![]() More than most other albums in the early '00s, Stankonia helped hip-hop build its foundation in the mainstream, where still it stands unfuckwithable today. It was the album most hip-hop skeptics had to admit they liked. The deep cuts are still some of the most rewarding experimental hip-hop around. Jackson" and " So Fresh, So Clean" are still irresistibly quotable. It was here, careening between Atlanta and Atlantis, Outkast conceived an album that would change hip-hop forever. ![]() More importantly, Stankonia was a place "where you can open yourself up and be free to express anything," Andre 3000 later said in an interview. They were also in a studio in the Berkeley Park neighborhood of Atlanta, which Outkast had bought and named Stankonia shortly before beginning to record the album that would make the space legendary. They were at "the center of the Earth, seven light-years below sea level," as Andre 3000 says in the opening words of the album - "the place from which all funky things come." ![]() When Outkast first introduced audiences to Stankonia 15 years ago, the group made sure listeners knew exactly where they were. ![]()
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