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Stankonia at 20

Stankonia at 20

OutKast’s instant classic was released on October 31st 2000.

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20 years on, OutKast’s Stankonia still sounds so - ahem - fresh and so clean (clean-clean!).

With a bouncin’ trunk of sci-fi funk hooks and slow-release grooves, the duo’s 4th album was transcendent. Crisscrossing the past, present and future of rap’s frontiers, the record became an instant classic. Its success was driven by André 3000’s apology to Eryka…

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