Outta Space Love

Outta Space Love
Studio album by Group 1 Crew
Released	September 21, 2010
Genre	CCM , pop rap, electropop
Label	Word Entertainment
Producer	Andy Anderson, Christopher Stevens, David Garcia, Justin Boller
Singles from Outta Space Love
""Breakdown"" ""Walking On the Stars"" ""Live It Up"" ""Please Don't Let Me Go""

Outta Space Love is the third album by the hip-hop trio Group 1 Crew released on September 21, 2010. It contains a more electronic style than their previous albums, and has drawn comparisons to The Black Eyed Peas. Critics have found it to be futuristic and danceable. The album spent one week on the Billboard 200, peaking at #96. It also spent eight weeks on the Billboard Christian Albums chart, peaking at #4.

The first single released was Breakdown, which was released in March. It was soon followed by Walking On the Stars, which was their first official release. Live It Up was released via iTunes as the 'Free Single Of The Week', but not officially to radio. The next single released was Please Don't Let Me Go, which so far has peaked at number 3 on the Air 1 Radio top 10.

Currently, there are two official remixes released, one of Walking on the Stars and the other of Please Don't Let Me Go.

Track listing

1. Live It Up*
2. Need Your Love
3. Walking On The Stars*
4. Let’s Go (featuring TobyMac)
5. Lean On Me
6. Beautiful
7. Transcend*
8. Outta Space Love*
9. Please Don’t Let Me Go
10. Wait
11. Breakdown*
12. Manipulation*
13. Take It There (Bonus Presale Track)
14. Control (iTunes exclusive)

Reviews

Allmusic gave the album a three and a half star rating, commenting on the '...Synth-driven hook-filled dance music...' as well on commenting on the subtle gospel music references. It chose the songs "Live It Up", "Let's Go", "Outta Space Love", and "Manipulation" as the AMG track picks off of the album¹.

Jesus Freak Hideout gave the album a three and a half star rating as well. It commented on their similarities with The Black Eyed Peas and use of auto-tune. It highlighted "Manipulation", "Breakdown", and "Trandscend", but called "Beautiful" the '...lowest point on the album...'².

Christiantity Today gave the album a three star rating and called the album a '...fashionable blend of electronic pop, dance, rap, and hip hop...' It picked "Walking On The Stars", "Let's Go", and "Beautiful" as the top tracks³.

Notable Songs

• Breakdown: "Breakdown" was released as the lead single off of Outta Space Love. It was also used by the Studio One Young Beast Society during their top 48 performance⁴. It was released on their Spacebound-EP⁵. Also was the commercial song for Kim and Kloe take over miami.

• Live It Up: "Live It Up" was released as iTunes 'Free single of the week' during the week of the release of Outta Space Love. A music video for the song was later released⁶. It was also released on the EP 'Spacebound'.

• Walking On the Stars: "Walking on the Stars" was released as the first official single from the album⁷ A remix is featured in the deluxe edition of WOW Hits 2011⁸.

• Manipulation: "Manipulation" was used by the Studio One Young Beast Society⁸. It also was released in their EP 'Spacebound'⁹.

• Outta Space Love: The title track of the album was used in the Studio One Young Beast Society's top ten performance¹⁰.

• Transcend: "Transcend" was used by Studio One Young Beast Society's first performance in the Las Vegas rounds.

Writers and Producers

Andy Anderson, Christopher Stevens, Garcia, Justin Boller, Group 1 Crew

Awards

The album won two Dove Awards at the 42nd GMA Dove Awards: Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year and Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song of the Year for "Walking On the Stars".^[1]

Sources

1. http://wwww.allmusic.com/album/outta-space-love-r1944085

2. http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/OuttaSpaceLove.asp

3. http://wwww.christianitytoday.com/ct/music/reviews/2010/outtaspacelove-mini.html

4. <http://youtube.com/watch?v=vx_FwOC_Yyw>

5. Spacebound-EP

6. <http://vimeo.com/11819052>

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8. WOW Hits 2011

9. <http://youtube.com/watch?v=p75gl7xu7QQ>

10. <http://youtube.com/watch?v=mOybeFmkc0o>

References

1. ^ 42nd Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominees on DoveAwards.com