and patty melts and Monte Carlos” remains one of those lines that’s rhythmically addictive. T5 – “Ms. Jackson” – The defining track of the album and arguably the era. It’s pop-forward without sacrificing personality, vulnerability, or weirdness. 1.5 billion streams later and “Forever, forever ever?” is still lodged in the cultural brainstem. T6 – Killer Mike shows up and immediately makes his presence felt, commanding, hungry, no wasted bars. The beat feels like a direct feed from the inside of André’s head: jittery, layered, and slightly unhinged in the best way. T11 – “B.O.B.” – I vividly remember hearing this on local alt-rock radio and genuinely thinking it was a completely different band than the group behind “Ms. Jackson.” The tempo, the aggression, the punk-energy chaos—it was hip-hop crossing genre boundaries at full sprint. The push-and-pull between Big Boi and André 3000 is what makes Stankonia timeless. Big Boi’s disciplined pocket control and syllabic syncopation ground the record, while André’s eccentric wizardry and technical velocity stretch it into something unpredictable. That contrast and chemistry still feels contemporary.

Funky Sound dieses Album, hat mir insgesamt sehr gefallen

sehr gut anzuhören und teilweise lustig. so fresh, ms jackson, bob natürlich banger.

Geile Mucke, Ms. Jackson ein zeitloser Banger Ich bleib dabei, ich kann ohne die ganzen Skits aus den Rapalben, gibt mir nix...

This is a special album for me. It was the first ever hip-hop album I bought...and if it weren't for this album, I may not have fallen in love with hip-hop or music as much as I did at an early age.

Absolutely loved it. I’ve heard many songs on their own, but going front to back I really enjoyed this album.

ja, ms jackson is een goeie schijf... rest kan zo mee met het PMD... en dat geldt dubbel voor de skits, waar rappers zo zot van zijn, maar het begrip filler tot nieuwe dimensies leiden...

Pretty good, my kids liked it

Surprised by how much I liked this. It rocks.

fun! already knew a couple, ms jackson of course. really enjoyed listening to the full album, unsure if i'll listen again though

BREAK! or also called, annoying interlude. I like music in my albums not skits. Nevertheless. This album had some good music. But also, it's rap, which I'm still not the biggest fan of. Hoping this challenge can change that, but for now 3 because of the hits.

Plesantly surprised at just how much I like this album, given my general dislike for rap (just not my genre personally). I've been referencing "So Fresh, So Clean" for maybe my entire life without realizing that was the same guys who were apologizing to Ms. Jackson and also the guys on that very green set singing "Hey-Ya!"

They’ve always been more of a singles group for me and this album doesn’t change much. “So Fresh, So Clean” and “Ms. Jackson” are all time smash hits and there’s a few other good tracks here as well, but also some clunkers. Couldn’t care less about the interludes.

No, I still don't like hip-hop. At least I heard some parts that might interest me when I flipped through the album. But those were rather exceptions. I had no interest in listening to it more closely. 1/5

This album was good but id be lying if i said i liked it as much as i wanted to. The loud and funky production is great, and the contrast between 3K and Big Boi is really fun, but maybe it was just me, but I felt it was lacking the bangers I wanted out of it. Maybe that’s my expectations getting the better of me but I still felt a little let down. I still liked it a fair bit, just wanted a little more.

funky. Never listened to this album in full! enjoyed the storytelling and blend of each song!

So many bops!! Great album overall

Not really my thing

Fucking amazing

I like

1. intro - 0 2. dreamz - 1.5 3. cool - 0 4. frezh - 2.5 5. jackzon - 3.5 6. znappin - 1 7. df - 0 8. zpagetti - 1.5 9. kim - 0 10. call- 1 11. Bob - 1.5 12. Explosion - 1 13. Hair - 0 14. Hoes - 1.5 15. Humble - 0 16. Drinking - 0 17. Question - 0 18. Velvet - 1 19. Cruising -0 20. Shit - 0 21. Toilet - 1 22. Slum - 1 23. Nump - 0 24. Stankonia - 0