Outkast Stankonia (2-LPs)

Ranked #4 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 Albums of 2000" - "...[Their] masterwork is practically a hip-hop AMERICAN BEAUTY....easily the most erotically unzipped hip-hop ever recorded..."
Ranked #4 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 Albums of 2000" - "...[Their] masterwork is practically a hip-hop AMERICAN BEAUTY....easily the most erotically unzipped hip-hop ever recorded..."
Ranked #6 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000]" - "...It's highbrow bounce with fluorescent jimmy hats. Par-tay!"
Ranked #6 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000]" - "...It's highbrow bounce with fluorescent jimmy hats. Par-tay!"
"...Reeks of artful ambition rendered with impeccable skill....transcending the Southern funk-rock-hip-hop synthesis....Take a deep breath and jump into this music..." - Rating: A
"...Reeks of artful ambition rendered with impeccable skill....transcending the Southern funk-rock-hip-hop synthesis....Take a deep breath and jump into this music..." - Rating: A
Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever"
4 out of 5 stars - "...Eccentric rather than egocentric, bohemian not boastful, STANKONIA parades some of the most ambitious music - hip hop or otherwise - currently on offer."
Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever"
4 out of 5 stars - "...Eccentric rather than egocentric, bohemian not boastful, STANKONIA parades some of the most ambitious music - hip hop or otherwise - currently on offer."
5 out of 5 - "...Bold and confrontational....coalescing the political and societal challenges of hip hop's past into what is one of the genre's most artistically unorthodox releases so far..."
5 out of 5 - "...Bold and confrontational....coalescing the political and societal challenges of hip hop's past into what is one of the genre's most artistically unorthodox releases so far..."
Included in Wire's "50 Records Of The Year".
"...There are so many shifty, elastic clauses...you can't put a finger on 'em, much less cover an ass that shakes from Funkadelic to Prince booty Bass..."
Included in Wire's "50 Records Of The Year".
"...There are so many shifty, elastic clauses...you can't put a finger on 'em, much less cover an ass that shakes from Funkadelic to Prince booty Bass..."
5 out of 5 - "...[They] rip up the rulebook. Tear it into tiny soul-pieces. Build something new....supremely warm, funky and f***ed up music....This is great black music..."
5 out of 5 - "...[They] rip up the rulebook. Tear it into tiny soul-pieces. Build something new....supremely warm, funky and f***ed up music....This is great black music..."
Included in CMJ's "Best Hip-Hop Albums" of 2000.
"...One listen, and you'll be a lifelong resident of STANKONIA..."
Included in CMJ's "Best Hip-Hop Albums" of 2000.
"...One listen, and you'll be a lifelong resident of STANKONIA..."
4 stars out of 5 - "...Bizarre and groundbreaking....They're hip-hop's Lewis and Clark....Thir Funkadelic-inspired rap universe is the antithesis of predictable..."
4 stars out of 5 - "...Bizarre and groundbreaking....They're hip-hop's Lewis and Clark....Thir Funkadelic-inspired rap universe is the antithesis of predictable..."
4.5 stars out of 5 - "...This is witty, tight, political, thoughtful, inspired and, above all, tuneful hip-hop....F***ing superb."
4.5 stars out of 5 - "...This is witty, tight, political, thoughtful, inspired and, above all, tuneful hip-hop....F***ing superb."
Ranked #42 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year".
9 out of 10 - "...Introduces a fresh Southern lilt to the gangsta s*** and imbues it with a gacked-up overabundance of reality and imagination....Think Prince's SIGN O'THE TIMES, then multiply it by a million..."
Ranked #42 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year".
9 out of 10 - "...Introduces a fresh Southern lilt to the gangsta s*** and imbues it with a gacked-up overabundance of reality and imagination....Think Prince's SIGN O'THE TIMES, then multiply it by a million..."