Reviews (page 8 of 14)
I'm sorryyyy Ms jackssooon
Not my fav tbh but cool interlude concept and maybe im just not a huge fan of rap… but Ms Jackson a banger
Outkast is one of those glimpses into a fun and creative world that just makes me wish I had a dope crew of friends. Seems like a really cool time in the Atlanta hip hop scene. So much fun, commentary, satire, etc going on in here. And of course the style and flows are next level. They're def carrying the Hieroglyphics torch.
Gasoline Dreams - 5/5 So Fresh, So Clean - 5/5 Ms. Jackson - 5/5 Snappin' & Trappin' - 5/5 Spaghetti Junction - 4/5 I'll Call B4 I Cum - 2/5 B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad - 5/5 Xplosion - 5/5 We Luv Deez Hoez - 5/5 Humble Mumble - 5/5 Red Velvet - 5/5 Gangsta Sh*t - 5/5 Toilet Tisha - 4/5 Slum Beautiful - 3/5 Stankonia (Stanklove) - 4/5 Average score: 4.5/5 (rounding up, excludes interludes) yeah i could do without all these damn interludes, hate when artists do this shit. 1-2 in an album is okay, but to use like 900 interludes as filler for their album is kinda ridiculous. just a small pet peeve of mine in albums aside from that, i enjoyed this a lot actually (and i'm not even the biggest hip-hop fan). i've yet to listen to the rest of their discography in full, but if their other albums are as good as this then i'm in for a treat
Above average
Still not a fan of this type of degrading music. Painful to listen to, especially for over an hour.
Main complaint is the length and it’s meh
I mean, I liked it more than a lot of the rap/hip-hop albums we've had on this list but that doesn't mean I loved it. It suffers from the same problems a lot of them do such as a lot of trashy songs with pointless/worthless lyrics and being entirely, annoyingly too long. Seriously, like every rap album made between 1980 and 2015 is over an hour for absolutely no reason. Just obnoxious. This album wasn't awful, Outkast can spit for sure and the lyrics in parts were interesting but overall just too long. Did like that they said "Break" after every interlude/skit, I dunno why but that made me smile.
just don't understand the appeal-lyrics that demean & degrade. and there's a whole lot of it on this long listen.
Bangers for days
Parts are great...
I’ve listened to this before, I already knew that it would be a banger. Always love listening to it again, it’s just so catchy. A little bit long, it’s still worth it
I've heard this before but its been a while. Some bangers. BOB is the best track and reminds of high school dances back in the day.
Gave me a headache honestly--Ms. Jackson and B.O.B. saved it. The album cover is kind of sick though.
2/5
Amazing just amazing Vibes - impeccable, very energetic, love the bit Fav song - So Fresh, So Clean 5/5
REAL SHIT
I can’t rate this 4.5, so it was ultimately Kim & Cookie, Bombs Over Baghdad, Gangsta Shit, and the unexpected features of Killer Mike, Gangsta Boo, and Erykah Badu that ultimately pushed this to 5 stars for me.
Didn't do anything for me other than wish it was over sooner. The closest I got to liking any of it was Slum Beautiful with Cee-Lo, but that was about it. Not my idea of a good listen at all.
Pretty solid. Some nice beats and rhythms. Of course So Fresh, So Clean and Ms. Jackson are bangers. The beat for We Luv Deez Hoez was amazing but that laughter made me never want to hear it again lol. Red Velvet hit on all the levels (lyrically, musically, vocally) and Toilet Tisha was solid lyrically. Could have done without the interludes. All in all, solid but not amazing and not sure if it would hit a whole album re-listen for me (but that could also be because it's not my favorite genre).
Not bad, not really my cup of tea but it did ok. Pretty chilled generally with some good rapping. Enjoyed but wouldn't listen again particularly
“Ms. Jackson” is great, and overall this solid but much too long. “Gangsta Shit” and “BOB” are also good; “We Love Deez Hoes” is not.
Ms Jackson is ok
Hey I knew some of these
Some songs were great. Interludes were cringe. Some dumb songs.
The album took a bit of time before starting but once it really got it on, it showed me again why genre-blurring is the best thing you can do in art, ever.
Classic but also very old and not my taste
great time
Love this album! OutKast is one of the greats. So many favourites. Childhood favourite being “Ms. Jackson”, and “So Fresh, So Clean”, and “B.O.B”. Discovered “Stankonia (Stanklove)” in my 20s and what a time that was with that track. Absolutely psychedelic and hypnotic. Probably still my favourite track to date. Been enjoying the interludes and skits, really miss when hip hop albums did that. New favourites include “We Luv Deez Hoes”, “I’ll Call B4 I Cum”, “Gangsta Sh*t”
Highlights: Ms Jackson, B.O.B.
the place from which all funky things come
few hits
I would consider myself a fan of the band. These two artists plus their friends and associates create a really interesting and deep mix of samples, original playing, rapping and singing. They are heroes in Atlanta, and rightfully so. I am torn between giving this four stars and five stars. Ultimately I gave it five stars because it's the best example of modern hip hop in the 1001 so far, and I'm over 700 in. (Public Enemy is the best example of old school hip hop so far.)
Again, I could do without the skits but god damn was this good. This will always be the soundtrack for my college years.
Gillar outkast. Men nog något jag vill höra på radion. Jag gillar när jag får en av deras låtar, de är annorlunda på någotvis. Men denna annorlundheten blir helt enkelt lite störig efter 1 timme och en kvart.
Hip hop legends near their peak.
No thanks
You know, for the longest time I thought OutKast was solely known for Hey Ya. I think that’s because that was the first time I heard of them, but I never thought that they had other hits. Hell, I didn’t even know I Like The Way You Move was even them until a few years back. I am very stupid, I know. So let me lay out my thoughts for this album. This album covers the lyrical spectrum of hip hop, from rapping about social issues (Gasoline Dreams, Humble Mumble) to singing about making love (I’ll Call Before I Come, We Luv Deez Hoez) and does so in a complex way. This isn’t one-note hip-hop; there’s notes of rock, funk, and r&b that gives the tracks life. Stankonia is perhaps the most ambitious and innovation hip-hop album I’ve encountered so far and it’s fun but balanced energy can be felt. In particular, I loved the bombastic energy of B.O.B. That shit was electric. And Ms. Jackson lived up to its reputation: an emotional checkpoint within the first half of the album. However, there are a few draw backs. Inevitably, the length of Stankonia got to me and I think the second half suffers compared to the first half. I felt it became more rap centric and it kind of started to drag on me. Also, the interludes are a mixed bag. I found Pre-Nump and Drinkin’ Again to be “Sensible Chickle” territory, but the rest…eh. To be honest, as a whole, this is more of a 3.5 for me, mostly due to the second half. But I fell comfortable rounding it up to a four, since the good songs were bangers. Favorite track: B.O.B. Other hits: Ms. Jackson, Gasoline Dreams, So Fresh,So Clean, Xplosion, Toliet Tisha
Couple of classics. It’s alright.
Pretty cool album, very early 2000s feel hip hop/rap. A couple of well known tracks but maybe feel like the last half was a bit better. BREAK
Would be 4 stars if not for the skits/if it was trimmed down a bit. Still damn good. 3.5/5
This seems to me to be just another hiphop/rap album, with little to distinguish it from other such albums on this list. Also the album is far too long.
Solid hip hop album with generally cohesive lyrical themes, incredibly well produced and creative beats, and interesting/engaging flow with the occasional pleasant hook break.
This is where hip-hop starts to crumble as a genre. Genuinely awful.
Very catch and fun, but I'm not sure about substance. And I'm not sure if I want to revisit it.
The Good: They warn us where we are heading… The Bad: What if we aren’t about the Stank? The Ugly: Feeling like an outcast listening to an Outkast album… I do my very best to always push down on Rap… but for me, Outkast, and more importantly Andre3000, isn’t rap. Outkast is funk the way that Flea from RHCP explained what funk is all about: mixture of fun and fuck… Anyway, can’t give the album a 5* because it is a little on the long side for me… but, I did have a funky time, so here’s to their 4*
OutKast is awesome man
👎🏻
I like this
decent
A masterpiece from a pair of absolute geniuses. ATL at its finest, though it's probably only my favourite album by them about 25% of the time depending on my mood.
Some good songs on here, but why would I need to hear this before I die?
So incredibly good
this one will definitely be a new one for me. Ms. Jackson is so good. I like this more than I thought I would.
neato I found out after the fact that the songs I liked were the popular ones
The corporate machine enslaves yet another artist.
Great album, with 3 of my favorite OutKast songs ever. However, as a whole I dont like it as much as ATLiens or Aquemini, it has better peaks but as an album experience its weaker. The first half is borderline perfect, but the second has songs that dont connect with me.
This was different than I thought it would be. Their singles really were the best ones huh. I’m not a fan of interludes.
Bromigo
Musically amazing, the energy is fantastic, blending all kinds of influences into vibrant, bouncy tracks that are just all so fun. I wanted to give this a 5 star, but holding it back is the fact that it is just very bloated. It was 1.25 hours and if it was like 50 minutes this would be a 5.
This album is unbelievable. It’s a nearly no skip album and it has a ton of tracks. It also has a ton of interludes and they are not all super memorable, but I really loved this album. It’s crazy funky and that’s pretty consistent throughout the album. The album also has a couple underrated gems like “snappin & trappin”, “gansta sh*t”, and “red velvet”. This is a must listen album for sure.
Hjalp med at redefinere hiphop i tidlige 2000’er. Utraditionelle beats og lyde.
High 3 Good hip-hop album, mix with a lot of genre Falls a little bit after B.O.B.
veszett jó album ez, a bombs over baghdadra még emlékszem is a viva tvből hehe. :D izgalmas zeneileg is, abszolút megérdemel egy négyest
Love it! Loong album
Hey Ya might be the song of the early 2000s, but the rest of the album didn't land with me. (Of course B.O.B. and Ms Jackson are bangers tho)
Classic. Not the first time I’ve heard it by a long shot. It IS the first time I’ve listened to it in its entirety. Abstract in a way only OutKast could pull off. 5 stars as soon as I seen what album it was in the morning.
Steh ja nicht so auf HipHop aber hier schon viel Gutes dabei und die Klassiker natürlich
Brilliant on the first listen and rewards multiple listens after that. Admittedly a few lyrics on BOB and WLDH probably raise an eyebrow now, but the sheer ingenuity, range of ideas and technical capability is unparalleled. I've had a few disappointing hip hop LPs so far, but this is damn near perfect.
Better than I thought it would be. (2.2). Quite an eclectic album. Could have done without the little interludes.
This slaps but suffers for being a bit too long
so versatile, i reallv love outcast and I wish artists made albums like this today.
I settle down on the sofa with my wife and our newborn son, our little Christmas miracle. Our daughter had been asking for a baby brother for Christmas ever since she could talk, and she sits on the floor, excitedly showing her new family member her gifts from Santa. The fireplace is lit, the music is playing and life is.. very good. I catch myself smiling at my wife, and she notices and returns the grin before asking "what?". "I love you" I respond. "I love you too" she says as she snuggles in closer. And then, a noise I haven't heard in a long time - two men, or more, clapping their hands and speaking in unison "BREAK". "Did you hear that?" I ask my wife, looking around to see where the noise came from, but she is already standing up and taking off a wig, throwing down our son onto the floor. My daughter sighs and says, in an uncharacteristically deep voice, "finally" before going out for a smoke. My son is a prop doll. My whole life was a skit. I look into my hands and weep. Pretty good album.
Didn't love this comparatively to other outkast projects, the highs are very high though
Great, 9/10, felt so true to ATL and would listen again. A few songs can only be listened to in the context of the album though
sorprendida para bien. Buenas bases, a veces un poco repetitivo. Ah pero las bases. Lineas de bajo rugosas, buenas teclas. No conocía practicamente nada y me llevo una buena impresión. Habiendo dicho eso, me costó tres días terminarlo, me atrasé con todo el desafío. Un tema menos para Stankonia que está largo largo.
Certified Classic. Great album, not even my favorite Outkast album, but its so good.
Somehow got both OutKast albums in the span of 4 days but not complaining, a classic album in the hip hop genre and probably OutKast’s magnum opus
Some very high highs and some quite mid lows on this mixed hip hop album. Ultimately too long (24 songs! 75 minutes!) and not enough of it strong enough.
I love their singles but their albums never really hold my attention.
It feels a bit odd to get this album *after* their later "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" double-album, but that's life I suppose. I liked it that we got both Big Boi and André 3000 together on most songs, and I also really appreciated the more eclectic style on this album than most 90s/2000s hip-hop albums that we've gotten in this collection. That said, it's also a very different sound than on either half of "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," but nice to hear Andre 3000 moving towards his more melodic/singing style, and I also enjoyed the p-funk vibes on some tracks (especially "I'll call before I come"). A solid (but overly long) album overall, and a few highlights throughout, mainly their singles like "So fresh, so clean" (with a fun video to go along with the song), "Ms. Jackson" (with the horror-style video with head-bobbing animals) and the wild "B.O.B" (with an amazing and hypnotic technicolor video to accompany it, not to mention the creative remix by RAGM's Zach de la Rocha), also the frenetic "Humble Mumble". Although it's not my preferred music style, I can definitely see why this album was so highly ranked.
Some great songs here, esp Gasoline Dreams, So Fresh, So Clean, Bombs Over Baghdad, and even the not as great ones are pretty good. I need to listen to it again to really get my head around it but so far, I think it's a few tracks too long.
Not much of a rap guy but I liked B.O.B., and Ms. Jackson is of course one of the songs of all time
Bloated, inconsistent and middling. While the highs of Ms Jackson, Red Velvet and So Fresh, So Clean are enough to keep you engaged for 3 minutes at a time, there is a lot on here which simply doesn't. Do enjoy the wide range of features on this though. Best Tracks: - Ms Jackson - So Fresh, So Clean - Red Velvet Worst Tracks: - Gangsta Sh*t - Stankonia Rating: 5/10
Great album.
So so good! Incredible production! Everything in excess and it all works!
Great album with some memorable hits.
So much energy, so many hits!
There was a time when Southern rap ruled the radio, and Stankonia was the soundtrack. OutKast didn’t just drop hits — they changed the whole vibe of rap in the late 90s and early 2000s. This album is loud, weird, smart, and way ahead of its time. It’s peak OutKast, and it still sounds just as good now. There are a bunch of guest features throughout the album, and every one of them fits right in. No one steals the spotlight from André 3000 and Big Boi, though. They’re both locked in, trading wild flows and clever lines like it’s effortless. “Gasoline Dreams” kicks things off with a ton of energy. “Ms. Jackson” is the classic — emotional and catchy, and somehow still not overplayed. “So Fresh, So Clean” is pure cool, and “B.O.B.” is just insane. That beat is lightning fast and still gets me hyped. I used to jam out to it playing Mat Hoffman’s Pro BMX on my PlayStation, and it made both the song and the game even better. Favorite song: BOB
Not my style
What a great album. I LOVED Bombs Over Baghdad and So Fresh and so Clean back in the day. But I don't think I'd ever listened to the whole album. Also loved Humble Mumble with Erika Badu. I am very likely to re-listen to this.
You see rap frustrates me a lot. I think the music is good, the rhythms are awesome, but why do most things need to be so crude? I loved so fresh and so clean, up until all of these innuendos started coming in. To be clear im not trying to be a puritan but none of these words say anything profound other than, they like sex. I loved ms Jackson, because it had substance and was speaking about life experience, and if there was a sexual reference it was serving a greater narrative. But as good as the music is, it is this self elevating crude language that makes me from enjoying more.
Great album but a bit bloated
I did not enjoy this nearly as much as I expected to. I found the production abrasive in a bad way and a few songs had nice moments that didn't last. The singles are still standout but not much I would go back for. I may have just been in a bad mood while listening though.
This was always a fun and funny album. Good Listen!
Never listened to this one all the way through but now i can say that this is a solud album! Has some greats hits like "Ms. Jackson" and "So Fresh, So Clean". Honorable mention to "Humble Mumble" and "Stankonia (Stanklove)". 2nd half of the album was a lot stronger than the 1st half.
It's like ok. They were definitely visionaries and included a lot of fun musical elements and funky vibes but it just didn't resonate with me. I feel like some of the lyrics are too forced. Swore there was a ghost wailing during "Red Velvet".
Too much jank
Cool album, some absolute bangers on there.
Bombs Over Baghdad alone is a 50-star song, so even if the rest of the album sounded like RHCP's "Californication," this would still be an easy 5 stars.
I like my hip-hop stripped down and this is just too busy. Great moments here and there, but the production pushes me away.
An all time classic
Came close to giving this a 2, but then after giving it a second listen with headphones instead of speakers, I connected a lot more to the music. It's just a bit too long for my liking, but there are a several songs that are a vibe. And other songs that I could still appreciate for OutKast's experimental approach to the genre.
Some fantastic songs, great energy. Don't love the skits or misogyny.
An all-timer but had never listened to it front to back. I'm definitely more of a "singles and B-sides" Outkast fan but even I can recognize the greatness.
stanklove
They are for real
Loved this album. So many good tracks. Still fresh and creative in my book, but felt a little less cohesive towards the middle and end.
I love the DJing, have never cared for the MCing.
Usually I dock a star for albums over an hour, but this was great. Complex, fun, deep, nostalgic.
Found the exception to my “no skits” crusade and it’s Andre 3000’s “I stank I can, I stank I can” bit
I love parts and respect it all, but it’s too frenetic to be a regular part of my repertoire.
2.5
banger
Psychedelic funky genre changing and bending. Love it.
This is almost too fly for this white guy. Love it!
Perfect album.
Side two was absolutely more my speed than side one, and I really feel like Childish Gambino was influenced by this record. However, the couple of hits are strong ones on here, but most of the record doesn’t click with me.
Some good tunes but in general not my scene
Not really my genre. "Ms. Jackson" is good though. 3/5
Unique sounds but majority of songs are hard to bump to
This was good and had some hits, but not my favorite I've ever heard.
It was just a noise to me. I didn’t get it
An alright album but not really my style of music so not real standout songs.
Lots of different bangers here, quite a good listen
Альбом - бомба, есть несколько моих самых любимых треков
A bit long but good. Gasoline Dreams and Ms Jackson took this to a 4
the best rap album of all time. unparalleled.
I get that this is good. I get that it's unique. I liked a few tracks, like Bombs Over Baghdad. Otherwise, I still don't get it. I'm just not an Outkast fan, I guess. 3.5
One of my top 10 albums. Part nostalgia, part unique sound, and part creativity. Love ❤️
This album rules. 8/10.
BREAK! I feel like I've been giving out 5s like its nothing but I just love music and THIS right here is music. Stankonia is one of the defining hip hop albums of the 2000s, this thing has classic written all over it. It's got legendary singles such as "B.O.B.", "So Fresh, So Clean" and most of all "Ms. Jackson". These are all amazing and a lot of the B-sides are really great too. Outkast has a handful of great albums, but this is definitely my favorite. If you don't like this album I can't imagine you're that fun to be around. Favorite track: B.O.B. 4.5/5
Not a rap fan.
I appreciate the rhythms but this music doesn’t speak to me.
Rätt bra
Don't everybody like the smell of gasoline?
Hip-Hop, 25eme album => 1/5
Solid album; somewhat disjointed with the non-sequitur interludes, however the three singles are still relevant plays. Lots of guests and cooperations.
I'm here for "B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad" What a song!!! 5 out of 5! Do I need to hear the rest, or should I just call "B.O.B." a masterpiece and call it a day? I wish the rest of it had the same energy as "B.O.B."
This is not really for me but I kinda liked it. The mix is not that well but it was fun to listen to
Sorry Miss Jackson was the first song I ever illegally downloaded on Napster. Some nostalgia value. Not a genre I love though. I'm getting tired again of the non stop sausage fest. Two Outkast albums but where's Aaliyah? (She's not on the list). I know the album isn't 'best albums' so would it kill them to include important albums like, for example - Spice Girls?
Feels like the opposite of Black Crowes. Inventive, diverse, original, fun, dynamic, unpredictable. Absolute masterpiece from one of the greatest music acts there has ever been. Competing with To Pimp a Butterfly and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy to be the best hip hop album of this century.
Top marks
Not as good as their Speakerbox album but still some good tracks
Stonking Honking hits!
Dislike rap greatly. some ok. but not my style of noise
Liked a lot of it but it was a lot to consume in one sitting. And some songs sound like flight of the concord parodies.
very solid album with a mix of humour and the overtly political
Overall: 7/10 I'm so glad these two made music together for a little bit cause their voices and different styles work so well together. I do think this album is a little hit or miss on a personal level but the best songs are so good that it's still a classic. It's way too long and although it's become a staple of hip hop, I couldn't care less about the interludes/skits. B.O.B. is on this album though and that's a top 10 rap song of all time. Fav Song: B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad Least Fav Song: Snappin' & Trappin'
Starts off wit moaning, why not? Quote: funk, rave music, psychedelia, gospel, and rock within a Dirty South-oriented hip hop context. Considered one of the greatest hip-hop albums. Very creative runs.
This was all the rage when I was in High School. I knew the hits well, but had never given the whole thing a proper listen. It’s everything one could want in hip hop. Creative beats, great flow and poignant lyrics (though occasionally a bit too horny).
Not a big rap fan but this is both nostalgic and funky
Not really my jam. I can see why this album is rated highly, but it's just not for me.
Fun to bump out of something with some bass.
Enjoyed bumping around town to this album in Aunty
STTTTAAANKLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE 3.5?
Vrhunac opusa. B. O. B mi je jedna od omiljenih pjesama milenija
This album takes me back to early 2000s and I got a strong association with Lord Willin coz I was listening to that at the same time. I find it really hard to choose a best track but B.O.B and Gasoline Dreams are contenders. I’ll Call B4 I Cum is basically about you, I just didn’t know that at the time 😉
One of my fav album purchases. I bought this week after it came out from a dodgy bootlegger (it was a legit copy) and he tried to tell me to not get it... so glad to I have ignored him. 'Cooler than a polar bears toenails' is still a regular saying of mine. Forgot how many tracks are on it, and that Killer Mike is on it too. Also, I miss skits. Xplosion with B Real is great - didn't realise he had beef with XXL magazine as well and mentions Eminem...you can hear the harpsichord here which Andre 3000 has on his solo album (Dracula's wedding, another great tune) They need to make another album. It would sell so much I think...better than that flute thing. Beat change on Humble Mumble is quality. ? - is great as well if too short.
iconic
I love OutKast but the skits are annoying
I'd give this a 4.5, because, while it is an outstanding hip-hop album that also brought in so many fresh sounds and had big hits, there are parts of the album and even songs like "Ms. Jackson" where things falter just a little bit and bring the album down a bit for me. However, it's still an outstanding album that shows the strength of Outkast, while they were together.
Pretty much defined the start of the millennium. Willenium be damned.
A lot of hip hop albums suffer from the increased runtime allowed by CDs, and I often can't be arsed, or simply don't have the time, to listen to 1 hour+ albums twice in a day, which I try to do for every album I rate. This is not one of those albums. It's a real tour de force, incorporating so many different elements so masterfully. I was levitating from start to finish. POWER MUSIC, ELECTRIC REVIVAL
To be honest, I was quite disappointed listening to this album. Don't get me wrong, it was not a bad album, but, having heard the praise OutKast gets for all these years, and with the absolute banger that Ms. Jackson, from this very album, is, I expected something mind blowing. In response, I got something which feels like it drags on for longer than it should, probably due to the sheer number of songs in the album, as the runtime is pretty normal, and all in all, sounds kind of samey. Overall, kind of meh.
Oh this is heat. Even if you gave this to me a year ago I would have rated it MUCH lower. It’s got amazing grooves and the flow is just incredible. Sounds even better when you peep on public transportation Fav song: Spaghetti Junction
Some excellent stuff in this album, it flows super well and I can understand the hype on it. However, for every good song, there's a song that doesn't go anywhere which takes away from the album quality. Favourite Song - B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad
I was going to write this off completely until B.O.B. came on. Miss Jackson is a good track but not enough to carry an album, and most of the other lead-in tracks are a bit rubbish, with too many interludes. A few OK ones after that, but then it trailed off again. Skip, skip, skip Best: B.O.B., Miss Jackson Worst: Red Velvet, Gangsta Shit, Toilet Tisha
A few good 3 bar tunes, on each occasion repeated over and over 50+ times over 4 minutes and swamped by mysogenistic and racist (yes, I understand the word has apparently been rebranded but I still find it uncomfortable). Times have moved on and this outdated offensive shit should be consigned to landfill along with tunes like this https://open.spotify.com/track/61NcooPUwSPSwSyzF8UfYv?si=f141a54383c54e23 once loved by the similarly misguided.
Oldie but goldie
A very bloated album, could definitely use some trimming down to the standard 45 minutes. "B.O.B (Bombs Over Baghdad)" is a great instrumental but is a bit offensive in the lyrics and drags near the end. "Ms. Jackson" after first comes off confessional but by the end I'm couldn't help shaking my head in disbelief at the lack of self awareness this dude seems to have.
Nope, sorry. I can't stand another self-aggrandizing misogynistic album. I appreciate some of the social commentary on this, like most hip hop albums really, but it's just nauseating to listen to. Also 75 minutes is bordering on torture. 1/5
1/5
Yeah this is music that people like
Strange, funky, so fresh and so clean. Shout out to Kim and Cookie, maybe my favourite interlude in all of hip hop. Not quite sure how to put it but it's experimentation makes it feel like the hip hop equivalent to Prince's Sign O the Times
HEEEEEYYYYYYYAAAAAAAA …OH OH HEEEEYYAAAAAAA
Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I love this entire album, not just the hits, but tracks like “Humble Mumble,” “Red Velvet,” and “Gangsta Shit” that really bring it all together. The inventive beats and sharp rhymes make it a timeless, energetic masterpiece.
I think that it makes perfect sense why they would be considered so influential because they’re so diverse and different than what’s out there. Truly each song is a hit of miss, but it’s exciting to anticipate what might be next.
This is kinda nuts. I'm not sure how much I like it as a full project - still some silly/stupid skit type things / lyrics that I'm like....ok c'mon - this is stupid, we all know it's stupid, and yet reading the wiki entry is hilariously apologetic about the stupidity - like... own it at least. It's fine but a lot of it is silly. Skits are terrible. Always and everywhere. Immediate -1. But the music is so very damn cool and trying to stick this into a genre is impossible - hip-hop I guess but funk / rock / rap / frenetic trip-hop. These guys are terrific rappers even if/when the crazy paced rapping is not usually something I like, I appreciate and am honestly amazed how clear and rhythmic it is. I think I like the followup more but I want to come back to like half of these songs. Definitely time to make an Outkast playlist and keep it at that. 6/10 3 stars.
more than anything its crazy how enduringly, ig self-sufficient this record feels? most of this sounds like it could have come out yesterday, and i imagine thatll hold true for a long time. it also never feels compromised in any direction it stretches in...the big commercial hookiness feels totally natural next to the lyrical ambitions. kind of makes me think that such ideas of art construction are faulty at their core lol, just something that makes intuitive sense as a way to stop further thought. in either case, its stankonia! its loaded with elemental classics and tracks that, at the v least, dont embarrass themselves next to the elemental classics. theres an endlessly appealing Openness and even Vulnerability that unites both the silly lowbrow stuff and the big serious swings...if they dont all land the same, at least i know the ppl making it believed in all of them. and man with speakerboxx/love below being the last outkast thing i heard (courtesy of this project) i forgot how good the chemistry between the two can be...big boi's firey spewing intuition and andre's mega-calculated and densely crafted approach probably get more bounce off of eachother here than any other outkast record
Standouts: So Fresh, So Clean Ms. Jackson B.O.B - Bombs Over Baghdad
All thrilla
likes: spaghetti junction, B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) it's not a BAD album, it's creative and interesting to listen to for all the creative decisions/how the music flows, but not something i'll ever listen to again. 3/5
Having been familiar with hit singles like Ms. Jackson but never hearing the full album, I was surprised at how varied and experimental this record could get. At times, the age of the album shows through the ABAB style rhyme patterns or out of time flows that some features have, but still are enjoyable lyrically. I give it 4 out of 5 stars because there were songs that I would probably skip if I weren't giving the album a concentrated listen, but I still see the appeal of them. Stankonia is an album that has definitely earned it's critical acclaim and I encourage anyone and everyone listen to it.
Not my thing, but I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would, deserves five stars as a superbly well made album with lots of flare and creativity
musikalisch spannender mix, aber klar immer noch rap. Ms. Jackson kennt man vom radio und bleibt mir als highlight des albums in erinnerung.
Hip-hop, was schon mal gut ist. Aber nicht der Knaller.
Really enjoyable listen with some awesome classics.
Cat shit
Revolutionary and really fun album. Unfortunately it suffers from too many interludes and a few misses.
Fun, great songs,
didn’t Stank, Break! but that’s some Gangsta Sh*t. Toilet Tisha and Slum Beautiful gets this lengthy album on the 1001 List. Album runs long, but it’s listenable (2.8*s)
This album is very inconsistent and borderline chaotic. The three well-known tracks are stone cold hits but the rest of it stannnks. It's front loaded and runs on too long, the interludes are trash, and there's a few tracks (like "Snappin & Trappin" and "Humble Mumble") that are pure garbagio. How do you even mess up a song with Eryka Badu? ::Yowsky-wowsky:: It seems like they were trying to explore very creative avenues and I'm a big fan of Andre 3000 but a lot of this felt like a waste of time. I'm not all aboard the Stankonia Express. 1.95 for the low-slung funk.
This album sure puts the stank on ya. Other than the three hit singles...it stanks. I bought this album when it was released because "B.O.B", "Ms. Jackson", and "So Fresh, So Clean" are just that...the bomb and fresh. I mean check the back of your zipper! Figured there had to be other goods on it but they should be apologizing to Ms. Jackson for taking a dump. The rest of the album is trash. I think pulling in local rappers from the ATL area is great...if they were actually good! What a let down here from the duo and I can't agree with the critics on praising their exploration and pushing hip-hop out of the norms. Lucky the hits are strong enough to give this album 1.9 stanky stars.
I was exposed to quite a few songs off this album and remember OutKast's influence at the time this album dropped. Stankonia is a solid entry but is definitely front loaded. The first half has all of the hits and best songs before the back half of the album mostly peters along. That being said it's not a bad listen. Andre definitely has a vocal style that stands out and they mix it up enough to keep it mostly engaging. There's a couple of solid hits that stand the test of time and still make the rounds nowadays. For some reason I didn't realize the second half of B.O.B. is such a repetitive drag. The second half of the song must have just been skipped when people were playing back in the day. 2.71 stars
Ever since starting this project I've been waiting for a OutKast album. Bonafide legends. Stankonia is, to put it simply, an amazing experience. It's the type of album you just don't skip.
Alright I suppose. Very of the time, with a handful of decent tracks mixed with a lot of throwaway ones.
While this album has some songs that are absolute bangers, there are several songs that are middle of the road at best. The songs that bring attention to social issues I do like, but some of the others are meh.
This was a solid hip hop album. I think it had a lot of good moments. I enjoyed it. Not my style to listen to consistently, but "Ms. Jackson" is a classic. I loved "B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad." Liked Songs: "Gasoline Dreams" , "So Fresh, So Clean" , "Ms. Jackson" , "B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad" , "Humble Mumble" , "Red Velvet"
liked songs: Ms. Jackson, B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad, ? There was a wide range on this album. The songs I liked are OutKast at the top of their game. Some of the others... We Luv Deez Hoez absolutely blows. I actually liked the Interludes on this album. BREAK 2.5
Some absolute bangers on this album, but also some real meh songs. The highs are high and the lows are mid.
😀
I wish we could give albums half stars. This one is a banger, I'm going to round up.
Modern, maximalist classic
There are some nice moments in this album, especially when OutKast mix genres and sounds. But there are way too many interludes, which ends up making this album ordinary. It would have been better if there was an over-arching storyline connecting all these tracks.
lot of bangers in the album. lots of variety with funk, jazz, and even guitar solos. Favorite track: ms.jackson other picks: so fresh so clean, bob, gasoline dreams
Some high water marks achieved. Enjoyed the unorthodox flow and beats. Between a 3.5-4/5
So fresh and so clean! Pretty enjoyable and creative despite the sophomoric misogyny typical of this genre. I'd listen to it again.
This album is fire. Gasoline Dreams, So Fresh, Ms. Jackson, B.O.B all are badass! 1001 album worthy: Absolutely - 37/63
Was looking forward to this. I thought I liked this album but it's a little too all over the place for me. And maybe because the kids were around...I could not get comfortable with the lyrics. A few good songs like So Fresh, So clean, BOB and Ms Jackson but honestly, but honestly I couldn't get into the rest on the album. I surprised myself.
Pretty damn unreal, I do think this is their best… this list generally needs more Gangsta Boo
So cool and fresh
really modern feeling record - lots of fun and really spectacular showing from the most consistent group of the century... i just always felt like this was their third best album ... i just love the 90s shyt a bit too much i suppose
there are 2 certified classics on this album and I liked the rest but didn’t love it. Was impressed listening to the lyrics and how progressive and meaningful they were.
Classic. Not my personal fav album but can’t be ignored
I guess I don't like OutKast that much, 2.5
Clearly a cultural staple of southern rap, it’s got some phenomenal tracks. It’s a little long (as with a lot of rap albums from the late 90s), and some of the material doesn’t age well, but it’s a classic.
Great.
Outkast were one of the coolest hip hop groups out there and "Stankonia" was their breakthrough album. They really took their time with this one and allowed the ideas to develop and diversify. There's a very eclectic mix of styles here, including electronic music, rock and gospel, but it's firmly held together by hip hop. Outkast were also trailblazers in the Southern hip hop movement. Before this, most big names in the genre would have been localized to New York and California, the two coasts that dominated hip hop and famously opposed one another. On top of all that, Outkast stood out for having more progressive attitudues about women than many of their contemporaries. Women in these songs are mothers, daughters, and partners to be valued. They're also sometimes victims of systematic sexism and Outkast calls on us to be allies. And through all of the social messages, experimentation, and representation of their region, the music is also just fun and catchy. Although they weren't at the level of "Hey Ya!" just yet, it's easy to catch yourself singing along to songs like "Ms Jackson" and "So Fresh, So Clean".
Saved 7/24 songs to the playlist. First time really listening to OutKast outside of the more popular songs they’re known for. Really good listen.
All timer.
Classic with fun interludes. The songs also stand alone and are great
Listened to on 1/20/25. I enjoyed this album a lot with very good songs such as 'B.O.B", "Ms. Jackson", "Toilet Tisha", 'So Fresh, So Clean" and "Spaghetti Junction". Outkast's energy and lyrics are highlights of this album, the energy they carry is great. What brings this album down is the interludes which are boring, among that, the one song that I did not like was Snappin' & Trappin' which felt offbeat and clunky. Otherwise, I enjoyed this album a lot, i would rate it a 4/5.
solid album
Classic.
Wanted to like this. Was okay. Some tracks good, some meh. So a meh star rating...
A STONE COLD CLASSIC OF HIP HOP.
Long album (could do without the interludes). Some interesting instrumental and melodic ideas, but it seems a bit like "let's throw everything on here even if it doesn't work..." Gets particularly "experimental" during the second half. Highlights: "So Fresh, So Clean" (interesting production with keyboards and R & B chorus), "Ms. Jackson" (very unique (lyrically, vocally, and instrumentally) especially for the time period), "Xplosion" (is that a harpsichord?, flow and vocal pitch are like Cypress Hill (makes sense because B-Real is involved). Unique banger)
not my cup of tea
There are some real bangers on this album. Can't believe its 25 years old.
I’m sorry Miss Jackson. Too much filler in this album.
WE BOUNCING. Honestly it was a pretty good album, got me boppin in the morning
Decent album, not my vibe, but still can say it’s a decent album especially for this genre.
OutKast’s Stankonia blends funk, hip-hop, and experimental sounds, showcasing bold creativity and cultural commentary. Tracks like “Ms. Jackson” and “B.O.B.” highlight their lyrical brilliance and boundary-pushing production. However, its sprawling length and occasional inconsistency detract from its cohesion, making it feel uneven. A 3/5 reflects its ambition but uneven execution.
This album kinda bangs, it's weird, it has skits, it has crazy bleepy bloopy backing music at times, it has sound effects and guitar riffs and orchestral sounds and most notably it has wacky lyrics throughout. The start of the album caught my attention right away, I like the transition from the nonsensey Intro to Gasoline Dreams, it comes in hard. Ms Jackson is a classic, spaghetti junction, a track I hadn't heard before, was great and B.O.B is crazy and energetic. Some of the songs that followed lost me a little bit, they weren't terrible but they didn't grab my attention like the first half of the album. Humble Mumble was another banger I hadn't heard before, probably my 2nd favourite song on the album. The album finishes with Stankonia which was probably my least favourite song on the album, maybe I'm missing something but I just didn't get it. Not every song is a masterpiece, but they are all very unique tracks that give this album a lot of personality, and exceeded my expectations. Some songs are 2/5 and some are 4+/5. Would give this album a 3.5/5 if possible. Fav song: Ms Jackson
I was afraid it was gonna be another album ruined by skits like the Notorious B.I.G., but thankfully the interludes weren't that distracting here. Its very refreshing to hear OutKast just spitting bars here and actually rapping, their 2 big hits feel more like RnB. Favorite songs here are Gasoline Dreams, B.O.B. and Xplosion, where they do just that. The runtime is a bit long but a good album nonetheless.
3.5
4+
Theoretically OutKasts best album. Has some great songs, I would say it’s decent overall.
I listened a bunch to Outcasts album that came out 3 years after this one. That was wasn't as heavy hip-hop as this one is except for Ms. Jackson. This is also shown in the amount of listens each song has. Their later album was much more aimed at the general public and was played a lot on the radio and MTV. I really like the hip-hop songs on this album though, the beat and flow is really nice and takes me back to early 2000s music. All the Interlude songs takes me out of the album as a whole though. I just want to vibe out to the music and a lot of the interludes takes me out of that. Take those out and you have a bunch of songs I would listen to again and just put on in the background while going about my day.
Obviously I remember the songs here. Mrs Jackson and my classic Spanish rendition - but I've never listened to the whole album. Glad it was served up to me.
Honestly wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did. I was a bit worried about the runtime, but Stankonia managed to stay consistently good all throughout its a bit bloated 73 minutes. That being said, although I liked pretty much every track, there wasn't a single truly impressive one (apart from maybe B.O.B.). Also, unnecessary interludes are unnecessary.
This isn’t my favorite OutKast album but it is still an incredible, undeniable monster of a record. “Bombs Over Baghdad” is one of my all time favorite songs. It was also cool living through the time when this album absolutely owned popular culture. And it couldn’t have happened to two more talented performers. OutKast is as good as hip-hop gets and amongst the best of pop music generally. This album is funny, smart, catchy; basically everything you could want out of a record. This would get full marks from me if it was a single album rather than a double.
Love it. Can listen to this on repeat all day
A bit of a tiring one to listen to with 75 minutes and several interludes, but it is definitely a good album.
Energetic and creative Always liked ms Jackson, but never listened to the whole album before. B.O.B is 🔥🔥🔥
Classic album. This put Atlanta on the map. Andre 3000 is one of the greatest rap artists of all time. People sleep on Big Boi a bit too. He's not Andre, but they were a solid duo. It was so different when it came out, and it's still different than anything else out there now.
84% Best: So Fresh, So Clean; Ms. Jackson; Spaghetti Junction; B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad; Humble Mumble Must-Hear? Sure
Some fine moments
Diggar lekfullheten ljudbildsmässigt! Liksom KUL att lyssna på
"We're bouncing". Mycket omväxlande men på ett bra sätt! Många riktigt bra features på detta album! Hade faktiskt glömt hur bra det här albumet är bortom Ms. Jackson. 4/5 toasters.
Otroligt bra album. Inte mycket mer att säga än så
OutKast is never a dull moment. BOB is such an amazing song and one which I have a ton of memories on. However, all their albums can be a little uneven at times and their whimsical side sometimes grates on me. 3.5/5
A few huge hits can’t save this one for me. 2.25
Some v cool songs and lyrics, just didn’t really enjoy the production or sound of a lot of it
only two good songs, but still fun to listen too
Hip hop, kanske inte min favoritgenre, men bra groove!
4/5 Gasoline Dreams has quite an annoying quality to it, but thankfully it is immediately followed by the big singles So Fresh, So Clean and Ms. Jackson, the first of which is so smooth, well-produced and well structured. Then of course Ms. Jackson with its weird reverse sounds and amazing hook bangs. It becomes clear Big Boi and Andre are two exceptional rappers who are at the peak of their powers. Then somehow we're plunged back into shit with Snappin' & Trappin'. It's like a joke song, so goofy and awkward. Then 180, another class banger in Spaghetti Junction, followed by the funky, enjoyable I'll Call B4 I Cum. What is going on? The beginning of this album is less consistent than my sleep schedule. The incomparable Bombs Over Baghdad is next, and the urgency, the chaotic energy is so enticing. Just a brilliantly structured track. Xplosion is great, We Luv Deez Hoez is good, and Humble Mumble is fantastic, boring, and annoying at different moments in its 5 minutes. ? is mostly just annoying though for its whole minute. Red Velvet is intriguing, but doesn't really deliver, and Gangsta Sh*t is not very good. I wanted more Cruisin' In The ATL tbh. Toilet Tisha is an exceptional song, and I love the storytelling and the production in equal amounts. Absolute gem hidden in the back end. Slum Beautiful is alright, if not very memorable and then Stankonia (Stanklove) to finish is a slow, massive number which works well as a closer. In conclusion, this album has incredible highs and a few low lows. The interludes are fine, and the rapping and production are uniquely brilliant at times. I do think a scalpel is needed to remove the garbage, and create something exceptional. Gasoline Dreams 2/5 So Fresh, So Clean 5/5 Ms. Jackson 5/5 (FAV) Snappin' & Trappin' 1.5/5 (LEAST FAV) Spaghetti Junction 5/5 I'll Call B4 I Cum 4.5/5 B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad 5/5 Xplosion 4/5 We Luv Deez Hoez 3.5/5 Humble Mumble 3/5 ? 2/5 Red Velvet 4/5 Gangsta Sh*t 2.5/5 Toilet Tisha 5/5 Slum Beautiful 3/5 Stankonia (Stanklove) 4.5/5
Besides „Mrs. Jackson“ nothing really caught my attention. And I hab to skip almost all interludes. But the album is not bad. I simply don’t like rap.
A really great hip hop album. Banger after banger. Wonderful stuff. B.O.B will forever be one of my favourite bops at the gym.
So Fresh So Clean into Ms. Jackson. huge high point in hip hop. Snappin' & Trappin' is really crazy with its samples. B.O.B. kills. We Luv Deez Hoez is also really good.
Assumptions: Apology time: Let's assume each apology takes 1 second. No breaks: We'll assume continuous apologies without rest. Calculations: Convert to seconds: 1 trillion apologies * 1 second/apology = 1 trillion seconds Convert to years: 1 trillion seconds * 1 minute/60 seconds * 1 hour/60 minutes * 1 day/24 hours * 1 year/365.25 days ≈ 31,688 years Therefore, it would take approximately 31,688 years to apologize a trillion times, assuming the above conditions.
This album is awesome
It’s not for me… Ms Jackson and one or two other songs can do, but I get tired of listening pretty quickly. This was a chore to get through. And spare me from the skits. I do like their voices though
Great album!
a bit long
Pretty good album.
I had this album in 5th grade. I had no business as a white suburban Midwest kid with this album in 5th grade. It blew my mind. I loved B.O.B. I didn’t know why but I knew the album was cool. There are the undeniable hits of Ms. Jackson and So Fresh So Clean. They pulled you in then smacked me in the face with tales of Atlanta stunting. I didn’t understand any of it. After three amazing left turns two very different dudes from Atlanta continued to crush it. Stunting on every style and refusing to be boxed in. The album is hip, fun, street, intelligent, and sexy. Almost perfect, but not quite. Too damn long!!
Solid effort
one hit Wonder. rate 2
no me gusto mucho solo unas 3 canciones
Yes, I have heard this. I'm really never in the mood for it.
With the exception of Ms Jackson and B.O.B., I found this album boring and laborious to listen to. It's weird because years ago I bought the speakerboxxx album, but haven't listened to it in an age. I wonder if it's just a much better album, or whether my taste has changed so much that I would find that album as full as this one today. I believe it may show up on this project, so I'll wait and then listen to find out.
9/10
I'm just so fresh so clean
Great classical album that showed the style of OutKast to do a bit of weird and flamboyant stuff
Really good. A bit long and repetitive
how many interludes do you think it took for the recording academy to decide stankonia wasn't getting album of the year this record is almost too much of a good thing at times, but "b.o.b." is a 6-star song if i've ever heard one
goodddd
Didn’t catch all of the standouts because I was working. Good vibe overall, but I didn’t enjoy the new stuff as much as what I already knew. Standouts: So Fresh, So Clean, Ms. Jackson, and B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad.
This was an absolute chore to get through.
I was just thinking that these Sky reviews are too long. I’m usually working when I write these. With my full attention, I am yapping about every note. With this fucker being 73 god damn minutes, I can’t imagine the trend stopping now. I’ve only really listened to the first OutKast album and been subjected to the hits over the years, so I’m interested to see if this one hits the ears like most 2000s era rap. Cyber sex noises to start, hooray. Oh HELL YEAH. Driving, modern, angry. Beautiful. The beat is so odd and surrounded by a bunch of interesting sounds that add depth to an already excellent track. Perfect start. Well, the feature is mid, but the song itself brings exactly what you’d want from an opener. I can’t talk about every interlude. If you, a die hard, uhh “my reviews” reader wish to follow along (I know how popular that is), assume I skip them. Or use your critical thinking, whatever. This song was in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 I think. Played the shit out of that on my Grandpa’s PC. Gotta play video games when you can, even if you’re listening to OutKast while triple bogeying at St. Andrew’s as a confused pre teen playing as Ernie Els. Try to be more dope than that, Andre. Was this song actually in that game? Who cares. It’s not very good. The sign they is. Don’t besmirch the golf games. This song probably has a billion plays. I can’t see because I’m in the sky, but yeah it’s Ms. Jackson (you following along??? Easy. right, gang?) meh. I feel like this is why I never really gave OutKast a chance. I felt like this would be the best of a mid bunch. I always got the vibe that as OutKast went on, they thrived on being different rather than producing good music that is different. Perfect Apple commercial stuff. Anyway, this song is alright. Apologies to Ms. Jackson, Andre and of course, Big Boi; if that is your real name. I’m sorry Big Boi, I am for real. Let’s get Killer Mike in here, and see what he has to say. Instant Sgt. Slaughter reference. This is what we needed. Meh. It tails off from there. This is going to be so bloated I can tell. Tooooo long on every idea. Now. Be careful. I could be referring to the interlude here (I’m not) but THIS song starts off with a real rap beat, and I’m afraid. I want poetic pomp and circumstance Andre. Now, guess what, I don’t think you’re an intellectual. Sorry pal. If I can enjoy it, it means you’re dumb, and now I’m dumb for enjoying it. We are valueless together. Nice to hear an honest to goodness rap song. A Run-DMC reference and everything. Send back my nonexistent MENSA membership. I am simply a passenger on a boat guided by the beat. Gross song title, following a sort of funny interlude, and when I say “sort of funny,” I mean not very funny in content but in its back and forth which was decently edited. We haven’t heard much from Gangsta Boo since this feature. Maybe that’s for the best. Is this what the B.O.B of Airplanes fame is named after? Remember that guy?? Amazing what the mind can unearth. Anyway, a super frantic and odd song that feels like a protest. I’d have to dig into it further, but I like it. I feel like Andre 3000 can have such an excellent flow when given the chance. When he wants to just rap over a huge beat, it’s electric. Over used word but losers on the internet now, but it is a good way to describe how he accompanies the beat. This beat is a Transylvanian organ passage over pounding hip hop bass and percussion. Hey. Even “B-Real” is fine. Am I allowed to listen to so many bomb themed songs on this flight. I might get a cease and desist. Backbone and Big Gipp on the same track. Is it Christmas? In a response to the Dogg Pound, OutKast asserts that they indeed, love the hoes that went unloved by snoop and his titular crew. Is he saying “fake eyes” in the chorus? Backbone AND/OR Big Gipp love women with glass eyes, spread the word. Blessings up for the early onset blindness community. Man the turbulence is heavy. Hope this doesn’t read as some sort of final journal. Uhh. If I go down listening to a bad bling era hip hop Mambo song, I anticipate some BIG reparations in the afterlife. In the wise words of Andre 3000 (the most advanced Andre to date) “Fuck it, we chicken nugget.” This sucks. Pour me another drink of non-alcoholic caffeine sludge please. Whatever variety you have. Use your imagination. I think if you threw MC Ride over this song, it would be sick. For now, it’s fine. This could’ve been cut so hard. Next. Stop screaming “Break” at me. At this point I feel like I’m in some CTE dream. Or is it a RAP fanatic’s dream as the fates have assembled th household names of TMO, C-Bone AND the fabled Slimm Calhoun in one place. I am reaching my “breaking” point. This is indeed “Gangsta Shit.” Emphasis on Shit. Why must everything be toilet or stench related on this album? This sounds like something that music nerds would lose their collective mind over. My mind is firmly here, although wishing it could escape from this space toilet song with the scream cry outro. Two to go. Let’s try to economize words. I wish a producer or somebody interpreted and said “hey Mr. OutKast, maybe this is two albums” OR even better make this one album and then cut this piss poor second half. Oh Cee-Lo. Fuck you. It’s ok. He gets it. Open up your flower? Alright wrap this up. This is revolting. A 7 minute song about sex from the perspective of what appears to be several levherous weirdos who fancy themselves poets. This is an album with 12 extra songs attached to it. I don’t listen to extended versions for this endeavour and I couldn’t fathom that this was the actual album. I made sure it was right before and I SUFFERED through much of the back half. Any ideas that were good (and there were plenty) were absolutely mined dry by the time this thing crawled to the final seconds of its 73 minute run time. An interesting album with a few good songs that completely wore out its welcome and confirmed much of what I thought to be true of OutKast coming into this review. This is bloated and overbearing but somehow intriguing enough not to plunge down into the ones. Bad, but redeemable is the verdict as I can finally rest my beleaguered fingers. Stink, Stank, Stunk. 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Gasoline Dreams, Spaghetti Junction, B.O.B. Bombs Over Baghdad, Xplosion
If I were rating this 30 years ago, it would have been 5 stars, but age has a way of changing you...
This is along album and for the most part it just does not click with me. Thankfully the interludes are fairly short, but I would prefer they weren't there at all. However, So Fresh, So Clean, Ms. Jackson, and Bombs over Baghdad are just so catchy and good that I can't give it less than 3 stars.
every outkast album stands on its own when it comes to the production side. nothing feels rehashed, everything has a freshness. these guys wear their influences on their sleeves, all while putting their own spin/flavor on it. i’m especially fond of the funk influence that permeates the entire album. dre and big boi deliver another classic
Absolute classic
Love this album, I came in thinking this was a 5 and I couldn't find a reason for it not to be. I hate skits & interludes, but these were all quick & painless. I've usually skipped Toliet Tisha, but it's really not a bad song. Stankonia is one of the best hip hop albums of all time, but might not even be the best Outkast album.
I really enjoyed this. I’m only rating the songs and not the skits/dialogue.
It’s eclectic, all over the place, loud, maybe too long and too many features but it’s so good and so important. The sound and the look is unlike anything else that was happening in hip hop at that time. I don’t know that it’s a perfect album for me because I did always have some skips listening to it so I’m giving a 4.5 and rounding up to 5.
Second one of these I own a physical copy of. Though like the Neil Young album, partial credit this time to my wife. It’s not often she makes a pick at the record store. I love the hits, but deep cut Outcast, for me, isn’t as great as other early 00’s rappers like Nelly, Ludacris, or Talib. Still a solid 4 ⭐️ for BOB, So Fresh So Clean, and Ms Jackson. Dig the song with Erykah Badu too.
3/5
So much influences for a single album and all mixed perfectly together. Production is peak as well as lyrics. Maybe too long because some song were a little weak 9/10
Ενα απτα καλυτερα ραπ αλμπουμ της εποχης λαι ισως το καλυτερο του 2000. Συνδυαζει πολλα ηδη εχει πολυ ωραιο rappin, hooks, μελωδιες και beats. Ειδικοτερα μαρεσει η ηλεκτρικη κιθαρα που ακουγεται σε πολλα κομματια και γνκ το versatility του album. Ισως βαλω 5 αν το ακουσω ξανα
Really good especially liked Bob 4/5
4.5 1x so many classics
There is an underlying Prince influence in this and the last album that take it over the top and make their sound really unique and stand out. On this album I really like the rock elements. It's not as consistent as the last album, and I don't know why they have so many interludes. A
Childish bs, I just can't with this kinda shit. Smh, gets a 2 because there's at least one decent song that doesn't want to make me stab myself in the ears
Never heard this before. Didn't really enjoy this that much. The production quality is good, but the sum is less than the parts. The only song that stuck out to me was B.O.B. That's not enought to recommend the album.
Listened to this one right after a Pharcyde album and honestly the Pharcyde sound just matches my vibe much better. I like this style of rap, but something about Outkast throws me off a bit. A perfect 5/10 album in my mind
Pretty good but not great. Love Mrs. Jackson though