However, for most people this was not a problem. The one major complaint, besides the initially boomy sound and low budget graphics displayed on the screen behind, was that having seen them play two days earlier at Golden Plains, not only had they played an identical set, but even the banter was delivered exactly word for word. Brown matched Big Boi’s enthusiasm, the two crisscrossing the stage, rapping together and inciting the crowd to get excited.ĭressed in his signature khakis, gold chain, ATL cap and sunglasses, Big Boi kept a smile on his face the entire time, his command of the stage after almost 30 years clearly second nature.

The album’s opening track ‘Da Next Day’ gave way without pause to 1996’s ‘ATliens’, and 1998’s ‘Skew It On the Bar-B’ and ‘Rosa Parks’, reassuring fans that there would be older jewels throughout the show as well.īacked by DJ Cutmaster Swift – who did an excellent job at integrating most of the set into a non-stop medley – Big Boi was also joined by Sleepy Brown who, as one third of Organized Noize, has been an associate since producing the first OutKast album in 1994. His latest offering, Boomiverse, showcased the slick flows, hooks and playa-centric rhymes that Big Boi has exhibited throughout his career, with this show relying heavily on the new material. The weight of that mantle is a curse, in that everything that he does as a solo artist will always be compared to his group’s high watermarks of Aquemini and Speakerboxx/Love Below, but is also a coupe as he is the only one able to travel the word playing that very material.Īttendance at 170 Russell was noticeably lacking, but that didn’t stop those there from reacting enthusiastically to the Atlanta rapper’s every playful entreaty from the moment he bounced onstage. At this stage in his career Big Boi is left to fly the flag for one of the most celebrated hip hop acts of the ‘90s and early 2000s while Andre 3000, his partner in OutKast, rests in semi-retirement.

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