OutKast: `ATLiens' From Hip-Hop Planet

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OutKast: `ATLiens' From Hip-Hop Planet

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October 11, 1996 | Richard Harrington | Copyright

TWO YEARS ago, OutKast introduced its Southern-fried meld of soul and hip-hop with a mouthful of an album titled "Southernplayalisticaddilacmusic" and built on hypnotically relaxed grooves and a fast-paced lyrical drawl that perfectly captured the regional character of this Atlanta-based duo. On "ATLiens," Big Boi and Dre (no, not that one or the other one -- a third one, without a doctorate) may not be the brothers from another planet the album's title, songs and videos occasionally suggest, but it's clear the Mothership did touch down in Georgia. With the help of ace producers Organized Noize (TLC, Goodie Mob), OutKast revisits the sprawling funk sound that propelled their debut to …

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