ATLiens is the second studio album by American hip-hop duo OutKast, release… Read Full Bio ↴ATLiens is the second studio album by American hip-hop duo OutKast, released on August 27, 1996, by LaFace Records. The duo sought to improve on their 1994 debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik and gain respect for their burgeoning Southern hip-hop scene. ATLiens has been listed by several magazines and critics as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time.
OutKast recorded ATLiens in sessions at several Atlanta studios—Bosstown Recording Studios, Doppler Recording Studios, PatchWerk Recording Studio, Purple Dragon Studios, and Studio LaCoCo—as well as Chung King Recording Studio and Sound On Sound Recording in New York City.
The record features outer space-inspired production sounds, with Outkast and producers Organized Noize incorporating elements of dub, reggae, and gospel into the compositions. Several songs feature the duo's first attempts at producing music by themselves. Lyrically, the group discusses a wide range of topics including urban life as hustlers, existential introspection, and extraterrestrial life. Its title is a portmanteau of "ATL" (an abbreviation of Atlanta, Georgia) and "aliens", which has been interpreted by critics as a commentary about the feeling of being isolated from American culture.
ATLiens debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, and it sold nearly 350,000 copies in its first two weeks of release. The album was very well received by music critics upon its release, who praised the record's lyrical content. It has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of two million copies in the United States. The album spawned the singles "Elevators (Me & You)", "ATLiens", and "Jazzy Belle" before its release.
OutKast recorded ATLiens in sessions at several Atlanta studios—Bosstown Recording Studios, Doppler Recording Studios, PatchWerk Recording Studio, Purple Dragon Studios, and Studio LaCoCo—as well as Chung King Recording Studio and Sound On Sound Recording in New York City.
The record features outer space-inspired production sounds, with Outkast and producers Organized Noize incorporating elements of dub, reggae, and gospel into the compositions. Several songs feature the duo's first attempts at producing music by themselves. Lyrically, the group discusses a wide range of topics including urban life as hustlers, existential introspection, and extraterrestrial life. Its title is a portmanteau of "ATL" (an abbreviation of Atlanta, Georgia) and "aliens", which has been interpreted by critics as a commentary about the feeling of being isolated from American culture.
ATLiens debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, and it sold nearly 350,000 copies in its first two weeks of release. The album was very well received by music critics upon its release, who praised the record's lyrical content. It has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of two million copies in the United States. The album spawned the singles "Elevators (Me & You)", "ATLiens", and "Jazzy Belle" before its release.
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ATLiens
OutKast Lyrics
13th Floor/Growing Old Conceive true deception multiplied a million fold Visualize …
ATLiens Yeah, uh, East Point, smokes some dank College Park in the…
Babylon I came into this world high as a bird From second…
Decatur Psalm I call the crib they say, "Breeze you ain't know?" I…
E.T. (Extraterrestrial) Big Boi: Peep what I say Everyday--the sun sets just like c…
Elevators (Me & You) Verse One: Andre One for the money yes uhh two for…
Jazzy Belle Yeah Yeah Oh yes, I love her like Egyptian, want a descript…
Mainstream Uh, y'all know what it is Uh, y'all know what it…
Millennium Me and everythin' around me, is unstable like Chernobyl Read…
Ova Da Wudz Something's gotta give Check, check Yeah, nahmsayin'? Harri'…
Two Dope Boyz (In a Cadillac) From the bottom of my lungs a nigga be blowin,…
Wailin' In the zone like Keyser Soze Always the usual suspect No che…
Wheelz of Steel Uh As I sit in my B-boy stance With flip-flops and socks,…
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@23 references psalm 23
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