Antwan Andr\u00e9 Patton (born February 1, 1975), better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and actor, best known for being a member of American hip hop duo OutKast alongside Andr\u00e9 3000. His work in the duo has produced six studio albums. Big Boi’s solo debut Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty was released in July 2010 to respectable sales and critical acclaim. In 2012, he released his second solo album, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors.<\/p>\n
\nHe had a strong interest in hip hop music, and met Andr\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a03000\u00a0\u00bb Benjamin while attending Tri Cities High School in the early-1990s. The two eventually joined forces as OutKast and signed with LaFace Records.<\/p>\n
\nPatton has often used his lyrics to criticize the problems that plague both the African American community and the world. An example is 2003’s \u00ab\u00a0War\u00a0\u00bb, a scathing attack on the Bush administration and the War on Terror. Another example is 2008’s \u00ab\u00a0Sumthin’s Gotta Give\u00a0\u00bb with Mary J. Blige talking about the state of America and Barack Obama.<\/p>\n
\nAfter four increasingly successful albums as a duo, the members of OutKast chose to make two solo albums, and release them as a double album under the OutKast name. Andr\u00e9 3000 released The Love Below and Big Boi Speakerboxxx. The two albums were packaged together as Speakerboxxx\/The Love Below in 2003. Speakerboxxx featured a style similar to OutKast’s previous efforts, while The Love Below explored more offbeat territory, with Andr\u00e9 3000 mainly singing rather than his usual rapping. One song from each album was released in September 2003 as a single.<\/p>\n
\nPatton’s choice was the single \u00ab\u00a0The Way You Move\u00a0\u00bb, featuring Sleepy Brown. It was originally supported by urban radio, but then crossed over to pop charts and became almost as big a pop hit as Benjamin’s \u00ab\u00a0Hey Ya!\u00a0\u00bb. \u00ab\u00a0The Way You Move\u00a0\u00bb supplanted \u00ab\u00a0Hey Ya!\u00a0\u00bb as the #1 song on the US pop charts. The second single from Big Boi’s side of the album was \u00ab\u00a0Ghetto Musick\u00a0\u00bb, which featured both members of OutKast and a sample from Patti LaBelle’s \u00ab\u00a0Love, Need and Want You\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n
\nIn 2005, Big Boi released a mixtape\/compilation album, Got Purp? Vol 2, in conjunction with the Purple Ribbon All-Stars on November 22 through Purple Ribbon Records; Aquemeni Records had become defunct after Benjamin left the company. The first single from the album was \u00ab\u00a0Kryptonite\u00a0\u00bb, which reached 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. Patton was also featured on the song \u00ab\u00a0International Players Anthem (I Choose You)\u00a0\u00bb, the first single from UGK’s album Underground Kingz.<\/p>\n
\nIn 2007, after the sixth album under the OutKast name, Idlewild, Big Boi announced plans to release a full-fledged solo album. While he had released a previous solo album in Speakerboxxx, it still was technically under the OutKast name. The album was to be titled Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. The album’s first promotional single, \u00ab\u00a0Royal Flush\u00a0\u00bb, was released in 2007, and featured Raekwon and Andr\u00e9 3000. Over the next few years the album saw many delays, but multiple promotional and video singles were released such as \u00ab\u00a0Shine Blockas\u00a0\u00bb featuring Gucci Mane, \u00ab\u00a0For Yo Sorrows\u00a0\u00bb featuring George Clinton and Too Short and \u00ab\u00a0General Patton\u00a0\u00bb featuring Big Rube. The first official single was \u00ab\u00a0Shutterbugg\u00a0\u00bb featuring Cutty and the second \u00ab\u00a0Follow Us\u00a0\u00bb featuring Vonnegutt. The album was released internationally on July 5. Guest artists include alternative urban songstress Janelle Mon\u00e1e; Big Boi’s own new group Vonnegutt; plus established rappers T.I. and B.o.B. Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty received general acclaim from most music critics, earning praise for its inventive sound, varied musical style, and Big Boi’s lyricism.<\/p>\n
\nIn a July 2010 interview for The Village Voice, Big Boi revealed that he is working on the follow-up album to Sir Lucious Left Foot, entitled Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, stating that he is \u00ab\u00a0maybe about six songs into it\u00a0\u00bb. It is expected for a late-2012 release.<\/p>\n
\nOn February 27, 2011, it was announced that Big Boi was creating a joint album along with rappers Mike Bigga and Pill. Later, on April 28, 2011, Big Boi announced that he would be working with Modest Mouse on their new unnamed album. These collaborations have yet to surface.
\nBig Boi released his second solo album, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors on November 13, 2012. The first single from the album was \u00ab\u00a0Mama Told Me\u00a0\u00bb featuring Kelly Rowland. The album featured guest appearances from ASAP Rocky, Ludacris, T.I., Little Dragon, Phantogram, Kelly Rowland and B.o.B.<\/p>\n
\nLater in 2012, Big Boi revealed that he was already ten songs deep into his third as of now untitled studio album. He reiterated his plans for a new studio album in January 2014.<\/p>\n
\nBig Boi was featured on the Catch The Throne mixtape with the song \u00ab\u00a0Mother of Dragons.\u00a0\u00bb The mixtape was released for free download on SoundCloud by HBO on March 7, 2014 to promote the fourth season of Game of Thrones.
\nOn March 21, 2014, it was announced that Big Boi had signed a management deal with Jordan Feldstein’s Career Artist Management. On May 10, 2014, it was revealed that Boi had signed a record deal with Epic Records.<\/p>\n
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Antwan Andr\u00e9 Patton (born February 1, 1975), better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and actor, best known for being a member of American hip hop duo OutKast alongside Andr\u00e9 3000. His work in the duo has produced six studio albums. Big Boi’s solo debut Sir Lucious […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[156,157],"class_list":["post-1152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-urban-hip-hop-rap-rnb-trap","tag-big-boi","tag-outkast"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n