Its on exclusive black and white galaxy vinyl. So now that it’s the 15th anniversary of the funky engine that could, I recommend taking an hour and thirteen minutes to hop back onboard the Stankonia Express for some funky beats, insane flows, and-oh yeah-some top shelf lyrics. The 20th Anniversary edition of OutKasts landmark 2000 album, it is the Essentials Record of the Month for October 2020.
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And few do it better than Andre 3000 and Big Boi. Stankonia is an album about many things and full of epigrams so ahead of the curve that one of its many double entendresI got a stick and want your automaticis now a bona fide triple. To impart wisdom, with the goal of helping to change how the world is viewed, is one of the main reasons I love hip-hop. Free shipping for many products,Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Bebop and Rocksteady as Outkasts Stankonia album Cover Manga.
At the end of a verse where he flat-out dismantles critics who pigeonhole hip-hop as only guns and alcohol, Andre shows that it can often be a better way to spread ideas and to inspire change and action. Just one more instance in Andre 3000’s long history of brilliant insights. “The game changes every day, so obsolete is the fists and marches / Speeches only reaches those who already know about it / This is how we go about it.” And of course 3 Stacks’ breakneck, staccato flow makes it easy to see how he and Sir Lucious Left Foot were able to make it rain and why Stankonia indeed made it a year not to forget. Nestled within the infectious, head-banging beat of “B.O.B.” are some dope metaphors like this one, where Andre details Outkast’s expectation-defying success as they continued to make path-breaking music without a safety net to fall back on. Stankonia is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo OutKast.It was released on October 31, 2000, by LaFace Records.The album was recorded in the duo's recently purchased Atlanta recording facility Stankonia Studios, which allowed for fewer time and recording constraints, and featured production work from Earthtone III (a production team consisting of Outkast and Mr. “So now we sittin’ in a drop-top, soakin’ wet / In a silk suit, tryin’ not to sweat / Hit somersaults without the net / But this’ll be the year that we won’t forget.”