ATLiens
Studio album by OutKast
Released	August 27, 1996 (US)
Recorded	1994-1996
Genre	Southern hip hop
Length	58:31
Label	LaFace/Arista
Producer(s)	Organized Noize, OutKast
Professional reviews
HipHop11.com: 9.5/10 RapReviews.com (10 of 10) link All Music Guide link The Source
OutKast chronology
Southernplaya- listicadillacmuzik (1994) ATLiens (1996) Aquemini (1998)

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The CD booklet features a comic involving members André 3000 and Big Boi.

Unlike their debut, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, in which the two portrayed themselves as Southern pimps, many songs on ATLiens feature more unconventional subject matter for hip hop. It also has a notably more laid-back, spacey production sound, which they would continue to a certain extent on their follow-up album Aquemini. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik is the debut music album by hip-hop duo OutKast. ... Aquemini is a 1998 album by hip hop duo OutKast (Big Boi, André Benjamin). ...

Two-thirds of the album is produced by Organized Noize, OutKast's primary production team. The rest is produced by Earthtone Ideas, a production team that OutKast themselves are a part of. Organized Noize is a successful Atlanta-based American record production company made up of Rico Wade, Ray Murray, and Patrick Sleepy Brown. ...

While critically acclaimed, it would not be until they released Aquemini and most notably Stankonia that OutKast would receive significant mainstream popularity. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source Magazine's 100 Best Rap Albums. Stankonia is a hip hop album by OutKast, released by La Face records (a subcorporation of Arista Records, BMG) on October 31, 2000. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

"Elevators (Me & You)" was later included on the Big Boi & Dre Present... OutKast hits album.

Track listing

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Samples

• "Danger, She's A Stranger" by The Five Stairsteps in "Two Dope Boyz (In A Cadillac)"
• "Focus III" by Focus in "Wheelz of Steel"
• "Prelude" by Lamont Dozier in "Jazzy Belle"
• "Come in out of the Rain" by Parliament in "Elevators (Me & You)"
• "The tripped out highpitched noise at the end of the chorus in Elevators is the sound from Mario Bros. when Mario gets a coin.

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Album singles

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Album chart positions

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ...

Singles chart positions

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Personnel

• Alvin Speights - Mixing
• Andre 3000 - Vocals
• Andrea Martin - Vocals
• Bernasky Wall - Engineering
• Big Boi - Vocals
• Big Gipp - Vocals
• Blake Eiseman - Engineering
• Brian Frye - Engineering
• Carlos Glover - Acoustic Guitar
• Carlton Batts - Mastering
• Cee-Lo - Vocals
• Cool Breeze - Vocals
• Craig Love - Guitar
• Debra Killings - Vocals
• Dee Simmons - Drum
• Derrick Williams - Engineering
• Dexter Simmons - Engineering, Mixing
• Ed Stroud - Guitar
• James "Jay" Nicholas - Bass
• Jarvis Blackshear - Engineering
• Jazzyfatnastees - Vocals
• John Frye - Engineering
• John Wydrycs - Engineering
• Joi - Vocals
• Kenny Wright - Keyboard
• Kerren Berz - Violin
• Khujo - Vocals
• Leslie Brathwaite - Mixing
• Marq Jefferson - Bass Guitar
• Martin Terry - Guitar
• Marvin "Chanz" Parkman - Keyboard, Organ
• Mike Wilson - Engineering
• Mr. DJ - Scratches
• Neal Pogue - Mixing
• Organized Noize - Drum Programming, Keyboard Programming, Mixing & Production
• Outkast - Drum Programming, Keyboard Programming, Mixing & Production
• Peaches - Vocals
• Preston Crump - Bass Guitar
• ShaJuanna Edghill - Vocals
• Skinny Miracles - Piano
• Sleepy Brown - Vocals
• T-Mo - Vocals
• Tamara - Vocals
• Tommy Martin - Acoustic Guitar
• Trina Broussard - Vocals
• Whild Peach - Vocals
• Witchdoctor - Vocals

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external links

• Everything You Wanted to Know About Outkast