Grammy Awards, OutKast won Best Rap Album for Stankonia and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for 'Ms.

Jackson' became the group's first single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It produced three singles: ' B.O.B', ' Ms. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, selling over 530,000 copies the first week. Stankonia received universal acclaim from music critics upon its release, and has since been regarded by many to be one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. Stankonia featured appearances from a variety of local musicians discovered by the group while they were visiting clubs in their native city of Atlanta, Georgia. Lyrically, the duo touched upon a wide range of subject matter, including sexuality, politics, misogyny, African-American culture, parenthood, and introspection. During the recording sessions, André 3000 began moving beyond traditional rapping in favor of a more melodic vocal style, an approach to which Big Boi and several other producers were initially unaccustomed. DJ) and Organized Noize.įor the follow-up to their 1998 album Aquemini, the duo worked to create an expansive and experimental musical aesthetic, incorporating a diverse array of styles including funk, rave music, psychedelia, gospel, and rock within a Dirty South-oriented hip hop context.

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. It was released on October 31, 2000, by LaFace Records. Stankonia is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo OutKast.

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