41. Outkast - Stankonia (2000)
The influence of Parliament and Funkadelic on Outkast is too incredible to be true. If there is a more fun and relevant force in music today, then I'm a duck's Daddy, I'm an anteater's Auntie, I'm a cuckoo's second cousin. They mix up 70's soul, 80's electronics and 90's politics on a 2000 release that set the bar not for hip-hop, but for the party overall. In general, Big Boi and Andre 3000 are generous. Their follow-up double-album 'Speakerboxxx / The Love Below' could also be on this list, it's all over the place, but like eating too much chocolate, it gets a little too rich. My favourite dream of all time though was my life as a musical, I must have been in love at the time but Andre 3000 came and said "Happy Valentine's Day!" and roses flew everywhere, it was like something from Moulin Rouge and it lasted a good hour. An even better hour though would be if 'Stankonia' could soundtrack one night soon, if it did it would be popcorn and party-poppers flying everywhere.
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