Stankonia

Doogs · Post by **Doogs** » Wed May 05, 2010 11:31 am

saying outkast fell off a long time ago is obviously beating a 10-year old dead horse, but i was listening to a lot of outkast music over the last day or two, and i was wondering what the general

consensus is of this album...

to me this album is a monumental tease, with the first song being real good and the album having a few peaks, but on its own merits this album, to me, is top to bottom a piece of shit.

i remember a really long time ago on either here or hhi, certain individuals really liked this album, so now 10 years later, are there people that still love this album?

Quotashun · Post by **Quotashun** » Wed May 05, 2010 11:41 am

I think it's dope, but I don't play it too often for whatever reason. Their first is far and away my fav OutKast record and is still in regular rotation.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Wed May 05, 2010 11:59 am

Been a while since I've listened to it, but I only remember enjoying a couple songs on it. After aquemini I felt it was a huge dissapointment. I completely agree with your assessment.

Big Breeze · Post by **Big Breeze** » Wed May 05, 2010 12:15 pm

"Gasoline Dreams"
"So Fresh, So Clean"
"Snappin & Trappin" (first Killer Mike/Mike Bigga verse ever released)
"Spaghetti Junction"
"I'll Call Before I Come"
"Humble Mumble"
"Red Velvet"
"Gangsta Shit"
"Slum Beautiful"
"Stankonia (Stanklove)"

All of those songs above are dope. I vehemently disagree with this topic. This album is my third favorite after "Southernplayalisticadillacmusick" and "Aquemini".

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Wed May 05, 2010 12:24 pm

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Wed May 05, 2010 12:24 pm

Nuke wrote:Been a while since I've listened to it, but I only remember enjoying a couple songs on it. After aquemini I felt it was a huge dissapointment.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Wed May 05, 2010 12:24 pm

Blockhead wrote:
Nuke wrote:Been a while since I've listened to it, but I only remember enjoying a couple songs on it. After aquemini I felt it was a huge dissapointment.

/

DLG · Post by **DLG** » Wed May 05, 2010 12:25 pm

this album is amazing. don't really get the hate.

maybe because it's unconventional and has a lot of outside the box shit on it. But most if not all of the album is dope as fuck.

the flow on ? ......come on, shit's crazy. humble mumbles polyrhythmic feel in the chorus, the verses too, andre's verse on red velvet. all off the hook.

I rank the Outkast albums Aquemini, ATLiens, Stankonia, Southernplayalisticadillacmusick, simply for the fact that the I don't think Outkast really found their original voice on the debut, even though it's undeniably dope.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Wed May 05, 2010 12:28 pm

Word. Stankonia is the ill shit.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Wed May 05, 2010 12:30 pm

Employee wrote:
Blockhead wrote:
Nuke wrote:Been a while since I've listened to it, but I only remember enjoying a couple songs on it. After aquemini I felt it was a huge dissapointment.
/

huh?
There are like 4 really songs i like on that album. a few more i think are ok.
I didn't hate it, I just also didn't give a shit about it. Especially after Aquemini , which was my shit.

SYM · Post by **SYM** » Wed May 05, 2010 12:32 pm

i'm an asshole and still don't own southernplayalistic, but of the rest of their output...

1. aquemini
2. stankonia
3. atliens
4. speakerboxx/the love below

Mindbender Futurama · Wed May 05, 2010 12:35 pm

Stankonia is my favorite Outkast album.

and you're fucking insane to think Outkast fell off.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Wed May 05, 2010 12:37 pm

Blockhead wrote:
Employee wrote:
Blockhead wrote:
Nuke wrote:Been a while since I've listened to it, but I only remember enjoying a couple songs on it. After aquemini I felt it was a huge dissapointment.
/
huh?
There are like 4 really songs i like on that album. a few more i think are ok.
I didn't hate it, I just also didn't give a shit about it. Especially after Aquemini , which was my shit.

The scope of the album for Outkast is pretty fucking big (nh). A lot more than a collection of "passable" cuts. I'm arguing my case to a guy who likes Mystikal and you to a guy who owns a CD with a FuseOne song on it, though.

Dragondude R · Post by **Dragondude R** » Wed May 05, 2010 12:54 pm

The only Outkast album I can pretty much listen to front to back (As in all time favorite) is Southernplayalistic. ATLiens is dope, Aquemini is alright, Stankonia is meh.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Wed May 05, 2010 1:03 pm

clark bent · Post by **clark bent** » Wed May 05, 2010 1:07 pm

terrible album with a couple good songs

KhillA · Post by **KhillA** » Wed May 05, 2010 1:25 pm

stankonia is a great album

I would rank the albums in order of their release with southernplayalistic being #1, obviously

vermillion · Post by **vermillion** » Wed May 05, 2010 1:29 pm

Good album, but I think it could have been great. It was pretty inconsistant, but when I liked something I liked it a lot. The concept probably could have been executed better. It pales in comparison to their first 3 records, but it's still a good album. I can understand why someone would say they like it more so than 1 of the first 3 albums.

Dids · Post by **Dids** » Wed May 05, 2010 1:40 pm

I can understand people who don't like this album, and there's a few songs that I don't enjoy. There's also a few songs that I do enjoy- but don't have a lot of desire to listen to again (mostly near the end). However, there's enough really great songs that make this a really, really good album.

GhostDog · Post by **GhostDog** » Wed May 05, 2010 1:43 pm

ATLliens. Easily my favorite Outkast album, and one of my favorite hip-hop albums of all-time.

I wasn't a huge fan of "Stankonia", but I'll probably appreciate it more now.

Big Breeze · Post by **Big Breeze** » Wed May 05, 2010 1:53 pm

I wasn't a big fan of "Atliens". I think that album is extremely overrated. "Elevators" is one of Outkast's greatest cuts, but beyond that I have never really felt "Atliens". It came on the heels of their debut and it was way different than their first offering. Being different eventually became an Outkast staple and I started liking them more when they came back with "Aquemini"

I remember taking "Atliens" back to Wherehouse Music and exchanging it for "Ironman". Way better purchase.

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) · Wed May 05, 2010 2:00 pm

Would've never had Employee down as a Stankonia fan.

I really wish D.F Interlude was a song. Them rhyming over that beat would've been nuts.

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Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Wed May 05, 2010 2:02 pm

Employee wrote:
Blockhead wrote:
Employee wrote:
Blockhead wrote:
Nuke wrote:Been a while since I've listened to it, but I only remember enjoying a couple songs on it. After aquemini I felt it was a huge dissapointment.
/
huh?
There are like 4 really songs i like on that album. a few more i think are ok.
I didn't hate it, I just also didn't give a shit about it. Especially after Aquemini , which was my shit.
The scope of the album for Outkast is pretty fucking big (nh). A lot more than a collection of "passable" cuts. I'm arguing my case to a guy who likes Mystikal and you to a guy who owns a CD with a FuseOne song on it, though.

Outkast likes mystikal too bro.
MIND BLOWN!
and seriously, let's not make this a matter arguing who's taste is better, You own my albums. We're both gonna lose this battle.

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Wed May 05, 2010 2:11 pm

clark bent wrote:terrible album with a couple good songs

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Wed May 05, 2010 2:21 pm

I Drive A Lexus wrote:Would've never had Employee down as a Stankonia fan.

I really wish D.F Interlude was a song. Them rhyming over that beat would've been nuts.

G'yeah.

Cowy · Post by **Cowy** » Wed May 05, 2010 2:54 pm

Andre's verse on Humble Mumble >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

ObeseJesus · Post by **ObeseJesus** » Wed May 05, 2010 3:37 pm

My fav. Outkast albums and one of my favorite albums period. It's pretty perfect.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed May 05, 2010 4:26 pm

The good songs on this album are really great.

The not so good songs are still pretty good.

They took a lot of huge risks on this album, so it simply won't appeal to everyone.

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:20 pm

ATLiens
Southernplayalisticcascarabiasmusic
Aquemeni
Stankonia

Didn't listen to the newer ones.

supnick · Post by **supnick** » Wed May 05, 2010 11:48 pm

GhostDog wrote:ATLliens. Easily my favorite Outkast album, and one of my favorite hip-hop albums of all-time.

word