Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
ReviewsRanked #6 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year 2000" - "...It's highbrow bounce with fluorescent jimmy hats. Par-tay!", 4 out of 5 stars - "...Eccentric rather than egocentric, bohemian not boastful, STANKONIA parades some of the most ambitious music - hip hop or otherwise - currently on offer.", "...There are so many shifty, elastic clauses...you can't put a finger on 'em, much less cover an ass that shakes from Funkadelic to Prince booty Bass...", 4 stars out of 5 - "...Bizarre and groundbreaking....They're hip-hop's Lewis and Clark....Thir Funkadelic-inspired rap universe is the antithesis of predictable...", Ranked #4 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 Albums of 2000" - "...Their masterwork is practically a hip-hop AMERICAN BEAUTY....easily the most erotically unzipped hip-hop ever recorded...", Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever", Included in Wire's "50 Records of the Year"., "...One Listen, and You'll Be a Lifelong Resident of Stankonia...", Ranked #42 in Nme's "Top 50 Albums of the Year"., 5 out of 5 - "...They rip up the rulebook. Tear it into tiny soul-pieces. Build something new....supremely warm, funky and f***ed up music....This is great black music...", 9 out of 10 - "...Introduces a fresh Southern lilt to the gangsta s*** and imbues it with a gacked-up overabundance of reality and imagination....Think Prince's SIGN O'THE TIMES, then multiply it by a million...", "...Reeks of artful ambition rendered with impeccable skill....transcending the Southern funk-rock-hip-hop synthesis....Take a deep breath and jump into this music..." - Rating: A, 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...This is witty, tight, political, thoughtful, inspired and, above all, tuneful hip-hop....F***ing superb.", Included in Cmj's "Best Hip-Hop Albums" of 2000., 5 out of 5 - "...Bold and confrontational....coalescing the political and societal challenges of hip hop's past into what is one of the genre's most artistically unorthodox releases so far..."