Project Description
‘ALL OUT’
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BIGG
Reviewer: Brianna Denmeade
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Hailing from the cityscapes of Sydney in Australia, Rap/EDM/Hip-Hop recording artist & music producer, Bigg, began hitting the ground running in the music realm since 2006, and has been building an insatiably impressive music career since that time. As a Vietnamese producer, Bigg was born in Ha Noi; a place where Rap & Hip Hop is scarcely known. But at the age of 10 when his father played an Eminem CD in the car, the young aspiring artist was hooked and eventually began researching more into the perspective genre. At age 12, determined to find his musical niche, Bigg began teaching himself the art of music production in an effort to make beats and become a creator of the music he had come to know and love.
Simultaneously, the aspiring young producer also began learning the English language through lyrical content from some of his favourite artists and songs through a translation formula. Since then, Bigg has been making beats over the last 11 years and honed his craft through many influences that surrounded him. He has created over 1,000 beat projects on his hard drive over this time period and has no intention of quitting anytime soon. With big dreams on the horizon for Bigg, the determined and hardworking Artist and Producer is currently working on his debut Album All Out, which is comprised of over 20 tracks all self-produced / engineered / mixed and mastered. An Official Music Video for his single Lowkey Stunning has been shot in an effort to raise hype and public anticipation for the upcoming debut album.
The video is finished and will be released shortly before the Album release. As Bigg continues to work endlessly on his album release plans and the prospects of widening his fan base and music in general, be sure to keep in touch with him through his Social Media and Music Platforms.
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I am so excited to be able to review Bigg’s debut album All Out because I have heard some of his music before and I love the industrial hip-hop sound he has formulated through combining many different sounds. The opening 3-tracks are titled Intro, All Out and Ha Noi God and they are both heavy-bass, electronic rap tracks that introduce listeners to Bigg’s story with his clever lyricism. During Ha Noi God he even raps in his mother language, Vietnamese, and it is here that I begin to understand his unique sound come partly from his multi-cultural influences. His rap-style is one of a grandiose feel, which is common in rap, but he also has a great storytelling ability which comes through during softer spoken-word moments.
Odd Boy brings in much heavier electronic elements giving it that grungy, industrial trap vibe. Kany East is unique because the electronic elements are combined with fast-tempo distorted violins throughout, and the auto-tune effect on Bigg’s voice has a slight resemblance to old-school Kanye West tracks, think, Stronger, 2007. Bigg freshens the utilisation of hip-hop/rap/electronic and RnB to create songs that so far balance nicely on the line between all of these genres. The track titled Mainstream brings in the real electronic sound changing the feel from industrial trap to what I would consider UK grime-style warehouse party beats. Mainstream is a song for the real tech-heads and I could see myself dancing in a club in Berlin at some ungodly hour to this one.
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Track seven and eight include a feature from artist Remi and Roll Up Interlude is a much calmer RnB song. It still has fast-paced, hard-hitting rap spits from both Bigg and Remi and their vocals and rap styles compliment one another. Underneath the gangsta rap rhymes is a cool, whimsical beat that contrasts nicely. Enter the second track featuring Remi, F.B.B, which has a far heavier bass and grungier beat, it also incorporates more of the electronic trap sound. F.B.B is a powerful song with lyrics like, “I’m a motherfuckin’ God like my father.”, cementing Bigg’s confidence and gracious attitude.
9 Figures showcase Bigg’s rap skills spitting at a fast-pace over simple hip-hop beats. This is probably my favourite song lyrically thus far, with witty lyrics about being “white man rich” and “bank account with 9 figures”. This song is playful and highlights Bigg’s rhyming abilities with classic 90s-like hip-hop beats behind his vocals. Lieutenant Dan has some similar elements to the last track with talented rapping over the top of hip-hop beats, but this number incorporates a laser beam sound giving it an electronic edge.
In Love brings the listener back to the RnB sounds with a softer beat as Bigg raps about getting out of a toxic love. The chorus showcases Bigg’s singing vocals really nicely and contrasts the verses which have funny character voices and reminds me of an early 2000s Timbaland song (nostalgia). Speaking of nostalgia, Simon Says continues the RnB-cross-hip-hop sound and incorporates the distorted vocals I remember from Kanye East earlier in the album.
One and Only really highlights Bigg’s vocals once again through the chorus. It is nice to have a break from the rap to hear the softer side of Bigg’s musicality. Artist Gavlyn features on this song, a female rapper, that really adds an industrial-rap feel on-top of the ballad-like chorus toward the end. Track twenty-two is titled Last Night Interlude and the intro is the sound of classical piano and a slow and steady pace keeping the beat of the song. This is a slower tempo track with super emotive lyrics showing that Bigg can be vulnerable through the use of music and lyricism. I am pleased when I hear the piano keys utilised in the next song, Pretending, again it keeps a bluesy beat behind Bigg’s raps and the vocals introduced by Cherry Jackson during the chorus as a featured artist.
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The intro to A Little Longer sounds like it is going to be a jazz-blues song until we are introduced to the rap layered on-top bringing in Bigg’s unique sound. The lyrics of this song sounds like it is about a person in Bigg’s life far-away who played an important role in life. “When I was young you used to teach me how to draw.”, and “Now I’m still 10,000ks away it’s hard to see.” are lyrics that again showcase the vulnerability in Bigg’s music, which is something I have always admired in artists.
One Day Interlude brings back the funky 80s-like hip-hop beats with a little electronic key in the background and we are re-introduced to the beautiful jazz sounds with the saxophone during the chorus. It is hard to say which song is my favourite but this track really got me dancing on my seat, I am a sucker for a saxophone. Getting close to the end of the album the sound is definitely branching out from RnB and hip-hop such as, City Light which incorporates folky guitar strumming and ballad-like vocals. This song has far less rapping and mostly focuses on Bigg’s singing and instruments such as the awesome electric guitar solo mid-way and gorgeous moment of flamenco guitar.
Late Night, Red Wine and Cigratte Interlude is the final song of the debut album All Out by Australian-Vietnamese artist Bigg. This number is lyrically clever, brings back the heavy hip-hop beat and bass and Bigg spits some incredible rhymes about his life. He raps about making his people proud and taking care of his family; this final number feels like a rap about gratitude and giving back, a nice way to wrap up such an eclectic album.
Bigg’s new album All Out is a twenty-six track hip-hop, RnB and electronica-infused project and although it is the longest album I have reviewed it is an album I could listen through over-and-over again.
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