Sony Legacy celebrates the 25th anniversary of ATLiens – the cinematic hip-hop masterpiece that rocketed Outkast (André 3000 and Big Boi) into the mainstream stratosphere from the duo’s Atlanta underground music scene launchpad – with an expanded vinyl 4LP edition featuring the original album in its entirety bundled with a full-length collection of 14 previously unreleased instrumental tracks which are being released commercially for the first time!

With ATLiens, Outkast’s second studio album, the American hip-hop duo focused an outer space-inspired musical lens on 1996 Atlanta street culture, finding common ground in a range of characters from hustlers to extra-terrestrials. Issued on August 27, 1996, by LaFace Records, ATLiens entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 2 and sold nearly 350,000 copies within two weeks of release. The album has been certified double platinum by the RIAA and generated the hit singles “Elevators (Me & You),” “ATLiens” and “Jazzy Belle”.

Since its release, ATLiens continues to be heralded by music critics and aficionados as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time.