Reviews (page 5 of 14)
2-3 gute Lieder sind dabei aber vieles ist kinda meh. Hab erwartet, dass ich es mehr mag, tue ich nur leider nicht. Allgemein ist das Album sehr lang aber tut nicht viel trotz seiner Länge. Höhepunkt(e): So Fresh So Clean, Ms. Jackson Tiefpunkt(e): Vorallem die Interludes, Intro und Outro sind komisch. Und circa die Hälfte der Lieder. Rating(e): 5/10
not my fav album but some objectively good songs
Sorry not my style but I’m Sure it is for others, thx!
Absolute banger. Still feels fresh >25 years on.
ну вроде норм негры навалили, послушаю потом еще
Absolute classic in rap and funk, with a stellar side A that grooves all the way through the long tracklist - it never feels like a slog, always feels fresh and enjoyable
Досить приємне звучання, мені сподобалось декілька пісень.
This had energy and was really interesting. Good vocals and good sounds. Happy this holds up.
??? Schon ok..c
Spännande blanding är det, detta ska bli kul!! De enda jag vet om OutKast är ju Hey ya som inte finns på denna, men här finns So fresh and so clean och Ms Jackson! Men väldigt bra ändå, bara trevliga låtar och musik, lätt att lyssna på!!
Stone cold classic. Combines Andre's funky rapping with Big Boi's smooth and consistent flow. Full with all-time classics and hidden gems. 8/10
Some okay beats here but not for me. Gasoline Dreams was kind of good and Xplosion, Humble Mumble, Red Velvet. probably going with a 3 here.
Lots of cool sounds, beats, flow. The skits break the momentum, though. Could have been 4 stars. 3 stars.
honestly good rap solid 8/10
Super interesting and unique album. Creative production. It’s a tad too long. I prefer ATLiens and Aquemini, but this one is a close third. 3.6/5.0
Amazing rap album andre carried
A couple good tunes but not my favourite rap album or style.
Extremely solid album. If it weren’t for all the skits and interludes, this would be a 5
Tedious sometimes, fun other times
real. all over. funky. chill. vibes.
tHIS ALBUM WAS FANTASTIC! i HAD ONLY KNOWN OUTKAST AS A SORT OF SOULFUL GROUP THAT RAPPED VERY WELL. tHE FRENETIC ENERGY HERE WAS BOTH SURPRISING AND EXTREMELY COOL! oH SHOOT, CAPSLOCK IS ON.
I was working at a mom and pop record store when this came out. I cannot understate how many people came in to buy this album. Race, gender, and social standing had no impact. Stankonia is a perfect example of how music is a language that connects us all. This is 10/10 storytelling using rap as a medium.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS Love me some hiphop but would be the first to admit that my knowledge of it is patchy at best - a few big albums like Public Enemy, the first Wu Tang, Straight Outta Compton, then a bunch of individual tunes that caught my ear. I'd formed a picture of Outkast based on a few numbers - Hey Ya obv but I knew that wasn't typical, Ms Jackson which is on this, The Whole World. Wasn't expecting it to go so hard & be so "normal" (hard beats, minimal samples, bit of singing in the choruses). Having said that, I'm only on track 4 & haven't been listening to the words at all. It's a banger so far tho. MIDSECTION 1 Aw here's Ms Jackson tho, one of the absolute greats in any genre, no exaggeration. Hard, melancholy, genuinely moving, endlessly creative. Already know the words to this so don't have to listen to them. "You can plan a pretty picnic but you can't predict the weather" obv but also "King meets queen, then the puppy love thing / Together dream 'bout that crib with the Goodyear swing / On the oak tree, I hope we feel like this forever Forever, forever ever? Forever ever? / Forever never seems that long until you're grown / And notice that the day-by-day ruler can't be too wrong / Ms. Jackson, my intentions were good, I wish I could / Become a magician to abracadabra all the sadder / Thoughts of me, thoughts of she, thoughts of he / Asking what happened to the feeling that her and me had / I pray so much about it, need some knee pads / It happened for a reason, one can't be mad / So know this, know that everything's cool / And yes, I will be present on the first day of school and graduation" DAMN MIDSECTION 2 Yes this goes hard, enough tracks with spare beats to remind you of the old skool but enough fusion type tracks to make it cross over. Drums on BOB same as Hey Ya drums? Also lol I recognised Cypress matey on Xplosion NEXT DAY Continues to impress. With amateur muso journo hat on, they're definitely tilting at Sly Stone / George Clinton at times, but not so much that it becomes pastiche. But the audacity of it is, like so many groundbreaking records, the most striking thing. It's incredible hiphop but it's so much more as well. VERDICT Like everyone says, it's amazing. Duh.
4.5 rounded up.. enjoyed SO much
Hit or miss. I realize that I am more of an Andre 3000 fan than big boi
3.5. some of the songs were weird but i liked it overall. just not something i’d listen to again :P
Cool to see some popular songs I know in a complete album. I’ve heard a lot of these songs individually but hearing the whole story was a different experience!
So fresh so clean
Other than the interludes and little ditty/dialogues, this is a surprisingly great album. I mean, great. Deserved respect. Slum beautiful stands out so late in the tracks. Amazing! 4 solid deserved stars. Well done.
nope.
I think overall this album is awesome. It perfectly encapsulates the entire aesthetic and lifestyle it's portraying. I think sometimes the flow can get cramped, but overall the songs actually connect and sometimes make a story throughout.
This album flows brilliantly. I can live without the skits, but the topics, politics, culture and experience that it represents are so well done. Way ahead of it's peers at the time and no wonder they became so big and influential as they did.
This album was okay. Definitely reminds me of the early 2000s.
Great album
Yes
7/10
Prob my fav rap album so far
Though I've never really fancied myself an OutKast fan, I have to say this was pretty good. It had a lot of range and kept things interesting the whole way through. Stylistically, it can most easily be called rap/hip hop, but really is much more than that. So much more that it kinda circles back around to just bearing the rap/hip hop moniker. I don't generally love the genre, but I was still able to enjoy this one well enough. There was a heavy use and range of melodies on the album, which I enjoyed compared to just steady flows. The structure of the album reminded me a bit of Public Enemy, but with early Kanye West-like concepts and production and more vocalization. There's also a variety of topics on there you might not see on many other hip hop and rap albums, or at least not presented the same way. I did think it suffered a bit from all the featured artists. When the majority of the full-length songs include a feature (sometimes multiple), it gets a bit distracting to listen to. It feels less like the main artists' album in a way. Another issue I had was the length. I had to pause my listen a few times given it runs 73+ minutes. I'm not sure it's really justified being that long, even if most of the songs on it were good. It causes the good songs to lose their momentum and the OK songs to muddle, stagnating (stank-nating?) the album. As a whole, I thought this was a solidly good album. It probably would have been better if it was 3/4 as long, but it had enough to keep it interesting despite the length. There were some really good songs on it and no real bad ones. Even though I don't usually love the style of music, I still found it a good listen. Overall: 3.4/5
i love big boi and i cannot lie
Three stars. Only because it’s carried by 2 great songs
Musically, I enjoy this but it is a bit bloated with interludes and filler tracks.
Lowkey peak🔥
Stank you. Very much
Shit.
7/10
I'm ashamed to say I've never listened to most of these songs in full, except for "Bombs Over Baghdad." This is a banging album, which was really interesting to listen to. The features were great, the interludes were entertaining, and each song was so different that it was incredible. Fantastic album. I need the vinyl asap.
Brilliant hip hop!
Solid
The good is really good but there's a lot of fillers in here
this did not have to be an hour 15……… so hard to get through
:/
I enjoyed the hits
Maybe not the thing I felt like listening to today but really good much better than that. Terrible double album.
Maybe the peak of the form?
Classic rap
loved so many songs in this album. one of their best works for sure
Loved all the interludes - best song was so fresh so clean
Experimental, I like. Very ahead of it's time.
per niente noioso come altri old school!
One of OutKasts best albums. Lots to love about this album but for me there is a certain something missing that keeps it from being a 5 star.
It was great for the most part, but not really the style of music I go out of my way to listen to. The hits on the album are undeniable.
I had it playing in the background, but it wasn’t rlly my favorite. It’s not my style but I obv like ms.jackson bc who doesn’t? I don’t think I would listen to it again but I liked the exposure to a different kind of music!
Для человека, которому очень редко и очень выборочно нравится репчик, тем более олдскульный, альбом мне понравился. На фоне монотонной работы самое то, бодрит, даже готова переслушать разок другой. Больше всего зацепили Gasoline Dreams, B.o.B и одноимённая Stankonia из-за инструментала. Угарнула с предпоследнего трека Pre-Nump, нормальный такой троллинг. А в третьем треке вместо "I'm cool" почему-то слышится "I'm cum"...
Most stacked album ever
Straight after Led Zeppelin I was always going to be a tough act to follow… Plus, this album is a bit shit…
I see a lot of reviews complaining of the skits on this record. Outkast was hardly the first hip hop act to include skits (remember 'Doggystyle'?)... whether you like those are not, the music is what stands out to me. Do I relate to anything A3K and BB are rapping about? Nope. Do I appreciate the artistry? %100. This record is fantastic... cooler than a polar bear's toenails.
Awesome
3 songs saved (ms. Jackson, so fresh so clean, red velvet). Others are so so
4.5 This was a fun album. I enjoyed a lot of the songs.
2⭐️ I gave it a good go but lots of this album I really did not enjoy listening to :( really didn’t like the first half, picked up a bit in the middle imo, but wasn’t a fan of the interludes songs I already knew: ms jackson fave new song(s): so fresh, so clean
Not my thing and not listenable
Álbum divertido. Dá pra curtir. QKZXHBB HADES.
i luv you outkast !!!!
Great album and an all time classic hiphop / rap album! Might feel a little long with the long tracklist, but in my opinion its a strong tracklist!
A much weirder album than I could have expected. Between the massively popular radio-play singles (Ms. Jackson in particular was always destined to be certified platinum). It's a pleasure going back through the annals of this era of hip hop/rap and seeing the artists with DJs still genuinely experimenting with the weirder sounds in the early digital VSTs, giving Outkast this thick psychedelic funk sound that feels like a fresh take on the old-school pre-electro roots (this kind of new-millennium experimental thinking bridging the gap between Andre 3000 and Deltron 3000 of the same year). Could definitely have done without the interludes and comedic skits but that's kind of a lost cause with rap albums of the era. The concept can be done well enough, I guess (De La Soul's debut, 36 Chambers, some of The Chronic, some bits of Doggystyle etc.) but Outkast's Stankonia is today's dead horse. fav tracks: Bombs Over Baghdad, Ms. Jackson, Spaghetti Junction, Xplosion
I managed to listen to this twice, which is surprising as it's 73 flipping minutes long, and I'm glad I did, if only because it confirmed everything I thought on first listen. They promise funk, and there certainly is a distinctive sexy/funky feel to this, but in most other ways it follows standard hip-hop tropes. Overlong. Crude/unfunny interludes. A few cracking tunes and a whole load of filler. Slightly less bling bling and slightly more jaded lyrics than west coast G funk, but otherwise nothing new.
I didn't really get into Outkast until Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, so it was great to fully listen to this album and appreciate another of their really influential releases.
Alum 4/1001. Listened 1/9/2026. Not my favorite genre, but I'm glad I listened to it.
I liked this album the most so far
Oh boy. This is not my cup of tea. I've spent about as much time as 3/4 of this album listening to rap (or hip hop). It's a garrulous, joyous explosion of talent and fun. I can't say I love it, but I see why people do. I need a few more listens to understand it.
Non male, non avevo mai ascoltato tanto degli outcast fuori da hey ya
Legends, aquemini best rap album all time
4/10 I dislike this with a very deep emotion, one that is incomprehensible of how this can be enjoyed. But I guess there is a Kendal of something here in the bad or the odd melody, the occasional trip of rhythm. But now I'm listening to Travis - the true opposite in music to the overly sexualised, tedious lyrics, the phat smugness and Those BLOODY SKITS! They suck so bad, it causes me physical pain. Bloody Travis. See what you've done, Outkast? Bellends.
I love it when Hip Hop gets uber creative and this is really a master class in that.
a classic
Very long album. A lot of futuristic stuff going on, not my fav thing in rap. There’s some rlly fast rapping here, they’re talented tbf. Fav song is ‘Ms. Jackson’.
I’d rate a 3.5. It’s a little bloated and could do without the interludes.
I was very excited to listen to this album today. It came out during a time when my kids were young, so "explicit content" wasn't really allowed in my life. And then I just never got around to listening to it after that period of my life. At first I was a bit uncertain as I really enjoyed the music, but I expected the lyrics to be more subtle and not as "in your face" as much hip hop is and was. As I delved further I realized they actually were, and there was more gray to this than the typical misogyny and violence of rap music from that time. Standout songs for me were the obvious ones of course-So Fresh, So Clean and Ms. Jackson-but also ones I hadn't heard before like I'll Call B4 I Cum (ok maybe not subtle but also not ridiculously over the top), We Luv Deez Hoez (again not subtle but not exactly what one would expect from that song title), Red Velvet, Toilet Tisha (WOW), and the sexiness of Stankonia. I don't think this is quite a five star record for me, but I understand why it is for so many people.
Classic hip hop .One of many 5 star albums they made
Ok so I really liked it it is American hip hop very classic but it makes you dance. The sounds are avanguardial and very cool. The very famous Mrs. Jackson was amazing but also others like so fresh so clean were amazing.
Fantastic record
I'll probably stick to the few songs I already know and like.
the songs were all JUST A BIT too long. I liked so fresh, so clean (and it’s the only one can I can remember).
I LOVEE THIS ALBUM THIS IS SO MY MUSIC TASTE YAYYAYYAYAYAY
I didn't finish it, but what i listened to was better than the other ones we've listened to However that doesnt really make it better in my eyes I give it a 2
Fav song: Ms Jackson Least fav song: We Luv Deez Hoez, Good Hair, I'll Call b4 I Cum, Kim & Cookie, Snappin' & Trappin' Overall ranking: 1.83/5 -> Round up to 2 Overall Review: DNF, Icl there were a few songs i liked, but some of them jst lacked something idkkk i cant put my finger on it. Some of the lyrics weren't really idk for me ig?? Individual song ranking: Intro - Was quite short to really say anything but it wasnt that bad 2/5 Gasoline Dreams 1.5/5 I'm Cool - I think its cold and cool and she's cool 3/5 So Fresh, So clean 3/5 Ms. Jackson - P.o.v you made the teacher's daughter cry & u are sorry for real #2020P.O.VTiktok😛 4/5 Snappin' & Trappin' - Icl i skipped it halfway through, i dont really like this song 1/5 D.F - Idk what's going on!! 1.5/5 Spaghetti Junction - EAT IT UP EAT EAT IT UPP EAEAEAEA 2/5 Kim & Cookie - I'm so lost at the point of these Interludes icl?? 1/5 I'll Call b4 I Cum - I'm so curious abt what this is gonna be like..! Oh! The intro! Lwk idk what i expected 1/5 B.O.B 1.5/5 Xplosion 2.5/5 Good Hair 1/5 We Luv Deez Hoez 1/5 Gangsta Shit 1.5/5
i’m sorry miss jackson
Bloated and boring. Not my thing.
It stank indeed, just as it said on the tin
bleh
I’m not really big on rap or hip-hop, but I still enjoyed this album. The songs have strong social commentary and storytelling, mixed with funky and upbeat sounds. It’s fun and easy to listen to. The tracklist feels long, but the interludes help make it feel lighter and entertaining. Overall, it’s a good and enjoyable album.
Favourite song: We Luv Deez Hoes
First rap album. So fresh so clean! Zachary’s as big of a fan
A classic. Keeping it from a 5 bc of length and there were a few songs I wanted to skip. Didn't look at the tracklist beforehand so when it transitioned from So Fresh So Clean into Ms. Jackson I was like oooooooof
Great album that brought us some gems including one of my favorite rap songs B.O.B. It is a bit long which has me contemplating between 3 or 4 stars but even between the big yams there’s quality stuff like Humble Mumble, 4 stars!
Good but a little too long. Too many skits. Some absolute bangers. They really need half stars so I can give this a 3.5.
Def a little long, the three singles are all incredible, but gasoline, humble mumble and spaghetti junction were all new to me and awesome as well. Favorite skit is Kim & Cookie, was legit loling. 3.5 rounded down bc 74 mins is just too much.
A certified classic album of both radio-friendly hits ("Ms. Jackson", "So Fresh So Clean", maaaaaybe "BOB", i don't remember if it was a hit but feels like it was) and tracks that just flat out go hard ("Gasoline Dreams", "Humble Mumble", "Snappin and Trappin", etc). Outkast was so dope: original, unique, complementary of each other's talents, and mixing humor and lightness with straight bars. I always think its funny that people treat it like a given that Andre is the better MC, I'm not positive about that myself..... It makes me sad to listen to such a great album in 2026 knowing that Andre 3000 is fucking around on a flute, sounding like a 7th grader who just discovered free jazz. Man, the future sucks
banger after banger
Would be a 5 if not for the annoying skits
Gasoline Dreams Ms. Jackson We Love Deez Hoez
Very fun
favorite track: spaghetti junction
Muutama hyvä, mutta ei oikeen lähteny ollenkaan
Pretty catchy and overall good
Not something I’d usually listen to and something I probably won’t listen to again but it was fun while it lasted!
Vond vooral de bangers die ik al kende erg leuk en “Humble Mumble”. En vette afspeel-visual
1er album : je m'attendais pas à tomber sur celui-ci, je connaissais que deux sons de base, et c'est drôle de se rendre compte que le reste des sons ne sont absolument pas dans le même délire. J'aime bien les touches funky mais c'est un peu répétitif et beaucoup trop d'interludes. Je pense pas que je l'écouterais en boucle. La cover est juste trop classe par contre. Le feat avec Erykah Badu est très cool.
"Not my jam" 6/10 - Baeli "My jam" 8/10 - Robert
Take out the bad language, and maybe we can talk Until them, forget about it
The hits are hits and so are a lot of the other songs - short interludes but the album itself is pretty long - somewhere between a 3 and 4 but I’ll round up
The sense of humor on this album doesn't exactly work for me. I bounce off of a lot of the songs here because of that. Speakerboxx / The Love Below is a greatly superior album for me. The singles stand the test of time, but the rest doesn't get me all too excited. A pretty soft 3-star review.
I had always had a bee in my bonnet about this album after Pitchfork rated B.O.B the best song of the 2000's (I used to care about those things). I didn't like that song then, and I don't particularly now, but the rest of the album is pretty great, and Ms. Jackson is a classic.
Gjensynsglede. Jeg hadde en OutKast-periode da jeg studerte på Lillehammer, så jeg er kjent med dette albumet. Her virker det som at hiphop-duoen virkelig gikk inn for å lage hits. Vanskelig å lage en mer catchy hiphop-låt enn Ms. Jackson. I tillegg finner man andre “øreormer” som So Fresh, So Clean og We Luv Deez Hoes her. Virkelig underholdende musikk med masse personlighet. Top 3: Ms. Jackson, Stankonia (Stanklove), Humble Mumble
got like three good songs on but the rest are actively not good
Not my thing
Synes dette var litt rotete, men til tider kult og vibey. Hører på en måte at det er bra beats, effekter og tekster, men likevel synes jeg det er litt masete. Liker singlene og et par andre sanger litt. Skal høre gjennom albumet igjen, tipper at jeg kan like det bedre da.
An iconic duo at the peak of their powers. Oozes charisma. Incredible production. Every feature works. One of my all time rap favourites
A wonderfully thick and bizarre collection of massive pop-rap hits, and stanky weirdness. Like a nation of individuals, creative, and elegant and flawed at the same time. Humble Mumble hits even harder now than it did when I first heard this. The 4th quarter of the album, lacking any of the radio hits, nor any material at all that could be considered radio-ready, is an interesting choice of songs. On one hand it feels like outtake material tacked on at the end, but there is a weight that keeps me coming back and finishing the album.
Mrs Jackson Held Up. The Rest Were Okay, Some I Might Like More With Further Listening And Others I Won’t Listen To Again. The Songs Just Repeat The Same Words Again and Again And It’s Quite Boring After A While. There Was A Couple With A Good Vibe But Most Of The Time I Was Just Waiting For It To Be Over 2 Stars 4th Of January
Best song: So Fresh So Clean Nice find: None Worst song: Gasoline Dreams Best as funk/pop. Rap is meh.
1/4 Nope. Don't like this. Never liked rap music and this album did not help change my mind on it
Too energetic for me. The only highlight was Ms. Jackson. Sorry, just not my cup of tea really
Banging
Not for me.
Wildly exuberant. MC role never seemed so much like a Bard. Great interludes. Started to drag and over indulge at places.
Fun album They know exactly who they are 25 years old and sounds like could of been made yesterday
Love this album, peak 90s-2000s music, iconic staple to hip hop
I’ve heard a couple songs from this album before. All super catchy songs I give this album a 8/10
00ndate räpi üks tippe. Super loov album ja enamik sellest on kuld või vähemalt hõbe. Vaieldamatu lemmik siit on B.O.B. Ma väga tihti ei kuula räppi, aga siin on väga palju visatud sisse ka funki või r&b-d, mis mulle istub.
Love how different every song is, and has great features on it. Adding Killer Mike to any album is a plus. Some people complain about the interludes, but thought it broke up the album nicely. 4/5
3 Stars - In my opinion it is incredibly volatile Album with some high highs such as "B.O.B" "Xplosion" "Ms Jackson" Rivaled with some Hard Listens with "Snappin' & Trappin'" "We Luv Deez Hoez" Overall I expected more from the hype however somewhat dissappointed.
Not really my style but the songs were pretty catchy
Standouts Gasoline Dreams So Fresh So Clean Ms. Jackson Spaghetti Junction I'll Call B4 I Cum Bombs Over Baghdad Humble Mumble Red Velvet
Hey Ya is one of my top like 10 favorite songs of all time. I can hear all of the components of that banger in this album, but I just don't feel it overall. Every track is both overwhelming and unsatisfying. It's gotta be one or the other.
Rap combined with electronic. Pretty good, especially for a rap album. Bombs Over Baghdad (B.O.B) and Mrs. Jackson are quintessential tracks. (B.O.B is my favorite). Overall very chill rap. Some of the interludes sound like the Minecraft OST
It would be 2* but there is Sorry Mrs. Jackson, one of my all time favourite songs, on it so...
This has ‘Bombs Over Baghdad’ so the floor is set at a 4/5. Really really strong album. Immaculate beats, great features (Khujo and Killer Mike really stood out), just about as much fun as you can have with a rap album. It doesn’t quite get up to a perfect 5 level due to too many interludes/skits and a couple dud songs, but this is a powerful 4/5 easily.
ehh not for me i fear
Great jams and familiar hits, not sure what the interludes add
Some bops for sure, not one I will reach for to put on or listen but it is a good album!
Some bangers, favourites are BOB, So Fresh, So Clean and Gasoline Dreams
A classic for a reason. Reminds me of high school.
So good I lovee
B.O.B. is great, some of the other stuff is thought provoking, and there's some funky experimentation on here, some weird beats you don't usually hear. Andre 300 does his signature sing-song stuff, which has appeal. But it's mostly immature rap tropes and a bit too long. Surprised that Robert Christgau gave this an 'A', I usually agree with him.
This is my first OutKast album and I wasn’t really sure I’d like it bc I’m not huge into hip hop. All I’ve listened to by them before this was Hey Ya! But I really really liked it. The album was so sonically interesting and also had some great rap verses and lyrics. I really liked Gasoline Dreams which I feel like Kendrick Lamar reminds me a lot of. Overall a great album
This was a very fun album, including hits like Ms. Jackson and So Fresh, So Clean. There were a few "bit" tracks that weren't the best but overall super solid.
This album has a huge number of tracks with a lot of humor. The talking is a little dated and not my brand of humor (black ghetto humor) but the music is mostly excellent.
Obviously I knew Ms Jackson beforehand but this album is fiiiire!!!! Not my usual thing but B.O.B is for sure my favourite 😄 only issue is the songs are a little repetitive and I prefer albums with around 7-10 songs, 15+ a little too much for me to enjoy them all
I mean….a classic. Iconic. Historical. All that. I feel like my first mainstream introduction to funk (?). Not an everyday listen for me BUT famous for a reason. Love OutKast.
classic, love this one
only liked the first song tbh
The interludes are a bit of a drag and I think they were slightly sharper on Aquemini, but at it’s best, some of the most fun hip-hop you’ll hear.
Very very strong first half. Definitely falls off a bit after bob but still a super fun and great album. Rapping on this is excellent. 8/10
Not into rap.
My favorite hip hop album of this project so far.
Lots of bangers I didn’t know about
One of the best concept albums of all time, andre 3000 and big boi do an excellent job of mixing in skits with legendary hits such as miss jackson and so fresh so clean, which have aged exceptionally well. They also do a great job in their antiwar messaging, which wasn't exactly popular at the turn of the century when this released 4.5/5, as there are a few tracks that could've been trimmed from this lp
it's mostly meh. i see why it is popular, but it is very monotonous and too long. Nothing really stands out. B.O.B was the one notable track and then was a decent section of the album with the 2 or 3 songs after it. 3 stars
Crispy, crunchy beats. Snap, crackle, bop! There's some terrific stuff on here - BOB, Gasoline Dreams, Ms Jackson... But, as others have said, it's just too long. Just because a CD has a 73 minute capacity, it doesn't mean you have to fill it to the brim. Loses a star for being 30 minutes too long.
4.4/5 first couple tracks does not get better
More hit and miss rap. Had less talk of bitches and dicksucking than others, so that’s a positive. And B.O.B. is an absolute banger.
1 or 2 OK tracks, but mostly shit.
Forever-ever?
On one hand Stankonia is a big what if. There's an amazing ten or twelve track album in here if you strip away not just all the skits - which are rarely funny or even interesting - as well as longer failed experiments like "Toilet Tisha" and "Stanklove." On the other hand, the remaining tracks are so good that they make up for it. There's a great mix of classic rapping hip hop like "So Fresh, So Clean" and "We Luv Deez Hoes" and weirder stuff. "B.O.B" rightfully gets a lot of attention, but "Gasoline Dreams" and "Humble Mumble" also mix in rock elements in a fresh and exhilarating way. While it's not as good as Aquemini, this album still finds the duo pushing their sound forward and displaying their talents in a variety of ways, and I'd rank it as their second best. Just be ready to have your finger on the skip button. Break!
I love this album.
There’s signs of brilliance, and the hits are great, but the album is four or five songs too long, and the interludes can go too. .
I was a mixed bag about this album before, I'm glad I went back to it. This is a very great representation of the sound of some old school rap music, and there are some amazing and rewarding highs in this too. I feel some tracks for short to the quality standard, like "I'll Call B4 I Cum", I just think it was a bit one dimensional and didn't add much to the track list. Hits like B.O.B., Ms. Jackson, and So Fresh, So Clean just make this record timeless and essential. I think this deserves a spot on the list but its not the best rap record ever and I do think OutKast have better records.
Stankonia just isn’t really for me. While there are undeniably some strong beats and moments of energy, the album leans heavily into familiar crime and gangster tropes that I find tiring rather than interesting. At 24 tracks and well over an hour long, it’s an exhausting listen that often feels like it’s dragging its feet. There’s a good album buried in here somewhere. Trim away a lot of the filler and Stankonia could easily be a sharp, punchy 10-track record. As it stands, though, it feels bloated and unfocused, with too much dross getting in the way of the highlights. That said, when OutKast get it right, they really do get it right. Tracks like B.O.B, Xplosion, and especially Ms. Jackson show just how strong they can be when the songwriting tightens up. Favourite tracks: Ms. Jackson (a genuinely superb song), B.O.B, Xplosion Least favourite track: Beyond the standouts, much of the album blends into overlong, forgettable filler Album artwork: A fairly standard hip-hop cover—functional, but nothing memorable
Not bad but didn’t hit me
I like Speakerboxxx/The Love Below quite a bit more
Well, I like it and there are some bangers on her but my god it could have done with a good editor and losing the skits which add nothing. Yet another unnecessarily long hip-hop album. The egos on these people. Still, it’s a 3.5 rounding up because it’s better than a 3
The funkiest, loudest and wildest album to sooth your soul.
could do without the interludes, and too long, some real nice songs on here though, but again too long Outkast
Other than Sorry Ms Jackson I didnt really like this, but it wasn't particularly bad. Super weird for sure though.
strange beats i’m not sure i love, but def got a few bangers
HELLLL YEAHHHHHH
Pretty sure I’m not the target audience for this. At least I’ll never have to listen to it again. 2.5 * rounded down for overuse of MF. Next
Great album, two popular classics right off the bat and a lotta good songs. Lyrics meant something, each song had something to say, and I didn't really mind the skits. I liked So Fresh So Clean and Ms Jackson obviously but I also liked Spaghetti Junction and B.O.B. - Bombs over Baghdad. OutKast really had a talent for making hiphop hooks. They're so fun to sing along to that you forget you're singing about a man who will never get to be a part of his kid's life because of the way his relationship with his bm fell apart and he can only watch from the sidelines as his kid grows up.
Not my cup of tea.
Zajebisty album!
TOP 15
Good solid album but why do they still put interludes and skits in there, like there is no need for them at all
Intro - 7/10 Gasoline dreams - 10/10 So fresh, So clean - 7/10 Ms Jackson - 8/10 Snappin & trippin - 8/10 Spaghetti junction - 6/10 I’ll call B4 I cum - 9/10 B.O.B - 9/10 Xplosion - 9/10 We love deez hoez - 9/10 Humble mumble - 10/10 ? - 7/10 Red velvet - 8.5 / 10 Gangsta shit - 8/10 Toilet tisha - 6/10 Slum beautiful - 6/10 Stankonia - 7/10 Average - 7.9/ 10
Not my usual thing, but this is a great album. It'd be even better if it were 30 minutes shorter. B.O.B. is the highlight.
classic with ms jackson and so fresh, so clean. reminded me how much hiphop can be musical poetry - esp from the 2000s.
This was part of the soundtrack of 12 year old boys in a rich white rural community during what felt at the time like a trough of culture. The endless rapid fire rhymes enumerating all of the various ways Andre 3000 has in fact had sex and the 'Explicit' label on the cover was just irresistible to a bunch of virgins doing the De-generation X 'suck it' motion. It took so long to get through this album in 2025. Having to go through so many hiphop albums that clock in over an hour when half of it is interludes and skits is just exhausting. I'm giving an extra star for Bombs over Baghdad which I will always remember as a song defining that era of the war in Iraq and how disgustingly ostentatious everything was at the time.
Stanky
Fire.
Solid
Mrs Jackson and fresh and clean were pretty good but honestly didn’t really vibe with the rest of the songs
Kolmas räppilevy putkeen ja myöskin paras sellainen tähän asti. Tälle voisin jopa antaa heikot neljä tähteä. Biiseissä oli mukavasti vaihtelevuutta ja näiltä kavereilta onnistuu laulaminenkin. Biisien välissä olevat sketsit eivät itselleni oikein toimineet ja yli 70-minuuttinen kesto on vähän liikaa. Muuten positiivinen kokemus.
Not my genre.
Best rap album so far
Cançó(ns) que més m’ha agradat - Ms. Jackson Cançó(ns) que menys m’han agradat) - Snappun’ and Trappun’ Comentaris: molt guayy, un altre album amb cançons icòniques que no coneixia Nota: 7/10
-A madcap pop album. The bars go crazy but they keep the verses short and the choruses hooky. There's electro and dnb, but also a ton of turntablism and guitar solos. It's classic funk, but also at the cutting edge of trap. -Sounds somewhat dated, but also way ahead of its time for 2000. -I feel like I'm listening to a different album than a lot of other reviewers. The interludes are very short and unobtrusive. Pretty much every song bangs. And what is misogynistic about this album? I think some people hear any rapper talk about sex and assume it's misogynistic -- if that's you, you better check yourself.
This was ok. The sex songs are pretty juvenile
This album is super Afro-futurist funky and it makes it such a fun listen. The production also seems really good.
The album started so strong for me, So Frsh and So Clean and Ms Jackson were incredible opening songs, but the middle really lost its way to the point where I almost stopped listening. Then B.O.B. came on and that saved it for me. Loved the Erykah Badu feature. It's an ambitious album, politically aware, sonically interesting, but it just wasn't for me. Still 3.5/5 though, when it works it's fantastic.
• produzione extra crispy. • toilet tisha è un titolo folle per una canzone del genere. • manifesto più outro interminabili e interludi per il mondo intero..
It was alright, too rappy
ya me cansé de ponerle 5 estrellas a todo pero es que nomames
Not for me
didn‘t expect this for day 1, but i enjoyed it! really made me feel nostalgic. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ tho because i probably wouldn‘t listen to it often.
3.5 rounded down to a 3
LOVE IT
Viele Filler, sowohl im Album als auch innerhalb der Songs. Und das Repetition ein Stilmittel ist weiß ich schon, aber dass bedeutet nicht dass es überall passt, aber dass bedeutet nicht dass es überall passt, aber dass bedeutet nicht dass es überall passt, aber dass bedeutet nicht dass es überall passt, aber dass bedeutet nicht dass es überall passt.
anything under 5 stars is criminal
Always great. Top Track: Humble Mumble
Three starts for a “rap” album is about as high as it’s gonna get for me. Many song remind me of my high school days.
This is the first rap album on this list I actually enjoyed listening to. If Killer Mike's in it, I'm probably going to enjoy it. Still stupidly misogynistic. I've heard the word bitch thrown out about 200 times more than I've listened to any Albums by Bitches on this list.
The balance between creativity, humour, and social awareness makes it one of the most exciting and inventive Hip Hop albums I’ve ever heard. Favourite Songs: So Fresh, So Clean, Ms. Jackson, B.O.B., Humble Mumble. Least Favourite Songs: I'll Call Before I Come, ?.
Sorry miss jackson...less interludes! But legit, when they are on...they are ON...when they are not, meh. But Miss Jackson + BOB = 4/5.
I love OutKast but this one isn’t my favorite — still great tho
pretty good but lost my attention after a while
Man, I used to love this album. And you know what, I still really do. I guess over time I have started to prefer other Outkast projects over this one. It still undeniably has some of their absolute best songs on it, but the album as a whole experience is just a tad messy, as much as the skits and interludes are a lot of fun, I think that there are maybe just a few too many that make the album feel a bit less coherent than it could have done.
It was ok as background music. Didn't like it as well as The Love Below/Speakerboxx.
Listened to immediately. It's a great album, with great singles, and a great feeling from start to finish. It's the Andre 3000!
Great album. OutKast best.
12.15.25 Total listens: 0.5 1st listen notes: "Ms. Jackson" is a stand out track; few days behind & didn't listen to full album
5/1089 I didn't think I make it through this before listening. I've always loved Ms. Jackson but thought outkast stopped there ..and hey ya. I really enjoyed this album and there were nice surprise beats, fills and samples throughout. I'll listen to it again and I understand why Andrew 3000 isn't overrated.
Some good songs at the start of the album, however towards the middle and end the quality dropped off.
In case you haven’t noticed, this genre does NOTHING for me!
i’ve listened before. stand outs are : BOB, fresh and clean, snappin and tappin , humble mumble it’s a really good rap album i don’t think it’s their best but def second 8/10
Lots of very iconic tracks in here very good. Don’t listen to a lot of rap but this was really good to me
dragut dar nu chiar genul meu
not super my thing, I liked a couple of songs and understand it was super influential but prob wont listen again
Banger. Track after track of methodology in greatness. Listen to it again then skip your chores and listen to it again.
Still don't like the skits, but damn do the tracks slap.
Some great songs, but album is too long and dragged down by skits.
Really enjoyed a lot of the music, not into aaaall the interludes. Couple of absolute bangers
I really enjoyed it. Ms Jackson is so good +1.5 stars. Still a bit too long for me so -0.5 stars. The rest of the album is also pretty good. I also enjoyed BOB, it sounds straightforward and simple by design. Almost feels like they did thousands of layers, but then decided to remove 80% of them one by one. And the album ages very well. Released in 2000, I’m very impressed. Artists in 2025 won’t reach this level at all without spending thousands of hours. And this album also fits their artistic characteristics perfectly. They’re already very good at making their own music and they featured local musicians in Alaska. They have experienced a lot and they’re still exploring in terms of music genres and wide range of subjects for lyrics. They love the girl enough but also never forgot to ask her to sign a prenup. Overall it’s a very solid album. I always like rappers who can sing. They made good music.
OutKast is almost always going to get a 5 from me. There’s just too much talent and artistry. Not to mention hits. OutKast has so many great songs it’s crazy. I saw them live and the 2hr or so concert was nothing but amazing songs everyone knew. And they brought Sleepy Brown out for a few songs and he came out with like a pillow and an old fashioned night cap à la Scrooge. Peak artistry. 3 chart toppers here and enough deep cuts to keep you vibing. Highly recommend running the gauntlet on OutKast albums if y'all haven’t.
Outkast is so freakin' awesome. this album is fun, its funky, its groovy, and its a lyrical master class. Big Boi and Andre 3000 are clearly masters of their craft. this album spawns multiple hits, and also has enough content to have thought provoking songs and challenge the status quo. absolute gold.
As much as I like some of the songs on this album (Ms. Jackson, Fresh and Clean), most of it was a lot of fluff, and it was too long. A bit disappointed, as I really like the “best of” Outkast.
It’s innovative, it’s catchy through most of the album, there are three generational hits, but it’s also just a bit too long for me. Probably in the range of a high three/low four, but I’ll round up because who am I to criticize OutKast?
I was pretty worried after "So Fresh, So Clean" and "Ms. Jackson" were over only 16 minutes into a 1h 13min album. I was afraid that the rest of the hour would be a slog, but I was wrong. This album just kept going. Even though I didn't know any other songs, I was still jamming the whole time. The album ending was a surprise to me. It went by so fast and I wanted more. One or two more radio hits and this would be an easy 5 stars. 9/10 if we were on that scale.
It gets a 5 because I'm a big fan of OutKast, otherwise I feel they have better albums. ATLiens and Aquemini should have been on the list before Stankonia (and don't get me started on Speakerboxxx/Love Below), so give those a try if you liked this.
This was ok. Well put together, but largely went over my head. I’m sure with more listens it becomes clearer, but I didn’t really connect with it.
So many highlights on this album. Ms Jackson is a classic and still very funny. As is so fresh so clean with some of the sleaziest hooks since peak prince. Bombs over Baghdad is fast frenetic and fantastic. Just stops short of being a classic due to the have of quality control towards the end of the album plus the silly all too frequent skits.
dang good. hard to swallow at first with the intro. more vulgar than i'm use to listening to but the rawness makes it entertaining. faves: red velvet, xplosion, ms. jackson, BOB - absolute banger - jumping insanely in my bedroom
classic. thank you for saving my life outkast
as experimental and weird as this album sounds… it is certainly rooted in an Effortless Cool
Some great tracks, a few too many skits for my taste
Great hiphop
This was good -definitely an innovative rap sound from the traditional East-coast/West-coast- but wouldn’t consider it ‘great’ aside from a couple hits and new discoveries (“Spaghetti Junction” and maybe “We Luv Deez Hoez”)
Stanky. In a good way.
I'd never listened to a full Outkast album before; I just know a handful of their songs.
It's a good vibe, quite enjoyed it Interludes are always annoying though, and it goes on for ever.
I think I own a copy of this somewhere. It's long. It almost felt like a slog to listen to this time. I do have a few favourites. Big Boi makes a lot of innuendos and Andre3000 performs well. But, by the 1 hour mark, I was honestly a bit bored. So Fresh and and So Clean - now that is a jam. 3 stars.
This album is like a sixteen year old boy who goes to midnight mass with his family every week. After one service, one of the girls who also attends regularly asks the boy if he wants to join her and some friends for a movie night in the church hall. She is quite attractive, so the boy is keen. They make their way to the church hall afterwards but there is no movie watching going on here. There are already some older kids who have brought alcohol to share around. Some music is playing, which is far heavier on the bass than the boy is used to. He smells some sort of smoke in the air, but he can’t think what it is. The girl who invited him asks if he wants to dance. Sheepishly, he agrees so she drags him to the makeshift dance floor and throws down some moves that involve more hip-gyration than he has ever seen in his life. He feels wildly out of his depth, yet somehow also feels welcomed by the entire party.
Great tunes but too many interlude and a lil long.
Overall Rating - 2.09/5 (4.19/10). Not my taste, but obviously skillful.
Classic. Lots of bops
Ah the beloved OutKast - the shake it like a Polaroid picture guys. This album contributed to Americana with such classics as I’ll call B4 I cum, we luv deez hoes and toilet Tisha. Seriously, ms Jackson is a great song. This is well produced and catchy. I can see why they were huge.
Too long to rate it higher. Some of the songs just DIDN'T hit.
Well that was a struggle. BREAK
Would have been a 4/5 stars as a tight 45min album. Bagginess drops it to a 3.
In my view one of the best hip-rap/rap artists around. This album is solid throughout and has a lot of range/influences (a lot of funk influences). Have listened before and will listen again.
There is a lot of fat to trim in this - meh
Art
Bad.
Outkast is simply one of the greatest hip hop groups of all time. This album is no exception as it shows off their full range. My only complaint is that it's entirely too long. I know I'm not a fan of skits, but that's true of any rap album. Even without the skits, I think there are a few songs that make this a bit long in the tooth. But, the songs that are good are just absolute bangers, I mean some of the best rap that you'll ever hear. There's the obvious radio hits like Miss Jackson and So Fresh So Clean but others like B.o.B and Xplosion and Gasoline Dreams go so hard. Cut the fluff and you've got a perfect album, as it is easily a four-star.
The first half, I thought it was It's alright. Didn't felt like it was for me. But after B.O.B (which I thought it was great), the 2nd half really picked up, and ended up quite enjoying the album. Very goofy throughout, and something NOT to be taken seriously, but it's what end up standing out more in a long run!
Two bangers
A longer one. I’ve been meaning to catch up on music i was too young to listen to when it came out. Actually, this album is older than I am by a couple months. It’s fine. I can move my head to it.
No stranger to this album, it has some absolute class tracks on it
One of the greatest rap albums of all time with several best rap songs ever on it.
Onhan tämä oikein mainio levy. En muistanutkaan että olen kuunnellut tätä albumia aikoinaan. En vaan jotenkin tähän bändiin yhdistänyt tuttuja biisejä. On legendalevy.
So admittedly Outkast is a huge cultural blind spot for me (as is most stuff from 1990-early 2000), so I can kinda listen to most of their albums with fresh ears and a lot of music/cultural frames of references to compare things to. One comparison stands out - there’s a lot of Sly & The Family Stone spiritually passing through these guys imo. Even down to the flag album artwork of There’s A Riot Goin On! Stankonia must’ve sounded like the modern day experimental funk, with similar topics that range from Americas shortcomings in how it treats black people, to highly personal relationship stuff. All with some frenetic, vivid production work that's just as varied as it's subject matters. On that note, it's a bit on the nose but I think Kendrick Lamar has obviously become the next flag-bearer as an artist who creates hyper-unique works of art that speak for the Black American experience. He even has these wild vocal inflections that Andre3000 had. These were my thoughts on my first full listen (trying to avoid talking about the mega hits on here, since ive heard those) ~~ The “Kim & Cookie” interlude is very clever given the prose of the next song, that was a huge highlight for me. I know it’s one of the more noteable songs on this album, but “Bombs Over Baghdad” is really a remarkable song considering this came out before 9/11. And just the totally intricate, chaotic way the song is produced. Super impressive. I almost hear some breakbeat influence in that repetitive snare halfway through the song. That halfway point couldve been the end of the song, but it kept evolving with different instrumental passages getting cooler and cooler as it went on. “Humble Mumble” is soooo pretty. The way the instrumental is introduced really makes it feel like you’ve pulled back the leaves on some musical jungle scene. We’re Andre3000 and Erykah Badu dating by then? I’ve heard about that. Something that really moved the needle on how highly I view this record was just an interlude, “Cruisin in the ATL”. I’m a sucker for those little ‘in the car’ interludes where it’s a scene from a group of people in a car, or even better, a radio ad. Then, for it to be followed by the hypnotic, bouncy chorus of “Gangsta Shit”? I think this was around where I felt like this was a true 5/5. The 808’s could be placed right into a late 2010’s beat and go just as hard. Absolutely insane. I feel like this album is so dense that you could do separate studies on the production work and the lyrical content. I can't even speak all that much to the lyrics on first listen because as quickly as a clever bar would fly by, some new funky synth would whirl past as well. On top of it all, they still retained a deeply 'Atlanta' sound amidst all the pushing of these musical boundaries. They had me narratively in their grasp completely but the point “Toilet Tisha” ended. I am so captivated that I forgot to mention that football style "break!" interlude that has been underpinning this whole project. Very clever. It’s a 5/5 for sure. What a pleasure it is to not just listen to a 5/5 you already know, but to be introduced to a 5/5 for the first time.
A bit of a disappointing album and really outstayed its welcome. Favourite tracks: Bombs Over Baghdad & Gasoline Dreams. Probably not one to revisit. 2.5/5
4.29/5 Stars Top Songs: Ms. Jackson, Xplosion and Humble Mumble
Not a terrible album but probably 45 minutes too long and full of fillers. Heard it before back in the day, didn’t need to hear it again.
Few great tracks, with lots of unique aspects but it's overly long. 3.5/5. Raising to 4.
um dos melhores do século XXI até então, nem só do início simplesmente absurdo em todos os níveis possíveis (de novo, a interface desse site tá uma porra)
POWER MUSIC ELECTRIC REVIVAL dos maiores e mais importantes do início do séc xxi. bão demais, muita ideia rolando solta e eles tendo toda liberdade pra fazer o que quiser. chique demais. mto importante como esse aqui ajudou a mudar imagem do hiphop também. gosto demais, eh o maioral do outkast, não tem erro. um trilhão de generos combinados pra virar o melhor hiphop que cê vai ouvir!!!
A hip hop manifesto. Glorious stuff.
Why did my parents let me listen to this over and over and over again as a 6 year old? Best Song: B.O.B. Bombs Over Baghdad Rating: 9/10 Stars: 5
I was expecting more from this, but it's only okay. A few decent songs, had obviously heard Ms. Jackson as well as B.O.B, but the rest was mostly forgettable or kind of bad. Another album filled with mostly skits between every song, but long and unfunny.
I could do without the skits, which I don’t think add much here, and maybe I’d leave a song or two off but most of it is great. They bring a lot of disparate influences together very well. Ms. Jackson is an all-time classic. Easily a contender for best hip hop album ever.
Incredibly fun listen but less refined than I expected, makes sense for an earlier album from them. Loaded with goofy skits, a cohesive yet raunchy theme, and some generational hits. I thought the back half deserves way more attention — Humble Mumble and Red Velvet are catchy and carry the same energy as the rest!
Suffers from being about 25 minutes too long. Obviously they were having a lot of fun! Absolute classics here "Ms Jackson", "So Fresh and Clean", BOB
This is my fourth Hip Hop album on the list, and I'm someone who knows basically nothing about the genre. Although two of the other three have high ratings on this page (and I didn't give them bad ratings), I feel like Stankonia was the introduction I needed to Hip Hop. Ms. Jackson is amazing, no wonder it was such a huge success. As a side note, this morning I bought a different album and I also randomly picked up a free music magazine in the store. There was a whole section dedicated to this album, celebrating its 25th anniversary. I didn't know Stankonia or OutKast previously, so it was a nice coincidence.
Really great some absolute bangers
There were a few standout tracks but it didn’t really grab me at all
Good album
11/20/25. I own this record (thanks Chelsea) and have loved it ever since. A common theme for me is when music tries to push the boundaries, and Stankonia does that with its unique production and lyrics. Each song brings something different to the table.
I fucking love this album. OutKast have never missed, not once. If you don’t rate this a 5 then I hate you and we’re not friends
Nearly perfect, what a great album. The variety of texture in the production combined with a huge range of tempo and mood makes this an engaging listen all the way through. Lyrically clever and musically diverse, you can hear everything from Prince to Parliament as influences here. I don't love the interludes, but that's every hip hop album for me.
A couple of power house singles and I definitely saved a few off. A few songs that in my opinion went on a little too long and a few times throughout the album where it began to feel a little one note to me unfortunately. The really high points carried the low points.