With OutKast’s Big Boi finally inking a deal with Def Jam last week to release his Sir Luscious Left Foot solo album, the rapper sat down with www.gyantunplugged.com to discuss his past and present label situations, as well as future endeavors.
“It was a lot of behind the scenes, label politics, basically.” said Big Boi in the video interview. “A lot of people don’t know, we started at LaFace Records with LA Reid, a very creative mind. He definitely gave us an avenue to make the music we wanted to make.”
Big Boi went on to explain LaFace’s acquisition by another company with whom he didn’t have a personal relationship. However, Jive finally allowed Big Boi to make a move to Def Jam. “Just recently, as of maybe three weeks ago, they gave me the opportunity to take the album elsewhere. I called my big brother LA Reid, he said, ‘Meet me in Miami.’ The next day, we flew to Miami, played him the music, he said, ‘Let’s do it,’ [and the] deal is done.”
Describing himself “Happy as hell,” Big Boi allayed any ideas that he may be concerned with Def Jam’s perceived lack of present-day marquee artists. “I’m not even concerned with nothing but me. People might say [Def Jam] doesn’t have any hot artists, but he got the number one record with Ludacris’ last week…My album is a musical nuclear bomb, and we finna drop it.”
gonna be classic!!! already heard some unreleased tracks and they’ve all been fonky as hell. la reid’s got a good relationship with ‘kast. he knows what he’s doing. 2010’s gonna change hip-hop
Damn LA Reid is giving out deals like hotcakes. He’s like Jim Carrey in Yes Man. What’s next, the Kriss Kross reunion album? Maybe Van Full of Pakistans II???
HAHAHAHHA!!! @ the “Y’all so stupid” reference…
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YEAH NIGGA WE NEED THE ALBUM NOW NIGGA IM FIENDING FOR THIS SHIT NYUGGGA PLZ BIG BOI RELEASE THIS SHITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
We need this already!! Ugh!
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no hot artists at def jam? what the fuck they talkin bout. thats cause def jam artists aint makin up no gay dances and sellin the fuck out. def jam got REAL artists that promote REAL hiphop. fuck the mainstream rap of today. PEace
finally. big boi been talking bout dropping this for like 5 years. they aint never really follow up their DIAMOND album, how the fuck does that happen? idlewild dont count, shit was trash duke. niggas aint even really got a whiff of what andre and big boi been making. its a damn shame. the business blockin real niggas from droppin fire. this shit finna be funky as hell. big boi one of the most underrated lyricists of all time, niggas always wanna talk about dre mic skills and thas cool, but boi been ripping since a young boy and only got better over time.
About damn time Big Boi drop that classic shit and tell andre 3000 to drop his as well where ever he is because yall are needed this rap game bad !!!!!!
I bet the students wit the best Grades at Macon State are the 1’s that work at Macon Place
now for the administration, cums for the Ludacris-Red Light District-Number 1 spot
look at the cover, closely we know
now that seat u sitting in i have him seat ya ass on fire
and im fucking up on purpose bitch u fill in the blank
now ad.min. ludacris-word of mouf-move bitch quietly we want 2 move up u dont want the president 2 find out, turn back and review the red light district cover
and GA we got 2 4give Michael Vick can ya pls send out forgiveness memos,emails,peaceful rallies, in his honor dont u wash ur hands after u wash yo ass
finally gonna here the album! it will be dope for sure
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I’ll be waiting
Is this the album that leaked that track “Royal Flush” feat. Raekwon?
If it is DAMN! It’s about freakin time! Can’t wait sounds like good music… FINALLY!
It would be nyce if you would buy it. We don’t bootleg shit out the store and download groceries do we?
Def Jam is the pefect situation for Big Boi. How the times change.
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