Vicious Lies Dangerous Rumors(Explicit Version) CD

MUSIC

RAP / HIP-HOP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Ascending ~ Big Boi

2. Thickets, The ~ Big Boi

3. Apple Of My Eye ~ Big Boi

4. Objectum Sexuality ~ Big Boi

5. In The A - (featuring T.I.) ~ Big Boi

6. She Hates Me ~ Big Boi

7. CPU ~ Big Boi

8. Thom Pettie - (featuring Killer Mike) ~ Big Boi

9. Mama Told Me ~ Big Boi

10. Lines - (featuring A$AP Rocky) ~ Big Boi

11. Shoes For Running - (featuring B.o.B/Wavves) ~ Big Boi

12. Raspberries - (featuring Mouche/Scar) ~ Big Boi

13. Tremendous Damage ~ Big Boi

14. Descending ~ Big Boi

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Illustrators: Robert "The Barber" Poller; Justin "Jus10" Huff; Robert Poller.
	Photographer: Andrew Zaeh.
	Many of the guest appearances on Big Boi's second solo album -- his third if you count Speakerboxxx -- were not expected. A chance encounter with Phantogram, facilitated by a music identification application, led to three of these songs. On "CPU," Phantogram fashion their hazy dream pop into low-wattage EDM. The MC likewise sounds more like the guest on the loopy Wavves collaboration "Shoes for Running." Consecutive tracks with Little Dragon fare 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. Bravest of all is "Tremendous Damage," a plaintive ballad in which Big Boi sings with deep sincerity. 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
Musical Guests
	Sleepy Sleepy Brown
	Phantogram
	Ludacris
	T.I.
	Kid Cudi
	Little Dragon
	Killer Mike
	Kelly Rowland
	A$AP Rocky
	B.O.B.
	Wavves
	Mouche
	Scar
	Bosko

Compilation Appearances

	Blueprint 2: The Gift And The Curse (Explicit Version)
	Totally Hip-Hop
	Exclusive (forever Edition)(Bonus Tracks)(w/ Bonus DVD)
	Street King(Explicit Version)
	Dangerously In Love (Bonus Tracks)
	Red Album(Explicit Version)

Technical Info

	Release Date : 12/11/2012
	Original Release Date : 2012
	Catalog ID : B 001791902
	Label : Def Jam (USA)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00602537249329

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.106)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Best of all is 'In the A,' an old-school, ego-fueled lyrical jag..."

Entertainment Weekly (p.71)
- "On LIES, 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."

CMJ - "It's the work of a confident artist, a grown man who's paid his dues, earned his place in history and now has time to play with his toys."

Billboard (p.48)
- "Big Boi defines himself through creative risk, enlisting the most eyebrow-raising roster of collaborators one will likely see on a rap album this year."

Q (Magazine)
(p.102)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is crooned duet with Little Dragon's Yukimi Nagano on 'Descending' is a narcoleptic beauty..."

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Vicious Lies Dangerous Rumors(Explicit Version) (2012)

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Technical Info

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