The 90s are often hailed as the golden era of Hip Hop, and certainly late ‘93 into ‘94 was a vintage year. It was as if a collective creativity emerged from all corners of America with their own distinct take on the rap game but producing without a doubt a series of seminal debut albums.
The West Coast and Death Row Record gave us Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle, whilst the East Coast came up with Ready to Die, formally introducing us to the tour de force that was Biggie and from the dirty South emerged Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik and with that came André 3000 and Big Boi aka Out Kast. The rest as they say, is platinum and multi Grammy Award winning history.
When Big Boi took the stage at Heaven, London on 23 June, following an opening video montage, also a favourite intro of the likes of Snoop, his Southern and Out Kast roots were undeniable with several classics and a nod to his former partner-in-rhyme with tracks such as, So Fresh, So Clean (2000) and Ms. Jackson (2002).
It was then time for some ‘new s***’ taken from ‘Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty’. The title of course referring to his Alter ego, with songs such as ‘Tangerine’, inviting a bevy of young beauties from the audience to the stage to join him, ‘Fo Yo Sorrows’ (which features George Clinton), Purple Ribbon’s ‘Kryptonite and the as anticipated, it simply went off when ‘Shutterbugg’ dropped. UK support on the night came in the form on two ladies who have made waves on the wheels of steel in recent years Yasmine and DJ Emily Rawson. Hot on the heels of Glasto, Big Boi is in full on festival mode with his next top the Hove Festival in Arendal, Norway tomorrow.
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Photography by Michael Antoniou
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