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Many of the guest appearances on Big Boi's second solo album -- his third if you count Speakerboxxx -- were not expected. Most of them qualify as inharmonious experiments. A chance encounter with Phantogram, facilitated by a music identification application, led to three of these songs. On "CPU," the most awkward one of the bunch, Phantogram fashion their hazy dream pop into low-wattage EDM, their feathery chorus disconnected from Big Boi's verses. The MC likewise sounds more like the guest on the loopy Wavves collaboration "Shoes for Running"; it's more of a mismatch than his spot on Carlos Santana's "My Man." Consecutive tracks with Little Dragon fare somewhat better. The creeping "Thom Pettie," in which Big Boi is the dominant voice, is a highlight, while "Mama Told Me," co-written by the beloved Swedish hybrid group, is pleasant enough but more of a light robo-funk platform for lead singer Kelly Rowland. Big Boi adapts to the unfamiliar surroundings with little effort and often sounds comfortable, but the fusions are short on power. Despite not featuring a known indie act, "Apple of My Eye," involving a co-producer and singer named Jake Troth, incorporates a tepid bopping sound. Bravest of all is "Tremendous Damage," a plaintive ballad in which Big Boi sings with deep sincerity, but one can almost hear a switch flip toward the end of the first verse, when he shifts from crooning into one of his familiar methods of delivery. The more potent tracks include the blaring/booming "In the A," featuring Big Boi and T.I. in rapid-fire mode (and Ludacris in beat-over-check-cashing mode), the offhandedly boastful and Sleepy Brown-enhanced "The Thickets," and the stirring ATL-meets-Minneapolis folk-funk closer, "Descending," yet another Little Dragon hook-up.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Antwan Patton, ComposerLyricist - Patrick Brown, ComposerLyricist - Debra Killings, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Big Boi, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Chris Carmouche, Producer, Additional Keyboards, Co-Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Gary Fly, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sleepy Brown, FeaturedArtist - Kevin Kendrick, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - The Trinity, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cy Fyre, Producer, Programmer - Cyshae Strachan, ComposerLyricist - Donald DeGrate Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Antwan Patton, ComposerLyricist - David Sheats, ComposerLyricist - Debra Killings, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Hornz Unlimited, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Big Boi, MainArtist - Chris Carmouche, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Fly, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mr. DJ, Producer, Programmer - David Whild, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Omar Phillips, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Trinity, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jake Troth, Producer, Co-Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Antwan Patton, ComposerLyricist - Big Boi, MainArtist - Chris Carmouche, Drums, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Fly, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Omar Phillips, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Trinity, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Phantogram, Producer, FeaturedArtist - Josh Carter, ComposerLyricist - Sarah Barthel, ComposerLyricist - Ismail Akbar, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Antwan Patton, ComposerLyricist - Clifford Harris, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Corey Andrews, ComposerLyricist - Hornz Unlimited, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Big Boi, MainArtist - Ludacris, FeaturedArtist - T.I., FeaturedArtist - Gary Fly, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Trinity, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Wilbert Ellis, ComposerLyricist - Blackowned C-Bone, Producer - DJ Aries, Producer - Shelton Oliver, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawrence Butler, ComposerLyricist - Joel Peters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Showdown, Producer, Programmer
℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Antwan Patton, ComposerLyricist - Scott Mescudi, ComposerLyricist - Big Boi, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Chris Carmouche, Producer, Additional Keyboards, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Kid Cudi, FeaturedArtist - Gary Fly, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - David Whild, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Kendrick, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - The Trinity, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sharif Wilson, Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Treie, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Antwan Patton, ComposerLyricist - Big Boi, MainArtist - Chris Carmouche, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Gary Fly, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Whild, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Kendrick, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - The Trinity, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Phantogram, FeaturedArtist - Jeron Ward, Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Shelton Oliver, ComposerLyricist - Josh Carter, ComposerLyricist - Sarah Barthel, ComposerLyricist - Demond Toney, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Antwan Patton, ComposerLyricist - LaMarquis Jefferson, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Michael Render, ComposerLyricist - Big Boi, Producer, MainArtist - Chris Carmouche, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Warren Bletcher, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fredrik Wallin, ComposerLyricist - Gary Fly, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yukimi Nagano, ComposerLyricist - Hakan Wirenstrand, ComposerLyricist - David Brown, ComposerLyricist - David Whild, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Killer Mike, FeaturedArtist - The Trinity, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Bodin, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Little Dragon, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Antwan Patton, ComposerLyricist - Debra Killings, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ricardo Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Big Boi, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Chris Carmouche, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Kelly Rowland, FeaturedArtist - Fredrik Wallin, ComposerLyricist - Gary Fly, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yukimi Nagano, ComposerLyricist - Hakan Wirenstrand, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Kendrick, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Bodin, ComposerLyricist - Jeron Ward, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo Walker, ComposerLyricist - Shelton Oliver, ComposerLyricist - Cutty Cartel, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Adams, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Flush, Producer
℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Antwan Patton, ComposerLyricist - B.O.B, FeaturedArtist - Big Boi, MainArtist - John Hill, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Chris Carmouche, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Noah Beresin, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Fly, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Laura Sisk, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr., ComposerLyricist - The Trinity, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Wavves, FeaturedArtist - Nathan Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Antwan Patton, ComposerLyricist - Big Boi, MainArtist - Chris Carmouche, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Fredrik Wallin, ComposerLyricist - Gary Fly, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Yukimi Nagano, ComposerLyricist - Hakan Wirenstrand, ComposerLyricist - David Whild, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Trinity, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Bodin, ComposerLyricist - Little Dragon, FeaturedArtist - Andy Slagle, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - DJ Cutmaster Swiff, Programmer
℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Antwan Patton, ComposerLyricist - Maurice Sinclair, ComposerLyricist - Rico Wade, ComposerLyricist - Raymon Murray, ComposerLyricist - Ray Murray, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Butler, ComposerLyricist - Big Boi, Producer, Additional Producer, MainArtist - Chris Carmouche, Producer, Mixer, Additional Keyboards, Additional Producer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Organized Noize, Producer - Gary Fly, Mixer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - UGK, FeaturedArtist - Kevin Kendrick, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Scott, ComposerLyricist - Big K.R.I.T., FeaturedArtist - Bernard James Freeman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
Many of the guest appearances on Big Boi's second solo album -- his third if you count Speakerboxxx -- were not expected. Most of them qualify as inharmonious experiments. A chance encounter with Phantogram, facilitated by a music identification application, led to three of these songs. On "CPU," the most awkward one of the bunch, Phantogram fashion their hazy dream pop into low-wattage EDM, their feathery chorus disconnected from Big Boi's verses. The MC likewise sounds more like the guest on the loopy Wavves collaboration "Shoes for Running"; it's more of a mismatch than his spot on Carlos Santana's "My Man." Consecutive tracks with Little Dragon fare somewhat better. The creeping "Thom Pettie," in which Big Boi is the dominant voice, is a highlight, while "Mama Told Me," co-written by the beloved Swedish hybrid group, is pleasant enough but more of a light robo-funk platform for lead singer Kelly Rowland. Big Boi adapts to the unfamiliar surroundings with little effort and often sounds comfortable, but the fusions are short on power. Despite not featuring a known indie act, "Apple of My Eye," involving a co-producer and singer named Jake Troth, incorporates a tepid bopping sound. Bravest of all is "Tremendous Damage," a plaintive ballad in which Big Boi sings with deep sincerity, but one can almost hear a switch flip toward the end of the first verse, when he shifts from crooning into one of his familiar methods of delivery. The more potent tracks include the blaring/booming "In the A," featuring Big Boi and T.I. in rapid-fire mode (and Ludacris in beat-over-check-cashing mode), the offhandedly boastful and Sleepy Brown-enhanced "The Thickets," and the stirring ATL-meets-Minneapolis folk-funk closer, "Descending," yet another Little Dragon hook-up.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:59
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Big Boi
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Def Jam Recordings
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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