Where is Stankonia and where do I buy a ticket to get there? According to U.S. hip-hop crew Outkast -- primarily MCs Andre 3000 and Big Boi -- it's "the place from which all funky things come." This hotly-anticipated tome is more like a bolt out of the glossy bore that is mainstream hip-hop. Skankonia's tracks bleed together into a technicolour comic book opera, all gloopy, spaced-out (P-)funk, live horns, pretend radio broadcasts, and pinballing rhymes. I'll Call Before I Come veers even closer to vintage funk, with its Parliament-style refrain.

But it's the sure-fire lyrical hooks of tunes such as Gasoline Dreams and the drum 'n' bass assault B.O.B. -- "Bombs Over Baghdad!" will be this winter's "Bling Bling!" -- that'll rock your personal stereo like a pocket revolution.

Otherworldly.

Track Listing 1.Intro
  02.Gasoline Dreams - Featuring Khujo Goodie From Goodie Mob
  03.I'm So Cool (Interlude)
  04.So Fresh, So Clean
  05.Ms. Jackson
  06.Snappin' & Trappin' - Featuring Killer Mike & J-Sweat
  07.D.F. (Interlude)
  08.Spaghetti Junction
  09.Kim & Cookie (Interlude)
  10.I'll Call Before I Come - Featuring Gangsta Boo & Eco
  11.B.O.B.
  12.Xplosion - Featuing B-Real
  13.Good Hair (Interlude)
  14.We Luv Deez Hoez - Featuring BackBone & Big Gipp From Goodie Mobb
  15.Humble Mumble - Featuring Erykah Badu
  16.Drinkin' Again (Interlude)
  17.?
  18.Red Velvet
  19.Cruisin' In The ATL (Interlude)
  20.Gangsta S*** - Featuring Slimm Calhoun, C-Bone & T-Mo Goodie From Goodie Mob
  21.Toilet Tisha
  22.Slum Beautiful - Featuring Cee-Lo Goodie
  23.Pre-Nump (Interlude)
  24.Stankonia (Stanklove) - Featuring Big Rube & Sleepy Brown