Outta Space Love

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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

Album release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Live It Up"	Manwell Reyes, Blanca Reyes, Pablo Villatoro, Andy Anderson	3:20
2.	"Need Your Love"	M. Reyes, Villatoro, David Garcia	4:27
3.	"Walking On the Stars"	M. Reyes, Villatoro, Anderson	3:58
4.	"Let’s Go" (featuring tobyMac)	Toby McKeehan, Jose Reyes, Garcia, Villatoro	4:18
5.	"Lean On Me"	M. Reyes, Villatoro, B. Reyes, Garcia	3:41
6.	"Beautiful"	M. Reyes, Villatoro, Garcia	3:29
7.	"Transcend"	M. Reyes, Villatoro, Garcia	4:06
8.	"Outta Space Love"	M. Reyes, B. Reyes, Villatoro, Christopher Stevens	4:35
9.	"Please Don’t Let Me Go"	Anderson, Garcia, J. Reyes, Villatoro	4:21
10.	"Wait"	M. Reyes, B. Reyes, Villatoro, Stevens, Sky Michaels	4:36
11.	"Breakdown"	Anderson, Justin Boller, B. Reyes, J. Reyes, Villatoro	3:32
12.	"Manipulation"	Garcia, B. Reyes, J. Reyes, Villatoro	3:49
Total length:			47:45

Aditional tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Take It There" (Bonus Pre-sale Track)	3:22
14.	"Control" (iTunes exclusive)	4:09

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.

In popular media

The Studio One Young Beast Society used the following songs on America's Got Talent:

• "Breakdown" during their top 48 performance⁴
• "Manipulation" ⁸
• "Outta Space Love" for their top ten performance¹⁰
• "Transcend" for their first performance in the Las Vegas rounds

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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".

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	96
US Billboard Top Christian Albums	4

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
2010	"Walking On the Stars"	Billboard Christian CHR	4
2011	"Please Don't Let Me Go"	Billboard Christian CHR	8
2011	"Let's Go"	Billboard Christian CHR	10

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>