![]() God knows why Big Boi went for them when he could have had Cee-lo Green or someone, but they’re here, and they suck. I don’t know who they are, but according to their myspace one of them played session guitar for the Dungeon Family, and they claim to be a mixture of “classic emcee skills, pop sensibility and rock energy” with “a dash of inspiration from a literary icon.” Oh yeah, and they also fancy themselves as your girlfriend’s favourite new band, but when my girlfriend heard this song she thought they fucked it up too. ![]() So first disappointment: ‘Follow Us’, the latest track from the album to receive a video, is basically ruined by an appearance from these guys. When you build anticipation to an album with three songs of that quality, then some of it will inevitably disappoint – and Lucious Left Foot isn’t exempt to this rule. ![]() There’s also been ‘Shine Blockas’, ‘General Patton’ and ‘Shutterbugg’, a trio of pre-emptive singles that are frankly, all fantastic.Īnd in a way, that’s a problem. There’s been delays, and there’s been disputes (Big Boi recently revealed that Jive Records blocked Andre 3000, his partner in Outkast, from rapping on the record). In short: the slightly less famous but no less brilliant member of Outkast is releasing his first solo album. Such is the hype surrounding Sir Lucious Left Foot that this review barely requires an introduction.
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