Stankonia [PA] [ECD] by OutKast (CD, Oct-2000, LaFace)

Album Features
UPC:	730082607223
Artist:	Outkast
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2000
Record Label:	LaFace
Genre:	R&B, Southern Rap

Track Listing
1. Intro
2. Gasoline Dreams - (featuring Khujo Goodie)
3. I'm Cool (Interlude) - (interlude)
4. So Fresh, So Clean
5. Ms. Jackson
6. Snappin' & Trappin' - (featuring Killer Mike/J Sweet)
7. D.F. (Interlude) - (interlude)
8. Spaghetti Junction
9. Kim & Cookie (Interlude) - (interlude)
10. I'll Call Before I Come - (featuring Gangsta Boo/Eco)
11. B.O.B.
12. Xplosion - (featuring B Real)
13. Good Hair (Interlude) - (interlude)
14. We Luv Deez Hoez - (featuring Back Bone/Big Gipp)
15. Humble Mumble - (featuring Erykah Badu)
16. Drinking Again (Interlude) - (interlude)
17. ?
18. Red Velvet
19. Cruisin' in the ATL (Interlude) - (interlude)
20. Gangsta Sh*t - (featuring Slimm Calhoun/C Bone/T-Mo Goodie)
21. Toilet Tisha
22. Slum Beautiful - (featuring Cee Lo)
23. Pre-Nump (Interlude) - (interlude)
24. Stankonia (Stanklove) - (featuring Big Rube/Sleepy Brown)

Details
Contributing Artists:	Goodie Mob, Erykah Badu, B-Real, Killer Mike, Cee-Lo, Ceelo, Gangsta Boo, Big Gipp, Slimm Calhoun, Khujo Goodie, Sleepy Brown, Sleepy Sleepy Brown, Big Rube, C-Bone, Back Bone, Eco, J-Sweet, Khijo Goodie, T-Mo Goodie
Distributor:	BMG (distributor)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Initial pressings of STANKONIA will include a mix of alternate cover art.Outkast: Andre 3000 (vocals, synthesized guitar); Big Boi (vocals).Additional personnel includes: Sleepy Brown (vocals, Fender Rhodes piano, Moog bass); Khujo Goodie, Killer Mike, J-Sweet, Gangsta Boo, Eco, B-Real, Backbone, Big Gipp, Erykah Badu, Slimm Calhoun, C-Bone, T-Mo Goodie, Cee-Lo Goodie, Big Rube, Rosalin Heard (vocals); Big Boi, Dre (rap vocals); Donnie Mathis, David "Whild" Brown (guitar); Jason Freeman, Jerry Freeman (horns); Marvin "Chanz" Parkman (piano, keyboards); Earthtone III, Organized Noize (keyboards, programming); Preston Crump (bass, synthesized bass); Aaron Mills, Robert Grister, Dookie Blossumgame (bass); Victor Alexander (drums); Cutmaster Swift (cuts); Myrna "Screechy Peach" Crenshaw (background vocals).Producers: Earthtone III, Organized Noize, Carl Mo.Engineers include: John Frye, Neal H. Pogue, Kevin Parker.Principally recorded at Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, Georgia.STANKONIA won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. "Ms. Jackson" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group.Initial pressings of STANKONIA will include a mix of alternate cover art.Outkast: Andre 3000 (vocals, synthesized guitar); Big Boi (vocals).Additional personnel includes: Sleepy Brown (vocals, Fender Rhodes piano, Moog bass); Khujo Goodie, Killer Mike, J-Sweet, Gangsta Boo, Eco, B-Real, Backbone, Big Gipp, Erykah Badu, Slimm Calhoun, C-Bone, T-Mo Goodie, Cee-Lo Goodie, Big Rube, Rosalin Heard (vocals); Donnie Mathis, David "Whild" Brown (guitar); Jason Freeman, Jerry Freeman (horns); Marvin "Chanz" Parkman (piano, keyboards); Earthtone III, Organized Noize (keyboards, programming); Preston Crump (bass, synthesized bass); Aaron Mills, Robert Grister, Dookie Blossumgame (bass); Victor Alexander (drums); Cutmaster Swift (cuts); Myrna "Screechy Peach" Crenshaw (background vocals).Producers: Earthtone III, Organized Noize, Carl Mo.Engineers include: John Frye, Neal H. Pogue, Kevin Parker.Principally recorded at Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, Georgia.STANKONIA won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. "Ms. Jackson" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group.Personnel: Dré , Big Boi (vocals).Audio Mixer: Josh Butler.Recording information: Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA; The Dungeon, Atlanta, GA.The Atlanta-based critically acclaimed duo of Big Boi and Dre returns with yet another innovative contribution to hip-hop. STANKONIA, an album borrowing its title from the group-owned recording studio, continues Outkast's tradition of delivering groundbreaking music.The two MCs cover topics that only they would rap about, over self-produced tracks that only they could make. Songs like "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)" are in contrast to the current hip-hop scene, with its bass music background, while "Ms. Jackson," a dedication to a baby's momma's momma, sports a soulful melody in the tradition of Outkast's previous efforts. Either way, Outkast still proves to be in its own elite class.

Editorial Reviews
4.5 stars out of 5 - ...
Melody Maker (20001205)

4.5 stars out of 5 - ...This is witty, tight, political, thoughtful, inspired and, above all, tuneful hip-hop....F***ing superb.
Melody Maker (20001205)

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...
The Source (20001201)

...One listen, and you'll be a lifelong resident of STANKONIA...
CMJ (20001030)

Included in CMJ's Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2000.
CMJ (20010108)

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...
Muzik (20001201)

...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...
The Wire (20001201)

Included in Wire's 50 Records Of The Year.
The Wire (20010101)

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...
Alternative Press (20001201)

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.
Q (20010101)

Included in Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Albums Ever
Q (20030101)

...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
Entertainment Weekly (20001103)

Ranked #6 in Spin's Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000] - ...It's highbrow bounce with fluorescent jimmy hats. Par-tay!
Spin (20010101)

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...
Rolling Stone (20010104)