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''Stankonia'' is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo OutKast, released October 31, 2000 on La Face Records. The album was recorded in the duo's recently purchased Atlanta recording facility, Stankonia Studios, allowing for fewer time constraints and more musical experimentation. For the follow-up to ''Aquemini'', the duo worked to create an expansive and experimental musical aesthetic, incorporating a diverse array of musical styles that included funk, drum 'n' bass, gospel, techno, psychedelia, and rock into a Dirty South-oriented hip hop context. During the recording sessions, André 3000 worked to move beyond traditional rapping in favor of a more melodic vocal style, an approach to which Big Boi and other producers were initially unaccustomed. Lyrically, the duo touches upon a wide range of subject matter, including politics, misogyny, sexuality, African-American culture, parenthood and personal introspection. ''Stankonia'' features appearances from many local Atlanta musicians whom the group discovered while visiting clubs in the city. ''Stankonia'' received universal acclaim from music critics. The album debuted at number two on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling over 530,000 copies the first week. It produced three singles, "B.O.B", "Ms. Jackson", and "So Fresh, So Clean"; "Ms. Jackson" became the group's first single to reach number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. At the 2002 Grammy Awards, OutKast won Best Rap Album for ''Stankonia'' and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Ms. Jackson". In 2003, the album was ranked number 359 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. ==Background== OutKast's 1998 album ''Aquemini'' received extremely positive reviews from music critics, and expanded the group's musical diversity and experimentation. The record received the coveted five out of five "mic"-rating from ''The Source'', and is credited with opening up Southern hip hop to other areas in the United States.〔Westhoff, 2011. p. 112〕 Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon, who collaborated on the song "Skew It on the Bar-B" from ''Aquemini'', recalled, "Before that, the South just wasn't played in New York. But that song was hot, the flows was crazy. The cycle changed. It really opened up the door for Southern rappers."〔 In March 1998, André 3000 and Big Boi purchased a studio off Northside Drive in Atlanta which had formerly belonged to R&B singer Bobby Brown. The studio had sentimental value for the duo, as it was the first place the two had ever recorded vocals together, on a remix of TLC's "What About Your Friends" (1992). The two named the studio "Stankonia", a word created by André 3000 as a combination of the words "stank", a slang synonym for "funky", and "Plutonia", the title of a poster in his bedroom depicting a futuristic city.〔 He explained, "Stankonia is this place I imagined where you can open yourself up and be free to express anything". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stankonia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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