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(Bombs Over Baghdad),” the off-kilter balladering of “Ms. Stankonia’s singles were monsters, to be sure, but once you get past the apocalyptic frenzy of “B.O.B. The Aquemini follow-up catapulted the Atlanta duo from their status as the foremost spokespeople for Southern hip-hop to bona fide pop-culture celebrities whose reach and influence-though still very much rooted in rap-extended far beyond a single genre. You’d be hard-pressed to find a music fan who was around for Outkast’s 2000 opus Stankonia and doesn’t remember that album’s impact.