Stankonia
★南方说唱代表性乐团 史上最佳嘻哈组合之一 第四张录音室专辑 音乐风格更加多元成熟并充满实验意图及尝试野心;诸如歌曲〈Gasoline Dreams〉呈现有如Jimi Hendrix的Psych-Rock风格,加上Goodie Mob成员助阵 一同Rap演出,表现十分不俗,〈Pre-Nump(Interlude)〉,接续〈Stankonia(Stanklove)〉 揉和带Smooth/Fushion-Jazz与Romantic Parody作用,连贯说唱语句基调的奇幻迷人效应; 又如曲作〈Humble Mumble〉那融合Funk及Afrobeat加上名伶Eryka Badu无以形容之成熟人声演绎,与〈So Fresh,So Clean〉又天马行空地尝试出十分Soulful与放克风味却又带有Minty-Pop气息的缓舒之作。全辑二十四首曲作处处可见Outkast丰富多元的成熟音乐概念,并以其Southern Rap/Hip-Hop先锋者 的姿态,藉新作〈Stankonia〉开创黑人说唱音乐另一破格成就顶峰。 Sonically expansive and thematically ambitious, deliriously eclectic and yet deliciously accessible, 2000’s Stankonia is an achievement of era-defining proportions. Over the course of twenty-four mind-expanding tracks Andre and Big Boi lay out a blueprint for the way music is supposed to sound in the 21st century.