Outkast ATLIENS

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 Green (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, 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 Role: Antwan Patton.
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.

• Format: CD
• Genre: Pop
• Released: 8/27/1996