In the event you’ll grant me the lengthy highway for a second, the yr was 2001. I used to be in highschool and At The Drive-In’s magnum opus Relationship of Command had simply rewired my mind about what music might be. It despatched me on a seek for that very same frenetic vitality and there merely wasn’t else something prefer it in rock music. Then I noticed the fever dream of a music video for Outkast’s B.O.B. (Adopted shortly by songs like Gasoline Goals and Humble Mumble fulfilling the energetic promise made by the technicolor video). The remaining, as they are saying, is historical past, and my musical style has solely grown extra deranged. 2000 was yr for weirdos.
It’s been 25 years since Stankonia was launched, half introducing the mainstream world to the lushness of the Atlanta music scene and half redefining it. And to have a good time, the iconic hip hop duo have teamed up with Atlanta’s Portrait Espresso to “[reimagine] 25 years of Stankonia by way of espresso.”
Introduced Friday, October 24th, the collaboration is known as Stankonia Espresso and it “pays tribute to the spirit of the album—funky, futuristic, and unapologetically Atlanta.” On pre-order till October 28th, it’s a mix of coffees from Rwanda and Colombia, one an experimental pure and the opposite washed. The medium roast espresso has notes of inexperienced apple, strawberry, and brown sugar.
“It’s an honor to collaborate with Atlanta legends Huge Boi and André 3000,” says Aaron Fender, co-founder of Portrait Espresso. “This collaboration represents every part we love about Atlanta—originality, taste, and neighborhood. Once we got down to pour a brand new narrative, moments like this have been past our wildest goals.”
Together with the espresso, Portrait and Outkast are releasing a restricted version t-shirt and tote bag in addition to a diner mug and Fellow Carter Mug, all of which shall be out there by way of the Portrait web site.
However the enjoyable doesn’t cease there. On October 30th, Portrait’s West Finish cafe will host a neighborhood celebration with “Stankonia-inspired visuals, curated drinks, and Southern-inspired bites by Chef Jamal Makanjuola.” Then over the next weekend, Portrait and Outkast are teaming up for “a collection of neighborhood giveback activations, together with the Stankonia25 Cascade Occasion at Cascade Skating Rink on October 30 and 25 Timber for 25 Years of Stankonia with TreesATL and Scorching 107.9 on October 31, planting 25 bushes at Tri-Cities Excessive Faculty, Outkast’s alma mater.”
If ever there was an album deserving of a twenty fifth anniversary collaboration, it’s Outkast’s Stankonia and there’s no roaster higher suited to do it than Atlanta’s Portrait Espresso. For extra info, go to Portrait’s official web site.
Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Community and a employees author based mostly in Dallas. Learn extra Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.
