OutKast have introduced particulars of a twenty fifth anniversary deluxe reissue of their 2000 album ‘Stankonia’.
The Atlanta duo’s fourth studio album, ‘Stankonia’ was launched in 2000 and marked an enlargement of their musical palette, with André 3000 embracing a extra melodic vocal model and the preparations embracing psychedelia, gospel, funk and rave. It boasted the traditional singles ‘B.O.B.’, ‘Ms. Jackson’ and ‘So Contemporary, So Clear’.
Now, the reissue of the album can be made up of a triple vinyl set that may embrace new bonus tracks – ‘Pace Ballin’, which has by no means appeared on streaming platforms, the Goodie Mob-featuring ‘Sole Sunday’ and new mixes of ‘B.O.B.’ from the Beat Bullies and Cutmaster Swiff.
The package deal can even embrace new cowl artwork from André 3000 and unreleased pictures from the album’s promotional cycle, in addition to a glow-in-the-dark poster and deluxe gatefold packaging. It’s launched on October 31 through Legacy Recordings and you’ll pre-order yours right here.
An accompanying merchandise sale will start on October 2, with t-shirts sporting graphics from the unique ‘Stankonia’ photoshoot, in addition to hoodies, caps and André 3000-designed posters. Discover the complete vary of things right here.
‘Stankonia (twenty fifth Anniversary)’ 3LP tracklist:
Aspect A
‘Intro’
‘Gasoline Desires’ (with Khujo Goodie)
‘I’m Cool (Interlude)’
‘So Contemporary, So Clear’
‘Ms. Jackson’
‘Snappin’ & Trappin’ (feat. Killer Mike & J-Candy)
‘D.F. (Interlude)’
Aspect B
‘Spaghetti Junction’
‘Kim & Cookie (Interlude)’
‘I’ll Name B4 I Cum’ (feat. Gangsta Boo & Eco)
‘B.O.B. – Bombs Over Baghdad’
‘Xplosion’ (feat. B-Actual)
‘Good Hair (Interlude)’
Aspect C
‘We Luv Deez Hoez’ (feat. Spine & Large Gipp)
‘Humble Mumble’ (feat. Erykah Badu)
‘Drinkin’ Once more (Interlude)’
‘?’
‘Crimson Velvet’
‘Cruisin’ In The ATL (Interlude)’
Aspect D
‘Gangsta Sh*t’ (feat. Slimm Calhoun, C-Bone & T-Mo)
‘Rest room Tisha’
‘Slum Lovely’ (feat. Cee-Lo)
‘Pre-Nump’ (Interlude)
‘Stankonia (Stanklove)’ (feat. Large Rube & Sleepy Brown)
Aspect E
‘Pace Ballin’
‘Sole Sunday’ (feat. Goodie Mob)
‘So Contemporary, So Clear Remix’
‘B.O.B. – Bombs Over Baghdad’
Aspect F
‘B.O.B. – Bombs Over Baghdad (Cutmaster Swiff Remix)’
‘B.O.B. – Bombs Over Baghdad (Beat Bullies Remix)’
‘So Contemporary, So Clear Remix Instrumental’
‘B.O.B. – Bombs Over Baghdad Instrumental’
Final December, André 3000 stated that OutKast had been “additional away” from making new music collectively “than we’ve ever been”.
“I’ll say perhaps 10, 15 years in the past, in my thoughts, I assumed an OutKast album would occur,” he stated. “I don’t know the long run, however I can say that we’re additional away from it than we’ve ever been.”
“It’s arduous for me to make a rap, interval, you recognize? And generally I’m within the perception of, ‘Let issues be’”, he instructed Rolling Stone.
He continued: “[OutKast] was a good time in life, and our chemistry was at a sure place that was simple,” he stated, brushing in opposition to the notion that “one thing has to final perpetually”.
“It in all probability shouldn’t final perpetually,” he added. “It’s not like a product. In the long run, we did give a product, however what made that product was a sure time in each of our lives.”
“It’s not like we’re Coca-Cola, the place it’s this formulation you can at all times press a button and it’ll occur. I believe the viewers feels that method. However the viewers by no means is aware of what it takes to make what they’re getting. I can’t blame them for that.”
In Could this 12 months, he launched a shock solo EP ‘7 Piano Sketches’, a collection of improvisations on piano principally recorded at a home in Texas.
OutKast, in the meantime, are set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in November, alongside names together with The White Stripes, Cyndi Lauper and Soundgarden.
