BOOMIVERSE

by Big Boi

Overview

After the release of his second solo album, Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumours, Big Boi followed executive L.A. Reid, who signed OutKast in the early '90s, from Def Jam to Epic, and with Phantogram recorded the Big Grams EP. Big Boi's continued interest in alternate routes notwithstanding, his third solo album is closer in spirit to his first one, Sir Lucious Left Foot. This deeply involves longtime partners Organized Noize as producers. Other old affiliates, such as Killer Mike, Scar Smith, and Pimp C, chip in as well. The effort to differentiate this from Big Boi's congested previous album is not only musical but cosmetic as well, as the names of the guest artists -- also including Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Jeezy, and Gucci Mane -- aren't integrated with the track titles on physical copies. Big Boi's high-velocity wit and Organized Noize's liquid, bumping backdrops remain an innate match, familiar and fresh at once on "Kill Jill," "Get Wit It," and especially "In the South." Foremost among the few cuts without Organized Noize is "All Night," seemingly the lone concerted attempt to attain a crossover hit. Although it's co-produced by hitmakers Dr. Luke and Cirkut, the lighthearted track leads with a rollicking piano line and would be more at home on Idlewild, trailing "Call the Law," than on any given album that features the duo's efforts. Additionally, rebounding "Shutterbugg" producer Scott Storch finds Big Boi again for "Order of Operations," appropriately enough a steely number about financial responsibility: "First hundred thousand, I bought a Lexus/First million, I was 20, I learn my lesson, I bought some land." From start to finish, Big Boi is so at ease with assured nonchalance that he blithely makes references to a mass murderer and an alleged serial rapist, and occasionally slips into some other juvenile business. Otherwise, he's in elite statesman form. He and his collaborators likewise don't seem all that concerned about the album's place in contemporary rap, and it's all the better for it. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	06/16/2017
Label:	Craft Recordings / Hitco
UPC:	0889854466923

Tracks

1. Da Next Day
2. Kill Jill
3. Mic Jack
4. In the South
5. Order of Operations
6. All Night
7. Get Wit It
8. Overthunk
9. Chocolate
10. Made Man
11. Freakanomics
12. Follow Deez

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Big Boi   Primary Artist,Vocals
Adam Levine   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Pimp C   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Eric Bellinger   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Sleepy Brown   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Snoop Dogg   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Curren$y   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Troze   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Scar   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Gucci Mane   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Jeezy   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Big Rube   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Killer Mike   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Kurupt   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Miss C.C. Laflor   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
DJ Dahi   Vocoder
Scar Smith   Vocals
LunchMoney Lewis   Vocals,Featured Artist
Tayla Parx   Vocals
Sean Douglas   Vocals (Background)
Organized Noize   Guitar,Moog Synthesizer
Dave Robbins   Keyboards
Darian Emory   Horn
Preston Crump   Bass
David Whild   Guitar
Rock D the Legend   Vocals
Ian Kirkpatrick   Vocals (Background)
DJ Cutmaster Swiff   Scratching
Mark Jefferson   Guitar (Bass)
Chris Carmouche   Vocoder

Technical Credits

Miss C.C. Laflor   Composer
Bryan Simmons   Composer
Diego Ave   Producer,Recording Producer
Dave Kutch   Mastering Engineer
Dahi   Producer,Recording Producer
Diego Avendano   Producer,Composer
DJ Dahi   Producer,Programming,Drum Programming
Clint Gibbs   Engineer
Lukasz Gottwald   Composer
Jake Troth   Producer,Recording Producer
Cory Moore   Composer
Taylor Parks   Composer
Scott Storch   Composer,Producer,Recording Producer
Bill Zimmerman   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Chloe Angelides   Composer
Seige Monstracity   Producer,Recording Producer
Eliot Dubock   Composer
Gamal Lewis   Composer
Steve Vealey   Mixing Assistant
Jeff Jackson   Assistant
Henry Walter   Composer
Khalil Abdul-Rahman   Composer
Robin Florent   Assistant
Hollis Mason   Composer
Tayla Parx   Composer
Kalani Thompson   Assistant
Tyler Sheppard   Assistant
Sarah Johnson   Composer
Sean Douglas   Composer
Griffin Oskar   Composer,Producer,Programming,Instrumentation,Recording Producer
Lil Aaron   Composer
Griffin Fornell   Composer
Phil Tan   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Ruben Bailey   Composer
Danielle Alvarez   Production Coordination
Aura Qualic   Composer
Carolyn Walters   Composer
Kristopher Bailey   Composer
Delfino Mack   Assistant
Giorgio Yedelle   Assistant
Jacob Troth   Composer
James Kelso   Assistant
Lucas Alverez   Logo
Paul Piszko   Logo
Tyler Morgan   Creative Producer
Renegade El Rey   Producer
Young Cali   Producer,Recording Producer
Milton Poole III   Composer
Cory Mo   Recording Producer,Producer
Calvin Broadus   Composer
Eric Eylands   Assistant
Chris Galland   Mixing Engineer
Reuben Davis   Assistant
Radric Davis   Composer
Rico Wade   Composer
David Kutch   Mastering
Dr. Luke   Producer,Recording Producer
Ray Murray   Composer
Patrick Brown   Composer
Noah Passovoy   Vocal Engineer,Vocal Producer
Antwan Patton   Composer,Executive Producer
Ricardo Brown   Composer
Aaron Jennings   Composer
Jay Fury   Illustrations
Marcus White   Composer
Abdul Rahman   Composer
Ian Kirkpatrick   Composer,Producer,Recording Producer
Richard Wheeler Jr.   Composer
Jeff Schulz   Design,Art Direction
Byron Thomas   Composer
Eric Bellinger   Composer
Beat Butcha   Producer,Recording Producer
Brian Ziff   Photography
Sean Douglass   Composer
Shante Franklin   Composer
DJ Cutmaster Swiff   Drum Programming
Terrence Smith   Composer
Raymon Murray   Composer
Serban Ghenea   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Richard Wheeler   Composer
Brandon Wood   Assistant
Daniela Rivera   Assistant
Cirkut   Producer,Programming,Instrumentation,Recording Producer
Siege Monstrosity   Producer
TM88   Producer,Recording Producer
Shelton Oliver   Composer,Engineer
Dacoury Natche   Composer
Big Boi   Producer,Recording Producer
Kurupt   Producer
Tobias Thomas   Composer
Chris Gehringer   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
John Hanes   Engineer
Michael Brauer   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Michael Render   Composer
John Frye   Mixing,Producer,Mixing Engineer,Recording Producer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
DJ Khalil   Producer,Programming,Drum Programming
Mannie Fresh   Composer,Producer,Recording Producer
Killer Mike   Producer
Chad Butler   Composer
Organized Noize   Producer,Recording Producer
Chris Carmouche   Mixing,Engineer,Mixing Engineer