Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (2010)

yeah i haven't heard it at all but i'm ready to backlash against the backlash

there's a bit of a dip for me between You Aint No DJ and Shine Blockas

^^^^^^, and "Lookin' 4 Ya" would've been a nice change of pace, but I won't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Re: That theory of Tracy Chapman, based on nothing other than her live and studio renditions of "O Holy Night," maybe she should have made all concert albums.

because of the enthusiasm in this thread i broke down and bought a copy. i was a huge fan of 'Kast a while back, but not as much Speakerboxx/Love Below. what's the production/Boi's flow like in relation to his Outkast work? and moreso is this gonna make me not wanna listen to other music for a week?

big boi's flow is big boi's flow for the most part, it's not a real break with how he's rapped his whole career.

cool. well i ain't picked it up yet but i'm lookin' forward to it

WOW.

This is hot fire. like this is nothing like i expected it might sound like, in a major good way. the production is so expansive and awesome...can't really do this album justice with words other than it just FEELS like a party.

i put off getting this mostly as I was in an east coast mood these last few weeks but this is welcome, most welcome.

point me at other Lil Jon songs that sound like Hustle Blood plz

― i'm gonna need a +1 so me & a friend can kick you in the balls (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7:24 PM (2 days ago)

its got buzzsaw synths, a clean toned higher melodic line, thumping drums - these are all trademarks of his style. doesn't sound to me like it would be out of place on Crunk Juice, tbh. what do you hear about it that's unusual?

One Night Stand is a bit similar

xp "Its got buzzsaw synths, a clean toned higher melodic line, thumping drums" could refer to 65-75% of what's on pop/hip hop/rnb radio for over a decade; that's a bit of a broad brush.
For the sake of your argument, if I compare Get Crunk (which has some of the same DNA)to Hustle Blood the former has a great deal more subtlety, depth, sinew, ominous grind and delicacy to my ears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbzeGW5r9uU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ7LUH39OmI
YMMV I guess, but I'm of the opinion that this is the best production I've heard from Jon in years.

1 night stand feels like hustle blood's shadow maybe

"Its got buzzsaw synths, a clean toned higher melodic line, thumping drums" could refer to 65-75% of what's on pop/hip hop/rnb radio for over a decade; that's a bit of a broad brush.
For the sake of your argument, if I compare Get Crunk (which has some of the same DNA)to Hustle Blood the former has a great deal more subtlety, depth, sinew, ominous grind and delicacy to my ears.

don't get me wrong it's a good production, def the best thing I've heard of his in years too. I dunno what subtley, depth, sinew, ominous grind and delicacy mean in terms of the actual musical elements involved tbh. If you mean the synths are processed and compressed a particularly different way and the drums are programmed in a really strange way or something, I dunno, I don't hear it. I don't hear anything that unusual in the song itself, its made up of the usual elements of modern hip hop and nothing strikes me as particularly uncharacteristic - and if I was using a bit of a broad brush it's because Jon's not the most idiosyncratic/unique producer out there to begin with! He's always fit right in with other stuff on the radio.

I only brought up One Night Stand because it has roughly the same tempo, similar synth sounds (a bed of buzzier ones providing the support for chirpier, cleaner melodic lines), the female chorus, etc.

buzz or chirp under the influence of drank

um, I don't mean to suggest that he's using a hurdy-gurdy or doing anything super innovative musically here or even that it's a particularly unusual song. I'm just saying that it doesn't sound like Lil' Jon production and it also is fucking great, not that those are necessarily independent traits.
Subtle, deep, sinuous, ominous and delicate are words I would use to describe the song, not the drum machine. I dunno the last time anybody called Jon "subtle" but it fits here.

That would be dope, though, if Lil Jon made a beat w a hurdy-gurdy.

keiji haino and lil jon present... crunk juice 2

jon's always been a versatile producer when he wants to be, maybe nothing particularly along the lines of 'hustle blood' springs to mind but it's nothing surprising to remark on really

something abt u calling him jon there is really making me lol

haha i have no idea why i did that

jon's a bloody nice fellow imo

BTW my brother pronounces Big Boi "Big Bois" as in french for wood

He's always fit right in with other stuff on the radio.

― Major Lolzer (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, July 15, 2010 3:41 PM Bookmark

He sure as hell didn't in 2003-04 (and then he probably only did so after that because other people copied him so much).

Night Night is the clunker in here for me, the Joi section is so so cringeworthy.

I like that bit. It's kinda ridiculous sure, but in a fun OTT way.

second listen, loving this even more.

(p.s.: am I really the only one here who liked Idlewild?)

I liked Idlewild - see above youtube clips - but come on, its a stinker compared to ATLiens.

Personally I don't see that much of a difference between Get Crunk and Hustle Blood expect one has Jon shouting on it and the other has Foxx do that smooth singinginginging.

I wish they could re-release Grand Theft Auto: Vice City with these tracks coming out of the car speakers....

"Back-Up Plan" is changing my life

Have you started designing elaborate back-ups plans in case of mise en abyme back-up plan failure?

Playing that song then seeing Inception was some crazy unintentional synergy.

Also you guys are just looking for flaws and that's why you're complaining about "Follow Us", right?

I love "Follow Us," fwiw, mointbt (my opinion is not to be trusted)

btw, fave track atm is def "Fo Yo Sorrows" (shocka!)

mine too i think, but ive only listened to this once

"Fo Yo Sorrows" has always felt kind of awkward and blah to me :(

just thinking re: "Theme Song" but how superficial does your relationship have to be if you're dating a guy and his reassurances that you've got your very own ringtone in his phone comfort you?

i smoked a joint with some friends and put on 'fo yo sorrows' the other day and everyone just broke into hysterical laughter at hearing the hook. not that it's bad, moment of simultaneous hilarity and musical brilliance imo

otm

i guess thats just gc's mandate these days though

there are some okay songs on this but "fo yo sorrows" is not one of them

well that settles that then! lol

just thinking re: "Theme Song" but how superficial does your relationship have to be if you're dating a guy and his reassurances that you've got your very own ringtone in his phone comfort you?

Would think this is a cause for discomfort rather than the opposite.

The guitar hook on "Follow Us" = gold

i love fo yo sorrows

really feelin back up plan too

im not in love w this record but 4 real seeing big boi tonite was, despite not being a transcendent thing, really really really graet

graet enough to be worth paying $99, for two seats, in an arena, to see him support T-Pain and Ne-Yo next week?

well ne-yo's pretty great live too (never seen t-pain) so i'm leaning towards yes

If I'd liked any other Ne-Yo songs beyond Put Your Hands Up and Back Like That it would be easier, but doubt I'd make it through T-Pain anyway.

It's two nights after an LCD/Hot Chip double-header, and the night before Goldfrapp, all with work the next day...

Isn't T-Pain live basically a massive ridiculous spectacle to diguise the fact that he isn't actually singing?

that does make it easier, ditch lcd/hot chip/goldfrapp and see these 3

i'd totally be interested in seeing t-pain live

Having seen T-Pain live, I can tell you he can sing and he can sing well!