Former OutKast rapper/producer Big Boi has enlisted the help of ex-Destiny’s Child singer and former X-Factor judge Kelly Rowland for the poppy ‘Mama Told Me’, the lead single from his upcoming second solo album Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumours. Listen to ‘Mama Told Me’ below and let me know what you think in the comments…
OutKast rapper Big Boi and Cee-Lo feature on a new mix of the title track from Janelle Monae’s latest album The Electric Lady. The track originally featured Solange as a guest, so this new version – available on special edition copies of the album in the US – is a pretty star-studded affair. Check it…
Manic Street Preachers – (It’s Not War) Just The End Of Love It’s been almost 20 years since the Manics unleashed their distinct brand of politically driven rock with debut album Generation Terrorists. Since then their career has seen them take various musical and lyrical directions, but have always maintained their position at the top…
Big Boi new solo album reviewed As one half of absurdly successful rap duo OutKast, Antwan ‘Big Boi’ Patton was the quiet man of hip-hop. Now with his long awaited debut solo album, his voice is loud and proud…
Former Outkast rapper/producer Big Boi has released the first single from his new solo album today. Check out ‘Gossip’ below (which features guest contributions by UGK and BIG KRIT: ‘Gossip’ is taken from Big Boi’s second solo album Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumours, which is due for release later this year and follows his great 2010…
That Game Of Thrones inspired hip-hop mixtape everyone has been hyping up all week is now available to stream online. It features OutKast’s Big Boi as well as other (moderately) big hip-hop names like Wale and Common and has the admittedly cool name of ‘Catch The Throne’. You can stream it all in full below:
Although January tends to be a bit of a depressing month – Christmas is gone, no-one has any money, the weather is dreary etc. etc… – it does have one thing going for it: new music. January is typically the month where everyone starts the ‘big in 2014’ scramble – so there’s always a lot…
Seminal hip-hop OutKast are rumoured to be on the verge of reuniting and have been touted as possible headliners for next year’s Coachella festival and, naturally, Glastonbury 2014 as well. The rumours were started by Billboard, who say multiple sources have confirmed that Andre 3000 and Big Boi are ‘in talks to reunite next year…
Frank Ocean’s debut solo album Channel Orange was the breakout hit of 2012, and now his Midas touch has extended to reuniting OutKast’s Big Boi and Andre 3000 on the same track for the first time since 2010. ‘Pink Matter’ features on Channel Orange and was originally intended to include verses from both the OutKast rappers, although it…
Former OutKast rapper Big Boi finished off 2012 with one of the best hip hop albums of the year, and almost as soon as the clock struck midnight on New Years Eve he released the video for Vicious Lies… highlight ‘In The A’. Collaborators T.I. and Ludacris also star in the video, which features lots…
