★★★★★
Outkast are one of rap's best, so it's comforting to know that the group's slow dismantlement hasn't rendered rappers André 3000 and Big Boi obsolete. While the former surfaces only for Gillette ad campaigns and the occasional thrilling guest verse, Big Boi's charted a more typical course by actually releasing records. His solo work continues in Outkast's progressive tradition without straying into unrecognizable territory...
- nowtoronto.com
2013-04-02
★★★★★
Venturing outside the box of bass, snares, and raps can be a scary journey for an MC. For most rappers, the attempt is usually stained with the financial benefit of crossing over to a new audience, leaving the loyal, core fans feeling confused and forgotten. Like most things in conventional Hip-Hop, this does not apply to Antwan "Big Boi" Patton...
- allhiphop.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
As introductions go, the opening to Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors is needlessly explanatory. Big Boi, quite literally, spells out his name before reminding you of his little-known earlier work as "one half of the minor OutKast" like he was an ex-member of 5ive launching a solo career comeback. One might rightly suspect these formalities to be a nothing more than a humble brag...
- drownedinsound.com
2013-01-30
★★★★★
One look at the cover of Big Boi's new album Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors invites comparisons (from sneakerheads, anyway) to the Air Jordan VIII Aqua's. And as ludicrous (no cameo intended) as it sounds, one could say that beautifully chaotic mix of genres on the album echo the baroque-inspired design of the shoes. You see, the Jordans dropped at the all-star game in 1993 when fashion apparently followed no rules whatsoever...
- www.okayplayer.com
2013-01-29
★★★★★
Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors might be the boldest gamble of Antwan Patton's entire fate-tempting career, moreso than the befuddling indulgences of Idlewild (both the film and its even more unnecessary soundtrack) or giving Sleepy Brown his own full-length album. Subversive seemingly since Day One, he has featured proudly, prominently, and profoundly on some of the most progressive, risk-taking rap music ever...
- thequietus.com
2013-01-08
★★★★★
Buy it from Buy the CDBig BoiVicious Lies & Dangerous RumorsDef Jam2012 Tell us what you think: Rate and review this album Big Boi nearly made an exclusively funk record (putative...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2013-01-05
★★★★★
Buy it from Buy the CDDownload as MP3Big BoiVicious Lies & Dangerous RumorsDef Jam2012 Tell us what you think: Rate and review this album In his solo career to date, the less dapper...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2013-01-03
★★★★★
Available on: Def Jam / Purple Ribbon LP Much like Sir Luscious Left Foot, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton's towering first solo album, Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors is glossy, overwhelmingly kinetic and neon-colourful. In fact, it's arguably the pop hip-hop production job of the year, with each and every one of its innumerable hooks textured, accentuated and arranged in just such a way that they jump out at the listener like musical holograms...
- www.factmag.com
2012-12-20
★★★★★
's solo debut proper, 2010's , saw the Outkast rapper establish himself as a critically acclaimed artist free from the shadow of . Follow-up LP Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumours arrives with big expectations: can it live up to them? The Thickets is a promising beginning. It's mid-pace meat-and-potatoes hip hop, possessing a soulful backdrop and a Sleepy Brown chorus. Yet seeds of doubt are sown. "Yo, it seems just like yesterday, where did the time go...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23