OUTKAST ALIENS ORIGINAL 1996 ( 2 ) VINYL RAP LP SEALED 73008-26029-1 NEW SEALED

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For your consideration is one hard to find - OUTKAST - ALIENS - Vinyl 2xLP Record from LaFace Records - 73008-26029-1 which is still factory sealed! This rare sealed LP was produced in 1996 and is now nearly 19 years out of print! The shrink wrap on this LP is mostly in tact with the exception of a 2" hole in the shrink in the right rear bottom corner of the jacket and a large reverse "C" shaped split in the shrink in the front of the jacket which also covers about 4-5" of the center part of the open side of the jacket which has been reinforced with clear tape to prevent it from splitting any further. The split in the shrink on the open ended side of the album jacket was not big enough to allow the LP's to come out which guarantees them to be in mint condition having never been removed or played. The art work on the jacket is nice and bright and unfaded with the jacket being in good condition with the only minor flaws being some pressure creases in the upper and lower left hand corners of the jacket which run across each of the corners. The Original (Parental Advisory Explicit Content) sticker is still firmly attached to the lower right hand corner as well. This is a great record LP to add to your vinyl album collection! 

Though they were likely lost on casual hip-hop fans, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik was full of subtle indications that OutKast were a lot more inventive than your average Southern playas. Their idiosyncrasies bubbled to the surface on their sophomore effort, ATLiens, an album of spacy sci-fi funk performed on live instruments. Largely abandoning the hard-partying playa characters of their debut,Dre and Big Boi develop a startlingly fresh, original sound to go along with their futuristic new personas.George Clinton's space obsessions might seem to make P-Funk obvious musical source material, butATLiens ignores the hard funk in favor of a smooth, laid-back vibe that perfectly suits the duo's sense of melody. The album's chief musical foundation is still soul, especially the early-'70s variety, but other influences begin to pop up as well. Some tracks have a spiritual, almost gospel feel (though only in tone, not lyrical content), and the Organized Noize production team frequently employs the spacious mixes and echo effects of dub reggae in creating the album's alien soundscapes. 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. Despite a couple of overly sleepy moments during the second half, ATLiens is overall a smashing success thanks to its highly distinctive style, and stands as probably OutKast's most focused work (though it isn't as wildly varied as subsequent efforts). The album may have alienated (pun recognized, but not intended) the more conservative wing of the group's fans, but it broke new ground for Southern hip-hop and marked OutKast as one of the most creatively restless and ambitious hip-hop groups of the '90s.

-allmusic