Outkast got a chance to record there briefly during the creation of their first record, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. (Before Brown's time, the building housed the rock-oriented Soundscape Studios.)
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Incidentally, they got a chance to buy one of the first professional studios they'd ever set foot in.īobby Brown's Bosstown Recording Studios had been a hotbed of recording in Atlanta, with Whitney Houston, TLC, and others making records there after Brown bought the facility in 1991. Founding Stankoniaįollowing 1998's Aquemini, André and Big Boi had money in the bank and wanted to make good on their desire to have a large studio of their own. The resulting album was the neon fruit on the vine. DJ were let loose in a studio of their dreams, bringing together all of their influences, tastes, and more than 30 musicians and guest performers. Stankonia Studios, which André and Big Boi built just before starting work on the record, was where that freedom reigned supreme.įor a year, André, Big Boi, and co-producer Mr. "Stankonia" as a concept was coined by André 3000 to give a name to the group's free-wheeling mindset, a funky utopian headspace where anything and everything is allowed. It was a rare breed, an instant smash commercially and critically whose allure has only continued to grow. Those who bought the album (525,000 in its first week)-or downloaded the leaked version two months before its official release-were rewarded with an hour-plus of funk, psychedelia, electronica, and rock all combined into a hip-hop classic.
When Outkast's Stankonia was released 20 years ago, it made an immediate impact on the radio and MTV off of the strength of singles like "B.O.B.