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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". 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. On May 27, 2012 Big Boi announced that the album would be entitled Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors On June 9, Big Boi announced via Twitter that he will be releasing "Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors" on November 13. That date was later pushed back to December 11, 2012 on November 1 when he debuted the cover. The first single from the album is "Mama Told Me" featuring Kelly Rowland. The album will feature guest appearances from A$AP Rocky, Ludacris, T.I., Little Dragon, Kelly Rowland and B.o.B. On November 9, 2012 Big Boi debuted "Lines" featuring A$AP 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 was noticibly lacking from any Andre 3000 features with Big Boi saying he had sent Dre over 5 songs he could've got on but "contractual obligations" kept him from doing them.