hip hop, southern hip hop, dirty south, abstract hip hop 57 min 15 tracks Arista
ATLiens is the second studio album by the American hip hop duo Outkast. It was released on August 27, 1996, by Arista Records and LaFace Records. From 1995 to 1996, 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.
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Character-led, contemporary, grave and open-ended.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
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- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution3.5/4 ★
- The Philadelphia Inquirer3/4 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Source4/5 ★
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- The Austin Chronicle4/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography7/10
- Pitchfork9.6/10
- RapReviews10/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1You May Die (intro)1:06
- 2Two Dope Boyz (in a Cadillac)2:42
- 3ATLiens3:51
- 4Wheelz of Steel4:03
- 5Jazzy Belle4:12
- 6Elevators (Me & You)4:25
- 7Ova da Wudz3:48
- 8Babylon4:24
- 9Wailin’1:59
- 10Mainstream5:18
- 11Decatur Psalm3:58
- 12Millennium3:09
- 13E.T. (Extraterrestrial)3:07
- 1413th Floor/Growing Old6:51
- 15Elevators (ONP 86 mix)4:37
15 tracks, 57 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- OutKast
- Label
- Arista
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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