Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors (2012) In their OutKast days, Big Boi was often slotted as the traditional Southern slanger to Andre 3000's kooky space cadet. But he's capable of his… Big Boi Hip-Hop/Rap Purple Ribbon
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Release Date: Dec 11, 2012; Lead Performance: Big Boi; Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap; Production: Purple Ribbon

In their OutKast days, Big Boi was often slotted as the traditional Southern slanger to Andre 3000's kooky space cadet. But he's capable of his own intergalactic travel: On Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors, he makes like the great funk weirdos of yesteryear, plunging his purple psychedelic prose beneath creamy seas of keyboard, two-stepping funk, and indie flotsam. It almost makes the calls to get the iconic duo back together seem silly, when the next-level mothership has already landed. A-

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Originally posted Dec 05, 2012 Published in issue #1237 Dec 07, 2012 Order article reprints