You're listening to sound opinions and later in the show we'll hear what song inspired solo artist,

formerly of chairlift, Caroline Paula Check, to pursue a career in music.

But first, a classic album dissection of Stanconia by Outcast, originally released

on Halloween 2000. spongy engine that could. Ooski, wozki, pea skis, we skis.

All aboard the Stankonia Express.

Yeah, brilliant record, I think we can all agree on that, a breakthrough record for the duo and also a groundbreaking record for hip-hop and music in general, pointing the way forward into the 21st century.

For sure.

Antoine, Big Boy, Patton, and Andre Benjamin, otherwise known as Andre 3,000.

It's hard to imagine that these were just two kids in high school at one point,

where they met in the cafeteria doing

rap battles in East Point which is a far suburb of Atlanta is where they grew up.

They were quote unquote discovered by a fledgling production team known as

organized noise which went on to make numerous hit records with TLC as well

as outcasts and broke through in 1993 with a track called

Players Ball. We're an out of the brains taking up against the right.

They got signed to that L.A. Reed baby face label, La Face,

and broke through with that song and followed it up with an album in 1994

southern play holistic Cadillac music.

An album that's hard to say.

It is.

But you know when we think about hip-hop in early 90s into mid 90s we're thinking East

Coast West Coast right the big vast area in between was just starting to

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