Outkast "Stankonia" CD
 
Features
24 Songs
Produced by Arista Records
CD
2000
Hip Hop
Brand New
 
Tracklist
1. Intro   
2. Gasoline Dreams 
3. I'm Cool (Interlude)  
4. So Fresh, So Clean
5. Ms. Jackson 
6. Snappin' & Trappin'  
7. D.F. (Interlude)    
8. Spaghetti Junction    
9. Kim & Cookie (Interlude) 
10. I'll Call Before I C*m 
11. B.O.B. 
12. Xplosion  
13. Good Hair (Interlude)   
14. We Luv Deez Hoez  
15. Humble Mumble   
16. Drinking Again (Interlude) 
17. ?  
18. Red Velvet  
19. Cruisin' in the ATL (Interlude)  
20. Gangsta Sh*t    
21. Toilet Tisha    
22. Slum Beautiful
23. Pre-Nump (Interlude)   
24. Stankonia [Stanklove]    
 
You'd be hard-pressed to find a music fan who was around for Outkast's 2000 opus Stankonia and doesn't remember that album's impact. The Aquemini follow-up catapulted the Atlanta duo from their status as the foremost spokespeople for Southern hip-hop to bona fide pop-culture celebrities whose reach and influence-though still very much rooted in rap-extended far beyond a single genre. Stankonia's singles were monsters, to be sure, but once you get past the apocalyptic frenzy of "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)," the off-kilter balladering of "Ms. Jackson," and the snap-along funk of "So Fresh, So Clean," what do casual fans actually remember about Stankonia?
Can they call out the alien synth warbles and fiery Killer Mike verse of "Snappin' & Trappin'"? Do they remember the cacophonous beat switch for André 3000's verse on
"Humble Mumble"? Do they scrunch up their faces when they think of the hard-as-nails posse cut "Gangsta Sh*t"? Would their hearts sink if you were to bring up "Toilet Tisha"?
Stankonia's sonics are built on fuzzy rock guitar and unendingly funky basslines directly descendent from Parliment-Funkadelic's trippiest material, and it sounds as otherworldly decades later as it did when it was up against other chart-shaking, much more straight-ahead projects of 2000.- Apple