
You can often find him in your favorite rapper's "Top Five" and with good reason. If the genre of hip-hop ever gets its own " Rap Mount Rushmore," a legacy as the region's foremost wordsmith, funkiest gentleman, and residentĪTLien certainly guarantees a place for the rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, and philanthropist born Antwan André Patton. However, Big Boi set the pace for Atlanta, and by proxy, the culture at large.

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 anscending 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 alescing the political and societal challenges of hip hop's past into what is one of the genre's most artistically unorthodox releases so far.Atlanta indisputably set the pace for modern hip-hop. 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.


Ranked #6 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year 2000" - ".It's highbrow bounce with fluorescent jimmy hats.
