ATLiens – OutKast

OutKast’s second studio LP, ATLiens, released in August 1996, is the record that got me into hip hop. I wasn’t even seven at the time, and I didn’t pick it up from Andy’s Records (RIP) in Bury St Edmunds until seven years later, when I was 14, . I can listen to this album over, and over, and over, and, well, you get the point… It’s deeper than a Mafia boss’ pockets and is full of earthy flows that set the stage for Andre 3000 and Big Boi to lace it up with their smooth vocals. This is my go-to record whenever I get disillusioned by present day hip hop.

Thank you OutKast.

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Album singles (Click to listen to uploaded mp3):

Elevators (Me And You) [8th July, 1996] – OutKast

ATLiens [11th November, 1996] – OutKast

Jazzy Belle [1st January, 1997] – OutKast

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