After the album was certified platinum, LaFace Records gave OutKast more creative control and advanced money for their 1996 follow-up album ATLiens. Bolstered by the success of the single ' Player's Ball', the record established OutKast as prominent figures in the Southern hip hop scene. In 1994, OutKast released their debut album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, which was recorded when members Big Boi and AndrГ© 3000 were eighteen years old. Since its release, ATLiens has been listed by several magazines and critics as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. The album spawned the singles ' Elevators (Me & You)', ' ATLiens', and ' Jazzy Belle'. It has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of two million copies in the United States. The album was very well received by music critics upon its release, who praised the record's lyrical content. The album's title is a portmanteau of 'ATL' (an abbreviation of Atlanta, Georgia) and ' aliens', which has been interpreted by critics as a commentary about the feeling of being isolated from American culture.ДЄTLiens debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, and it sold nearly 350,000 copies in its first two weeks of release. Lyrically, the group discusses a wide range of topics including urban life as hustlers, existential introspection, and extraterrestrial life.

Several songs feature the duo's first attempts at producing music by themselves.

The record features outer space-inspired production sounds, with OutKast and producers Organized Noize incorporating elements of dub, reggae, and gospel into the compositions. 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. ATLiens is the second studio album by American hip hop duo OutKast, released on August 27, 1996, by LaFace Records.

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