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'''''Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors''''' is the second ] by American rapper and ]-member ], released on December 11, 2012,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rapradar.com/2012/11/01/big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors-cover/ | title=Big Boi Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors Cover | publisher=| work=] | date=November 1, 2012 | accessdate=November 9, 2012}}</ref> by ] and ]. The album features ]s from ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], Mouche, Scar, Bosko, ], ], ], ], and Tre Luce.
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'''''Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors''''' is the second ] by American rapper ], released on December 11, 2012,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rapradar.com/2012/11/01/big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors-cover/ | title=Big Boi Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors Cover | work=] | date=November 1, 2012 | access-date=November 9, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106135550/http://rapradar.com/2012/11/01/big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors-cover/ | archive-date=November 6, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> by ] and ]. The album features ]s from ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], Mouche, Scar, Bosko, ], ], ], ], and Tre Luce.
== Background ==
In a July 2010 interview for '']'', Big Boi revealed that he was working on the follow-up album to the critically and commercially successful '']'', stating that he was "maybe about six songs into it".<ref name="Harvilla">Harvilla, Rob. . '']''. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.</ref> Big Boi announced on May 24, 2012, that he was about 80% complete with his next solo release. He also revealed that both he and Andre 3000 would be releasing solo projects prior to any Outkast project.<ref> StraightFromTheA.com (May 24, 2011)</ref> On May 27, 2012, Big Boi announced that the album would be entitled ''Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BigBoi/status/206480948903157761 |title=Twitter / BigBoi: Breaking News !!!!! Title of |publisher=Twitter.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-16}}</ref> On June 9, 2012, Big Boi announced via Twitter that the album would be released on November 13, 2012.<ref></ref> However, on November 1, 2012, after revealing the cover art, the album was pushed back to December 11, 2012.<ref name="www.rap-up.com"/>


==Background==
On October 1, 2012, the first single "]" featuring ] was released.<ref name="www.rap-up.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2012/11/01/big-boi-pushes-album-to-december-reveals-cover-art/ |title=Big Boi Pushes Album to December, Reveals Cover Art |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-16}}</ref> The album features guest appearances from ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], Mouche, Scar, Bosko, ], ], ], ], and Tre Luce.<ref name="www.hiphopdx.com">{{cite web|last=Kuperstein |first=Slava |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.21822/title.big-boi-reveals-features-from-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors |title=Big Boi Reveals Features From "Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors" |publisher=HipHop DX |date=2012-11-08 |accessdate=2013-08-16}}</ref> On November 9, 2012, Big Boi debuted "Lines" featuring ASAP Rocky and Phantogram on his soundcloud account to a very good reception. The track had received over 100,000 listens on soundcloud in just over a day upon release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/big-boi/lines |title="Lines" - Big Boi (feat. A$AP Rocky & Phantogram) by Big Boi on SoundCloud - Hear the world's sounds |publisher=Soundcloud.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-16}}</ref> The album is noticeably lacking from any Andre 3000 features with Big Boi saying he had sent Dre over 5 songs he could've gotten on but "contractual obligations" kept him from doing them.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|last=Harling |first=Danielle |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.21878/title.big-boi-says-andre-3000-isnt-on-his-new-album-because-he-had-to-do-some-gillette-shit |title=Big Boi Says Andre 3000 Isn't On His New Album Because "He Had To Do Some Gillette Shit" |publisher=HipHop DX |date=2012-11-14 |accessdate=2013-08-16}}</ref>
In a July 2010 interview for '']'', Big Boi revealed that he was working on the follow-up album to the critically and commercially successful '']'', stating that he was "maybe about six songs into it".<ref name="Harvilla">Harvilla, Rob. . '']''. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.</ref> On May 24, 2012, Big Boi announced that he was about 80% complete with his next solo release. He also revealed that both he and ] would be releasing solo projects prior to any Outkast project.<ref> StraightFromTheA.com (May 24, 2011)</ref> On May 27, 2012, Big Boi announced that the album would be entitled ''Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BigBoi/status/206480948903157761 |title=Twitter / BigBoi: Breaking News !!!!! Title of |publisher=Twitter.com |access-date=2013-08-16}}</ref> On June 9, 2012, Big Boi announced via Twitter that the album would be released on November 13, 2012.<ref></ref> However, on November 1, 2012, after revealing the cover art, the album was pushed back to December 11, 2012.<ref name="www.rap-up.com"/>


On October 1, 2012, the first single "]" featuring ] was released.<ref name="www.rap-up.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2012/11/01/big-boi-pushes-album-to-december-reveals-cover-art/ |title=Big Boi Pushes Album to December, Reveals Cover Art |publisher=Rap-Up.com |access-date=2013-08-16}}</ref> The album features guest appearances from ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], Mouche, Scar, Bosko, ], ], ], ], and Tre Luce.<ref name="www.hiphopdx.com">{{cite web |last=Kuperstein |first=Slava |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.21822/title.big-boi-reveals-features-from-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors |title=Big Boi Reveals Features From "Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors" |publisher=HipHop DX |date=2012-11-08 |access-date=2013-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111003518/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.21822/title.big-boi-reveals-features-from-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors |archive-date=2012-11-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On November 9, 2012, Big Boi debuted "Lines" featuring ASAP Rocky and Phantogram on his soundcloud account to a very good reception. The track had received over 100,000 listens on soundcloud in just over a day upon release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/big-boi/lines |title="Lines" - Big Boi (feat. A$AP Rocky & Phantogram) by Big Boi on SoundCloud - Hear the world's sounds |publisher=Soundcloud.com |access-date=2013-08-16}}</ref> The album is noticeably lacking from any Andre 3000 features with Big Boi saying he had sent Dre over 5 songs he could've gotten on but "contractual obligations" kept him from doing them.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|last=Harling |first=Danielle |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.21878/title.big-boi-says-andre-3000-isnt-on-his-new-album-because-he-had-to-do-some-gillette-shit |title=Big Boi Says Andre 3000 Isn't On His New Album Because "He Had To Do Some Gillette Shit" |publisher=HipHop DX |date=2012-11-14 |access-date=2013-08-16}}</ref>
== Music and lyrics ==
''Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors'' has a ] production style and music that incorporates aggressive ], ] basslines, ] sounds,<ref name="Scheinman"/> and ].<ref name="Anderson"/> Its songs are characterized by strong ].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Review: Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|journal=]|location=New York|author=CP|date=December 11, 2012}}</ref> Ted Scheinman of ] finds it to be exemplary of a recent "collusion between rap and indie acts", and calls the album "profoundly atmospheric, not in the triumphalist </nowiki>]] vein, but with enough melodic hooks on which to hang songs that are both thumping and bittersweet."<ref name="Scheinman"/> ]'s Miles Raymer attributes the album's stylistic influences to Big Boi's past few years performing at festivals with indie rock and ] acts, writing that it may be viewed as "an outgrowth of rap's artsy ambitions" or "a compilation of indietronic-rap ] tied together by one voice".<ref name="Raymer">{{cite web|last=Raymer|first=Miles|date=December 10, 2012|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17294-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/|title=Big Boi: Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|publisher=]|accessdate=December 10, 2012}}</ref>


==Music and lyrics==
Big Boi's lyrics explore carnal and emotional subject matter such as relationships. He raps with a confident, morally transparent persona and a polyvocal delivery that uses devices such as ] and ].<ref name="Scheinman"/> Kyle Anderson of '']'' characterizes Big Boi's lyrics on the album as "] prose".<ref name="Anderson">{{cite journal|last=Anderson|first=Kyle|date=December 7, 2012|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20653692,00.html|title=Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors - review - Big Boi Review|journal=]|location=New York|issue=1237|accessdate=December 7, 2012}}</ref>
''Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors'' has a ] production style and music that incorporates aggressive ], ] basslines, ] sounds,<ref name="Scheinman"/> and ].<ref name="Anderson"/> Its songs are characterized by strong ].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Review: Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|journal=]|location=New York|author=CP|date=December 11, 2012}}</ref> Ted Scheinman of ] finds it to be exemplary of a recent "collusion between rap and indie acts", and calls the album "profoundly atmospheric, not in the triumphalist </nowiki>]] vein, but with enough melodic hooks on which to hang songs that are both thumping and bittersweet."<ref name="Scheinman"/> ]'s Miles Raymer attributes the album's stylistic influences to Big Boi's past few years performing at festivals with indie rock and ] acts, writing that it may be viewed as "an outgrowth of rap's artsy ambitions" or "a compilation of indietronic-rap ] tied together by one voice".<ref name="Raymer">{{cite web|last=Raymer|first=Miles|date=December 10, 2012|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17294-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/|title=Big Boi: Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|publisher=]|access-date=December 10, 2012}}</ref>


Big Boi's lyrics explore carnal and emotional subject matter such as relationships. He raps with a confident, morally transparent persona and a polyvocal delivery that uses devices such as ] and ].<ref name="Scheinman"/> Kyle Anderson of '']'' characterizes Big Boi's lyrics on the album as "] prose".<ref name="Anderson">{{cite web|last=Anderson|first=Kyle|date=December 7, 2012|url=https://ew.com/article/2013/03/19/vicious-lies-dangerous-rumors-review-big-boi/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311151012/https://ew.com/article/2013/03/19/vicious-lies-dangerous-rumors-review-big-boi/|url-status=live|archive-date=March 11, 2013|title=Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors - review - Big Boi Review|access-date=September 2, 2024}}</ref>
== Reception ==


==Critical reception==
=== Criticial response ===
{{Album ratings {{Music ratings
| rev1 = ] | rev1 = ]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="Kellman"/> | rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="Kellman"/>
| rev2 = '']'' | rev2 = '']''
| rev2Score = B+<ref name="Butler"/> | rev2Score = B+<ref name="Butler"/>
| rev3 = '']'' | rev3 = '']''
| rev3Score = A–<ref name="Anderson"/> | rev3Score = A−<ref name="Anderson"/>
| rev4 = '']'' | rev4 = '']''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Calvert"/> | rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Calvert"/>
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| rev5Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Nicholson"/> | rev5Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Nicholson"/>
| rev6 = '']'' | rev6 = '']''
| rev6Score = 6/10<ref name="Howard">{{cite journal|last=Howard|first=Tom|date=January 7, 2013|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/big-boi--2/13944|title=Big Boi - 'Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors'|journal=]|location=London|accessdate=January 12, 2013}}</ref> | rev6Score = 6/10<ref name="Howard">{{cite journal|last=Howard|first=Tom|date=January 7, 2013|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/big-boi--2/13944|title=Big Boi - 'Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors'|journal=]|location=London|access-date=January 12, 2013}}</ref>
| rev7 = ] | rev7 = '']''
| rev7Score = 6.1/10<ref name="Raymer"/> | rev7Score = 6.1/10<ref name="Raymer"/>
| rev8 = '']'' | rev8 = '']''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Levinson"/> | rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Levinson"/>
| rev9 = ] | rev9 = '']''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Scheinman"/> | rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Scheinman"/>
| rev10 = '']'' | rev10 = '']''
| rev10Score = 7/10<ref name="Peisner">{{cite journal|last=Peisner|first=David|date=December 11, 2012|url=http://www.spin.com/#reviews/big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors-purple-ribbon-def-jam|title=Big Boi, 'Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors' (Purple Ribbon/Def Jam)|journal=]|location=New York|accessdate=December 12, 2012}}</ref> | rev10Score = 7/10<ref name="Peisner">{{cite journal|last=Peisner|first=David|date=December 11, 2012|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/12/big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors-purple-ribbon-def-jam/|title=Big Boi, 'Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors' (Purple Ribbon/Def Jam)|journal=]|location=New York|access-date=December 12, 2012}}</ref>
}} }}
''Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors'' received generally positive reviews from ]. At ], which assigns a ] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an ] score of 72, based on 28 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/big-boi|title=Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More|publisher=]. ]|accessdate=December 10, 2012}}</ref> Simon Vozick-Levinson of '']'' commended Big Boi for bringing his disparate collaborators "together in harmony" and found "even more" impressive "the ease with which Big Boi insinuates his smack-talking, game-kicking self into their midst".<ref name="Levinson">{{cite journal|last=Vozick-Levinson|first=Simon|date=December 11, 2012|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors-20121211|title=Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|journal=]|location=New York|accessdate=December 12, 2012}}</ref> Will Butler of '']'' asserted that the album "delivers" as a "feel-good record", with Big Boi "at his most selfless, honest, and exploratory now".<ref name="Butler">{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Will|date=December 11, 2012|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors,89742/|title=Big Boi: Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors|newspaper=]|location=Chicago|accessdate=December 11, 2012}}</ref> ] of '']'' felt that, "even in Outkast, Big Boi was never merely a macho cartoon; now, he's revealing he's a grown-up."<ref name="Pareles">{{cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|authorlink=Jon Pareles|date=December 11, 2012|page=C1|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/arts/music/bigbois-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors-and-lifehouse.html|title=Swagger With a Bit Of Angst|newspaper=]|accessdate=December 10, 2012}}</ref> ]'s Ted Scheinman commented that the album's "reflexive eclecticism ... coheres on the strength" of Big Boi's rapping and felt that, "in the best sense, it's the conspicuous work of a magnanimous music lover".<ref name="Scheinman">{{cite web|last=Scheinman|first=Ted|date=December 10, 2012|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/2947|title=Big Boi: Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|publisher=]|accessdate=December 10, 2012}}</ref> Dan Cairns of '']'' called it a "multi-genre riot" and commented that it "demolishes the perception" of Big Boi as the uneccentric foil to ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Cairns|first=Dan|date=December 16, 2012|title=Pop, Rock & Jazz, Dec 16|newspaper=]|location=London|page=28 (''Culture'' supplement)|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/pop_and_rock/article1174902.ece|accessdate=December 16, 2012}} {{subscription required}}</ref> John Calvert of '']'' called it "glossy, overwhelmingly kinetic and neon-colourful ... arguably the pop hip-hop production job of the year," and wrote that each of its "innumerable hooks" are "textured, accentuated and arranged in just such a way that they jump out at the listener like musical holograms."<ref name="Calvert">{{cite journal|last=Calvert|first=John|date=December 20, 2012|url=http://www.factmag.com/2012/12/20/vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/|title=Big BoiVicious - Lies And Dangerous Rumors|journal=]|location=London|accessdate=December 20, 2012}}</ref>


In a mixed review, ]'s Andy Kellman was ambivalent towards Big Boi's collaborations and "inharmonious experiments", writing that he "adapts to the unfamiliar surroundings with little effort and often sounds comfortable, but the fusions are short on power."<ref name="Kellman">{{cite web|last=Kellman|first=Andy|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/vicious-lies-dangerous-rumors-mw0002456791|title=Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors - Big Boi|publisher=]. ]|accessdate=December 9, 2012}}</ref> Rebecca Nicholson of '']'' called it "a good album in need of a brutal trim" and felt that "its over-reliance on guests blunts the clear ambition".<ref name="Nicholson">{{cite news|last=Nicholson|first=Rebecca|date=January 3, 2012|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jan/03/big-boi-vicious-lies-review|title=Big Boi: Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors – review|newspaper=]|location=London|at=section G2, p. 24|accessdate=January 6, 2013}}</ref> David Amidon of ] found it to be an "awkward" listen similar to ]'s 2002 album '']'', but emphasized "how ''fun'' most of this music is even as it feels weird to hear Big Boi hopping on top of ."<ref name="Amidon">{{cite web|last=Amidon|first=David|date=December 13, 2012|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/166293-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/|title=Big Boi: Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors (take two)|publisher=PopMatters|accessdate=December 13, 2012}}</ref> Miles Raymer of ] critiqued that the album is "on the one hand a genre-busting statement of artistic restlessness" but also "a mess", and found Big Boi's "dextrous, technically capable" rapping to be its "saving grace".<ref name="Raymer"/> ]'s ] gave the album a one-star honorable mention,<ref name="Christgau">{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|date=January 25, 2013|url=http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/expert-witness-blogpost.aspx?post=15a4f9cc-201c-4631-b136-1038b14f3b1a|title=Odds and Ends 022|publisher=]|accessdate=January 25, 2013}}</ref> indicating "a worthy effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well like."<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|year=2000|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php|title=Key to Icons|publisher=Robert Christgau|accessdate=January 25, 2013}}</ref> He cited "Apple of My Eye" and "She Hates Me" as highlights and quipped that Big Boi "claims hip-hop, represents r&b, ends up neither here nor there".<ref name="Christgau"/> ''Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors'' received generally positive reviews from ]. At ], which assigns a ] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an ] score of 72, based on 32 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/big-boi|title=Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More|publisher=]. ]|access-date=December 10, 2012}}</ref> Simon Vozick-Levinson of '']'' commended Big Boi for bringing his disparate collaborators "together in harmony" and found "even more" impressive "the ease with which Big Boi insinuates his smack-talking, game-kicking self into their midst".<ref name="Levinson">{{cite journal|last=Vozick-Levinson|first=Simon|date=December 11, 2012|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors-20121211|title=Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|journal=]|location=New York|access-date=December 12, 2012}}</ref> Will Butler of '']'' asserted that the album "delivers" as a "feel-good record", with Big Boi "at his most selfless, honest, and exploratory now".<ref name="Butler">{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Will|date=December 11, 2012|url=https://www.avclub.com/big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors-1798175255|title=Big Boi: Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors|newspaper=]|location=Chicago|access-date=December 11, 2012}}</ref> ] of '']'' felt that, "even in Outkast, Big Boi was never merely a macho cartoon; now, he's revealing he's a grown-up."<ref name="Pareles">{{cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Pareles|date=December 11, 2012|page=C1|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/arts/music/bigbois-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors-and-lifehouse.html|title=Swagger With a Bit Of Angst|newspaper=]|access-date=December 10, 2012}}</ref> '']''{{'}}s Ted Scheinman commented that the album's "reflexive eclecticism ... coheres on the strength" of Big Boi's rapping and felt that, "in the best sense, it's the conspicuous work of a magnanimous music lover".<ref name="Scheinman">{{cite web|last=Scheinman|first=Ted|date=December 10, 2012|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/2947|title=Big Boi: Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|work=]|access-date=December 10, 2012}}</ref> Dan Cairns of '']'' called it a "multi-genre riot" and commented that it "demolishes the perception" of Big Boi as the uneccentric foil to ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Cairns|first=Dan|date=December 16, 2012|title=Pop, Rock & Jazz, Dec 16|newspaper=]|location=London|page=28 (''Culture'' supplement)|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/pop_and_rock/article1174902.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010015837/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/pop_and_rock/article1174902.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 10, 2014|access-date=December 16, 2012}} {{subscription required}}</ref> John Calvert of '']'' called it "glossy, overwhelmingly kinetic and neon-colourful ... arguably the pop hip-hop production job of the year," and wrote that each of its "innumerable hooks" are "textured, accentuated and arranged in just such a way that they jump out at the listener like musical holograms."<ref name="Calvert">{{cite journal|last=Calvert|first=John|date=December 20, 2012|url=http://www.factmag.com/2012/12/20/vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/|title=Big BoiVicious - Lies And Dangerous Rumors|journal=]|location=London|access-date=December 20, 2012}}</ref>


In a mixed review, ]'s Andy Kellman was ambivalent towards Big Boi's collaborations and "inharmonious experiments", writing that he "adapts to the unfamiliar surroundings with little effort and often sounds comfortable, but the fusions are short on power."<ref name="Kellman">{{cite web|last=Kellman|first=Andy|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/vicious-lies-dangerous-rumors-mw0002456791|title=Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors - Big Boi|website=]|access-date=December 9, 2012}}</ref> Rebecca Nicholson of '']'' called it "a good album in need of a brutal trim" and felt that "its over-reliance on guests blunts the clear ambition".<ref name="Nicholson">{{cite news|last=Nicholson|first=Rebecca|date=January 3, 2012|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jan/03/big-boi-vicious-lies-review|title=Big Boi: Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors – review|newspaper=]|location=London|at=section G2, p. 24|access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref> David Amidon of '']'' found it to be an "awkward" listen similar to ]'s 2002 album '']'', but emphasized "how ''fun'' most of this music is even as it feels weird to hear Big Boi hopping on top of ."<ref name="Amidon">{{cite magazine|last=Amidon|first=David|date=December 13, 2012|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/166293-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/|title=Big Boi: Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors (take two)|magazine=PopMatters|access-date=December 13, 2012}}</ref> Miles Raymer of '']'' critiqued that the album is "on the one hand a genre-busting statement of artistic restlessness" but also "a mess", and found Big Boi's "dextrous, technically capable" rapping to be its "saving grace".<ref name="Raymer"/> ]'s ] gave the album a one-star honorable mention,<ref name="Christgau">{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=January 25, 2013|url=http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/expert-witness-blogpost.aspx?post=15a4f9cc-201c-4631-b136-1038b14f3b1a|title=Odds and Ends 022|publisher=]|access-date=January 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128001529/http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/expert-witness-blogpost.aspx?post=15a4f9cc-201c-4631-b136-1038b14f3b1a|archive-date=January 28, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> indicating "a worthy effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well like."<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|year=2000|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php|title=Key to Icons|publisher=Robert Christgau|access-date=January 25, 2013}}</ref> He cited "Apple of My Eye" and "She Hates Me" as highlights and quipped that Big Boi "claims hip-hop, represents r&b, ends up neither here nor there".<ref name="Christgau"/>
=== Commercial performance ===
The album debuted at number 34 on the ] chart, with first-week sales of 30,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|last=Grein |first=Paul |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-dec-16-2012-albums-one-direction-160909600.html |title=Week Ending Dec. 16, 2012. Albums: One Direction's Singular Achievement &#124; Chart Watch (NEW) - Yahoo! Music |publisher=Music.yahoo.com |date=2012-12-19 |accessdate=2013-08-16}}</ref> As of January 30, 2013, the album had sold 61,000 copies, according to ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22726/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-1-27-2013|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 1/27/2013 |publisher=''HipHopDX'' |accessdate=January 30, 2013}}</ref>


==Commercial performance==
== Track listing ==
The album debuted at number 34 on the ] chart, with first-week sales of 30,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|last=Grein |first=Paul |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-dec-16-2012-albums-one-direction-160909600.html |title=Week Ending Dec. 16, 2012. Albums: One Direction's Singular Achievement &#124; Chart Watch (NEW) |publisher=Music.yahoo.com |date=2012-12-19 |access-date=2013-08-16}}</ref> As of January 30, 2013, the album had sold 61,000 copies, according to ].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22726/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-1-27-2013|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 1/27/2013|magazine=HipHopDX|access-date=January 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204180201/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22726/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-1-27-2013|archive-date=February 4, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing {{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s) | extra_column = Producer(s)
| writing_credits = yes
| total_length = 54:33 | total_length = 54:33

| title1 = Ascending | title1 = Ascending
| note1 = | writer1 = Andy Slagle
| extra1 = {{hlist|]|Chris Carmouche<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Brad Wete|title="Intro" - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/intro|magazine=]|date=July 20, 2012|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref>}}
| writer1 = Andy Slagle
| extra1 = Big Boi, ]<ref>{{cite web|author=Brad Wete|title="Intro" - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/intro|publisher=]|date=July 20, 2012|accessdate=November 11, 2012}}</ref>
| length1 = 1:09 | length1 = 1:09

| title2 = The Thickets | title2 = The Thickets
| note2 = featuring ] | note2 = featuring ]
| writer2 = Patrick Brown, Chris Carmouche, Donald Degrate, Antwan Patton, Cyshae Strachan | writer2 = {{hlist|]|Chris Carmouche|Donald Degrate|]|Cyshae Strachan}}
| extra2 = Big Boi, Chris Carmouche | extra2 = {{hlist|Big Boi|Chris Carmouche}}
| length2 = 2:48 | length2 = 2:48

| title3 = Apple of My Eye | title3 = Apple of My Eye
| note3 = | writer3 = {{hlist|Patton|]|Jake Troth}}
| extra3 = ]<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Brad Wete|title="Apple of My Eye" - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/apple-of-my-eye|magazine=]|date=July 20, 2012|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref>
| writer3 = Antwan Patton, David Sheats, Jake Troth
| extra3 = ]<ref>{{cite web|author=Brad Wete|title="Apple of My Eye" - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/apple-of-my-eye|publisher=]|date=July 20, 2012|accessdate=November 11, 2012}}</ref>
| length3 = 3:44 | length3 = 3:44

| title4 = Objectum Sexuality | title4 = Objectum Sexuality
| note4 = featuring ] | note4 = featuring ]
| writer4 = Sarah Barthel, Josh Carter, Antwan Patton | writer4 = {{hlist|]|]|Patton}}
| extra4 = ]<ref>{{cite web|author=Brad Wete|title="Objectum Sexuality" f/ Sarah Barthel - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/objectum-sexuality|publisher=]|date=July 20, 2012|accessdate=November 11, 2012}}</ref> | extra4 = ]<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Brad Wete|title="Objectum Sexuality" f/ Sarah Barthel - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/objectum-sexuality|magazine=]|date=July 20, 2012|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref>
| length4 = 4:49 | length4 = 4:49

| title5 = In the A | title5 = In the A
| note5 = featuring ] and ] | note5 = featuring ] and ]
| writer5 = Corey Andrews, Christopher Bridges, Lawrence Butler, Wilbert Ellis, Clifford Harris, Antwan Patton | writer5 = {{hlist|]|]|Lawrence Butler|Wilbert Ellis|]|Patton}}
| extra5 = Showdown, DJ Aries, ] | extra5 = {{hlist|Showdown|DJ Aries|]}}
| length5 = 5:20 | length5 = 5:20

| title6 = She Hates Me | title6 = She Hates Me
| note6 = featuring ] | note6 = featuring ]
| writer6 = Chris Carmouche, Scott Mescudi, Antwan Patton, Treie, Sharif Wilson | writer6 = {{hlist|Carmouche|]|Patton|Treie|Sharif Wilson}}
| extra6 = Sharif Wilson, Chris Carmouche, Big Boi<ref>{{cite web|author=Brad Wete|title="She Hates Me" f/ Kid Cudi - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/she-hate-me|publisher=]|date=July 20, 2012|accessdate=November 11, 2012}}</ref> | extra6 = {{hlist|Sharif Wilson|Chris Carmouche|Big Boi<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Brad Wete|title="She Hates Me" f/ Kid Cudi - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/she-hate-me|magazine=]|date=July 20, 2012|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref>}}
| length6 = 3:50 | length6 = 3:50

| title7 = CPU | title7 = CPU
| note7 = featuring Phantogram | note7 = featuring Phantogram
| writer7 = Sarah Barthel, Chris Carmouche, Josh Carter, Shelton Oliver, Antwan Patton, Demond Toney, Jeron Ward | writer7 = {{hlist|Barthel|Carmouche|Carter|Shelton Oliver|Patton|Demond Toney|Jeron Ward}}
| extra7 = Chris Carmouche, Jeron Ward<ref>{{cite web|author=Brad Wete|title="CPU" f/ Sarah Barthel - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/cpu|publisher=]|date=July 20, 2012|accessdate=November 11, 2012}}</ref> | extra7 = {{hlist|Chris Carmouche|Jeron Ward<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Brad Wete|title="CPU" f/ Sarah Barthel - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/cpu|magazine=]|date=July 20, 2012|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref>}}
| length7 = 4:12 | length7 = 4:12

| title8 = Thom Pettie | title8 = Thom Pettie
| note8 = featuring ] and ] | note8 = featuring ] and ]
| writer8 = Erik Bodin, David Brown, Chris Carmouche, LaMarquis Jefferson, Yukimi Nagano, Antwan Patton, Michael Render, Fredrik Wallin, Håkan Wirenstrand | writer8 = {{hlist|]|David Brown|Carmouche|LaMarquis Jefferson|]|Patton|]|]|]}}
| extra8 = Chris Carmouche, Big Boi | extra8 = {{hlist|Chris Carmouche|Big Boi}}
| length8 = 3:25 | length8 = 3:25

| title9 = ] | title9 = ]
| note9 = featuring ] | note9 = featuring ]
| writer9 = Erik Bodin, Chris Carmouche, Ricardo Lewis, Yukimi Nagano, Shelton Oliver, Antwan Patton, Ricky Walker, Fredrik Wallin, Jeron Ward, Håkan Wirenstrand | writer9 = {{hlist|Bodin|Carmouche|Ricardo Lewis|Nagano|Oliver|Patton|Ricky Walker|Wallin|Ward|Wirenstrand}}
| extra9 = The Flush, Chris Carmouche, Big Boi<ref>{{cite web|author=Brad Wete|title="Mama Told Me" f/ Little Dragon - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/mama-told-me|publisher=]|date=July 20, 2012|accessdate=November 11, 2012}}</ref> | extra9 = {{hlist|The Flush|Chris Carmouche|Big Boi<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Brad Wete|title="Mama Told Me" f/ Little Dragon - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/mama-told-me|magazine=]|date=July 20, 2012|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref>}}
| length9 = 3:10 | length9 = 3:10

| title10 = Lines | title10 = Lines
| note10 = featuring ] and Phantogram | note10 = featuring ] and Phantogram
| writer10 = Sarah Barthel, Chris Carmouche, Josh Carter, Rakim Mayers, Raymond Murray, Antwan Patton, Rico Wade | writer10 = {{hlist|Barthel|Carmouche|Carter|]|]|Patton|]}}
| extra10 = Organized Noize, Chris Carmouche, Big Boi<ref>{{cite web|author=Brad Wete|title="Lines" f/ A$AP Rocky - - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/lines|publisher=]|date=July 20, 2012|accessdate=November 11, 2012}}</ref> | extra10 = {{hlist|]|Chris Carmouche|Big Boi<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Brad Wete|title="Lines" f/ A$AP Rocky - - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/lines|magazine=]|date=July 20, 2012|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref>}}
| length10 = 3:24 | length10 = 3:24

| title11 = Shoes for Running | title11 = Shoes for Running
| note11 = featuring ] and ] | note11 = featuring ] and ]
| writer11 = John Hill, Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., Antwan Patton, Nathan Williams, Sirah | writer11 = {{hlist|]|]|Patton|]|Sirah}}
| extra11 = ], Nathan Williams | extra11 = {{hlist|]|]}}
| length11 = 3:50 | length11 = 3:50

| title12 = Raspberries | title12 = Raspberries
| note12 = featuring Mouche and Scar | note12 = featuring Mouche and Scar
| writer12 = Chris Carmouche, Jeremy McArthur, Antwan Patton, Terrence Smith | writer12 = {{hlist|Carmouche|]|Patton|Terrence Smith}}
| extra12 = ] | extra12 = ]
| length12 = 3:41 | length12 = 3:41

| title13 = Tremendous Damage | title13 = Tremendous Damage
| note13 = featuring Bosko | note13 = featuring Bosko
| writer13 = Chris Carmouche, Timothy Clayton, LaMarquis Jefferson, Bosko Kante, Kevin Kendrick, Antwan Patton, Terrence Smith | writer13 = {{hlist|Carmouche|Timothy Clayton|Jefferson|Bosko Kante|Kevin Kendrick|Patton|Smith}}
| extra13 = Chris Carmouche, Bosko | extra13 = {{hlist|Chris Carmouche|Bosko}}
| length13 = 5:21 | length13 = 5:21

| title14 = Descending | title14 = Descending
| note14 = featuring Little Dragon | note14 = featuring Little Dragon
| writer14 = Erik Bodin, Chris Carmouche, Gary Fly, Yukimi Nagano, Antwan Patton, Andy Slagle, Fredrik Wallin, Håkan Wirenstrand | writer14 = {{hlist|Bodin|Carmouche|Gary Fly|Nagano|Patton|Slagle|Wallin|Wirenstrand}}
| extra14 = Andramadon, Gary Fly, Chris Carmouche | extra14 = {{hlist|Andramadon|Gary Fly|Chris Carmouche}}
| length14 = 5:50 | length14 = 5:50
}} }}
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| headline = Deluxe edition | headline = Deluxe edition
| extra_column = Producer(s) | extra_column = Producer(s)
| writing_credits = yes
| collapsed = yes
| total_length = 65:02 | total_length = 65:02


| title15 = Higher Res | title15 = Higher Res
| note15 = featuring ] and Little Dragon | note15 = featuring ] and Little Dragon
| writer15 = Antwan Patton, Chris Carmouche, Jai Paul, Anup Paul, Yukimi Nagano, Erik Bodin, Fredrik Wallin, Håkan Wirenstrand | writer15 = {{hlist|Patton|Carmouche|]|]|Nagano|Bodin|Wallin|Wirenstrand}}
| extra15 = Jai Paul | extra15 = ]
| length15 = 2:23 | length15 = 2:23


| title16 = Gossip | title16 = Gossip
| note16 = featuring ] and ] | note16 = featuring ] and ]
| writer16 = Antwan Patton, Raymon Murray, Rico Wade, Chad Butler, Bernard Freeman, Justin Scott, Maurice Sinclair, Chris Carmouche | writer16 = {{hlist|Patton|Murray|Wade|]|]|]|Maurice Sinclair|Carmouche}}
| extra16 = Organized Noize, Chris Carmouche, Big Boi<ref>{{cite web|author=Brad Wete|title="Gossip" f/ UGK & Big K.R.I.T. - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/gossip|publisher=]|date=July 20, 2012|accessdate=November 11, 2012}}</ref> | extra16 = {{hlist|Organized Noize|Chris Carmouche|Big Boi<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Brad Wete|title="Gossip" f/ UGK & Big K.R.I.T. - Album Preview: Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/album-preview-big-boi-vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors/gossip|magazine=]|date=July 20, 2012|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref>}}
| length16 = 4:09 | length16 = 4:09


| title17 = She Said OK | title17 = She Said OK
| note17 = featuring ] and Tre Luce | note17 = featuring ] and Tre Luce
| writer17 = Antwan Patton, Chris Carmouche, ], Eric Lucear, LaMarquis Jefferson, Kevin Kendrick | writer17 = {{hlist|Patton|Carmouche|]|Eric Lucear|Jefferson|Kendrick}}
| extra17 = Chris Carmouche, Tre Luce | extra17 = {{hlist|Chris Carmouche|Tre Luce}}
| length17 = 3:57 | length17 = 3:57
}} }}


== Personnel == ==Personnel==
Credits for ''Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors'' adapted from ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors-mw0002456791/credits|title=Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors - Big Boi : Credits|publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation|accessdate=December 10, 2012}}</ref> Credits for ''Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors'' adapted from ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/vicious-lies-and-dangerous-rumors-mw0002456791/credits|title=Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors - Big Boi : Credits|publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation|access-date=December 10, 2012}}</ref>


* Chris Atlas – marketing * Chris Atlas – marketing
* ] – executive producer, primary artist * ] – executive producer, primary artist
* ] – executive producer * Chris Carmouche – executive producer
* Steven Defino – package design * Steven Defino – package design
* ] – mastering * ] – mastering
* ] – management
* ] – mastering * ] – mastering
* Justin "Jus10" Huff – cover illustration, illustrations * Justin "Jus10" Huff – cover illustration, illustrations
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* Eric Weissman – sample clearance * Eric Weissman – sample clearance
* Andrew Zaeh – photography * Andrew Zaeh – photography

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
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{{album chart|Billboard200|34|artist=Big Boi|rowheader=true|access-date=July 24, 2020}}
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{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|6|artist=Big Boi|rowheader=true|access-date=July 24, 2020}}
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===Year-end charts===
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2012 studio album by Big Boi
Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors
Studio album by Big Boi
ReleasedDecember 11, 2012 (2012-12-11)
Recorded2011–12
StudioStankonia Recording, Atlanta
GenreHip hop
Length54:33
Label
Producer
Big Boi chronology
Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
(2010) 		Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors
(2012) 		Big Grams
(2015)
Singles from Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors
  1. "Mama Told Me"
    Released: October 1, 2012

Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors is the second studio album by American rapper Big Boi, released on December 11, 2012, by Purple Ribbon Records and Def Jam Recordings. The album features guest appearances from Sleepy Brown, Phantogram, T.I., Ludacris, Kid Cudi, Little Dragon, Killer Mike, Kelly Rowland, ASAP Rocky, B.o.B, Wavves, Mouche, Scar, Bosko, Jai Paul, UGK, Big K.R.I.T., Theophilus London, and Tre Luce.

Background

In a July 2010 interview for The Village Voice, Big Boi revealed that he was working on the follow-up album to the critically and commercially successful Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty, stating that he was "maybe about six songs into it". On May 24, 2012, Big Boi announced that he was about 80% complete with his next solo release. He also revealed that both he and André 3000 would be releasing solo projects prior to any Outkast project. On May 27, 2012, Big Boi announced that the album would be entitled Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors On June 9, 2012, Big Boi announced via Twitter that the album would be released on November 13, 2012. However, on November 1, 2012, after revealing the cover art, the album was pushed back to December 11, 2012.

On October 1, 2012, the first single "Mama Told Me" featuring Kelly Rowland was released. The album features guest appearances from Sleepy Brown, Phantogram, T.I., Ludacris, Kid Cudi, Little Dragon, Killer Mike, Kelly Rowland, ASAP Rocky, B.o.B, Wavves, Mouche, Scar, Bosko, Jai Paul, UGK, Big K.R.I.T., Theophilus London, and Tre Luce. On November 9, 2012, Big Boi debuted "Lines" featuring ASAP Rocky and Phantogram on his soundcloud account to a very good reception. The track had received over 100,000 listens on soundcloud in just over a day upon release. The album is noticeably lacking from any Andre 3000 features with Big Boi saying he had sent Dre over 5 songs he could've gotten on but "contractual obligations" kept him from doing them.

Music and lyrics

Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors has a maximalist production style and music that incorporates aggressive Southern hip hop, Detroit basslines, indie sounds, and funk. Its songs are characterized by strong hooks. Ted Scheinman of Slant Magazine finds it to be exemplary of a recent "collusion between rap and indie acts", and calls the album "profoundly atmospheric, not in the triumphalist Kanye vein, but with enough melodic hooks on which to hang songs that are both thumping and bittersweet." Pitchfork Media's Miles Raymer attributes the album's stylistic influences to Big Boi's past few years performing at festivals with indie rock and electronic acts, writing that it may be viewed as "an outgrowth of rap's artsy ambitions" or "a compilation of indietronic-rap fusion tied together by one voice".

Big Boi's lyrics explore carnal and emotional subject matter such as relationships. He raps with a confident, morally transparent persona and a polyvocal delivery that uses devices such as enjambment and deconstructionism. Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly characterizes Big Boi's lyrics on the album as "purple psychedelic prose".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The A.V. ClubB+
Entertainment WeeklyA−
Fact
The Guardian
NME6/10
Pitchfork6.1/10
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
Spin7/10

Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 32 reviews. Simon Vozick-Levinson of Rolling Stone commended Big Boi for bringing his disparate collaborators "together in harmony" and found "even more" impressive "the ease with which Big Boi insinuates his smack-talking, game-kicking self into their midst". Will Butler of The A.V. Club asserted that the album "delivers" as a "feel-good record", with Big Boi "at his most selfless, honest, and exploratory now". Jon Pareles of The New York Times felt that, "even in Outkast, Big Boi was never merely a macho cartoon; now, he's revealing he's a grown-up." Slant Magazine's Ted Scheinman commented that the album's "reflexive eclecticism ... coheres on the strength" of Big Boi's rapping and felt that, "in the best sense, it's the conspicuous work of a magnanimous music lover". Dan Cairns of The Sunday Times called it a "multi-genre riot" and commented that it "demolishes the perception" of Big Boi as the uneccentric foil to André 3000. John Calvert of Fact called it "glossy, overwhelmingly kinetic and neon-colourful ... arguably the pop hip-hop production job of the year," and wrote that each of its "innumerable hooks" are "textured, accentuated and arranged in just such a way that they jump out at the listener like musical holograms."

In a mixed review, AllMusic's Andy Kellman was ambivalent towards Big Boi's collaborations and "inharmonious experiments", writing that he "adapts to the unfamiliar surroundings with little effort and often sounds comfortable, but the fusions are short on power." Rebecca Nicholson of The Guardian called it "a good album in need of a brutal trim" and felt that "its over-reliance on guests blunts the clear ambition". David Amidon of PopMatters found it to be an "awkward" listen similar to Common's 2002 album Electric Circus, but emphasized "how fun most of this music is even as it feels weird to hear Big Boi hopping on top of ." Miles Raymer of Pitchfork critiqued that the album is "on the one hand a genre-busting statement of artistic restlessness" but also "a mess", and found Big Boi's "dextrous, technically capable" rapping to be its "saving grace". MSN Music's Robert Christgau gave the album a one-star honorable mention, indicating "a worthy effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well like." He cited "Apple of My Eye" and "She Hates Me" as highlights and quipped that Big Boi "claims hip-hop, represents r&b, ends up neither here nor there".

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 34 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 30,000 copies in the United States. As of January 30, 2013, the album had sold 61,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ascending"Andy Slagle1:09
2."The Thickets" (featuring Sleepy Brown)
  • Big Boi
  • Chris Carmouche
2:48
3."Apple of My Eye"Mr. DJ3:44
4."Objectum Sexuality" (featuring Phantogram)Phantogram4:49
5."In the A" (featuring T.I. and Ludacris)5:20
6."She Hates Me" (featuring Kid Cudi)
  • Sharif Wilson
  • Chris Carmouche
  • Big Boi
3:50
7."CPU" (featuring Phantogram)
  • Barthel
  • Carmouche
  • Carter
  • Shelton Oliver
  • Patton
  • Demond Toney
  • Jeron Ward
  • Chris Carmouche
  • Jeron Ward
4:12
8."Thom Pettie" (featuring Little Dragon and Killer Mike)
  • Chris Carmouche
  • Big Boi
3:25
9."Mama Told Me" (featuring Kelly Rowland)
  • Bodin
  • Carmouche
  • Ricardo Lewis
  • Nagano
  • Oliver
  • Patton
  • Ricky Walker
  • Wallin
  • Ward
  • Wirenstrand
  • The Flush
  • Chris Carmouche
  • Big Boi
3:10
10."Lines" (featuring ASAP Rocky and Phantogram)3:24
11."Shoes for Running" (featuring B.o.B and Wavves)3:50
12."Raspberries" (featuring Mouche and Scar)Arthur McArthur3:41
13."Tremendous Damage" (featuring Bosko)
  • Carmouche
  • Timothy Clayton
  • Jefferson
  • Bosko Kante
  • Kevin Kendrick
  • Patton
  • Smith
  • Chris Carmouche
  • Bosko
5:21
14."Descending" (featuring Little Dragon)
  • Bodin
  • Carmouche
  • Gary Fly
  • Nagano
  • Patton
  • Slagle
  • Wallin
  • Wirenstrand
  • Andramadon
  • Gary Fly
  • Chris Carmouche
5:50
Total length:54:33
Deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Higher Res" (featuring Jai Paul and Little Dragon)Jai Paul2:23
16."Gossip" (featuring UGK and Big K.R.I.T.)
  • Organized Noize
  • Chris Carmouche
  • Big Boi
4:09
17."She Said OK" (featuring Theophilus London and Tre Luce)
  • Chris Carmouche
  • Tre Luce
3:57
Total length:65:02

Personnel

Credits for Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors adapted from Allmusic.

  • Chris Atlas – marketing
  • Big Boi – executive producer, primary artist
  • Chris Carmouche – executive producer
  • Steven Defino – package design
  • Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Justin "Jus10" Huff – cover illustration, illustrations
  • Tai Linzie – artwork, photo production
  • Robert "The Barber" Poller – illustrations
  • Sha Money XL – A&R
  • Meredith Truax – photo production
  • Cara Walker – package production
  • Eric Weissman – sample clearance
  • Andrew Zaeh – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 34
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 69

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