Outkast Poll #4: Stankonia

"B.O.B." is best but I'm kind of bored of it so voting for "Humble Mumble"

Just can't be amazed.

deciding between slum beautiful or stanklove

would like to see the divide between so fresh so clean/ms. jackson

bob v. snappin and trappin

Let's be honest, the correct answer is B.O.B.

One of the best Hip-Hop tracks of all time.

relisten to snappin and trappin dude.

Love "Humble Mumble" and hope Badu will include it in a future compilation.

Killer Kill From Adamsville is kinda beastlike on "Snappin' and Trappin'"

He might even have gone in.

It's a toss-up for me between "Gasoline Dreams" and B.O.B. I love the party-techno esque beat on the latter, but the pseudo-Hendrixian riff plus some crazy weird flow from Big Boi make that one a keeper.

Really though there aren't many bad tracks on this one.

If ever a poll called for two votes, this is it.
Its B.O.B, but I kinda hate myself for not voting Ms. Jackson.

YEAH I TOLD YOU ABOUT GODDAMN TAKING THE HOES TO THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY LETTING THEM HOES ORDER STRAWBERRY LEMONADE OR POPCORN SHRIMP THEY AINT GONNA DO NOTHING BUT TAKE YR MOTHERFUCKING CHEESE

mmmm popcorn shrimp

forgot how good Red Velvet is.

Grossest American Chain Restaurant

I vote for "BITCH, STAY OFF THAT BLOW!!" (BREAK!)

red velvet bcz nobody else will vote for it

Obv. there are some undisputed classics on here, but I'm gonna go with the one I listen to the most because the beat is INSANELY F***ING GOOD ... Snappin' & Trappin'. It's pretty irrelevant, lyrically speaking, especially compared to some of the other standouts, but damn, if it's not the best beat I've ever danced to!

Red Velvet is also sadly overlooked in many discussions of this album. Incredible beat AND good lyrics.

poll should have been "best song that isn't B.O.B"

no one's voting for "so fresh, so clean"

i did. B.O.B. is way too manic for me.

my real favorite is "so fresh, so clean" because i love the keyboard riff so much -- but i voted for "we luv deez hoez"

it's kind of funny going back to this album - when it dropped, so fresh and so clean & ms. jackson were pretty big hits at the same time around where I lived, so I took the two to be like ur-Outkast or proto-Outkast - and now revisiting those songs after going through the first three for the other polls, I realize how much they are in fact just an actual continuation of the themes they were exploring on the first three.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHQTtUAL4PU

Big Boi looked better with a full head of long hair....

voted for So Fresh So Clean narrowly over Snappin n Trappin

No Challop but I reckon "Gasoline Dreams" does "B.O.B" better than "B.O.B"

BITCH, STAY OFF THAT BLOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXkNpoI6LPo

always dug this remix, anybody got a hi-Q version?

this is SO HARD

Ms. Jackson over Gasoline Dreams

red velvet bcz nobody else will vote for it

― symsymsym, Sunday, March 21, 2010 9:23 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i did

i think i'm down to gasoline dreams, ms jackson, and humble mumble

Stanklove

Could never get bored of "B.O.B."

Going with "So Fresh, So Clean" - one of those songs that feels like someone just slid into the sound of perfection - it's not burdened by the high-mindedness of Ms. Jackson, and its slick n' slide, glassy quality couldn't be further from the hard working, word slinging barrage of palaver that is "B.O.B." It's also one of those songs that evoke its time for me in the best possible way.

i wish i had voted for humble mumble

i am voting for it--listened to it this morning and just can't get over the rhythm of the hook

kinda impossible but went with I'll Call Before I Come which is certainly the most FUN song on here, even tho it is by no means the most adventurous or anything.

YEAH I TOLD YOU ABOUT GODDAMN TAKING THE HOES TO THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY LETTING THEM HOES ORDER STRAWBERRY LEMONADE OR POPCORN SHRIMP THEY AINT GONNA DO NOTHING BUT TAKE YR MOTHERFUCKING CHEESE

BREAK

they say, a computer, can do my job, better than I can damn do it!

oof so fresh so clean vs ms jackson vs BOB vs gasoline dreams in a four-way tie????

but ms jackson has backwards FX so congrats ms jackson u win

"Slum Beautiful" has better backwards FX

imo we need to do an interlude poll for this record too

RING RING

poll should have been "best song that isn't B.O.B"
― one of the jones boys (sic)
actually thought about mentioning this before the poll happened!
honestly, there's loads of good stuff on here, but B.O.B. might be my fave outkast song, period.

WTF no Kim & Cookie????

Def would've voted for that.

oh c'mon

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Feels lame going for the hit but Ms Jackson because of the backward drums, Andre's hook, the sheer originality of the subject matter (because hip hop usually means never having to say you're sorry), and most of all the contrasting takes on the same theme. The high-mindedness that Mumbles complains about is completely undercut by Bog Boi's verses, in which Ms Jackson is clearly a vindictive, litigious pain in the ass. It's the perfect demonstration of why Andre and Big Boi are never quite as compelling individually as they are together.

hip hop usually means never having to say you're sorry

oh, really

I like the creepiness of "So Fresh So Clean".

Are there lots of apologetic hip hop tracks I'm forgetting? Surely a bullish "no regrets" stance is the norm?

I also wanted to add this is a difficult album, most of the songs don't go down easy.

"B.O.B." is best but I'm kind of bored of it so voting for "Humble Mumble"

First post on this thread expresses my feelings exactly.

do you really wanna know about some gangsta shit?

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Pretty nice distribution of choices although no surprises in the top spots

Man I listened to Gagnsta Shit like six times today bcz of this poll. "It's like me selling some dope because my girlfriend wants to shopppp."

So it's OK to vote for the big hits here but it wasn't with Aquemini. Got it.

< / sour grapes >

I like Spaghetti Junction a lot, shame it didn't get a vote.

good results, glad toilet tisha and i'll call before i come picked up votes

b o fuckin b

HAHAHAHA WE LUV DEEZ HOEZ

so fresh & so clean would have been my vote

I'll Call Before I Come 1

:(

YEAH I TOLD YOU ABOUT GODDAMN TAKING THE HOES TO THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY LETTING THEM HOES ORDER STRAWBERRY LEMONADE OR POPCORN SHRIMP THEY AINT GONNA DO NOTHING BUT TAKE YR MOTHERFUCKING CHEESE

― he might have even have gone in. (a hoy hoy), Sunday, March 21, 2010 7:05 AM Bookmark

^^otm

Ahhhh I stank I can, I stank I can
The funky engine that coooould
Oooo oooo... yosky, wosky, peesky, weesky
All aboard the Stankonia Express
The underground smell road
Everybody's lookin for an excuse to let loose
What's your locomotive, the chatter and the choo choo

a boring favorite i guess but ms. jackson just amazes me so much. it has such a complicated premise. and is so graceful with it.

but yeah we luv deez hoez is hilarious.

Are there lots of apologetic hip hop tracks I'm forgetting? Surely a bullish "no regrets" stance is the norm?

― gotanynewsstory? (Dorianlynskey), Monday, March 29, 2010 4:58 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark

boo @ this