ATLiens [PA]

Performer: OutKast
Artist: Goodie Mob; Joi; Cool Breeze; Debra Killings; Jazzy Phat Nastees
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

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. Personnel: OutKast (programming, keyboard programming, drum programming); T-Bu, Shajuanna Edghill, Cool Breeze, Khujo, Andrea Martin , Whild Peach, Big Gipp, Cee-Lo (vocals, background vocals); Craig Love, Edward Stroud (guitar); Tomi Martin, Carlos Glover (acoustic guitar); Martin Terry (wah-wah guitar); Kerren Berz (violin); Marvin "Chanz" Parkman (piano, organ, keyboards); Skinny Miracles (piano); Kenny Wright (keyboards); Dee Simmons (drums); Organized Noize (programming, keyboard programming, drum programming); Mr. DJ (scratches); Dawn, Debra Killings, Tamara, Joi Gilliam, Peaches, Sleepy Brown, Trina (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Neil Pogue; Dexter Simmons; Alvin Speights; Organized Noize; OutKast; Leslie Brathwaite. Recording information: Bosstown Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA; Chung King Recording Studio, New York, NY; Doppler Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA; Patchwerk Recording Studio, Atlanta, GA; Purple Dragon Studios, Atlanta, GA; Sound On Sound Recording, Inc., New York, NY; Studio LaCoCo, Atlanta, GA. Illustrators: Frank Gomez; Vince Robinson. Photographer: John Halpern. Unknown Contributor Roles: Antwan Patton; Davett Singletary; D.L. Warfield; Victor Bruno. 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.

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 (10/96, p.118) - 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."

Atlanta-based hip-hop duo Outkast succeeded in bringing an unorthodox rhyme style and quirky, P-Funk-influenced sound and presentation into the rap mainstream. Successful since their 1994 debut, Outkast have gotten progressively more idiosyncratic. Their sophomore release, ATLIENS, took musical and lyrical risks which were reflected in Outkast's video output, such as the Mars-meets-Egyptology production for the album's hit "Elevators." STANKONIA, released in 2000, cemented the duo's reputation as influential hip-hop innovators, while its ambitious follow-up, 2003's SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW, made Outkast masterminds Andre 3000 and Big Boi international superstars.

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