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. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. GregB
    Jun 25, 2007
    10
    It's not as good as Aquemini, but at that time, this was the best album of the year.
  9. justinm.
    Mar 7, 2008
    10
    So fresh and so clean clean.
  10. hiphop
    Aug 25, 2009
    10
    Outkast , still very original and funky.
  11. 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!
  12. 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
  13. loveformusic
    Jul 15, 2003
    10
    hot stuff
  14. DanC
    Feb 1, 2004
    10
    One of the greatest hip hop albums ever!
  15. 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...
  16. JordanB
    Jan 10, 2006
    10
    pure genious
  17. KyleighH
    Feb 11, 2006
    10
    I gave this cd to my older brother for Christmas and he liked it. Outkast is a really good hip-hoprapr&b group. I like the album "Stankonia" and the "SpeakerboxxLove Below" album. I give this a ten for terrific.
  18. williamd
    Mar 16, 2006
    10
    One of the best rest albums because of its juxtaposition. Removing all the tracks and just listening to the spoken interludes would leave the listener perplexed as how these differnt fragments could be connected. The fact is that this contrast IS outkast in all there funk/pop/rap glory. Sex, booze, partying, baby's mamas, politics and above all a flair for both the dramatic and the One of the best rest albums because of its juxtaposition. Removing all the tracks and just listening to the spoken interludes would leave the listener perplexed as how these differnt fragments could be connected. The fact is that this contrast IS outkast in all there funk/pop/rap glory. Sex, booze, partying, baby's mamas, politics and above all a flair for both the dramatic and the comedic tied together by one of hte most adventurous sounds of since the beatles, a revisioning of Funk and Rap into the 21st century that can be nothing less than landmark… Expand
  19. SushiK
    Sep 2, 2006
    10
    I just heard this for the first time this year (2006) and I feal really really cheated in that I could have been listening to this for 6 years now. Co-sign all statements above... it is A LOT better than I ever could have expected. Wow, still reeling in shock. There really hasn't been anything this good since in hip hop, including all the underground and "conscious" rappers. My goal I just heard this for the first time this year (2006) and I feal really really cheated in that I could have been listening to this for 6 years now. Co-sign all statements above... it is A LOT better than I ever could have expected. Wow, still reeling in shock. There really hasn't been anything this good since in hip hop, including all the underground and "conscious" rappers. My goal for the rest of the year is to pick up every Outkast album there is...… Expand
  20. jd
    Mar 24, 2007
    10
    this album is stunning beginning to end. this is the best rap album ever made. even 7 years on it feels revolutionary. the beats are the stuff the neptunes and timbaland with they could do. it's down and dirty . it's bizzare and cool. no 2 tracks sound the same. album of the decade.
  21. justinm.
    Jan 18, 2010
    10
    So fresh and so clean clean.
  22. MarisaL.
    Sep 21, 2001
    10
    Outkast makes the sort of albums that not 3 or 4 songs are hot on it, but all of them are. Stankonia is no exception.
  23. 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.
  24. LindsayT.
    Sep 28, 2002
    10
    IT IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  25. BrandonS
    Sep 16, 2003
    10
    Best Rap album ever!
  26. icecold
    Nov 2, 2004
    10
    Classic. This album was totally different from Aquemini(classic). No superproducers and its all an outkast vibe. No one can do it better thw Andre and Big Boi.
  27. nicolethegreatsmith
    May 27, 2004
    10
    Awesome!!~!!~!
  28. MichaelC
    Dec 19, 2005
    10
    Easily one of the best albums in the past 5 years, but Stankonia just has a "Monumental" feel to it. Definatly one of the best rap albums ever, when i heard it it was like listening to Public Enemy's "It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back"...It's that good
  29. JasparC
    Oct 23, 2005
    10
    This album is incredible. Every single track is not only catchy and brilliant, but has a message. The album as a whole is put together so well. Listening to only one track on its own doesn't do the album justice. The lyrics are smart, deep, and funny, and I'd recommend this to anyone.
  30. RoyDI
    Aug 27, 2006
    10
    Hardest, Funkiest album of OutKast's career. Give's hope for the grownth of Hip Hop.
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#1 Best Album of 2000
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#3 Most Discussed 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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