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| '''Big Boi''' (born '''Antwan André Patton''' on ], ] in ]]) an ] ] and ]; one half of the successful and avant-garde hip-hop duo ]. He also goes by the alias '''"Daddy Fat Sacks"'''. | |||
| '''Big Boi''' (born ], ]) is one half of the successful and avant-garde hip-hop duo ]. Big Boi has been featured on other rap artist's tracks without his Outkast partner, ], in the past, most notably the ] hit, "All N My Grill", and ]'s single "In Da Wind". They first came into the mainstream with the album ''Stankonia'' in ], followed by the song "Ms. Jackson", which topped the ] ], as well as it gaining success internationally, reaching top 3 in the ] and ]. However, ]'s 2003 double album, ''Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'' is Big Boi and André's first attempts at making an entire album solo. The double-disc set contains one full CD of solo songs by Big Boi and one entire CD of André solo. One song from each CD was released in September of 2003 as a single. André picked the bizarre-sounding "Hey Ya", which could be described as alternative in genre and has been supported by alternative rock radio, oddly enough, as well as pop radio. Big Boi's choice was the smooth urban single "The Way You Move". It was originally supported by urban radio, but then crossed over to pop charts and became almost as big a pop hit as "Hey Ya". Both songs topped the Billboard ]. | |||
| Big Boi was born and spent the first half of his childhood in Savannah before moving to ]'s ] of ]. He had a strong interest in ], and met André Benjamin while attending Tri Cities High School in the late-]. the two eventually joined forces as OutKast and signed with ]. | |||
| Big Boi's first single off of ''Speakerboxxx'' was the hit "The Way You Move," which was followed by Andre's singles "Hey Ya", "Roses", and "Prototype". Andre's album was more critically-acclaimed than Big Boi's, and, for the time being, the duo seems to have returned to their partnership. Big Boi has appeared in all three of Andre's solo videos so far and even has "featured" rap status on "Roses". He has now made a video for another song on his album, that song being "GhettoMusick" (featuring ]). | |||
| In contrast to his more sedated partner, Big Boi's on-record persona enjoys partying and employs a more ]-like mentality. Big Boi is also the more direct member of the team, and has often used his lyrics to critize the problems that plague both the African American community and the world. | |||
| In addition to his work on many OutKast and ]-related material, Big Boi has also been featured on other artists' tracks without André 3000. His most notable guest appearances were on the ] ] hit, "All N My Grill", the ]' "85 South", and ]'s ] single "In Da Wind". | |||
| After four increasingly successful albums as a duo, André decide to make a solo album as a side project. Big Boi also produced a solo effort, and the two albums were packaged together as '']'' in ]. One song from each CD was released in ] ] as a single. Big Boi's choice was the smooth urban single "The Way You Move", featuring ]. It was originally supported by urban radio, but then crossed over to pop charts and became almost as big a pop hit as André "Hey Ya". "The Way you Move" supplanted "Hey Ya!" as the #1 song on the US pop charts, one of the few times in music history a group has replaced itself at the top of the charts. The second single from Big Boi's side of the album was "Ghetto Musick", which featured both members of OutKast and a ] from a ] song. | |||
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Big Boi (born Antwan André Patton on February 1, 1975 in Savannah, Georgia]) an African American hip hop artist and producer; one half of the successful and avant-garde hip-hop duo OutKast. He also goes by the alias "Daddy Fat Sacks".
Big Boi was born and spent the first half of his childhood in Savannah before moving to Georgia's captiol of Atlanta. He had a strong interest in hip hop music, and met André Benjamin while attending Tri Cities High School in the late-1980s. the two eventually joined forces as OutKast and signed with LaFace Records.
In contrast to his more sedated partner, Big Boi's on-record persona enjoys partying and employs a more pimp-like mentality. Big Boi is also the more direct member of the team, and has often used his lyrics to critize the problems that plague both the African American community and the world.
In addition to his work on many OutKast and Dungeon Family-related material, Big Boi has also been featured on other artists' tracks without André 3000. His most notable guest appearances were on the 1999 Missy Elliott hit, "All N My Grill", the Youngbloodz' "85 South", and Trick Daddy's 2001 single "In Da Wind".
After four increasingly successful albums as a duo, André decide to make a solo album as a side project. Big Boi also produced a solo effort, and the two albums were packaged together as Speakerboxxx/The Love Below in 2003. One song from each CD was released in September 2003 as a single. Big Boi's choice was the smooth urban single "The Way You Move", featuring Sleepy Brown. It was originally supported by urban radio, but then crossed over to pop charts and became almost as big a pop hit as André "Hey Ya". "The Way you Move" supplanted "Hey Ya!" as the #1 song on the US pop charts, one of the few times in music history a group has replaced itself at the top of the charts. The second single from Big Boi's side of the album was "Ghetto Musick", which featured both members of OutKast and a sample from a Patti LaBelle song.
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