They gave Southern hip-hop a battle cry, and they gave East Coast purists a Southern group to latch onto. They won over critics, both white and Black alike, and won a handful of Grammys. A lot has changed since then: They recorded four classic albums-each more adventurous than the last-and sold 10 million copies of their fifth. That moment came nearly 30 years ago, when the artists who would become André 3000 and Big Boi were just a pair of wide-eyed Atlanta teenagers in love with the music of De La Soul and Das EFX, hoping to impress producers Organized Noize and Laface Records label head L.A. How ‘Stankonia’ Changed Outkast-and Popular Music-Forever Ever
