ATLiens
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Upon its release, ATLiens received positive reviews from music publications such as The Hartford Courant
, Rolling Stone
, and The Washington Post
. In a retrospective review of the album, RapReviews music critic Steve Juon wrote:
While critically acclaimed, it would not be until they released Aquemini
(1998) and most notably Stankonia
(2000) that OutKast would receive significant mainstream popularity. The hit single
"Elevators (Me & You)" was later included on the Big Boi & Dre Present... OutKast greatest hits album in 2001. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source
s 100 Best Rap Albums. In a retrospective review, Allmusic editor Steve Huey viewed the album as OutKast's "most focused work" and commented that "In addition to the striking musical leap forward, Dre and Big Boi continue to grow as rappers; their flows are getting more tongue-twistingly complex, and their lyrics more free-associative".
The Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is a morning newspaper for most of the state north of New Haven and east of Waterbury...
, Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
, and The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
. In a retrospective review of the album, RapReviews music critic Steve Juon wrote:
While critically acclaimed, it would not be until they released Aquemini
Aquemini
Aquemini is the third studio album by hip hop duo OutKast, released September 29, 1998 on LaFace Records. The title is a portmanteau of the two performers' Zodiac signs: Aquarius and Gemini...
(1998) and most notably Stankonia
Stankonia
Stankonia is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo OutKast, released October 31, 2000 on La Face Records. The album debuted at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling over 530,000 copies the first week. Stankonia received general acclaim from music critics, based on an aggregate...
(2000) that OutKast would receive significant mainstream popularity. The hit single
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...
"Elevators (Me & You)" was later included on the Big Boi & Dre Present... OutKast greatest hits album in 2001. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source
The Source (magazine)
The Source is a United States-based, monthly full-color magazine covering hip-hop music, politics, and culture, founded in 1988. It is the world's second longest running rap periodical, behind United Kingdom-based publication Hip Hop Connection. The Source was founded as a newsletter in 1988...
s 100 Best Rap Albums. In a retrospective review, Allmusic editor Steve Huey viewed the album as OutKast's "most focused work" and commented that "In addition to the striking musical leap forward, Dre and Big Boi continue to grow as rappers; their flows are getting more tongue-twistingly complex, and their lyrics more free-associative".
Track listing
Sample credits
- "You May Die (Intro)" is an interpolation of "Summer in the City" by Quincy JonesQuincy JonesQuincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
. - "Two Dope Boyz (In a Cadillac)" contains a sample of "D.E.E.P." by OutKast and "Danger, She's A Stranger" by The Five StairstepsThe Five StairstepsThe Five Stairsteps, known as "The First Family of Soul", were an American Chicago soul group made up of five of Betty and Clarence Burke Sr.'s six children: Alohe Jean, Clarence Jr., James, Dennis, and Kenneth "Keni", and briefly, Cubie...
. - "Wheelz of Steel" contains a sample of "Focus III" by FocusFocus (band)Focus is a Dutch rock band which was founded by classically trained organist/flautist Thijs van Leer in 1969, and is most famous for the instrumental pieces "Hocus Pocus" and "Sylvia"...
(from the 1972 album Focus IIIFocus IIIFocus 3 is a double-album by progressive rock band Focus, which was released in 1972, peaking #6 on the UK charts. It includes "Sylvia", a worldwide hit that reached #4 on the UK charts and #89 on the US charts...
) and "Saturday Night Style" by Mikey DreadMikey DreadMichael George Campbell , better known as Mikey Dread, was a Jamaican singer, producer, and broadcaster. He was one of the most influential performers and innovators in reggae music...
. - "Jazzy Belle" contains a sample of "It's Yours" by T La RockT La RockClarence "Terry" Ronnie Keaton , known by the stage name T La Rock, is an American old-school emcee best known for his collaboration with Def Jam Recordings co-founder Rick Rubin and the 1984 single "It's Yours." He disappeared from the hip hop scene after a traumatic brain injury in 1994, but as...
& Jazzy JayJazzy JayJazzy Jay born in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States, November 18, 1961), also known as The Original Jazzy Jay or DJ Jazzy Jay, is a pioneering American hip hop DJ and producer. He has collected roughly 400,000 records.-Background:...
and an interpolation of "Prelude" by Lamont DozierLamont DozierLamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
(from the 1974 album Black Bach). - "Elevators (Me & You) [ONP 86 Mix]" contains a sample of "Come In Out of the Rain" by ParliamentParliament (band)Parliament was a funk band most prominent during the 1970s. It and its sister act Funkadelic, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...
(from the album First Thangs); the original contains SFX from the video game Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros.is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo, published for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a sequel to the 1983 game Mario Bros. In Super Mario Bros., the player controls Mario as he travels through the Mushroom Kingdom in order to rescue Princess Toadstool from the antagonist...
. - "Ova Da Wudz" contain a sample of "Judas" by Society of SoulSociety of SoulSociety of Soul was a five-member R&B group with the members of Organized Noize, as well as Espraronza and Big Rube....
(from the 1995 album Brainchild). - "Babylon" contains a sample of "12 O'Clock" by VangelisVangelisEvangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis...
(from the 1975 album Heaven and HellHeaven and Hell (Vangelis album)Heaven and Hell, released in 1975, is the fifth solo album by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis. It got worldwide recognition through the use of "Movement 3" as the theme for the television documentary series Cosmos....
). - "Wailin" contains a sample of "To The Establishment" by Lou Bond (from the 1974 album We Produce).
- "Mainstream" contains a sample of "Sesame Street" by Goodie MobGoodie MobGoodie Mob is a Hip Hop act based in Atlanta, Georgia that formed in 1991 and currently consists of members Cee-Lo Green, Khujo, T-Mo and Big Gipp.-History:The group's name acts as a double backronym...
(from the 1995 album Soul Food).
Musicians
- Andre 3000André 3000André Lauren Benjamin , better known by his stage name André 3000 is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor, best known for being part of American hip-hop duo OutKast alongside fellow rapper Big Boi...
- Vocals - Andrea MartinAndrea Martin (musician)Andrea Monica Martin is an American R&B singer, songwriter and producer.She is primarily known for writing hit songs for artists like Toni Braxton , Monica , Angie Stone , En Vogue , SWV , and Leona Lewis Andrea Monica Martin is an American R&B singer, songwriter and producer.She is primarily...
- Vocals - Big BoiBig BoiAntwan André Patton , better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American rapper, song-writer, record producer and actor, best known for being a member of American hip hop duo OutKast alongside André 3000. His work in the duo has produced six studio albums. During the duo's hiatus, he and André...
- Vocals - Big GippBig GippThis article is about the American rapper. For the Notre Dame football player, see George Gipp. For the Iowa State Representative see Chuck Gipp.Big Gipp , is an American rapper from the South...
- Vocals - Carlos Glover - Acoustic Guitar
- Cee-Lo - Vocals
- Cool BreezeCool BreezeCool Breeze is a 1st generation Dungeon Family artist, and creator of the hip hop term, and subsequent song "Dirty South". The song is featured on Goodie Mob's 1995 debut LP Soul Food, and the term has become the unofficial name for describing the hip-hop nation's southern US region...
- Vocals - Craig Love - Guitar
- Debra KillingsDebra KillingsDebra Killings is an American singer and bass guitarist; notable for an extensive session and background vocal work for LaFace Records & Rowdy Records-based artists such as TLC, Monica and OutKast....
- Vocals - Dee Simmons - Drum
- Ed Stroud - Guitar
- James "Jay" Nicholas - Bass
- JazzyfatnasteesJazzyfatnasteesJazzyfatnastees is a vocal duo, Tracey Moore and Mercedes Martinez . Originally, a vocal quartet, they landed a deal with Tommy Boy in 1993...
- Vocals - JoiJoi (singer)Joi Elaine Gilliam , better known by her stage name Joi, is an American R&B/Rock singer, songwriter and record producer associated with the Dungeon Family collective based in Atlanta, Georgia, and as such often performs with OutKast, the Organized Noize production team, and Goodie Mob Joi Elaine...
- Vocals - Kenny Wright - Keyboard
- Kerren Berz - Violin
- KhujoKhujoKhujo is an American hip hop musician who was born on March 13, 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia.He has child name NaToya Knight. He is one-fourth of Goodie Mob , and one-half of The Lumberjacks . He is also the only featured guest to appear on every single Outkast album, including Big Boi's solo album...
- Vocals - Marq Jefferson - Bass Guitar
- Martin Terry - Guitar
- Marvin "Chanz" Parkman - Keyboard, Organ
- Mr. DJMr. DJMr. DJ, born David Sheats, is a Grammy Award-winning American hip-hop record producer and DJ from Atlanta, Georgia.-Biography:Raised on the southside of College Park, Georgia, Mr. DJ entered the music industry as a DJ for Atlanta-based hip-hop group OutKast. According to Sheats,After touring with...
- Scratches - Peaches - Vocals
- Preston Crump - Bass Guitar
- ShaJuanna Edghill - Vocals
- Skinny Miracles - Piano
- Sleepy BrownSleepy BrownPatrick "Sleepy" Brown is an R&B singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is one-third of the successful Atlanta-based production team of Organized Noize, which has created hits for acts such as OutKast, Goodie Mob, and TLC...
- Vocals - T-Mo - Vocals
- Tamara - Vocals
- Tommy Martin - Acoustic Guitar
- Trina BroussardTrina BroussardTrina Broussard is a R&B singer and songwriter. Trina Broussard began career in 1997 when she covered Minnie Riperton's song Inside My Love. A year later in 1998, Broussard signed a record contract with Jermaine Dupri's label So So Def, later leave after first album was stalled...
- Vocals - Whild Peach - Vocals
- Witchdoctor - Vocals
Production
- Alvin Speights - Mixing
- Bernasky Wall - Engineering
- Blake Eiseman - Engineering
- Brian Frye - Engineering
- Carlton Batts - Mastering
- Derrick Williams - Engineering
- Dexter Simmons - Engineering, Mixing
- Jarvis Blackshear - Engineering
- John Frye - Engineering
- John Wydrycs - Engineering
- Leslie Brathwaite - Mixing
- Mike Wilson - Engineering
- Neal Pogue - Mixing
- Organized NoizeOrganized NoizeOrganized Noize is an Atlanta-based American hip hop production company made up of Rico Wade, Ray Murray and Sleepy Brown.-History:Among the hit records they have worked on include TLC's "Waterfalls", En Vogue's "Don't Let Go ", and Ludacris' "Saturday "...
- Drum Programming, Keyboard Programming, Mixing & Production - OutkastOutKastOutkast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta native André "André 3000" Benjamin and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. They were originally known as Two Shades Deep but later changed the group's name to OutKast...
- Drum Programming, Keyboard Programming, Mixing & Production
Charts
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
2 |
| U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | 1 |
Album singles
| Single information |
|---|
| "Elevators (Me & You) Elevators (Me & You) "Elevators " is the first single from hip-Hop group OutKast's second studio album, ATLiens. It peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, being OutKast's biggest hit on the chart until the release of "Ms. Jackson" in 2000. The single also peaked at #1 on the US Hot Rap Tracks chart. It was later... "
|
| "ATLiens ATLiens (song) "ATLiens" is the second single from hip-hop group OutKast's second studio album, ATLiens. It is a double A-Side single, alongside a further track from the album, Wheelz Of Steel. Both songs were written and produced by OutKast. The song appeared on the FOX series New York Undercover... " |
| "Jazzy Belle Jazzy Belle "Jazzy Belle" is the third and last single from hip-hop group OutKast's second studio album, ATLiens. It was released as a remix single and it peaked at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is the only single from the album ATLiens to be produced by Organized Noize, the other two singles being... " |
See also
- List of number-one albums of 1996 (U.S.)
- List of number-one R&B albums of 1996 (U.S.)
External links
- ATLiens at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- The Inside Story on Hip-Hop's Outsiders at Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....