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A huge creative leap forward from the debut Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, with crazy free flowing, intelligent rhymes and soulful outer space grooves that still manage to stay grounded enough to aptly reflect the darker realities of the ATL. Most tracks have a laid back southern fried groove, and Dre and Big Boi's rhymes are just about as inventive as any you'll find. Essential! Tracks include "ATLiens", "Two Dope Boyz (In A Cadillac)", "Wheelz Of Steel", "Jazzy Belle", "Babylon", "Millennium", and "13th Floor/Growing Old". 14 cuts in all.

A huge creative leap forward from the debut Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, with crazy free flowing, intelligent rhymes and soulful outer space grooves that still manage to stay grounded enough to aptly reflect the darker realities of the ATL. Most tracks have a laid back southern fried groove, and Dre and Big Boi's rhymes are just about as inventive as any you'll find. Essential! Tracks include "ATLiens", "Two Dope Boyz (In A Cadillac)", "Wheelz Of Steel", "Jazzy Belle", "Babylon", "Millennium", and "13th Floor/Growing Old". 14 cuts in all.

2LP promo-only instrumental version of this classic from Outkast & Organized Noise! Instrumentals of all the cuts are here, 16 tracks in all: "2 Dope Boyz In A Cadillac", "Atliens", "Wheelz Of Steel", "Jazzy Belle", "Elevators", "Ova Da Wudz", "Babylon", "Wailin", "Mainstream", "Decatur Psalm", "Millennium", "ET", "Growing Old" and "Elevators (ONP89 mix)".

A nice EP from French producer and beatmaker Onra! Onra is one of finer producer/artists on the international scene combining a love for 80s electro, synth funk and boogie soul with an overall vibe that's right at home here in the post-millennium. This material here is among his best, too –bringing in some noirish 80s soundtrack influences – and again, making it sound timeless. Includes "After Hours" with T3, "LOVE", "Somewhere Deep In The Night", "VBB" fet Jaykin & Amalia, "Hold Tight" and "After Hours (Instrumental)".

Classic Doom! "Rhymes Like Dimes" is MF Doom in his crazy yet razor-sharp, career-defining, early 00s best. The track itself has sunny fusiony funk backdrop that's a great foil for the rhymes – which are seemingly stream of conciousness, yet brilliantly laid out – a standout track from the new millennium Doom renaissance.