BIG BOI To Release Highly-Anticipated New Album Boomiverse June 16

Watch New ‘Mic Jack’ Music Video

A wonderful reminder of Big Boi’s unparalleled prowess in the rap game. He has literally been doing this longer than some rappers have been alive.” – High Snobiety

 “Big Boi is one of the OGs of hip-hop and he’s still reinventing himself more than two decades after entering the game.” – XXL

 “An all-star affair.” – Rolling Stone

 

 

Big Boi reveals June 16 as the release date for his highly-anticipated third full-length solo album and first release for Epic RecordsBOOMIVERSE.

‘Kill Jill’ and ‘Mic Jack’ have already begun to amplify excitement for the album’s arrival. ‘Kill Jill’ has racked up over 3.1 million Spotify streams to date, while ‘Mic Jack’ garnered 1.5 million Spotify streams in just a few weeks. Big Boiunveiled the songs during a high-profile Apple Music Beats 1 premiere before performing ‘Mic Jack’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In addition, both tracks continue to draw critical praise.

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 AQUEMINISTANKONIASOUTHERNPLAYALISTICADILLACMUZIK, 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 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, pastevibe, and more.

His 2012 follow-up VICIOUS LIES AND DANGEROUS RUMORS enamoured tastemakers and fans alike and boasted collaborations with A$AP RockyKiller MikeKid 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.

AMNPLIFY – BA