Stankonia
by Outkast
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 478 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 435 out of 478
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 478
  3. Negative: 29 out of 478

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  1. 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 '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
  2. JansenH.
    Sep 12, 2002
    10
    This album is off tha chain cause they r my favorite group
  3. JarecoW
    Jun 8, 2004
    10
    Undisputable classic!
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. JeffD.
    May 9, 2002
    8
    It's great, but not *that* great. It's no Aquemini.
  7. NateM
    Nov 2, 2003
    9
    An Instant Hip-Hop Classic! You cannot be a true hip-hop afficianado withouth this album in your collection.
  8. 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."
  9. logunblowme
    Dec 27, 2004
    9
    Not as good as southernplayalisticcaddilacmuzic or aquimeni but damn close. Good shit.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. BenedictXVI
    Sep 11, 2005
    0
    This album should have been aborted.
  15. justind
    May 21, 2006
    9
    as much as i love this album... i wish the critics had started listening to outkast a long time ago. ATLiens is better than Stankonia and Aquemini might be the best rap/hip-hop album ever... Stankonia is probably a bit more accessible though. but then again, outkast is batting 5 for 5 right now, i dont think one of their releases would score under 90/100
  16. ChrisR.
    Oct 6, 2007
    9
    I dig Andre 3000. His sidekick is just dead wait though if you ask me.
  17. GregB
    Jun 25, 2007
    10
    It's not as good as Aquemini, but at that time, this was the best album of the year.
  18. justinm.
    Mar 7, 2008
    10
    So fresh and so clean clean.
  19. AlexR.
    Aug 13, 2009
    0
    Horrible. Boring.
  20. hiphop
    Aug 25, 2009
    10
    Outkast , still very original and funky.
  21. RachelS.
    Oct 14, 2001
    9
    It was amazing, but it was no ATLiens... can't nothin be that good... I love Gasoline Dreams
  22. CyrusG.
    Oct 20, 2001
    9
    Just great upbeat hip-hop.
  23. spamspam
    Jan 7, 2002
    9
    Excellent album but you gotta start from the beginning with these guys. Nothing tops thier ATliens album.
  24. JonathanUnPronounceable
    May 8, 2002
    10
    Awesome Sh*t, Never was too much of a hiphop guru until i discovered this album. Andre3000 And Big Boi Shine brighter than ever. Listen up spot...get silly toe'd up while you audoize this shizzit, you'll see what i ravin about!
  25. PablosNerudas
    May 13, 2003
    5
    If you like this kind of music, I'm sure it's all very good. I personally thought it was pants - pretty derivative and ultimately without much soul. I'll give it a 5 because what do I know anyhow?
  26. natee
    Jul 15, 2003
    10
    this album is for those few who understand true music and not no b.s. that make yo a$$ and head move, it's for the mind and the up bringing of the sprit
  27. loveformusic
    Jul 15, 2003
    10
    hot stuff
  28. DanC
    Feb 1, 2004
    10
    One of the greatest hip hop albums ever!
  29. 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.
  30. JustinR
    Dec 30, 2005
    10
    OutKast is quite possibly the greatest hip-hop/ rap/ r&b/ rock group of all time. But that might just be because they're the only ones...
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#1 Best Album of 2000
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#4 Most Shared Album of 2000

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Metascore
95

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    100
    Stankonia reeks of artful ambition rendered with impeccable skill -- or as one song title so concisely has it, ''So Fresh, So Clean.''
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  2. Alternative Press
    100
    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. Ink Blot Magazine
    80
    Scattered among the jewels are shiny bits of glass that aren't as valuable as they might be.
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