Stankonia - Outkast
User Score
8.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 175 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 17 out of 175

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  1. hiphop
    Aug 25, 2009
    10
    Outkast , still very original and funky.
  2. DanA
    Jun 24, 2007
    10
    Simply put, Outkast gives us one of, if not the best Hip Hop album that's ever been created. Much of it is groundbreaking, while some tracks take cliche subject matter and make them compelling through Andre 3000 and Big Boi's insane lyrical talent.
  3. Dizzle
    Aug 26, 2004
    2
    The most overrated album of the new millenium, period. Outkast made a weird album for the sake of being weird, while completely compromising any sense of quality hip-hop. Go get their earlier stuff, and try to forget this nightmare ever happened.
  4. BenedictXVI
    Sep 11, 2005
    0
    This album should have been aborted.
  5. AlexR.
    Aug 13, 2009
    0
    Horrible. Boring.
  6. MattDog
    May 15, 2002
    2
    This crap gets a 95%? My oh my, what happened to good music?
  7. Tom
    Jun 16, 2003
    0
    awful
  8. Anthonyfuckyounigger
    Apr 26, 2004
    0
    This cd sucks major donkey dick. It is the absolute worst peice of crap I have ever listened to in my entire life. By the end of the album i was sticking knives into my eyes and pounding my head against the wall trying to get the songs out of my head. If you want to hear a good rap album, listen to Raising Hell, or The Eminem Show.
  9. Satan
    Sep 11, 2005
    0
    Pure evil. Filth.
  10. justinm.
    Jan 18, 2010
    10
    So fresh and so clean clean.
  11. MichaelK.
    Sep 24, 2001
    10
    I have been hooked on outkast from the first time I saw their Southernplayalistic video. They blend spirituality with carnality and get reality.
  12. MusicLover
    Nov 18, 2002
    0
    How can such awful music get 96, that's a mistery to me
  13. Marc
    Dec 4, 2002
    3
    96! Give me a break. Ever watched these guys live? Stankonia is at least an effective adjective to describe them
  14. PoopyHead
    May 24, 2003
    0
    This CD sucked.
  15. Nov 16, 2010
    10
    There really is no way to describe how amazing this album truly is, and the fact that someone has the nerve to say otherwise is crazy. It may sound like i am being self righteous or pretentious and I am, the cd allows that. It makes itself prevalent in every way. You don't like this, you don't like hip hop.
  16. Davidh
    Feb 9, 2009
    10
    'You're so anne frank lets hit the attack and hide out for bout 2 weeks!' quite possibly the greatest hip-hop album ever made. Highly innovative and creative, expanding it's horizons to fuze many genres of music, it is an artistic triumph. Outkast are clearly the best, most original hip-hop group! the only weak tracks are snapping & trapping and possibly slum beautiful. But this album is amazing! for all its flare and dare it is remarkable how amazing it is! unafraid to take risks, Outkast come out on top! best tracks- gasoline dreams,so fresh and so clean, miss jackson, i'll call before i come, bombs over baghdad, humble mumble! Expand
  17. LatashaS.
    Aug 29, 2001
    10
    Keep up the good work
  18. JansenH.
    Sep 12, 2002
    10
    This album is off tha chain cause they r my favorite group
  19. Bob
    Apr 4, 2003
    10
    This is one tight ass cd. even though im too lazy to actually buy it instead of burning it from my friends, it still kicks ass
  20. JarecoW
    Jun 8, 2004
    10
    Undisputable classic!
  21. SimonM
    Sep 2, 2005
    10
    Brilliant album, it's really good and Dizzle, who gave it a 2 must not have listened to it. It's brilliant and i would recommend to most hip hop fans.
  22. LauraJ.
    Jun 20, 2001
    10
    this album is so hot!!! i bought it originally for the song "So fresh, So clean" but i listened to the whole thing and i was amazed!! keep it up!
  23. JeffD.
    May 9, 2002
    8
    It's great, but not *that* great. It's no Aquemini.
  24. NateM
    Nov 2, 2003
    9
    An Instant Hip-Hop Classic! You cannot be a true hip-hop afficianado withouth this album in your collection.
  25. RaoulD
    Mar 6, 2003
    9
    The sad fact about most who hear this album _ fans and detractors _ is that they don't have a grasp of the intellectual irony dripping from Stankonia. And therefore, sadly, they can't fully appreciate it. It is much more than just "dope" or "phat."
  26. FartmasterFlex
    Jun 25, 2003
    10
    This album changed my views on rap. It showed a more intelligent and interesting side of rap. It's an all around good album.
  27. logunblowme
    Dec 27, 2004
    9
    Not as good as southernplayalisticcaddilacmuzic or aquimeni but damn close. Good shit.
  28. Member27
    Jun 24, 2004
    10
    Its a little disappointing (to me at least) to see where OutKast have been going lately, but Stankonia represents Dre and Big Boi at their absolute best. Its an album that is incredibly daring in its philosophy and execution, but ultimately more than sucessful. I cant see any reason why this album will not go down as a classic.
  29. AlexYupp!!!
    Jun 26, 2005
    9
    This is a great album besides a few bad tracks such as "we luv deez hoez" and "snappin & trappin"... but songs like "B.O.B.", "Stankonia (Stanklove)", "Slum Beautiful", "Humble Mumble", "Ms. Jackson", "So Fresh, So Clean" and "Gasoline Dreams" are good enough that these tracks barely matter.
  30. JeremyJ.
    Jun 3, 2005
    10
    This album is simply genius. If you think otherwise, you are obviously in denial. It's not weird, it's innovative. It's something new and different. Hip hop is more than pop them thangs and spin them rims. Anyone who took hip hop seriously before Eminem knows this.
Metascore

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Stankonia reeks of artful ambition rendered with impeccable skill -- or as one song title so concisely has it, ''So Fresh, So Clean.''
  2. Experienced, acclaimed groups rarely make albums as bold and confrontational as Stankonia, because they have too much to lose. OutKast don't care.... The Atlanta duo coalesced the political and societal challenges of hip hop's past into what is one of the genre's most artistically unortodox releases so far. [12/2000, p.108]
  3. Scattered among the jewels are shiny bits of glass that aren't as valuable as they might be.