Artist – Album: Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot:
The Son of Chico Dusty
Released: 5th July 2010
Sounds Like: Outkast’s better half?
Following a drawn out
wait for release and feverish rumour mill more reminiscent of a summer football
transfer saga, Sir Lucious Left Foot was finally released in the summer of 2010
to near universal acclaim. It perhaps shouldn’t surprise anyone that one half of
Outkast, possible the 21st century’s greatest group, should produce
such an accomplished and assured debut. But, you know, it kind of did...
In the southern hip hop duo,
Big Boi was seen as the heavy – his lyrics contained powerful hip hop bravado
and he possessed a machine gun flow that few of his contemporaries could
compete with, but wasn’t he really just the muscles to back up Andre 3000’s offbeat
genius and deft creativity?
Instead, with superb
tracks like ‘Shutterbugg’, ‘Tangerine’, ‘Hustle
Blood’ and the Harold Melvin sampling ‘Shine
Blockas’, this album proved he was his friend’s creative equal. ‘General Patton’ features a sample from
an opera, ‘You Ain’t No DJ’ is
propelled by a manic backbeat that could’ve come from an early The Prodigy
track, whilst ‘Be Still’, featuring
the angelic Janelle Monáe, becomes a beautiful funky ballad. Monáe is just one of an impressive cast of
supporting characters, as the likes of T.I., Jamie Foxx, George Clinton, B.O.B.
and Gucci Mane all bring their considerable talents to the court, but Big Boi
remains the star. His delivery as elastic as ever, mellow one minute, frenetic
the next. And whilst the themes here are very much the typical R&B cocktail
of bragging, sex and clubbing, here the lines are dispensed with fantastic wit
and skill. For example, in the weed-celebrations of ‘Fo Yo Sorrows’(featuring George Clinton, who the album’s funky
looseness has drawn comparisons to) we're hit with the following low blow “In my
chair, as I sit back smiling from ear to ear with a fistful of your
girlfriend's hair. Yes, she'll blow one tonight, fo' yo' sorrows”. Oooo, that's got to hurt! Honestly, even
the skits are funny.
Albumaday... rating: 9/10
1. Feel Me (Intro) - 1:28
2. Daddy Fat Sax - 2:36
3. Turns Me On - 3:29
4. Follow Us - 3:35
5. Shutterbugg - 3:35
6. General Patton - 3:12
7. Tangerine - 4:14
8. You Ain't No DJ - 5:31
9. Hustle Blood - 4:00
10. Be Still - 5:10
11. Fo Yo Sorrows - 3:42
12. Night Night - 3:45
13. Shine Blockas - 3:45
14. The Train, Pt. 2 (Sir Lucious Left Foot Saves the Day) – 5:20
15. Back Up Plan - 3:43
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