Andre 3000: ‘It Kills Me When People Try To Put Big Boi Down’

[BlackMajik]

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Quickly taking a more serious tone, Dre responded if a film were to ever be done, the aspect of balance between he and Big is what he’d most like to see. Stacks then opened up to R.S.’ Steve Appleford about a topic that has long-since been the elephant in the room in regards to OutKast’s near-mythical adulation over the years: the under-appreciation of Big Boi and demigod-like praise of himself.

“One of the biggest things that kills me is when people try to put Big Boi down. And honestly, Big’s a much sharper rapper than I am. If I was going to a battle, I’d definitely bet on him instead of me,” Dre said.

Stacks being the introvert of the two is hardly breaking news. His allegorical years-long stretches of reclusiveness helped amplify his legend as rap’s version of Halley’s Comet tenfold since the group’s last album, Idlewild, in 2006. For one reason or another, however, Big Boi’s recognition has consistently been left with the short end of the proverbial stick.

Calling a spade a spade, his presence is taken for granted because he never truly left the public eye’s eye. Big shunned providing fans the opportunity to miss him in the manner Dre has, which has unfairly been used against him over the years despite the release of quality projects, most notably 2010’s Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty.

The reality is, in defiance of what many newer influx of ‘Kast fans have been led to believe in recent years, the balance Andre preached is exactly what transformed them, the course of Southern Hip-Hop and the genre as a whole. Aquemini cannot be considered one of the landmark musical contributions of the last quarter century without Big Boi in the manner ATLiens cachet lacks considerably without Andre. OutKast became an irreplaceable fixture in rap culture due to their partnership, not one carrying dead weight for 20 years. Regardless, hearing Dre come to bat for Big was a small gesture, but one simultaneously speaking volumes.

Perhaps now one of rap’s most notorious slights can begin the process of being swept under the rug for good. Probably not, though.

 

[BlackMajik]

I've said it b4 and I'll say it again Big Boi is one of if not the most under appreciated rapper of all time

Just listen to Big Boi spittin on Spaghetti Junction


Well we zippin around the corner in that golden stankin Lincoln
I got my heat up under my seat
Just in case these youngsters tryin to take it
Pullin the pistol on another black man was never the plot
But sometimes my brothers lose theyself and try to take my spot

His flow

 

[I AM WE ARE]

probably because he carried him on the first couple of cds. but big boi held his own later on and on his solo joints

 

[Lord Mecca]

Just listen to Big Boi spittin on Spaghetti Junction


Well we zippin around the corner in that golden stankin Lincoln
I got my heat up under my seat
Just in case these youngsters tryin to take it
Pullin the pistol on another black man was never the plot
But sometimes my brothers lose theyself and try to take my spot

His flow

Spaghetti Junction is too retarded and underrated... Big Boi goes in.

 

[BlackMajik]

Spaghetti Junction is too retarded and underrated... Big Boi goes in.

Man I'm saying

 

[BlackMajik]

probably because he carried him on the first couple of cds. but big boi held his own later on and on his solo joints

Nope!

 

[I AM WE ARE]

Nope!

you don't think so? i mean its a matter of opinion to me.
but i wouldn't disagree with you at all bruh

 

[BlackMajik]

you don't think so? i mean its a matter of opinion to me.
but i wouldn't disagree with you at all bruh

Well that is ur opinion

But they were both equal. Perfect Ying to Dre's yang. I mean listen to Big Boi's last verse on D.E.E.P.

 

[I AM WE ARE]

Well that is ur opinion

But they were both equal. Perfect Ying to Dre's yang. I mean listed to Big Boi's last verse on D.E.E.P.

respect

 

[B86]

Spaghetti Junction is too retarded and underrated... Big Boi goes in.

Man I'm saying

Swear my mom will listen to Spaghetti Junction 3 times in a row and not care how anybody feel about it. Stankonia is the only rap album she owns (or "borrowed" from me and never gave back)

 

[Pop123]

andre is a good dude, that's why he said that. big boi has always been nice to me but 3000 is top 10 ever IMO, so it's not really fair to big boi to compare them on some who's better ish.

 

[BlackMajik]

andre is a good dude, that's why he said that. big boi has always been nice to me but 3000 is top 10 ever IMO, so it's not really fair to big boi to compare them on some who's better ish.

Naw he's not just saying this

Big Boi's flow is sharper than Dre's. Everything else well yea that's up for debate of course

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Big is one of the GOAT spitters hands down...but 3K ain't helping him by not putting out more music.

 

[WEKetchum]

I've said it b4 and I'll say it again Big Boi is one of if not the most under appreciated rapper of all time

I agree. Dude's half of perhaps the greatest run in rap history, and he isn't even cited as one of the best rappers in the south it doesn't make any sense, esp. when Speakerboxxx and Sir Luscious Left Foot were so dope. People always acted like they were Jordan and Pippen, but I'd compare them to Magic and Kareem - both GOATs in their own right

 

[BlackMajik]

I agree. Dude's half of perhaps the greatest run in rap history, and he isn't even cited as one of the best rappers in the south it doesn't make any sense, esp. when Speakerboxxx and Sir Luscious Left Foot were so dope. People always acted like they were Jordan and Pippen, but I'd compare them to Magic and Kareem - both GOATs in their own right

Perfect comparison