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#7 Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty

As someone who was always quite adamant that Speakerboxxx, a brilliantly eclectic, bizarre album that lived up faithfully to the legacy of Stankonia, was far superior to the collection of reheated Prince leftovers that was The Love Below, it’s hardly surprising that I immediately liked Big Boi’s first solo album. In a surprise outbreak of common sense, thankfully, everyone else seemed to like it as well.

Big Boi’s appeal lies primarily in his enthusiasm - the fact that he perhaps sounds more hungry and excited by the prospect of making music, in spite of the fact that he’s been a recording artist for about 16 years now. For me, the obvious highight is ‘Shutterbugg’, a piece of minimalistic, ‘Atomic Dog’-style electrofunk, produced by non other than Scott Storch, who should be congratuated for producing his first good beat in years.