Outkast will be releasing a special, 28th anniversary of their classic album Stankonia on October 30th.
This Is Certified, Legacy Recordings’ division for the celebration of Sony Music’s Hip Hop and R&B catalog, is commemorating the 20th anniversary of Stankonia with a month-long campaign. Each of Stankonia’s singles will be available for the first time in its own digital bundle for the first time on DSPs.
The “B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)” bundle features three previously unreleased remixes: Cutmaster Swiff Remix, Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against The Machine) Remix and Beat Bullies Remix. In addition, Each song comes bundled with instrumental, A cappella and remixed versions in state-of-the-art 16 Bit sound.
Stankonia will be available digitally in 24 Bit and 360 Reality Audio on October 30 on all streaming services. Vinyl Me, Please will also release a collectible 20th Anniversary 2LP edition of Stankonia pressed on 12″ black and white galaxy vinyl. Above is a look at the experience — pre-order here.
The seven cuts in the “B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)” bundle include the Radio Edit, Radio Mix, Instrumental, Cutmaster Swiff Remix (previously unreleased), Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against The Machine) Remix (previously unreleased), Beat Bullies Remix (previously unreleased) and A cappella versions.
The “Ms. Jackson” bundle features the Radio Mix, Instrumental, Mr. Drunk Remix and A cappella versions of the song in addition to “Sole Sunday” (featuring Goodie Mob) (Radio Mix), “Sole Sunday” (featuring Goodie Mob) (Dirty Mix), “Sole Sunday” (Instrumental) and “Sole Sunday” (A cappella).
The “So Fresh, So Clean” ten-cut bundle includes the Radio Mix and Fatboy Slim Mix as well as “So Fresh, So Clean” (featuring Snoop Dogg & Sleepy Brown) (Stankonia Radio Remix), “So Fresh, So Clean” (Stankonia Remix) (featuring Snoop Dogg & Sleepy Brown), “So Fresh, So Clean” (featuring Snoop Dogg & Sleepy Brown) (Stankonia Remix – Instrumental), “So Fresh, So Clean” (featuring Snoop Dogg & Sleepy Brown) (Stankonia Remix – A cappella), Raptile’s Cryptotech Remix, Instrumental, and A cappella versions.
The videos for “B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad),” “Ms. Jackson” and “So Fresh, So Clean” will be upgraded to HD while each of the singles has been certified RIAA platinum. “Ms. Jackson” reached 3x platinum territory on October 8.