Stankonia

Stankonia is a hip hop album by OutKast, released by La Face records (a subcorporation of Arista, BMG) on October 31, 2000. It received big sales, reaching the No. 2 position in America's national Billboard Hot 100 chart as well as practically universal acclaim from the music critics, in publications from Rolling Stone Magazine to The Onion. It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll.

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'Stank', a commonly used word on the album, is derived from a southern US pronunciation of 'stink', which was of course the original meaning of the word 'funk'. George Clinton applied the term "stank" to the more carnal, hedonistic things in life, including funk music. 'Stankonia' is the name of a fictional land at "the centre of the earth, seven lightyears below sea level", which is "the place from which all funky thangs come" according to the album's opening lyrics.

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The album was arranged and produced in collaboration with members of OutKast's 'Dungeon Family' crew who previously based in Rico Wade's 'Dungeon Studio': Organized Noize and the Goodie Mob.

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Hip hop: Hip hop is a cultural movement that originated in the working class communities of New York City, United States, in the late 1970s. Other elements include beatboxing, hip hop fashion, and slang. Since first emerging in the South Bronx, hip hop culture has spread around the world. When hip hop music ...

OutKast: OutKast is a popular and successful American hip hop duo based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Their original musical style was a mixture of Dirty South and G-Funk; since then, funk, soul, electronica, and rock elements have been added to the mix. The duo is Andr? "Andr? 3000" Benjamin (formerly known as ...

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