Stankonia
by OutKast

From ShaneSpear TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/12/2011 19:07 | #23047 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This album gets unfairly labeled as a two/three hit wonder. First off, two of those three songs individually are greater than some artists entire discographies. Secondly, there are some majorly overlooked tracks on this album. B Real is on fire on Xplosion. Gasoline Dreams is one of Outkast's hardest tracks they've ever produced. Humble Mumble could have been a hit single on Sir Lucious Left Foot. Sure, there is a little filler, and the comedy skits aren't the funniest, but since when are skits on rap albums ever funny? It's not just one of Outkast's best, but one of the best hip hop albums in history.

From AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/19/2017 07:43 | #203538 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I concur with a few of the comments below here that while great, Stankonia is too long. It gets a little draggy by the end, but at least there are some progressive, genre-bending songs towards the end and scattered throughout. Regardless of the listener fatigue that may incur, each track at least has something unique to offer.

So much P-Funk influence here, but they use it in their own, groundbreaking way. This was a fun album, one with peaks and valleys, but one of the most unique listening experiences I've had in a long time.

A staple hip-hop album. The unique yet still strong flows both Andre and Big Boi bring to the table compliment each other like no other. B.O.B. is one of the best hip-hop songs ever made. Flavored by the southern ATL, Outkast made hip-hop their own, THEY NEED TO COME BACK!

From travelful 02/03/2018 13:48 | #207065 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Their first three were all pretty consistent albums I rated 8,8, and 8.5 respectively. However, this one its like they forgot to cut out the weaker tracks. An album with such great tracks in the first half has no reason to lag so much towards the end. Would have challenged Aquemini as their best but they made the album about twice as long as it needed to be by adding all the filler tracks in the album. Still, this album features much of their best songs and some of the catchiest tunes hip-hop has to offer.

From paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/12/2011 14:11 | #32737 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Quirky. Offbeat. Unusual. Tough. This isn't your typical hip-hop. This is where Prince meets crunk. The Prince takes weight on "so fresh, so clean" where the delivery is so smoooooove and Prince's naughty side shows on "I'll call before i come". And the funk on "ms. jackson" is NASTY with those slick synths and regurgitating loops. Almost sounds like a Nate Dogg groove on "spaghetti junction" at the chorus. But "bombs over baghdad" is THA MASTERPIECE. Whippin' rhymes at breakneck pace with a shuffling backing beat, then those chick vocals at the chorus...Best outkast tune ever. This shoulda blowed up radio. i love the extended denouement with about 1:30 left. #11 of 24 tracks, it might've been better to set this one further down as the rest of stank can't match the energy as songs like "we love deez hoez" and "gangsta sh|t" are fun but can't compare. Only negative: the skits are mostly unnecessary. Otherwise, outkast in the 2000s is like Prince in the 80s -- a visionary artist working outside of pop's mold but yet somehow still popular.