BIG BOI RELEASES NEW ALBUM BOOMIVERSE TODAY

GOES TOP 10 ON ITUNES OVERALL TOP ALBUMS & TOP HIP-HOP/RAP ALBUMS CHARTS
“‘BOOMIVERSE’ his slickest EP yet” – Rolling Stone
“Such a thang of beauty.” – NPR
(June 16, 2017 –Toronto, ON) Today, seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning, RIAA diamond-certified hip-hop luminary, producer, and member of
OutKast—
Big Boi—unleashes his anxiously awaited third full-length solo album and first release for
Epic Records,
BOOMIVERSE, in stores and at all digital retailers. Get it
HERE. Upon going live, the album quickly staked out a spot in the Top 10 of iTunes Overall Top Albums Chart and Top 5 on the Hip-Hop/Rap Albums Chart.
One of 2017’s most anticipated releases,
BOOMIVERSE boasts a powerhouse track listing of future classics. Like a big bang, the single
“Mic Jack” opened up this new galaxy for the Atlanta trailblazer.
Big Boi turned up on
The Voice to perform the song alongside
Levine in addition to taking the stage at
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for another incendiary performance. Meanwhile, it’s already cracked 2.1 million Spotify streams. A hip-hop showdown of epic proportions,
“Kill Jill” [feat.
Killer Mike &
Jeezy] just surpassed 8.3 million Spotify streams and showcases
Daddy Fat Sax in top form lyrically.
In addition
“Chocolate” [feat.
Troze] premiered with Zane Lowe as the Beats 1 World Record, the album also includes the recently uncovered
“In The South” [feat.
Gucci Mane &
Pimp C]—which unites three of the South’s most influential voices on a true banger.
Check out the full track listing below!
Right out of the gate, the record immediately enthralled critics and tastemakers. Praise has come from
Clash and more.
Blast off to
BOOMIVERSE with
Big Boi now!
One of history’s tightest and most clever rhyme mavericks,
Big Boi‘s indelible influence courses throughout two generations of rap music. As one-half of
OutKast, he achieved seven GRAMMY® Awards, sold 25 million records, and created a string of music’s most influential work, including
Aquemini,
Stankonia,
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, and
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below—which went RIAA Diamond making
OutKast the first and only hip-hop artist in history to win the GRAMMY® for ‘Album of the Year.
‘ Big Boi’s 2010 solo debut,
Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty, bowed at #3 on the U.S.
Billboard Top 200 and received unanimous critical acclaim with
Pitchfork proclaiming it one of the “100 Best Albums of the Decade ‘So Far'” and topping year-end lists from
Time,
Paste,
Vibe, and more.
His 2012 follow-up
Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors enamored tastemakers and fans alike and boasted collaborations with
A$AP Rocky,
Killer Mike,
Kid Cudi, and more. In 2015,
Big Boi collaborated with
Phantogram to create supergroup
Big Grams. Their debut self-titled album was released to critical and fan delight.
TRACKLISTING:
- “Da Next Day”
- “Kill Jill”Feat. Killer Mike and Jeezy
- “Mic Jack” Feat. Adam Levine
- “In the South” Feat. Gucci Maneand Pimp C
- “Order of Operations”
- “All Night”
- “Get Wit It” Feat. Snoop Dogg
- “Overthunk”
- “Chocolate” Feat. Troze
- “Made Man” Feat. Killer Mike and Kurupt
- “Freakanomics” Feat. Sleepy Brown
- “Follow Deez” Feat. Curren$y and Killer Mike
LISTEN & BUY “BOOMIVERSE”: