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Track Listing
1. You May Die (Intro)
2. Two Dope Boyz (In a Cadillac)
3. Atliens
4. Wheelz of Steel
5. Jazzy Belle
6. Elevators (Me & You)
7. Ova da Wudz
8. Babylon
9. Wailin'
10. Mainstream
11. Decatur Psalm
12. Millennium
13. E.T. (Extraterrestrial)
14. 13th Floor/Growing Old
15. Elevators - (ONP 86 Mix)
Album Notes
Outkast: Dre, Big Boi (vocals, programming).
Additional personnel includes: EJ Tha Witch Doctor, Joi, Whild Peach, Trina, Andrea Martin, Goodie Mob, Cool Breeze, ShaJuanna Edghill (vocals); Tomi Martin, Carlos Glover (acoustic guitar); Craig Love, Martin Terry, Ed Stroud (guitar); Kerren Berz (violin); Skinny Miracles (piano); Chanz (keyboards, organ, piano); Kenny Wright (keyboards); Moog, Preston Crump, James "Jay" Nicholas, Marq Jefferson (bass); Dee Simmons (drums); Organized Noize Productions (programming); Mr. DJ (scratches); Debra Killings, Dawn, Tracy, Arlynn, Sleepy Brown, Tamara, Peaches (background vocals).
Producers: Organized Noize Productions, Outkast.
Engineers: Jarvis Blackshear, Derrick Williams, John Frye.
Outkast: Dre, Big Boi (vocals, programming).
Additional personnel: EJ Tha Witch Doctor, Joi, Whild Peach, Trina, Andrea Martin, Goodie Mob, Cool Breeze, ShaJuanna Edghill, Cee-Lo Green, Big Gipp (vocals); Tomi Martin, Carlos Glover (acoustic guitar); Craig Love, Martin Terry, Ed Stroud (guitar); Kerren Berz (violin); Skinny Miracles (piano); Chanz (keyboards, organ, piano); Kenny Wright (keyboards); Moog, Preston Crump, James "Jay" Nicholas, Marq Jefferson (bass); Dee Simmons (drums); Organized Noize Productions (programming); Mr. DJ (scratches); Debra Killings, Dawn, Tracy, Arlynn, Sleepy Brown, Tamara, Peaches (background vocals).
Producers: Organized Noize Productions, OutKast.
Engineers: Brian Frye, John Frye, John "Bernasky" Wall, Dexter Simmons, John Wydrycs, Jarvis Blackshear, Derrick Williams, Blake Eiseman, Mike Wilson.
OutKast has almost singlehandedly defined the sound of Atlanta rap. Tongue-flippin', rhyme-spittin' and Cadillac-ridin', all with a Southern accent, Big Boi and Dre have proved to be the South's ideal MCs. ATLIENS continues in the same vein as Outkast's 1994 debut, SOUTHERNPLAYALISTICADILLACMUZIK, with producers Organized Noize back to accompany the duo's laid-back flow.
Big Boi and Dre proclaim to prove a point with every rhyme, never wasting a line. They like to think of themselves as outcasts from the hip-hop community--aliens, so to speak. Their tracks have an outer-space feeling to them--a feeling that, ironically, has warmed the community right up to them. They're so out, they're in.
Industry Reviews
4 Mics - Slammin' - ...OutKast and their producers Organized Noize understand that without growth, audiences do mature beyond the artists....Big Boi and Dre have gone out of this world into a new dimension of sight, sound and mind...Rap Pages (11/96, p.31) - ...Flashes of brilliance dominate the duration of ATLIENS....a rare and pleasing discovery. If Mars needs Hip-Hop, this should be the first launching.Rolling Stone (10/31/96, pp.66-68) - 3-1/2 Stars - Good/Excellent - ...Andre and Big Boi display a unique ability to describe ghetto life while offering up life-affirming possibilities, something all too rare in today's hip-hop nation.
The Source (10/01/1996)
3-1/2 Stars - Good/Excellent - ...Andre and Big Boi display a unique ability to describe ghetto life while offering up life-affirming possibilities, something all too rare in today's hip-hop nation.
Rolling Stone (10/31/1996)
...Flashes of brilliance dominate the duration of ATLIENS....a rare and pleasing discovery. If Mars needs Hip-Hop, this should be the first launching.
Rap Pages (11/01/1996)
4 Mics - Slammin' - ...OutKast and their producers Organized Noize understand that without growth, audiences do mature beyond the artists....Big Boi and Dre have gone out of this world into a new dimension of sight, sound and mind...
The Source (10/01/1996)
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