1. ATLiens
Released: August 27, 1996
ATLiens is a important record because it made people respect Southern rappers and it showed that it was more than country niggas with gold teeth. This was released during the heat of the East/West Coast feud. Before this album, Southern rapper weren’t respected. There were few respected in the South like Scarface but even then mostly West Coast fucked with the South. The 1995 Source Awards came around and Outkast got booed after winning “Best New Artist” but Andre was right when he said the South got something to say. We’ve been running it ever since. I put this album way ahead of anything KRS-One ever released. Real Southern legends mane. – P-Body