Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty

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Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Big Boi studio album

Publication
(s)

July 2, 2010 (DE) / July 6, 2010 (USA)

Label (s) Island Def Jam Music Group

Genre (s)

Down South , funk , pop

Title (number)

15 or 17

running time

57:12 and 64:46, respectively

production

Organized Noize , Big Boi, and others

chronology
Idlewild
(as OutKast )
(2006) 		Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty -

Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty is the first official solo album by Big Boi , who together with André 3000 form the rap duo OutKast . Announced since late 2006, it was originally due to appear on Jive Records in 2008 ; After the rapper changed label, the Island Def Jam Music Group released the album on July 2, 2010 in Germany.

The critics rated the album extremely positively due to its stylistic diversity and innovation. It received little attention outside of the United States.

background

In 2003 Big Boi had already produced his own album, Speakerboxxx . Together with André 3000's solo work, however, it was released as a double album Speakerboxxx / The Love Below . Both before and after the two had worked on OutKast songs partly alone. The suggestion to work on your own projects after the publication of Idlewild came from André 3000.

Big Boi began working on Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty in early 2007 - as with Stankonia and Speakerboxxx - on Martin Luther King's birthday. However, he selected the first instrumentals back in 2004. The rapper planned to release a first single on New Year 2008, which did not come true. The song Royal Flush , a collaboration with André 3000 and Raekwon , was released as a download in March 2008 and was nominated for a Grammy in 2009. The album was supposed to be released in July 2008, later the release was postponed to October. In July 2008, the supposed lead single Something's Gotta Give , the chorus of which is sung by Mary J. Blige , was published on the Internet together with an accompanying music video . The titles of other pieces that ultimately appeared on the album were made public in the same month. Since the two singles and other leaked tracks called Dubbz with the rapper Backbone and Ringtone (on the Deluxe Edition as a theme song ) received little attention, Big Boi's record label Jive Records delayed the release of the album. A publication planned for the summer of 2009 did not materialize either. So in July Big Boi announced that he would be leaving Jive Records and releasing his album on Def Jam . There he signed a record deal in March 2010, collaborating again with OutKast's former sponsor LA Reid . The tracks, recorded with André 3000, did not appear on the album because they were not approved by Jive Records , still the OutKast label. Big Boi then leaked their piece Lookin '4 Ya on the Internet. Something's Gotta Give is also not on the album as it related to the political and economic situation in 2008 with topics such as the presidential election and the financial crisis .

The title of the album goes back to one of the numerous pseudonyms Big Bois, whose character "Sir Lucious Left Foot" embodies the " grown version " (German: "adult variant") of Big Boi, which embodies the music " deadly serious " (German : "Dead serious") take. "Left foot" refers to the phrase " to put your best foot forward " (German: "try his best") . The "Daddy Fat Sax" and "General Patton" (after George S. Patton ) mentioned on the album are also aliases of the artist. Likewise, the title is reminiscent of Big Boi's father, who died in 2005 and was called Chico Dusty during his time in the military.

Track list

Big Boi in 2006
  1. Feel Me (Intro) - 1:28
    • Produced by Malay
  2. Daddy Fat Sax - 2:36
    • Produced by Mr. DJ
  3. Turns Me On (feat. Sleepy Brown and Joi) - 3:29
  4. Follow Us (feat. Vonnegutt) - 3:35
  5. Shutterbugg (feat. Cutty) - 3:35
  6. General Patton - 3:12
    • Produced by Jbeatzz and Big Boi
  7. Tangerine ( feat.TI and Khujo Goodie) - 4:14
    • Produced by Terrence "Knightheet" Culbreath and Big Boi
  8. You Ain't No DJ ( feat.Yelawolf ) - 5:31
  9. Hustle Blood ( feat.Jamie Foxx ) - 4:00
  10. Be Still ( feat.Janelle Monáe ) - 5:10
    • Produced by Royal Flush
  11. Fo Yo Sorrows (feat George Clinton , Too Short and Sam Chris) - 3:42
    • Produced by Organized Noize
    • Co-produced by Big Boi
  12. Night Night (feat. BoB and Joi) - 3:45
    • Produced by DJ Speedy
    • Co-produced by Big Boi
  13. Shine Blockas (feat. Gucci Mane ) - 3:45
    • Produced by DJ Cutmaster Swiff
    • Co-produced by Big Boi
  14. The Train Pt. 2 (Sir Lucious Left Foot Saves the Day) (feat. Sam Chris) - 5:20
    • Produced by Organized Noize
    • Co-produced by Big Boi
  15. Back Up Plan - 3:43
    • Produced by Organized Noize
    • Co-produced by Big Boi
  16. Theme Song * - 3:48
    • Produced by Organized Noize
  17. Shine Blockas Remix (feat. Gucci Mane, Bun B and Project Pat ) * - 3:46
    • Produced by DJ Cutmaster Swift
    • Co-produced by Big Boi

The songs marked with * can only be found on the Deluxe Edition . This also contains music videos of the pieces Shutterbugg , Shine Blockas , Fo Yo Sorrows , Follow Us and General Patton .

production

Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty was created in collaboration with a number of established musicians, but also some newcomers . Three tracks ( four on the Deluxe Edition ) were produced by the trio Organized Noize , with whom Big Boi has worked since OutKast was founded. Mr. DJ, with whom OutKast had temporarily formed the production company Earthtone II, produced the song Daddy Fat Sax . There is also one instrumental each by André 3000 and Salaam Remi , who previously worked with The Fugees , Nas and Amy Winehouse , among others . Scott Storch and Lil Jon had their respective instrumental for Big Boi “ tailor-made ” (German: “tailor-made”) and had been holding back for years for the rapper. In addition, a number of lesser-known producers - including the duo Royal Flush, who were also responsible for the single of the same name - were involved in the album.

A large group of instrumentalists, singers and rappers is represented on Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty , many of them from the Dungeon Family . Big Boi worked again with the singer and Organized Noize member Sleepy Brown , the singers Joi and Debra Killings, the rapper Khujo Goodie from Goodie Mob and the spoken word artist Big Rube. The collaboration with George Clinton is the second of the two artists; Clinton had already been heard on the OutKast album Aquemini in 1998 . Jamie Foxx sang the piece Hustle Blood , written by Sean Garrett , after Beyoncé and Rihanna were unable to contact. Also planned collaborations with Prince , Sade and Kate Bush were not implemented. The following instrumentalists are represented on the album (the tracks on which they can be heard in brackets):

  • Bosko: Talkbox (1, 5, 16)
  • Donny "Poppa Doc" Mathis: guitar (1, 5, 6, 7)
  • Kevin Kendricks: Keyboard (2, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17), Organ (5)
  • DJ Cutmaster Swift: Scratches (2, 8, 15)
  • Wallace Khatib: Bass (3)
  • Dave Robbins: Keyboard (3)
  • Jason Freeman, Jerry Freeman, Richard Owens, Kebbi Williams (Hornz Unlimited): Horns (6, 12, 14)
  • Omar Phillips: Percussion (7)
  • David Whild: guitar (7, 11, 12, 14)
  • Craig Love: Guitar (9)
  • William White: Keyboard (10)
  • Billy Odum: Guitar (11)
  • Victor Alexander: drums and other music (outro of 14)
  • Mike Patterson: Guitar (15)
  • Debra Killings: Bass (15)

style

Musically, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty mixes different styles. References to the synth-pop and funk of the 1980s can often be heard, very clearly in Shutterbugg, for example . Again and again, however, newer musical trends find attention. Rather unusual in the hip-hop context is the high proportion of melodies played with "real" instruments. The programmed beats, on the other hand, are mostly typical of the genre. Turns Me On and Shine Blockas - with a sample by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - are influenced by soul . The guitar heard at the beginning of Tangerine can be attributed to grunge , while Hustle Blood is musically and vocally close to modern R&B . General Patton contains a sample of the piece Vieni, o guerriero vindice from the opera Aida .

Big Boi deals with a number of different themes on Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty . Most of the lyrics are about sex, love or criticizing other rappers for their nonsensical and unoriginal content. Occasionally Big Boi also criticizes US politics; he claims that the Republicans "stole" the presidential election in 2000 , that New Orleans is still not "clean" after Hurricane Katrina and that " Big Brother " is monitoring the people more and more. Fo Yo Sorrow, on the other hand, is a praise of cannabis , according to Big Boi . When translating his texts, he uses, among other things, internal rhymes and tongue twisters . For Turns Me On and The Train Pt. 2 (Sir Lucious Left Foot Saves the Day) , Big Boi's voice has been enhanced with audio technology .

promotion

To promote his album, Big Boi gave numerous interviews since 2008, including Pitchfork Media and GQ Magazine . In May 2010 he appeared with his mother on the Martha Stewart Show . He was featured on the cover of Ozone Magazine the following month . A week before the US release, Big Boi made the album available for listening on its Myspace page. Also on Billboard.com let Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty listen to complete; it was also named Release of the Week . On July 7th, he presented the single Shutterbugg on the Tonight Show .

reception

Chart successes

Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 and sold 62,400 copies in the first week; In total, it stayed in the US charts for thirteen weeks and sold 175,000 copies by September 2010. The album was also able to place in the Australian and Norwegian charts as well as the Swiss hit parade ; in Germany it missed the chart entry. The lead single Shutterbugg reached number 31 in the UK singles chart , while in the USA only the R & B / Hip-Hop songs reached number 60.

Reviews

Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty received a very positive response from most of the critics. The album's metascore is 90 out of a hundred possible points, the fourth-highest value in 2010.

Andy Kellman rated Big Boi's work 4.5 out of five for the Allmusic website . Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty is “ one of the loosest, most varied, and entertaining albums of its time. ”(German:“ one of the most liberated, varied and entertaining albums of its time. ”) Kellman highlighted the rapper's lyrical performance as well as the producers' musical inventiveness. The album does not contain a song that sounds so “ universally appealing ” (German: “universally appealing”) like his earlier hit The Way You Move ; Nevertheless, Big Boi proves that he is just as resourceful as his partner André 3000.

Tom Breihan from Pitchfork Media gave the album 9.2 out of ten points and emphasized in his review that Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty sounds completely different from Big Boi's previous albums with André 3000. Wrongly, the rapper usually received less attention than his OutKast partner. Breihan also suggests that Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty could be the best rap album of the year. It is as " inventive, bizarre, joyous, and masterful " (German: "imaginative, bizarre, happy and masterful") like no major label release from the hip-hop genre for a long time . The author also praises Big Boi's rap style, especially the use of different voices and cadences . Fortunately, the lyrics are free from the nihilism of drug rap, which Big Boi has criticized several times. The skits and the guest singers or rappers are also mentioned positively.

In the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Alard wrote von Kittlitz, on Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty had "collected more hits than are released in hip-hop in recent years at all, and each acts as fresh as new." While he was before He particularly praises the musical versatility, criticizes the lyrics of some pieces, which are "a depressing regress into the stupidest aspects of his music" . Nevertheless, Big Boi is "the technically most versatile rapper of the present."

Awards

Many publications included Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty in their annual top lists . According to Metacritic, the album came in at number seven on average. Among other things, it was voted ninth by Time and fourth by Pitchfork Media in their respective best album lists, while the AOL website Spinner.com named the work the best hip-hop album of 2010. In a similar list from laut.de , Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty came in third; This was justified, among other things, with the fact that Big Boi had "just saved a bit of the entire genre" with the album .

Individual evidence

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