If you didn't know before, you should know now. Antwan "Big Boi" Patton refuses to be held down. In the works since 2007, 'Sir Luscious Left Foot' is finally seeing the light of day. It seems the the delays and obstacles in Big Boi's way have pushed him to make an enjoyably experimental piece of work. This album borrows elements from funk, indie rock, and electro-pop. Yet, there is little doubt this is a hip hop album and there is an abundance of the booty bass sound of early nineties Atlanta.
'Sir Luscious Left Foot' is an album meant to be listened to in your car with the windows down and the volume at the highest decible attainable. Every track has so much bottom, Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez would be jealous. It seems as though, Big Boi and Organized Noize, the producers of majority of the album, wanted to make a party record. That is especially evident on the first single, "Shutterbugs". Big Boi spits "I'm double fisted and you empty you can grab a cup/Boy stop, I'm playing/Let me dap you up." Most of this fifteen song opus continues down that road, except for "Hustle Blood". That song finds Big Boi, alongside Jamie Foxx, spinning a story of a woman getting with a hustler because that was the kind of man her father was. But even that one knocks hard.
This album showcases Big Boi's quick wit and sharp tonuge. Even with a host of guests, Big Boi remains the star and never relinquishes the spotlight for too long. It must be said, Gucci Mane sounds very intelligent on the cut, "Shine Blockas". Who would have thought that could ever happen? Certainly not me, or most of us, for that matter.
This album makes any naysayers sit up and take notice Big Boi is no slouch on the mic. The project is a gift and a curse though. While you will absolutely be satisfied with Big Boi's debut effort, it does make you anticipate an Outkast record that much more.
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