ATLiens

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ATLiens
Studio album by OutKast

Publication
(s)

November 25, 1996

Label (s) LaFace Records /

Sony BMG

Genre (s)

Down South

Title (number)

15th

running time

57:32 min

production

chronology
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
(1994) 		ATLiens Aquemini
(1998)

ATLiens is the second music album by the US rap duo OutKast , released in 1996 . In their homeland, the album reached number 2 on the Billboard charts and was thus far more successful than its predecessor Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik . It received four out of five “Mics” from US hip-hop magazine The Source and was included in its list of “100 Best Rap Albums”.

About the album

For ATLiens , Big Boi and André 3000 (then still Dre) produced for the first time themselves, including their first Top 20 single Elevators (Me & You) (12th place on the Billboard Hot 100 ). Other singles were the title track (number 35) and Jazzy Belle as a remix featuring singer and producer Babyface (number 52).

The sound of the album is quieter and more cryptic compared to Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik , the G-Funk influences have disappeared. Even more than in the debut, the songs are based on melodic live instrumentation (especially guitar and electric bass ). The lyrics, primarily by Dre, are more introverted and for the most part dispense with the previous "gangster" attitude. According to RapReviews.com , the album should be heard in complete darkness.

The title of the album is a suitcase word from " Atlanta " ("ATL" for short), the hometown of OutKast, and " Aliens " to illustrate the extra-terrestrial symbolism of the album. It probably also refers to the outsider role that rappers from Atlanta and the southern states still held at that time.

illustration

The title's extraterrestrial reference was carried over to the rest of the album. Particularly noteworthy is the booklet, which contains an 18-page comic in which OutKast and LA Reid patronize. There is also a profile of Dre and Big Boi. Lyrics are not printed.

Track list

  1. You May Die (Intro)
  2. Two Dope Boys (In a Cadillac)
    • Produced by Organized Noize
  3. ATLiens
    • Produced by OutKast
  4. Wheelz of Steel
    • Produced by OutKast
  5. Jazzy Belle
    • Produced by Organized Noize
  6. Elevators (Me & You)
    • Produced by OutKast
  7. Ova Da Wudz
    • Produced by OutKast
  8. Babylon feat. Andrea Martin
    • Produced by Organized Noize
  9. Wailin feat. Cee-Lo
    • Produced by Organized Noize
  10. Mainstream feat. Khujo and T-Mo from Goodie Mob
    • Produced by Organized Noize
  11. Decatur Psalm feat. Big Gipp from Goodie Mob and Cool Breeze
    • Produced by Organized Noize
  12. millennium
    • Produced by Organized Noize
  13. ET (extraterrestrial)
    • Produced by OutKast
  14. 13th Floor / Growing Old feat. Marqueze Ethridge
    • Produced by Organized Noize
  15. Elevators (ONP 86 Mix)
    • Produced by Organized Noize

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  1. ↑ List of the 100 Best Rap Albums
  2. ↑ Review on rapreviews.com