Rolling Stone (1/4/01, pp.106,114)
- Ranked #4 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 Albums of 2000" - "...[Their] masterwork is practically a hip-hop AMERICAN BEAUTY....easily the most erotically unzipped hip-hop ever recorded..."Spin (1/01, p.73)
- Ranked #6 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000]" - "...It's highbrow bounce with fluorescent jimmy hats. Par-tay!" Entertainment Weekly (11/3/00, p.81)
- "...Reeks of artful ambition rendered with impeccable skill....transcending the Southern funk-rock-hip-hop synthesis....Take a deep breath and jump into this music..." - Rating: A Q (1/03, p.54)
- Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever" Q (1/01, p.114)
- 4 out of 5 stars - "...Eccentric rather than egocentric, bohemian not boastful, STANKONIA parades some of the most ambitious music - hip hop or otherwise - currently on offer." Alternative Press (12/00, p.108)
- 5 out of 5 - "...Bold and confrontational....coalescing the political and societal challenges of hip hop's past into what is one of the genre's most artistically unorthodox releases so far..." The Wire (1/01, p.34)
- Included in Wire's "50 Records Of The Year". The Wire (12/00, p.65)
- "...There are so many shifty, elastic clauses...you can't put a finger on 'em, much less cover an ass that shakes from Funkadelic to Prince booty Bass..." Muzik (12/00, p.95)
- 5 out of 5 - "...[They] rip up the rulebook. Tear it into tiny soul-pieces. Build something new....supremely warm, funky and f***ed up music....This is great black music..." CMJ (1/08/01, p.27)
- Included in CMJ's "Best Hip-Hop Albums" of 2000. CMJ (10/30/00, p.4)
- "...One listen, and you'll be a lifelong resident of STANKONIA..." The Source (12/00, pp.237-8)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Bizarre and groundbreaking....They're hip-hop's Lewis and Clark....Thir Funkadelic-inspired rap universe is the antithesis of predictable..." Melody Maker (12/5/00, p.58)
- 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...This is witty, tight, political, thoughtful, inspired and, above all, tuneful hip-hop....F***ing superb." NME (Magazine)
(12/30/00, p.79)
- Ranked #42 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year". NME (Magazine)
(11/18/00, p.41)
- 9 out of 10 - "...Introduces a fresh Southern lilt to the gangsta s*** and imbues it with a gacked-up overabundance of reality and imagination....Think Prince's SIGN O'THE TIMES, then multiply it by a million..." | 
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