Although the compilation encompasses several hit songs from the duo,
Big Boi and
André 3000 don't consider it to be a "
greatest hits" or "best-of" release.[6][7] Big Boi described the album as "more like a refresher course… summer school on Outkast 101", and stated "[we're] just letting all the fans that went and got Stankonia know that there were three albums that came out before that. We picked some of the favourite songs from all the albums [for the compilation]." André added "after the Stankonia album, we gained a lot of new fans. They didn't know about Southernplayalistic, ATLiens, Aquemini. We had to give them the beginning [sic] to let them know where we're at right now".[6]
The
title track from ATLiens is mentioned as being included on the compilation in the essay contained in the booklet, but is not actually featured (it is assumed it was dropped at a late stage of the album's production); however, ATLiens is included on the New Zealand release of the album.[8][better source needed]
The tracks "Ain't No Thang", "Rosa Parks", "Aquemini", "B.O.B.", "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik", "Ms. Jackson", "SpottieOttieDopaliscious" and "Git Up, Git Out" differ from the album versions.
Although the compilation encompasses several hit songs from the duo,
Big Boi and
André 3000 don't consider it to be a "
greatest hits" or "best-of" release.[6][7] Big Boi described the album as "more like a refresher course… summer school on Outkast 101", and stated "[we're] just letting all the fans that went and got Stankonia know that there were three albums that came out before that. We picked some of the favourite songs from all the albums [for the compilation]." André added "after the Stankonia album, we gained a lot of new fans. They didn't know about Southernplayalistic, ATLiens, Aquemini. We had to give them the beginning [sic] to let them know where we're at right now".[6]
The
title track from ATLiens is mentioned as being included on the compilation in the essay contained in the booklet, but is not actually featured (it is assumed it was dropped at a late stage of the album's production); however, ATLiens is included on the New Zealand release of the album.[8][better source needed]
The tracks "Ain't No Thang", "Rosa Parks", "Aquemini", "B.O.B.", "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik", "Ms. Jackson", "SpottieOttieDopaliscious" and "Git Up, Git Out" differ from the album versions.