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Stankonia by OutKast

Stankonia

OutKast

2000
3.54
Rating
29758
Votes
1
5%
2
12%
3
28%
4
34%
5
21%
Distribution
Genres: Hip-Hop Styles: Gangsta, Conscious, Pop Rap

Reviews (page 7 of 14)

High highs (Ms. Jackson) low lows (We Luv Deez Hoez).

Did not vibe

An excellent OutKast album! I tend to forget how good the tracks beyond the singles are on this album.

I just don't really get Outkast. No issue with the rapping/lyrics, I just don't really love the beats/production. It's not them, it's me I guess.

more filler than I remember but some generational classics

Surprisingly, more to my taste than I had expected.

Honestly, this left me cold. Ms Jackson is a ripping song but there was very little else to recommend the album to me.

The hits are really great but the rest is meh for me. 3/5

hell yea

4.8 Definitely not their best album as that would got to LoverBoy // SpeakerBox. But the album itself has 3/4 major singles that hit close to home for me. Being raised on early naughty hip-hop, pop or anything that was shown on MTV. Andre3000 is an absolute hotty so he can’t get below a 4 in my eyes

fantastic album, i can smell the stank

Beautiful STANK

Epic journey! I only know OutKast's more commercial hits but every song had something! Even if this isn't you're go-to genre, you can't deny the mix of musicality across the album. Great collabs, great lyrics. Starts strong and the final track is a great conclusion. Overall - this slapp'd!

Тут без комментариев, с интро в который запихнули звуки ебли можно было понять адекватность всего последующего альбома, tho, для приличия, я его до середины прослушала.

Not for me.

Not my genre but better than I expected

Disappointing. I always thought, with how prestigious this album is, that it would genuinely be something more than just another hip-hop album. The skits in this one are particularly outdated and embarrassing to listen to.

Bias again, used to practice drumkit to this album

Есть классные песни

Another hip hop album that was quite tuneful. Some nice grooves on this although personally I don’t think I’ll ever fully get my head around the genre

OutKast takes me back—their sound brought such a bright, feel-good energy to the genre, creating out a totally unique lane of their own. You can hear the joy, wild creativity and authenticity in every track. I always got the sense they were having an absolute blast making this music… and honestly, they seemed like they’d be a riot to hang out with.

True story: I worked at Tower Records with an artist actually named Chuck Berry. His silhouette looked like Basquiat and he was a really cool cat. One time he told me a story about how he hooked up with his next-door neighbor. Sometime later, he came to work one day with two black eyes. I asked what happened and he said he didn't know. He just woke up on his stoop outside his apartment with a bad headache and double shiners. Best he could surmise, his neighbor brained him with a frying pan the night before when he was drunkenly trying to find his keys to the front door. He thinks she might have been angry because he was kinda ghosting her after the hookup, and this was her revenge. Years later, at a house party, I was shooting video and interviewing everyone. I saw Chuck and asked him how he was doing and he said that the coming year was gonna be "all about Chuckonia... like Stankonia, but FOR ME." Chuck was a total original, and so is this record.

très très lourd, j'aime beaucoup le mélange rap, synthés, expérimental, bref très bon album (y'a juste un peu trop de musiques ET d'interludes)

Kinda dig it. If I heard each song in a vacuum I'd pretty much like them all. But after 24 songs, I was ready to move on and listen to something else.

Пару знакомых треков, но не мое

Really good album, Andre and bigboi are 2 of the best to do it, flows that are still really fresh and some of the biggest songs in rap are from this album

top 3: - ms. jackson - so fresh, so clean - humble mumble / spaghetti junction *special mention: - gasoline dreams - B.O.B. - we luv deez hoez - gangsta sh*t

Love this album

A question that nobody has ever asked is "What's the hip-hop version of The Beatles' White Album?" OutKast was already genre bending their music along with making a name for themselves by helping, and basically singlehandedly put southern hip-hop in the mainstream. Let's be honest with ourselves, you can say almost exactly the same thing as The Beatles and the music they made during that time. So, with that being said, what is their White Album? A critical commercial success that's so weird and different and an album that has a lot of filler songs and yet these filler songs go well with each song that plays before and after them? It's this. It's Stankonia.

so good. might be the best 90s rap album... top five for sure.

Know the artist, blind album but know the hits. Meh tbh. I understand why this album is prominent, but it ain't for me. Album dragged so hard at the end.

Niet mijn muziek smaak maar wel grappig

Was okay with it on in the background but couldn't finish - not my vibe. Some good songs mixed in though.

So creative and varied

Apparently it’s Rap Week on 1001! I remember when Stankonia come out it was huge. I hadn’t listened to the entire album until now. Much like a lot of post-Golden Age rap, there are elements in here that are not culturally aligned with me. However, one of the things I appreciate most about OutKast is they definitely have talent, and the diversity of their music on this album alone proves it. I didn’t realize until recently that the cover is an homage to Sly/Family Stone There’s A Riot Going On. I think everyone alive in the early 2000s heard Mrs. Jackson and BOB, as they should. Big Boi’s flow is incendiary. I liked some of the deeper cuts in here like Spaghetti Junction and even I’ll Call which was kind of a surprise for me. It may not be my normal playlist but it is definitely tight and legendary.

Random thoughts: - Is the real last ATLiens record? While Speakboxx/Love Below was technically OutKast, this was the last one with them together. - if they could have made more So Fresh, So Clean or Ms. Jackson, that would have been great - I dug the hits on this one. The 2 tracks mentioned above plus B.O.B. - the rest was pretty good the only one that really jumped out at me was Toilet Tisha. That song was rough. - also, did CDs encourage artists to make albums too long. 1 hr and 13 minutes is a lot. It seems like 45 minutes is kind of the sweet spot. Just a thought that crossed my mind while listening to this one.

What a fantastic mix of music. Hard rap presented gently, with a solid helping of 70s soul. I am not comfortable with the gangsta rap lyrics, but I can't say no to this music. 4/5

Es un álbum muy largo. Eso es lo primero que tengo para decir. Tuve que ir escuchándolo de a partes a lo largo del día porque no disponía de 1 hora y 13 minutos para escuchar el álbum de una sola vez. Dicho esto, el álbum me gustó. Tiende a ser un tanto ecléctico entre canción y canción, pero saben mantener una misma esencia a lo largo del álbum. Los interludios te imbuyen en la narrativa y hay un buen equilibrio entre temas cantados melódicamente y temas rapeados. La calidad de producción es muy buena, me gustaron los sampleos y algunos "cues" que reutilizan en distintos temas para generar una experiencia más integral. Tengo entendido que las letras tienen contenido político y del llamado rap conciente. No llegué a prestar la atención suficiente a este aspecto en todas las letras, pero a mi parecer esto le suma valor al álbum. La experiencia de álbum sería mucho mejor si hubiese durado la mitad de lo que dura, pero aún así, lo considero un buen álbum.

Four stars for Mrs. Jackson

Bernie - stabil 7 Luke - stærk 9

MASTERPIECE. ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE. FIRST TIME I LISTENED TO THIS ALBUM AND 🄸 🅆🄰🅂 🄰🄱🅂🄾🄻🅄🅃🄴🄻🅈 🄱🄻🄾🅆🄽 🄰🅆🄰🅈 ALL THE SONGS N THE INTERLUDES N SKIT N EVERYTHINGGG I SPENT OVER AN HR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MY FAVES WERE TO WRITE THEM HERE. I HAD TO GIVE UP I KEPT JS PUTTING ALL OF THEM 😭😭😭 PS. BREAK!!!!

So good. Why didn’t I pay any attention to this 25 years ago? The hooks? The heavy percussion? The sorta trippy vibe? Yes, yes, and yes. I particularly like “Gasoline Dreams” and “So Fresh, So Clean.” And, of course, “Ms. Jackson.” The album drags a little at the end: a better album might’ve dropped some of that (and been 15 minutes shorter). But that’s a small criticism. The album really takes you on a ride…. Highly recommended.

Listened, but did not enjoy. There were one or two tracks that I was familiar, appreciate the role they've played in the history of hip hop, not my thing.

While not my favorite from OutKast it’s still a timeless classic. Big Boi and Andre glide on these tracks

fantastic

Better than I expected. Besides the awful Singles, It has some nice tunes, but overall it has too many tracks and is very polished and produced to hit the charts. Fav: B.O.B.

Another personal favourite here!

i always liked andre 3000

If there ever existed a perfect album this would be the one.

Was prepared to not like this album assuming a cultural divide that I would not be able to breach. Turns out I enjoyed it quite a bit musically.

a veritable cornerstone of any self-respecting millennial middle schooler’s cd collection

just think I don't really like outkast. a lot of songs on this album. the singles were okay, but I had to skip a lot of the other ones.

Pretty kick ass hip hop. It's amazing how a little musicality elevates the sound.

I’d like to see an OutKast reunion

Great album! Skits tho :(

4.5 Great album, the strength of the great songs definitely outweighs the couple of songs I didn't care as much for. The interludes didnt add anything (do they ever? (Maybe I just dont get it). Sounds like they were keepin it real with all of the Atlanta collaborators on the album. Speaking of keepin it real there is a golf movie with Big Boi called Whos your Caddy and it is terrible

kind of a rushed rhythmic sound with really fast lyrics. good stuff but feels like the 90s in not a great way. some iconic meolodies like Ms. Jackson, so fresh so clean. a long album at like 1h15min

Great album

OutKast's sound is exactly as I remember it. Wild, fun, something you can truly groove to. Often with a little hidden edge in the lyrics - most obviously in Mrs. Jackson. Sure, it's fun to dance to, but it's also a song about a guy apologizes to his girlfriend's mom for knocking her daughter up and running. The fact that it ends with the wedding march? *Chef's Kiss*. If the album has a weakness, it might be one time made. I know Outkast's sound so well by now that at a certain point some of the songs started to blend together. I think around the time B.O.B. hit I started drifting off. Could have used a little variety.

I liked some songs but didn't like a the rest that much

Some great tunes and beats, but then there are those lyrics, and I'm done with that sh*t.

I like the range of influences they incorporated into their music but hip hop as a genre just never seems to click with me. I think this would have left a better impression if they got rid of the skits and some of the tracks in the second half.

God tier music

Remains one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time (with the caveat that I have no business claiming to be able to identify the greatest hip hop albums of all time)

Couple iconic songs on here, didn't really care for the rest. Best song: So Fresh, So Clean Notable(s): Ms. Jackson

Few classics (Ms. Jackson for example) and a nice closer elevated this album for sure. Buuut as a whole? Not that amazing.

Disappointing.

Not my kind of hip hop

Little too rappy for me.

Outkast is wonderful. I had only heard a couple songs on this album before today, but I loved just about every one. There were a lot more guest artists than I expected, but overall it was great. Great beats, great rhymes, great stories, very cool album with great re-listenability. I listened to it twice -- five stars.

It features a couple of classic tracks, but also includes too much filler and nonsense. And also, rap music sucks, and so does Atlanta.

Some bangers and hits but too many skits and interludes.

The last third of the album really struggles. Was during a time where everyone felt the need to make 20 track, 80 min hip hop albums. Cut to a normal length this is an outstanding album. For me the though, the high points are really really good.

I absolutely loved this album, particularly the first half of it. It was fun and catchy. I had heard several of these songs before, but never knew it was from this group. I love their stuff though, and I'll definitely listen to these songs again!

Some good tunes, not their best

Started off hot but cooled off

Love OutKast's energy and style on this one. Really listenable, fun lyrics and fantastic rhythms and beats. Never really followed the different regional hip-hop sounds, finding I'm quite fond of the ATL style. The energy does drop off a bit in the second half of this one, but the good is really damn good.

pretty good

Fine songs I just don’t like OutKast that much

Whilst many might think of The Love Below/Speakerboxxx when it comes to Outkast, this is by far and away their best work. Each track hits. Bombs over Baghdad is a masterpiece. Lots of the features being local artists and it being made in their home town, I think they must have really just hit a perfect moment as artists. Was one of my favourite albums as a teenager and was lovely to revisit today!

Embarrassingly, this was the first time I have ever sat and listened to an OutKast album front to back. Coming in at over an hour long (usually enough to put me off anything), Stankonia is a massive album full of beats big and small, insanely clean and at times experimental production, a metric tonne of solid gold bars, and some of the catchiest hooks ever laid down on wax. It covers so many bases in its run time without ever overstaying its welcome, honestly dare I say a masterpiece of an album. If I had to make one criticism, I don't think the interludes bring enough to the table, but they also don't stick around long enough to take anything away and do provide a breather between an album full of insanely well crafted songs. This is an easy 5 and I cannot believe I have lived for nearly 30 years without this album in my life. Favourites - Gasoline Dreams, So Fresh So Clean, Ms. Jackson, I’ll Call B4 I Cum, B.O.B., We Luv Deez Hoez, Humble Mumble, Red Velvet

Knowing the 2 leas singles (BOB & Ms. Jackson), and them being two of the finest early 00s rap songs I’ve heard, I expected a lot more from this album and found it disappointing. Despite its ridiculous length, to its credit I didn’t find it to feel too long. And while Big Boi and Andre are two of the most talented rappers of their era, their bars alone couldn’t save the album from its indulgent over abundance of pointless interludes and consistently sub-par beats. Intro (N/A) Gasoline Dreams (7/10) I’m Cool (N/A) So Fresh, So Clean (7/10) Ms. Jackson (10/10) Snappin’ & Trappin’ (6/10) D.F. (N/A) Spaghetti Junction (7/10) Kim & Cookie (N/A) I’ll Call B4 I Cum (5/10) B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad (9/10) Xplosion (7/10) Good Hair (N/A) We Love Deez Hoez (7/10) Humble Mumble (7/10) Drinkin’ Again (N/A) ? (8/10) Red Velvet (7/10) Cruisn’ in the ATL (N/A) Gangsta Shit (6/10) Toilet Tisha (7/10) Slum Beautiful (6/10) Pre Nump (N/A) Stankonia (Stanklove) (7/10) 7.1/10

Büro, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Feines Album, wenn auch etwas zu lang.

A cool record but it could really skip 10 of the tracks

Flow: below average Beat: Average Lyrics: Not bad

Miss Jackson is great. The rest... not so much

I think that Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is a masterpiece. This is also strong but doesn’t rise to that same level. 4/5

Great hip hop record. I never heard it in its entirety but it hooked me from the start. Awesome vocals and rhythm.

Buen disco de rap, tiene unos banggers, no es mi estilo

Perfection

Bro the intro.. MY EARPHONE IS NOT CONNECTED!!! (not the album's fault lmao) I was about to say its slightly outdated, until i realized its published in 2000. NVM, its good. I really like an album with its own structure and devides itself with interludes.

joke song intro???? or is this gonna be the vibe of the whole album????????? dayum i really didnt know i liked electric organ so much? or whatever the synth is in fresh and clean lol ahhh i've heard of Ms. Jackson before love the squeeb squeebs in snappin & trappin..... bit too horny for me??? but i dont think id complain if someone at the function wanted to put some of these songs on

Good album. OutKast was really a banger till Andre 3000 went crazy. Big Boi is a great talent!

When this record hits, it's hits big. But when it stumbles.... woof it's bad. Half the run time would have gotten this thing a 5 star.

Not my favorite outkast album, but still a banger

I thought this was overrated back in the day and I was correct.

Not a bad hiphop album, with other influences, and easily listenable. Not really my type though.

So Fresh, So Clean Ms. Jackson B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)

Oh man I remember NYE 2000 we had the TV on MTV or something and it was basically playing Ms. Jackson on repeat. Could do without the weird "Interludes". B.O.B. is so good.

the hits hit and the others aren't for me.

I get the “Andre 3000 is your favorite rappers favorite rapper” claim. Fun sounds, iconic cover.

I really enjoyed this one. Ms Jackson is already a top song for me. 4 stars bc it’s not my absolute fav but over all very enjoyable and I enjoyed all the interludes

Another classic, high-art hip-hop at its finest ️‍🔥

Repeat listen

Hell yeah! one of my favorite OutKast albums. Really solid album, but might have done a little better with less interludes in retrospect. Still there are so many good songs and the overall vibe is amazing. Andre and Big Boi really shine on this one.

Some goofy interludes and musical moments on this album; OutKast mixes singing and pop elements with hip hop and it doesn't always work. Overall, still some good rap songs on here and the singing works on Ms. Jackson. Standouts: Ms. Jackson, Humble Mumble, Red Velvet, B.O.B.

Mid. The skits get obnoxious. 2.5 stars

Wow! I’ve obviously heard of this being one of the best hip hop records of all time but I was a bit skeptical after only being subject to speakerboxx/the love below in which I believed to be only really decent and too long, this though I can safely say is miles better. The variation in music genres all mixed together just works so well, there’s jungle, funk, hip hop, rave music and even gospel I think in some parts and both Andre and Big Boi perform amazingly with some of the best flows I’ve heard especially on songs like B.O.B (which was actually insane), the beats aswell were great in every song (Barr maybe one or two of which I wasn’t the biggest fan of). The album also starts in an amazing way with gasoline dreams which instantly showcases the high energy levels of the album and is one of my favourites especially with the wah guitar. I also really appreciate the album separates the skits from the actual songs, although I still don’t really see the need for skits at all, at least they’re short though and some of them are pretty funny. The context of this album is really cool, basically gathering musicians from around there Stankonia studio (which worked a charm cause the features here are great), they were also influenced by the local music scene with rave music and jungle which is clear in some of the songs (some of the drum samples especially and obviously B.O.B). Record scratching aswell, always a win for me. Favourites: all but I’ll call before I come and the last song (too long and a bit boring to be honest. Overall, 9/10.

Saved my Monday morning. 3000 is one of the best to ever do it, stank you very much

i like so fresh so clean the most out of all of them and cool

Break! This album is still fun as hell. When I go OutKast, I usually go to the more orchestrated Aquemini, but the sparse beats framing Andre3000's not-quite-outsized-yet persona is excellent. It feels like actual 2000 rap music, yet experimental in the right balance. A rare instance of great hip-hop interludes. Some of the guest-heavy tracks like "Snappin'" take me out of it, but otherwise, rock solid.

Listening to Stankonia offers a window into the evolution of hip-hop as it entered its third full decade. By this point sampling was too expensive or legally risky to rely on, so in its place is rich and diverse instrumentation and metallic-sounding programmed beats. Andre 3000 alternates dexterous rapping with more melodic singing snippets that hint at his later evolution as a well-rounded musician. The musical styles are kaleidoscopic, ranging from the expected (P-funk, soul) to the entirely unexpected (psychedelia, especially). OutKast deep-fried a musical form and came up with something that sounded entirely fresh and fun.

If I dock every crossover hip-hop record for gratuitous n-word bombs and unneeded betwwen song skits, we get a lot of one star ratings. BREAK!

Andre 3000 feels like the rightful heir to P-Funk. So, yea, it's good. Weird. And good. And B.O.B. is just great.

One of the best Rap Albums of the 2000s

Somehow i can't get the grip of this album. It's probably technically competent, but somehow clinical and lacking edge.

And mental half star…

When I turned 18, I got Outkast’s ATLiens as a birthday present, and it ended up being one of the big reasons I got into this kind of hip hop. I didn’t play their later albums as much, but Stankonia definitely got a lot of spins. Their sound was just so different from all the gangsta rap I was into before, it really stood out. The album’s solid overall, and it’s got a few huge hits that were basically on MTV non-stop back then… maybe a little too much. But for example, the song So Fresh, So Clean is still in heavy rotation in my playlists, it’s just timeless.

While I like the album, some of the weird interludes, audio gimmicks and spoken word jokes are not enjoyable. I find the interruptions to the flow of the whole disrupting and tacky. Most of the album's music is groovy as heck tho.

9/10 Great chemistry between Big Boi and 3 stacks. Great hits, solid production. Some filler but overall great.

Not my style.

No my thing

Great album dragged down by an enormous run-time caused by an excess of filler tracks and completely unnecessary skits. Still gets 3 stars because some of the music is fantastic. 3.0/5.0: Good

great beats, great rapping. as a whole its a bit bloated and the skits don't do it any favors.

I listened to the first 6 tracks of this album. I was familiar with Ms Jackson and So Fresh, So Clean, but the others I really couldn't like. The lyrics are extremely demeaning to women. Clever in places, but I draw the line at trivializing rape and subjugating women to less than human treatment. Not cool

It’s ok, in its way

I like the Southern vibes and Andre 3000 and Big Boi delivery is excellent - and there are many great tracks (notably BOB / Ms Jackson) - but but but its too long, too many skits and a few too many dud tracks which prevent it being a 5.

Stankonia ‘Gobble up jism like school lunches’ I love the eclecticism of this, that they would take forward into Speakerboxx/The Love Below. I loved the overtop-ness and anything goes-ness of that album, but this benefits from being more condensed, even if it's still quite long at 73 minutes and even if it does tend toward sex quite a bit. It occasionally falls into slightly demeaning and misogynistic, although I think they are mostly commenting on those attitudes rather than perpetrating it, although sometimes that line is a bit blurred. It definitely feels less problematic than Ice Cube the other day, balancing some of the horny teenager-ness with genuine empathy, like the superb Ms Jackson, or introspection like Humble Mumble, or zeitgeisty-ness with the excellent Bombs Over Baghdad. Musically it is fantastic though, the Drum’n’bass of B.O.B., the homemade beat of I’ll Call B4 I Cum with a great synth line, the funk bass and guitars of Toilet Tisha, a the groove of Slum Beautiful, as well as the generally atypical rhythms and beats throughout. I don’t know this as well as Speakerboxx/The Love Below outside the 3 big singles, but it grew a lot on me on repeat listens, although I think it sits a notch below that. Despite it being shorter, it could possibly still do with a bit of an edit, its wooliness isn’t quite as charming as S/TLB. Still a great album though, and a solid 4. 💣💣💣💣 Playlist submission: Ms Jackson

A transcendent, weird, unrepeatable classic. While the sheer sprawl of it means it’s not always coherent, and it could have done with a twenty minute chop, it’s more daring than most 90s rap outfits. Their chemistry is undeniable, and they feel more in sync here than they do on (the two separate albums of) the classic Speakerboxx/The Love Below. The album is more ragged and rock heavy than their follow up, which is polished - this is the Revolver to Speakerboxx's Sgt Pepper.

Gran álbum, uno de los mejores en el hip-hop, tiene realmente de todo y un dúo que pocas veces había escuchado. Lo siento señora Jackson uuuh...

Having only heard Hey Ya this is definitely not what I was expecting. It's fine but nothing special. I kinda like the "break!" throughout the album. 2/5 stars.

De hecho, no lo escucharía con agrado nada de su género, pero...para eso está la palabra excepción. Les doy un 4

I did not enjoy this Album.

The most varied single OutKast album. So much fun and has so much character

A great album. I enjoyed most of the tracks. All of the good tracks, were really good. Favourite Track(s): Ms. Jackson, Spaghetti Junction, B.O.B. Least Favourite Track(s): I'll Call B4 I Cum, Stankonia

3,5, но понимаю, что это вайбово. альбом нулевого года, начало y2k и прочее.

Kenne bislang nur das Speakerboxx-Album und bin im Hip-Hop eigentlich nicht so sehr zu Hause - aber sie haben's drauf. 3/5

Nikad nisam primjetila da je toliko dugačak ovaj album. Neke stvari tu su mi vrh, većina koja baca na čisti hip hop mi je dosadna. Sintići u nekim pjesmama 👌🏻 Sve u svemu, solidnih 3/5, 6.5/10

Couple of epic hits with Sorry Miss Jackson, BoB, and So Fresh and So Clean. Gasoline Dreams is really good too. After that it tapers off a bit and not as revolutionary as SpeakerBox/Love Below.

Out of the major US hip hop areas I think my ranking is: 1. East Coast 2. Southern 3. West Coast But out of all the southern hip hop I've listen to, I think this is my favorite. I just wish it was shorter. Mid 4.

No lo conocía. Sin interés

Overly long I feel but on repeat listens I could get into this 3.5*

There are some classics in there.

An album full of fun bangers. It's playful throughout while dishing out solid, head-bobbing rap.

Classic album. I didn’t finish this but enjoyed it. Need to give it another listen probably.

It already hit this hard the first time around, I can only imagine how good I'll think it is after a handful more listens.

- Shit was already incredible but im getting more out of it on this listen - i will always ride for the south

It’s a fun album, and very 2000s (in a good way), but I wasn’t feeling it today. It felt too long, and aside from “Ms. Jackson” (which is excellent, of course), no other tracks really jumped out at me. Favorites: Ms. Jackson, So Fresh So Clean

Not my type of music.

אלבום מצוין ביטים מטורפים אבל יש כמה fillers... שיר מועדף - B.O.B

Incredible hip-hop album.

# Album Name: Stankonia # Artist: Outkast # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: 3-4 good tunes surrounded by too much crap. Too many interludes. Too many songs. The good songs are very good too. Its a shame. # Top Tunes: Gas dreams / so fresh and so clean / Ms jackson / BOB # Would I listen to it again? No - just the singles.

Man, another hip-hop album. There's like 30 on the entire list, but I am being absolutely bent over lately by having to hear one of these every ~10 albums. How will I ever deal with the perils of having to sit on my ass for an average of 40 minutes-OH MY GOODNESS THIS THING IS AN HOUR TEN. SIGNAL THE TENNER ALARM This album is delving into absolutely suicidal territory. I am a firm believer in it being mostly-impossible for an album to be good for a full hour without overstaying its welcome or taking serious auditory damage somewhere along the way. Yet this album has the absolute balls to go for the hour tenner. You never go for the hour tenner. Well, this was a very, very looooong endeavour. It's a pretty big ask to make me critically engage with 16 tracks and this album fails at doing so, though there are some decent cuts along the way. The rhythm and rhyme on "We Luv Deez Hoez" is pretty alright. It's my favourite song on the album despite it's general trashiness. The quirky electronic sounds on "?" and "Toilet Tisha" do a good job of setting this album apart by creating a unique atmosphere. "Slum Beautiful" and the title track are the best examples of this atmosphere - both songs have a very unique, "cosmic" feel. However, on other tracks I felt that this electronic approach worked against the merit of the music like on "Red Velvet", which is threadbare largely because of the instrumental. "Gangsta Sh*t" is another example of a track I'd consider threadbare, though I don't think it's entirely the fault of the instrumental seeing that there's some merit to the music. Maybe it's the ADHD percussion on the song or something about the vocalists. I've no clue. Something about this album is just deeply stale to me. Maybe it's due to the songs being way longer than they ever needed to be and having repetitive compositions. May as well check the book on this entry - I am blind as a bat when it comes to hip-hop music. Let's see. Ambitious and innovative. B.O.B. is "possibly the most ambitious rap track ever". A thinking man's rap album. Established a name for southern hip-hop. Quite the rap sheet. I have no real way of arguing otherwise, though this album seems to be a solid inclusion for the hip-hop genre - can't knock it. In any case, this album gets a 1 from me for how mindnumbing the experience of listening to it was. Fuckayoooou, Outkast.

OutKast is always great. So sad they no longer make music.

Eigentlich isch gar ned alles schlecht und paar tracks sind au ganz solid gsi, aber will de widerhörfaktor faktisch bi 0 wird sii, gits doch nur zwei sorrys fürs d miss Jackson

aaaaall aboard the stankonia express folks! virtuose shit, aber wenni ehrlich zu mir selber bin lieded d'listenability scho chli drunder – wichtig hani's mer mal ih voller längi gönnt, aber wirde in zuekunft eher einzelni songs drus lose trotz grosser liebi für die 2 boys chani daher nöd volli punktzahl gäh – merci trotzdem <3

I love Outkast. Ms. Jackson came out when I was 10 or 11, and I loved it immediately. Aside from the three songs I knew (Ms. Jackson, So Fresh/So Clean, and Bombs Over Baghdad), nothing stood out to me. It got to be kind of long.

I find this quite annoying. Ms jackson slaps tho

Interesting album

I want to like Outkast more. They are obviously talented and it's clear they want to innovate and are not satisfied with the status quo. There is some really interesting stuff on here, but unfortunately it just doesn't click for me. I liked this better than Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, but overall it goes into the "good but not great" bin.

Not as pg as the hit songs. True classic 🔥

No es mi estilo.

There are some of their huge songs in this album.... but also a lot of filler. A 1 hour 13 minute album that probably should have been cut down to maybe 30-40 minutes. That being said, the hits are great. I'd say maybe a 3.

Best OutKast album??

Some of OutKast's best songs are here - whole album is solid - a little bit long with some unnecessary skits, but great songs. BOB is GOATed.

Funny and funky

I love this record. I don’t think that I ever get tired of Andre 3000 doing just about anything and he has so many incredible moments on this album. Even with the lyrics in front of me I don’t think I’m physically capable of recreating his flow and what he’s able to do. Also despite its 24 tracks, it goes by really quickly and doesn’t feel bloated at all. There are a couple of skits and extended outros that perhaps aren’t super exciting but still help create a world that’s fun to live in for the 1h20 this album takes up. ATLiens for life but this most likely their best record. Favorite tracks are So Fresh, So Clean, Ms Jackson, B.O.B, Humble Mumble and Gansta Shit.

I enjoyed this one a lot. Took me a long time to appreciate this band, but so worth it. My only observation is that it was really long….maybe there is something as too much OutKast in one sitting!

Some great songs on here, mad I hadn’t fully listened to this album yet. 5/5!

Very fun, some awesome bops in here that I already knew and loved. The rest of the album is hit or miss, I enjoyed it, but not as much as I love the few stand out songs. The talking is interesting but gets repetitive and boring near the middle and by the end I just wanted it to be over :/ it's not that it was bad at all but I don't think I'd go out of my way to listen to the full album again. Not one that I'd want on vinyl.

This album STILL sounds like the future.

There's some really great things on here and some weaker as well. It's a long album and has those typical interludes/skits which don't add much. However, you also have So Fresh, So Clean, Ms. Jackson, and B.O.B. 6.25/10 (3.125/5)

It was good. Amazing beats but I’m not a fan of the skits.

Liked it. Can tell why it's a benchmark album.

I can’t believe I waited this long to listen to this. I knew the singles, but the rest of the album is great. Weird beats, really good production.

An album with a wide scope of subjects ranging everywhere from the carefully considered political and personal, to the crassly sexual. The production is consistent throughout and the songs co-exist despite their different moods. The singles are the obvious stand-outs, though I hadn't really appreciated how good B.O.B. was until giving this a re-listen.

Good album, not my usual music but really enjoyed this one with some strong bangers. 6.8/10

Innovative and creative and manages to alternate between fun and meaningful without giving the listener whiplash.

Some good songs but generally not for me

Not as good as Speakerboxxx / The Love Below, but not totally unenjoyable

An album filled with many great songs and a lot of interludes. The album could be tighter and there are a few songs I'm not sold 100% on. I really like it but it's the weakest of OutKast's major 3 albums. 8/10

Not my interest.

one of the best OAT

Certainly the best album in the history of Stankonia. The versatility, and production is in a league of its own, and this is one of my favorite Hip-Hop albums of all time. Favorite Track: "B.O.B.(Bombs Over Baghdad)".

Not really my jam.

Really loud and fatiguing, especially mazing out the run time of a CD.

I can’t tell a good rap album from a bad one, but I’ve not found one yet that I like.

7.5/10 Album was super interesting. Each song has a unique, weird beat and is combined with flowy vocals/rapping. There was just too many interludes and some songs felt repetitive. Fav Songs: ‘So Fresh, So Clean’, Ms. Jackson, Spaghetti Junction, Xplosion, Humble Mumble, Red Velvet

Arguably best hip hop album

Not my genre at all. Definitely had some good sounds and beats, but I would not listen to it again voluntarily. Stand out songs: - So Fresh, So Clean - Ms. Jackson - I’ll Call B4 I Cum - Toilet Tisha

Though this isn't the kind of music I listen to I can appreciate the depth of this dynamic album

Lot of great songs on here, it was fun to revisit an old favorite. Some of it hasn’t aged super well - “(I am for real!)” seems so corny now. I still really dislike the skits.

Not my taste

Did not like. Mid production with mid to bad songs. If you told me this was from some random forgotten band from the 2000s I would believe you. Sorry Ms. Jackson. 5/10

It was ok but did seem to go on for about 30 minutes longer than it needed to! All the influences and styles that purportedly went into the making of this album were not overly noticeable and so apart from Ms Jackson it was pretty much hip hop business as usual!

J'ai pas tout écouté parce qu'ils ont l'habitude de faire des albums longs mais sympa franchement

There is a decent 40 minute album here but there is so much filler it negates a lot of the good work. Like occasional rays of light breaking through clouds the good tunes shine through, but its a generally miserable experience

the bangers are bangers. otherwise not so much

I'm just going to start rating hip-hop albums by how much they remind me of/owe to Prince--this is a 3.5, bumped up for the actual backing band.

I actually disliked this one more so than I did the Biggie album... On the *RTD* it really was the message and the tone made me feel uncomfortable, but overall the production and his style of rapping I really dug. This however for the most part I really just did not like it. When it got more R&B bassed I liked it a lot... I'm guessing that's the 3000 effect, I reall liked it. So Fresh So Clean, Ms. Jackson, B.O.B. A few other. But definitely Snappin' & Trappin', I'll Call B4 I Cum I just plain disliked to no end. This also had so many skits that just felt more like filler than telling the story... Plus thus album felt longer than hell, but I was checking to see how much I had left about half way through... I didn't even do that for Biggie which was only ten min shorter. 4.5 ★★

A good album fir its genre. A bit too long, but varied musically. 4 stars

I'm always kind of surprised that Outkast are one of the more agreeable hip-hop acts for people who otherwise don't really like hip-hop. I think when it's on, this is a really good hip-hop album -- "B.O.B", "Gasoline Dreams", "Ms. Jackson" all fantastic. But, it's also kind of a mess with a lot of filler and pointless interludes that in no way warrant a 73 minute runtime. There's a great album in here somewhere, but as it stands, it's a 3.5.

Unlike Speakerboxx and The Love Below where each member of OutKast had their own separate maxed out disc, this is a bit more at their creative and collaborative zenith and actually manages more than one good song between them. Ms Jackson is the pick of the pops but there are a few other blazing tracks like B.O.B as well. Very stanky, trancy, funky, soulful n gangsta but often quite dank drudgy as well and still overlong by 40 minutes. Cut it right down to Revolver length and Stankonia would definitely be a more glorious nation.

Listening to ATLiens and Aquemini too. Been wanting listen to them for a while. Havent listened to much hip hop in while.

I own this album and have always enjoyed it. I’m more of a fan of the slowed down soulful type side those with key songs So fresh and so clean, Ms. Jackson, and Call be fire I come, I think when they go faster and more trap style it loses a bit but it is still fun.

A great album- this one has so many hits I remember from my childhood. It also has a ton of B sides that slap- both Andre 3000 and Big Boy have strong, unique styles that bring complexity and variety to the songs on the album. Overall- very good album. 4.5/5

This is interesting, the vibe is more funk. This album is really cohesive and it feels like an experience. Feels like a soundtrack.

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I'm not big into rap music but I've been genuinely surprised and the songs were really diversed and unique ! For me, versality is really something important and it has been done very well. The only song I knew was the classic Mrs. Jackson but songs like Gasoline dream and Spaghetti Junction were a very nice discovery.

B.o.b I liked and liked the poetry of a couple of the songs. Appreciated some of the funk. But the rest… meh… couldn’t wait for the album to end

I have heard some songs from this before so am excited to listen to it in its entirety. I can see why it is influential, has a bit of everything. It has a few stand out songs but mostly, you can hear how it influenced the genre and tried to do something different. Definitely an enjoyable listen, will return to some songs. Songs I liked: So Fresh, So Clean; Ms Jackson, Spaghetti Junction, B.O.B, Xplosion, Red Velvet Songs I liked less: Snappin & Trappin

Again rip is bad. I know it has a place in the world, just not my world.

Only one of the Greatest albums ever, & rightly included. OutKast never put out a bad album, and here they're at the height of their power. Every song is a banger, and the skits are amusing without derailing the album's momentum. Crazy to think I've kept this in regular rotation now for 25 years, and you can bet it'll stay there for at least that many more.

From the day when certain artists felt obliged to fill an 80 minute CD comes a massively bloated album. It is very much the generic chart hip-hop you expect with an irritating interlude between every track. They are not as charming as they seem to think they are and can’t pull it off. But the guests are on point and the production is alright I suppose. I just wish that some record exec had rescued it by going mad with a pair of scissors. At least 45 minutes off.

Some great hits, but overall eh.

It's good I suppose... it needs improvement though. Obviously 'Ms. Jackson' and 'B.O.B' are really, REALLY, good, but then there's some songs like 'We Luv Deez Hoez' that just don't hit the mark. It's hard not to love Outkast, but this still does have a few too many flaws.

Dig rhe feel. Interludes. Def a 2000 album, and has that era solidly steeped in its core

There were two popular songs in this album, and the rest were a bit meh. The whole thing was alright, but nothing too exciting. Two two jams - So Fresh, So Clean and Ms. Jackson were great, of course.

What's amazing is that this album sounds like it just came out (or maybe I don't listen to modern music?). It's like they set the standard for the next 25 years. BOB was on repeat for me during high school. Fresh and so Clean is in my head all of the time. Ms. Jackson is outstanding. Too many skits and short bits, but alright, whatever.

God damn slap machine is what it is

A few bangers.

finally a fucking great album. Outkast represent everything i love about hip hop and there's a strong case that this album is the peak of their creativity and willingness to experiment. Ms. Jackson is among the greatest number ones of all time, B.O.B. is an eternal banger, Humble Mumble, Xplosion, Gasoline Dreams... man this album rocks. deserves to be one of the 1001? absolutely. any of their albums other than Idlewild can have a case made but this one's probably the strongest

Some classic bangers but a surprising number of skips. Also hella interludes

Wasn’t sure what I was expecting but I really enjoyed this! Definitely something I’ll be listening to again

not my favorite Outkast project (i prefer ATLiens and Aquemini), but Stankonia is really where their star power took off. B.O.B. is definitely their best song though, so fucking good!

Didn't enjoy this one as much as Spearboxxx/The Love Below The songs were catchy but it was too long and repetitive A+++ for Ms. Jackson though 🔥 3 ⭐️

Definitive staple of the Southern Hip Hop scene by arguably one of the best acts to do it. Solid bangers across the whole album and would be an easy 5 for me if it wasn't for the interludes/skits every few tracks. A serious whos-who of features across the album though.

таке відчуття що це попса вже але після року отетого я просто отдихаю реально мій жанр номер 1

I can appreciate it, but it really didn't do anything for me. I found it too zany

This was fine. I like the hits by OutKast but this album as a whole just didn’t do much for me

Nope, this one is not for me. Didn’t make it half way through. I am sure other people will love it though. Ms Jackson is good though. 🤪

First of all, these men look sooo beautiful on the cover. Then the black and white flag behind them is a clear sign that politics are going to feature heavily. And the beautiful cover is an accurate prediction of what comes from the music. The skit interludes are a bit distracting but the music is so excellent that it overshadows the silliness of the skits. So Fresh, So Clean is a true representation of its namesake. Ms. Jackson is absolutely iconic and such a human story presented alongside some killer beats and licks. Only negative I have to say about that song is the genuine misogynist lyrics in the bridge (the rest of the song is surprisingly free of misogyny considering the subject matter). Not into the corny trap beat in Snappin n Trappin. Love the Killer Mike verses, his voice and flow are perfect fits for this album, wish I could hear him do a less corny song. The synth lick is also gross (derogatory). It's all good though because it comes right back in Spaghetti Junction. The flows are so punchy, they pull the best styles and beats from older skool rap and modernize them in a way that seamlessly fits the style. I'll Call B4 I Cum is a weird song lyrically, only because it's so unusual to see the hip hop flavour of sex music be actually feminist. Some great flows from Outkast and then lines from two female rappers is a cherry on top. then to go straight from the laid back loving of I'll Call right into the frantic energy of B.O.B. is whiplash but keeps your attention. I love the tone of the synth in B.O.B., I hear that tone a lot in Tobacco/Black Moth Super Rainbow sound and I love it. Then Xplosion is such an entrancing mix of unsettling, powerful, and that flavour of can't-look-away-from-the-train-wreck attraction. Love this coming right before the killer combo of Outkast Octane Energy with Erykah's smooth vibey style in Humble Mumble. A mid-song beat switchup will always tickle my brain. This is my first time actually paying attention to the lyrics though, and I'm so glad I did, they're beautifully heartbreaking in their bullseye politic. Gangsta Sh*t is less interesting to me overall though I love the echo-y guitar licks accompanying the flows. Toilet Trisha is devastating. Stankonia is just plain weird and is one of the album's misses in my opinion, though the gospel backing vocs kind of make up for it. The slowed-down ending is hilarious and almost redeems the rest of the song, makes me wonder if the whole thing was meant to be silly. Overall an excellent album that I'm very happy I heard before I died. I'm a longtime lover of Andre 3000 and this pairing is stellar, and the collabs they do over the course of the album are bespoke buttery smooth.

Not my favorite but can see plenty of stuff on here that makes it essential for people.

A tour de force of hip hop. One of the greatest of all time, timeless.

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I think the album is greater than the sum of it's parts due to the vibe.

Don’t think I ever appreciated how insanely iconic the production/beats on this album is. “Let bygones be bygones, you can go ahead and get the hell on” - poetry Spaghetti Junction 😩 Need to look into Gangsta Boo

Good fun

I heard this album for the first time today... This album single-handedly made me want to get into more hip-hop music. Compared to the other hip-hop albums I've heard, this album is probably one of the most influential. It most literally fused funk, hip-hop, rock, and psychedelia music-- all packaged neatly into one album. Very influential and ahead of its time. This album pulled me in headfirst. Revolutionary.

It's OutKast. They're weird. But in a good way. You'll get filthy songs, and then you'll get earworms Ms. Jackson that you can't help but bop too. Overall, not my kind of sound, but I've always dug Ms Jackson. And I'm not even nasty! I'll add that to the playlist. Overall, about a 2 star album

Slightly carried by the bangers.

4/5. Solid and clever. Humble mumble a surprise favorite

Pretty great, kinda long. I’m more of an Aquemini fan.

Definitely not nearly as consistent as Aquemini or ATLiens, but the highs on this album are highs that other artists could only dream of. Could probably be 20-25 minutes shorter but it's still quality despite that. Bombs over Bangdad! Ms Jackson! Red Velvet! So Fresh So Clean! Red Velvet! Humble Mumble! It's great! It's a 3.5 but I'm feeling generous and rounding up.

Pretty good.

Really funky album, has good instrumentals. A bit joking of vocals and skits. But the last half of the album is great. The first half is good.

Hell yeah! I was just reading about this album (and Outkast) yesterday, in two separate places for two separate reasons, one of which was the announcement they will be inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame this year.

Incredible album from start to finish. An all-time classic. 10/10.

I can see why this album was on the list. There was a lot to like about this. I did t like the rap songs so much but there was rock, soul and r&b that were all good.

This album's a classic. Not every single song is for me, but these guys breathe so much musicality that I have to at least give it 4 stars.

Key and Peele make more sense now. Weird mix of weird and explicit, some quite effective

Bonafide classic and still the best rap album of this century, Outkast at the absolute peak of their powers, putting a little stank on ya.

Sounds like all other outkast tracks...nothing sticks in my head

when this album dropped, i saw the video for Bombs Over Baghdad and it was the coolest thing i’d ever seen

It’s good.

And epic addition to the hip hop category, bringing an instrumental flavour relatively unheard from the south. I like it a lot

Accordingly to one of the track titles - all is just a gangsta sh*t

Super album.

Best hip hop duo

Fucking amazing. It is a classic but i am glad i listened to everything ... i learned some new good ones

Really enjoyed this one, has some hits and a few that I found interesting. Think overall I would rate the actual music a 4 but I don’t think I’ve heard an album similar to this in terms of flow and structure; I loved the interlude’s and felt they improved the 75mins as it breaks the album up better. So 5 stars it is.

This album is super-ambitious and feels really experimental compared to what was happening at the time. The hits still hold up, but overall there could have been more self-editing. It feels a bit long at 1:13 and not all the songs are great. Best song: Ms. Jackson

Good Hip hop, the radio track ms jackson is a classic but the rest of the album stands on its own

The other one on here is much better. Still good tho

Okay a bit long of an album - hiphop

the 1001 albums generator giveth, and the 1001 albums generator taketh away. getting both outkast albums in the span of a month felt pretty generous.

This is #day253 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… it's been a while since I last messed up the numbers. Yesterday was supposed to be #day252, but I labeled it #253 instead. With how hectic the past couple of weeks have been, it's understandable. Anyway, it's kind of funny to land on Stankonia today, because I had "Ms. Jackson" on the playlist for my birthday party on Sunday. It was a party with a good cause, though, as I raised money for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The playlist was packed with pop/rap/dance tunes from the '00s, the kind of stuff you'd hear on the radio or catch on TV. Outkast… I learned about this duo from a local teenzine around 2003–2004. I can still picture the Speakerboxxx/The Love Below cover and remember seeing Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik listed in their discography. "Hey Ya" was massive back then. And I remember "Ms. Jackson" on the radio, too. So I've always had a bit of a soft spot for this duo. And it's no surprise, because what you've got here is something way beyond hip-hop. Outkast runs the gamut of styles, remaining on the edge of progressiveness. Name another band mixing rap, rave music, psychedelia, gospel, rock, and all that jazz in such an entertaining way. That's what I'm saying. I'm giving this a 4 out of 5. Looking forward to #day254.

Always an experience listening to Outkast, Andre 3000 has the most more-ish voices around and BigBoi's flows are G O L D E N. Fave Tracks - Gasoline Dreams - So Fresh, So Clean

Wanted to give this a 5 for originality, variety and ambition. The longer it went on, the harder that was to justify.

It took some time at first to get into it as I'm not a Southern Hip-Hop connoisseur at all, but it was a great experience for sure. There are definitely some hits that I'll listen more often now!

The whole album sounded very different to me than the famous hit "Hey, ya". I was very impressed, because I realized that I did knew Outkast good enough. Very good rap. One of the best for sure.

That is some Gangsta Shit! Not my thing, but it’s got a couple undeniable bangers and, to my knowledge, I didn’t hear Kendrick Lamar make an appearance, so that’s a +1. What a douchebag he is. 3.0.

Decent instrumentals and some cool sounds, think I needed to pay more attention to the lyrics to appreciate it properly but it didn't grab me enough for that

peak music

This album holds up way better than i expected and made me want to deep dive OutKast.

I made it about halfway through the album some good songs on there. I really love sorry Miss Jackson overall not my favorite kind of got bored of it after a while. Partially it was a half hearted listen but it just didn’t captivate me for some reason. Production was great.

Album is fire and still awesome

This album has a ton of bangers but they are heavily front-loaded. I wonder what might have ended up getting cut if this came out in the vinyl era rather than the CD era. So many releases during the CD era are bloated with b-tier work. This album very much feels that way to me. There is no denying that Outkast's best work stands up to anyone's, but I feel like they could have lopped at least 30 minutes from this and not lost anything significant. The first 30 minutes is dense with catchy, funky, fresh bangers and that half earns the four stars. The second half doesn't do much for me.

It's fricking awesome

0.75 0.75 0.75 0.5 0.5

There are some really great tracks on here, but at 73 minutes, there is also a lot of filler.

Well. This album has songs titled "I'll Call B4 I Cum" and "We Luv Deez Hoez" and the lyric "Lick my blunts and spit, like she do my dick, attempted murder dick, for ways I choke chicks, spit it in her eye make it hard to focus." just to select a few standouts.

Really Good. Lots of classics I had heard but mostly unfamiliar to me. I can see how this is such an influential album. So many incredible beats and the flow is just iconic. It was awkward listening to some of it though while driving as it sounds… intimate.