Stankonia
by OutKast
- Type: Album
- Released: October 31, 2000
- Label: LaFace, Arista
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:13:07
- Community rating: 4.48/5 from 24 ratings
Artists on this release: André 3000, Big Boi
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Stankonia', OutKast fused funk, rave, psychedelia, and rock into their Dirty South framework, creating a high-tempo, experimental soundscape built in their newly acquired recording studio. The album's expansive sonic palette is matched by André 3000's influential shift toward melodic, sung vocals alongside Big Boi's sharp rapping, with the pair tackling lyrical themes of parenthood, politics, and introspection.
Genres
Descriptors: rap, funky, experimental, club, classic
Tracklist
- Intro (01:09)
- Gasoline Dreams (with Khujo Goodie) (03:34)
- I'm Cool (Interlude) (00:42)
- So Fresh, So Clean (04:00)
- Ms. Jackson (04:30)
- Snappin' & Trappin' (feat. Killer Mike & J-Sweet) (04:19)
- D.F. (Interlude) (00:27)
- Spaghetti Junction (03:57)
- Kim & Cookie (Interlude) (01:12)
- I'll Call B4 I Cum (feat. Gangsta Boo & Eco) (04:18)
- B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad (05:04)
- Xplosion (feat. B-Real) (04:08)
- Good Hair (Interlude) (00:14)
- We Luv Deez Hoez (feat. Backbone & Big Gipp) (04:10)
- Humble Mumble (feat. Erykah Badu) (04:50)
- Drinkin' Again (Interlude) (00:24)
- ? (01:28)
- Red Velvet (03:52)
- Cruisin' In The ATL (Interlude) (00:19)
- Gangsta Shit (feat. Slimm Calhoun, C-Bone & T-Mo) (04:41)
- Toilet Tisha (04:24)
- Slum Beautiful (feat. Cee-Lo) (04:07)
- Pre-Nump (Interlude) (00:27)
- Stankonia (Stanklove) (feat. Big Rube & Sleepy Brown) (06:51)
Credits
- André 3000 - vocals, rap vocals, synthesizers, guitar, synthesized guitar, keyboards, production
- Big Boi - vocals, rap vocals, production
- Sleepy Brown - vocals, fender rhodes piano, moog bass, piano, synthesised bass
- Khujo Goodie - vocals
- Killer Mike - vocals
- J-Sweet - vocals
- Gangsta Boo - vocals
- Eco - vocals
- B-Real - vocals
- Backbone - vocals
- Big Gipp - vocals
- Erykah Badu - vocals
- Slimm Calhoun - vocals
- C-Bone - vocals
- T-Mo Goodie - vocals
- Cee-Lo Goodie - vocals
- Big Rube - vocals
- Rosalin Heard - vocals, backing vocals
- Donny Mathis - guitar
- David "Whild" Brown - guitar
- Jason Freeman - horns
- Jerry Freeman - horns
- Marvin "Chanz" Parkman - piano, keyboards
- Preston Crump - bass, synthesized bass, bass guitar
- Aaron Mills - bass, bass guitar
- Robert Grister - bass, bass guitar
- Dookie Blossumgame - bass, bass guitar
- Victor Alexander - drums
- Cutmaster Swiff - cuts
- Myrna "Screechy Peach" Crenshaw - background vocals
- E.X. Vortex - bass [stankonia interludes], drums [stankonia interludes], guitar [stankonia interludes]
- Paul Douglas-Feddon - backing vocals
- Earthtone III - arranged by, keyboards, producers, programming
- Organized Noize - keyboards, producers, programming
- Mr. DJ - production
- Dave Kutch - mastered by
- John Frye - mixed by, engineers
- Leslie Brathwaite - mixed by
- Carl Mo - producers
- Neal H. Pogue - engineers
- Kevin Parker - engineers
- Celeste Moses - a&r [a & r coordination]
- Kawan "KP" Prather - a&r [direction]
- Regina Davenport - a&r [direction]
- Mike Rush - art direction, design